Pride and Glory
Passion. Courage. Conviction (not the word that means convicted of a crime).
These words are largely subjective--which means everybody's definition will be based on their own experiences and personalities.
That said, I would like you to look them up before you answer this week's blog question. Once you do that, consider the following:
1) What is it in your own life, this life that you have been given, that you would die for? Is it different than what you live for?
2) What is your passion; what gives you courage; about what do you hold an unshakable conviction?
After you have considered these two crucial questions it is then time to ask yourself where these notions came from, and when you first noticed them enough to have the awareness to answer this question--and of course, write about that as well.
These words are largely subjective--which means everybody's definition will be based on their own experiences and personalities.
That said, I would like you to look them up before you answer this week's blog question. Once you do that, consider the following:
1) What is it in your own life, this life that you have been given, that you would die for? Is it different than what you live for?
2) What is your passion; what gives you courage; about what do you hold an unshakable conviction?
After you have considered these two crucial questions it is then time to ask yourself where these notions came from, and when you first noticed them enough to have the awareness to answer this question--and of course, write about that as well.
I would die for anyone I love, the people in my life who have given me a sense of joy, happiness, the people that I’ve had ups and downs with, but overcome those ups and downs, and the people that of been with me through it all, the ones who have seen me at my lowest of lows and still stayed by my side, those of the people I would die for in a heartbeat. As for people I live for, I don’t know, I live for myself, and to better myself every day, because what else is there to do, then to better yourself and succeed, and make yourself into something bigger than what you are now.
ReplyDeleteI find that I’m passionate about everything I’m knowledgeable about, I like teaching people what I know, and I find that it’s a beautiful thing to teach someone something they didn’t know, because it makes you feel important. Yet I don’t want to be a teacher of any sort. But I am passionate about helping others, so maybe not teaching, but definitely helping. As for courage, that’s difficult. I find courage in every corner of my life, every time I overcome difficult situation over and over again it builds my courage, and confidence. It’s hard to explain courage, because it’s different than confidence. Courage, I feel builds with time, and time isn’t easy to deal with. Courage is bigger, stronger, better. I think I have courage, but not as much as I want, I don’t know how to get as much as I want, I don’t know if anybody has as much courage as they want.
The origins of it these two questions, in my life, are unexplainable. I think they grew my wisdom when I think about passion and the people I love. I truly think, it has to do with how you react environmentally, how I’ve dealt with situations in my life, and overcome certain things, some others wouldn’t be able to do, but I did. But I overcame those things for a reason, other people wouldn’t be able to do that, but the fact that I did means that I’m capable of overcoming stronger things. That is maybe scary, well it is, but it means I was built with the courage to overcome.
In my life, I would most definitely die for my family and friends. I would die for anyone who puts forth effort to be in my life and who I know will always be there for me. The people in my life right now are the most important people in my life, ever. Iḿ very happy with the people I surround myself with these days and I would die for them, because they care so much about me and do things for me. I live for happiness and being around people that I love. Without having people you love around you, you feel lonely. In life, I live for helping others and I live to be happy as much as possible. I have realized that life is too short to be miserable and I try to make the best out of everything, even when things are going downhill or not going right. My passion in life, along with trying to be happy, is to help others. I have always had this mindset of wanting to help others, and even plan on making it into a career to continue this. I love helping others, whether it be just trying to make them feel better, help with giving advice, or with school work and such. My conviction is that without people around you to e there for you and help you when you need it, you are going to fall eventually and you will not be able to help others if you cannot help yourself. You need to make sure that you have yourself to rely on before you help others. Life comes at you from every direction and it is so very unexpected sometimes. Without people to help you and guide you through when you need it, you would get almost no where. These notions came from just learning through life as I go and learning what really matters in life. I have learned so much over the years and it has taught me all of the important things in life.
ReplyDeleteI would do absolutely anything for the people that i love, including dying. Those people have earned their spots on that list because of multiple reasons. One being they’d die for me too. These people have instilled joy in my life. These people have been there for me through thick and thin. I would die for these people because they have put forth their souls and minds and efforts to benefit me. I live for everyone but myself. The people that i would die for are the same people who are keeping me alive. I live to make others proud, my worse quality.
ReplyDeleteI am passionate about so many things. My future, My education, my mental health, and black lives, etc. I love spreading knowledge to people who are less knowledgeable about the topic. It makes me feel important. My future has always been a passion of mine. My education and career choices are things that make me excited for life. My courage comes from the obstacles i’ve overcome in my life. After every hardship i find the courage to keep moving, to never give up hope. My convictions in life stem from everything i know, and what i believe to be most important. An unshakeable conviction i wholeheartedly believe in is if you don’t have trust there is no stability or love. Trust is HUGE to me. Once you lie to me or i lose trust in you, I can’t believe anything you’re saying.
