At some point in many of our lives we get to a point where we fall and we feel like there is no rise for us or there is nothing more for us to continue. As a little girl the options and choices for my life were numbered and limited. I didn’t get to pick my own path or the things my path brought along. I believe that with every fall we choose to pick ourselves up and keep moving forward to become stronger than we’ve been before. After a fall you begin to see things from a different perspective, for you to choose how it will turn out and how you will let it define who you are as a person. However, in having this belief it helps you to clear away your scars, and/or bruises that haven’t yet healed or have kept you from moving forward in life, …show more content…
As I have gotten older I realize now that with the things that happened to me does not define who I am, or who I want to become. In my life I have fallen to the point of giving up, because of the things that has been done to me. But I realize who I am in Jesus Christ and what happened to me is no more. Yes, the scars and the bruises that have not yet healed may still show, but they will not hold me back nor define who I am or who I want to become. From establishing this belief, family and friends have questioned my belief by asking, how can you move forward or dust away the pain that has been left on you like it didn’t happen? Because it did happen, I don’t want to stay 30ft behind my goals and future. I want to be the person who everyone looks at and can say she is going places, she is strong, brave, and independent. How do you plan to do that? You ask, for you to understand you’d have to have been where I have been walked through what I have gone through and seen what I have seen. I have learned to adapt from what I have gone through to see what needs to be changed and how I can heal myself. To see things for what they will become, not for what they …show more content…
I may fall but I will have to pick myself back up, start from where I ended and do it all over again. You may see me fall, but you will NEVER see me struggle. I do question myself, “Why do I continue to move on? Why do people treat me the way they do?” I don't give up because becoming who I want to be is too important to be constantly worried about what people think of me, I will not become successful if I am too busy worried about how others will think of me. I will not be successful if I keep my head in the past, and my feet moving forward, every inch and aching bone in my body has to be together. I have to trust that there is still purpose alone for me, I have to tell myself that what has been done to me is part of God’s perfect plan for my life.I have to trust that God has everything under control. I have to trust that with people laughing at me or people telling me that I cannot do things, is what will push me to do the unthinkable. I have to do this to become a person where they are looking at me in my eyes listening to my story, and asking me for help on how to get to where I am today. In the end it doesn’t matter how they think of me, it matters what they see in me, and if they can’t see God through, me than I have failed at everything in my life. I have failed at being an earthly daughter, at being a student, at being a good friend, but most
For twelve years I’ve tried to hide my pain and fear from you. I’ve been trying to ignore the horror stories, unknowingly blinding myself from the stories of hope. I’m not as bitter as this story may lead you to think. In fact, I am an adamant believer in the statement (overheard three years ago in the Coffee House): “God has never taken anything away from me that he hasn’t replaced with something better.”
The strength to persevere and keep going are traits that are something everyone should learn to have. No matter what you are going through if you have that mentality or mind state I feel like you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. Mattie had her mind set on avenging her fathers death and wanted to do it at any cost and she wouldn’t stop until she’s had her justice. That was her motivation, maybe something can motivate you to keep persevering through the many obstacles in your life.
...o the conclusion of the theme. I strongly think that the message the author Sharon Draper was trying to explain to the readers is that even though we all fall that we also must learn to get back up. Amari had given me inspiration because even thought she went through some of the worst problems that any girl her age can experience Amari with the help of everyone around her was able to use her backbone to get her back up and lift her head up high to accept what future awaited her. The people around her helped shape who she will be one day and I can relate this to my life in which I choose to follow or not follow the ideas of society to help shape my future life into a better one than it is right now. And I have also learned that even through the toughest times to always remember that I am not alone, that I have my experiences and hopes to guide me through the journey.
... front of me since the road to success is far away. Facing unknown obstacles is like drowning in water because obstacles are weighted heavily and sometimes I can't lift it. I just have to use my strength and hopefully, I can raise it off me. I learned that sometimes it is better to have a little false hope than to have none. Perseverance doesn’t not come naturally to all people but eventually it will come because they will find it. It helps them find their inner self by going through obstacles so that they can be more of a life challenge. I believe that this can change a person who they are because it is something everyone needs to go through life.
...what one wants to see, but a reflection of what actually is there. A man can fool anyone, including himself, until, through his own eyes, he finds a reflection of his true self.
