The Sky is the Limit: A Personal Life Reflection Essay

Relaxing on the beach, smelling the cool fresh air with its morning dew so light, I can feel it settling on my skin. The smell of salt is filling my nostrils and I hear the sound of waves crashing. The sky is a mild ashy gray, but the stars aren’t visible because they have descended to a place far beyond my reach. In amazement, I saw out the corner of my eye a falling star that I didn’t see before. I close my eyes and make a wish, praying to my heavenly father that one day it shall all come true. Suddenly, a mild breeze blows past forcing me to sit up. As I dust the sand off my hands, looking at the ground, I raise my head slowly viewing the infinity pool like ocean. Peering at the sky, it’s becoming lighter minute by minute. At this moment I’m hear the wind blowing words toward my ears saying “the sky is the limit.” I was stunned to hear these words, but only my fear allowed me to ask myself “if I have what it takes to preserver?”
Sitting here on this sand, I reflect over my life and what I have been through, who I am, and if I overcame my circumstances. I recall being faced with challenges all my life. When I was in elementary school, I failed the 2nd grade and I felt that was a major setback that affected me for the rest of my life. I remember when my brother sat me down and explained to me what being retained to the same grade meant. I cried like a new born baby, but I realized that day that I was going to be different. I strived every day after that to prove myself to my family and my educators that I was capable of overcoming my circumstances. Moving along further into my education, I reached my 4th grade year where I had a teacher tell me she thought I was incomparable of retaining the information she was trying to teach me...

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...ven’t given up. I am determined to make it through college, not only with my associates’ degree, but with my bachelor’s degree too. I see the University of North Carolina at Wilmington being my next and new home for the remainder of my higher educational training institution for nursing. Nursing has been my passion years and now that I have a better understanding of the field, I know it is the direction I want to go.
The coolness of this spring air has shaken me from my sundering deep thoughts of my life. My reflection has allowed me to see that I’m following Gods plan, but not to give up on my wish… that wish of being a sea hawk someday. I want to spread my wings as far as I can, soar as high as possible, and forefeel my revelation. In my reflection I was able to see that “the sky is the limit” and not only do I have what it takes to preserver, I have preserved.