Bethany Hamilton Obstacles

724 Words2 Pages

The Obstacles that life throws at you

Every single day there is an obstacles that is thrown at you, whether it is a test, homework, family problems, personal issues that are you struggle with every single day. Until the day you die obstacle after obstacle will be thrown at you. You can overcome them though. “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”- Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan’s quote is very clear. It is saying that you can overcome obstacles. Even when you think you can’t, keep trying because you will always be able to overcome an obstacle.
Take a look at me for example you may just see a normal teenage girl, but if you …show more content…

They have struggled in ways that are terrible. People like Bethany Hamilton. Bethany Hamilton is a great christian girl that inspires me. Her life ways changed big time at just the age of thirteen. At thirteen years old Bethany Hamilton lost her left arm to a fourteen foot long tiger shark. Bethany states that her world was turned upside down. That she had to relearn how to put her hair up with one arm, relearn how to surf with one arm, ect. “I remember paddling out surfing and there were just waves crashing on me over and over again. Sometimes I would come in crying and frustrated and discouraged. Can you imagine that? Only having one arm. As you have read Bethany had to go through some tough stuff. She had to learn how to live life with one arm. She also had to deal with social media. Bethany Stated “just dealing with the fame and becoming a girl and struggling with my body image and the media of this world we live in can be so incredibly challenging. It can really bring you down.” She had to deal with all of this just at the age of thirteen. She was able to overcome those obstacles though. To Hamilton surfing with one arm is irrelevant. She even says “I’m able to reach more people than I ever could with two arms.” She is so much stronger since this has happened. Today she is a champion surfer who surfs even with one arm. She is married to Adam Dirks and has two kids. She has inspired so many

Open Document