Life as we all know is full of disappointment and filled with disparity. Most of us are able to go through these and learn from and forgive ourselves. Yet, this isn’t always the case. People are faced with traumatic experiences that often take a long time to get over, if they ever do get over it. These experiences brew in our brain popping up at the most random points often bringing our spirits down. Although these experiences may scar us and fill us with regret and guilt, we can’t continue to live in the past and let these regrets haunt us. Self forgiveness is a key to healing and to moving on in life, no matter how hard it is.
On top of that, I learned a valuable lesson from the failure and the loss as well. From that day forth, the past experiences transformed me to be a hard-working and responsible person. Furthermore, I acknowledged that when something bad happens, it can prepare us for the future obstacles, so let always be optimistic and never give up on trying.
And if it is true that the lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success then I am right. This is where my path to success really begins. It is never late to start again. Small things that aren’t so small can have a big repercussion in someone's life. We as human beings need to learn how to be more loving, respectful and compassionate. I am so proud to be who I am today because of this past experiences. I believe almost everybody has had a time in their lives in which they failed, nobody is perfect. Failure indeed can be fundamental to later success, but the expectations of success are not what people think, at least for me, but I certainly know I'm not
to the fact that not everything is as well as it seems and that this
...you in your past, you are not your past, you are the resources and the capabilities you glean from it. And that is the basis for all change.” In conclusion, learn from your mistakes, remember what talents got you where you are today and success will eventually come along the way.
Something that I have learned after overcoming this battle is that life is very unpredictable and it is up to the individual to rise above and choose the right path. This excerpt from the poem “Recovery” by Maya Angelou has given me encouragement and inspiration to move on with my life and become the best person that I can be: “A last love, proper in conclusion, should snip the wings forbidding further flight. But I now reft of that confusion, am lifted up and speeding towards the light.” I live by these words everyday because they motivate me to succeed and overcome the impossible.
Apostle Paul said, “Be content with such things as you have as He has said He will never leave nor forsake you so that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper”. Be aware that the hurt you feel about the past is not in the present and no matter what happened in the past, your present memory of it is what gives life to it. So heal yourself of past pains, focus your attention on the present, the less attention you give to the past memory, the less life and power it has. Focus on your feelings right now. Memories are only thoughts and they have no power until you ponder on them, so the more you ponder on the present, the less of the past you will think about, taking your interest off those things that do not benefit you.
The proverb “fall seven times, stand up eight” is a quote written by the Japanese. The proverb means that if something bad happens or something does not go as planned, you never give up and you continue pushing forward. This is a very important quote because if you have a positive attitude when something goes wrong, it will make life a whole lot better.
I had allowed my very own insecurities and the words of someone else to keep me from fulfilling my dreams and from experiencing the possibilities that were ahead of me. I had shut down all of my plans without even giving them a shot! Soon after making this realization, I decided to recommit myself. I asked myself, “What’s the worst thing that can happen?” I definitely did not have the money or the grades at the time, but I refused to give up on myself. If things didn’t turn out how I wanted them to, at least, I could say that I never gave up on myself. I began to work on myself academically, spiritually and emotionally. First, after asking my school guidance counselor for assistance, I started taking online courses and spending all of my weekends studying and catching up on my school work, which had a great impact on my grades and GPA. Then, I began to faithfully attend my local church, where I made wonderful friends who got me out of my shell of insecurities. I also met church leaders who pushed me to be the best that I could be, not just for myself, but for God as well. Now, this definitely did not happen overnight, I spent a whole year fighting my way out of the dark miserable hole I was in, but with dedication, persistence, and God’s strength, I was able to persevere through it
To be the person that I am now, I had to reflect and accept accountability of my past actions. My past is one that many would love to erase from their memory, a past, which remained dormant, until I found myself. The steps involved in regaining myself encompassed letting go of my anger and self pity. I had to look within myself and see my self’s worth, which lead to my belief that I ran away to college to forget my past. During the years leading to entrance to college, I became caught up with friends, cared way too much about my appearance, and became “that girl” who needed others to be happy. I lost sight of my goal, to become a lawyer. My goals were buried by my present materialization infatuation, thus my dreams, and my values, failed just to create a façade of which I came to despise. Through my journey and reflection, I came to appreciate family values and redemption. Like others, my trials and tribulations came full circle.