All of my answers to your questions stems from everything i’ve been through. I strongly believe in “you live and you learn” the longer i live and the more stuff i go through, the more i learn. I first noticed them not to long ago when i realized that i’ve been living for other people my entire life.
I would die for my friends and those who make me happy. Some people i just love to be around and would instantly be willing to live the rest of my life surrounded by them. Over these years friends have moved, people stopped texting, and relationships have vanished. My circle now is pretty different from what it used to be, but the people i love now i would no doubt die for. They are also who I live for. I got things to do and people to take care of. I want to live for happiness, i go through every day in life hoping to see the familiar face of someone i care about. What gives me courage is the thought of how you are never alone, there will always be someone to help pick you up out of the mud. I get courage from remembering that if things get bad there are those who won't just turn the other way.
ReplyDeleteTo the people that I love and cherish the most, I would do anything for them.They give me endless amounts of love and affection everyday, and give me light on my darkest days. They give me strength and are the people who I go to. They are there for me when I need it and listen to me when there is moments that I need it. These are the people whom I would die for. What I live for is bettering myself and my views. I know that I have to put myself first in situations that are needed and I just value all of the self love. My passion is something that I worry about so often, which is education and my life beyond college. Ever since I was a little girl, my parents always stressed to me how important education truly is and how it is going to shape my future that I hold. It is going to teach me things that I might not have known before outside of my school life, while also teaching me how to master skills that are needed as well. Something that gives me courage would definitely be my parents. They’ve both been through so much together and to see that they are still off strong give me the hope and faith that I’ve struggled finding myself. They were always there for me in times when I need it, and when I think that I’m alone, they are always there supporting me constantly telling me to never give up. I think that all of these notions definitely came from the experiences that I had in life. I’ve seen people come and go and it just taught me to be strong and to better myself and my passions so that I can be a happier person. It has shown me so many good and positive things, but yet so many dark and negative things as well. Overall what I have experienced in life has given me the ability to be who I am today, and without me going through what I went through, I wouldn’t be who I am today.
ReplyDeleteI would die for anyone that has a part of my heart, who I simply love. Family means everything to me, but also my closest friends do too. People have left my life that I never thought would, but then some people entered my life that I thought never would. That is what I’ll always cherish because I love how I am right now and I’m thankful for the people who taught me something and the ones who I know will always be there. I live for myself. Everyday I’m constantly working on myself, trying to make myself proud. I have came a long way and I’m more than thankful for the life I get to live.
ReplyDeleteAs cliche as this sounds, my passion is swimming. I know this is your typical “sports are my passion”, however what the sport does for me is why it’s my passion. I love swim itself, but it has helped me in so many ways and that’s why I have a strong emotion over it. Swim is something I am passionate about because when I simply need time to think, I swim. I swim because all you have is yourself during that time since your face is in the water the whole time. It gives me time to focus on myself and it always tends to lead me in the right direction when talk to myself during those times. Practices literally have helped me in many ways with things while I just swim back and forth thinking. It has helped my mentality and has helped me physically. I have a very secured love for this sport and it’s without a doubt my happy place. Who gives me courage is my mother. I have courage; the ability to do something that frightens one because I know my mother is the one who predominantly has my back, always. At any moment when I feel timid, just the idea of my mother rubs such a strong feeling into me and I’ll start to become bold and brave. Without knowing that my mom will always be with me wherever I go, I strongly feel like I wouldn’t have any courage to take on anything. I hold an unshakable conviction about if you say you can’t, you won’t. I firmly hold this belief because if you say you can’t do something, your mind automatically shuts that down and your mindset gets whacked, leading you to simply not do what you said you can’t. This is just like saying never say never. There is always a chance of you being able to accomplish something and if you don’t, oh well at least you tried.
Honestly, these notions came from my household and the people I surrounded myself with throughout my life. The experiences I have captured impacted how I am as a person and what I believe in. I don’t think I had fully came in contact with the whole definition of courage quiet yet, but my life is still continuing and I’m growing though all the obstacles life has faced me with.
ReplyDeleteTo be completely sincere, I wouldn’t just die for all of my friends and family. I wouldn’t just die for anyone, because I believe that when it’s my time to go, it’s my time to go. That also include everyone else, we’re all going to die. We all have a time. Now we obviously don’t live for that because if we did I don’t think anyone would ever leave their home. But if it’s someone’s time to go why should I disrupt that? In my opinion death is also a sign of hope. And frankly I don’t know what I live for. Ever since pre-school I’ve seen life as a movie and I often find myself in cliche situations. To a movie there’s a start middle and end, just like life. I live for the small things. To see the stars at night, to see the wind blowing through the leaves on the really tall trees, for the clouds on the sky that paint a beautiful picture everyday. I live to see other people happy— smiling. I live for the stupid little moments, to feel the sun blazing down on me at the beach. I live for things like that. I don’t live to have a stupid job and a dumb career. If it were up to me everyone would be free, everyone would be equal. Like if you wanna run naked, go ahead. I would go back to when Adam and Eve were just made. To when they felt no shame.
I don’t know what my passion is. I don’t even think I have one. At least not right now. You know my mom tells me to not hold material things to a different standard. Because when we die that stuff stays here in the material world. I’ve been lost for a while now. Now that I think about it, I’ve always lived for everyone else’s happiness. I worry about other people more than I do myself and that’s why when it comes to myself I don’t know what I feel like because I’ve always worried about everyone else. I will always make time for everyone’s feelings but my own.
Well my first answer definitely came from mixtures of my religion, talks with my mom, and my own beliefs. My mother watches a lot of scifi documentaries and things that have to do with aliens and all that. So sometimes we talk about death and all those kinds of things. My second, that’s just how I am. I don’t know how to explain it. Ever since the rape and on top my parents divorce a year later I’ve always felt like I have to protect everyone else. For example, at the beginning of the year I went back to school shopping with my friend and my mom. And I couldn’t find my friend, by the way this was in forever 21. I’m worrying because what if she got kidnapped. She wouldn’t answer her calls on top of that I think I called her 10 times. Anyways she came to me and when I saw her my mom immediately said “she went crazy, her face turned red and everything, she was freaking out.” I THOUGHT SHE GOT KIDNAPPED. For my good friends I will beat anybody up. Because at the mall that one day my adrenaline was so high I swear I could’ve probably flipped a car over.
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ReplyDeleteI would die for anyone that’s in my life. I wouldn’t even hesitate it with the people I love deeply but if it’s the people in my life who I don’t talk to much but I still know and talk to sometimes I would still die for them but of course wouldn’t think so fast like I would when it comes to the people close to me. When it comes to the people that I hold close to me, I would do anything for them. They have all of my love completely, I want the best for them and if that means that I would have to risk my life for them or die for them I will do it. The reason why I live is for those same people. The ones I love. Even when life gets hard I always remember “there is someone who cares about me” and it brings me back to how my friends would feel or how my family would feel if something would happen to me. Things get really hard but those people save me everyday without realizing, especially my friends. They don’t know that just by making me laugh makes life a little easier or just talking or listening to me just makes my mood better. They don't realize that I cherish every moment with all of them because they are some of the best people I know and without them I don’t know where I would be right now. My family, my friends, the teachers I consider my friends, I live for them all. Some people in my family may make things harder for me but I know that they still love me and want me here.
ReplyDeleteWhen I think about what I’m passionate about the first things that come into my mind is making others happy, making people feel loved, my mental health, lacrosse, making sure that those struggling with mental health issues know they’re not alone, and many other things. What really gives me courage is myself and some of the people I surround myself with. I have people who when I’m down, grab my attention and tell me to keep fighting. They give me courage to continue. They are there by my side telling me that the days get better. When I say I give myself courage I mean by the way I handle situations. I do go into panic mode sometimes or get very overwhelmed but at the end of the day I take a deep breath and realize that I’ve made it through every one of my bad days, I can make it through another. My mindset gives me courage. I hope that makes sense to all of you guys reading this, I don’t really know how else to put it. What I hold as an unshakable conviction is that no matter how much pain you receive don’t let it change the love you should be giving the world and people around you. Just because people hurt you doesn’t mean you have to hurt others, you should always give love out. Don’t change who you are in a negative way because of what someone else did to you.
1) The ultimate sacrifice. Death. If I were to die for anything, it would be my friends/family. The people who continue to push me to be better. Those who bring me happiness. Those are the people I'd die for because they give me life. Without them, death would be a mere escape. The expense of my life to save a single one of theirs in hopes that they can make someone else feel the way they made me feel would be worth it. 100 percent. Although those are the people I'd die for, they are also the ones that I live for. They are the ones that help me push my self to keep going. I live for them because I don't know how I could live without them.
ReplyDelete2) My passion is something pretty new to me. It's a passion that I recently discovered that I have. I have found that I have a passion for a (sort of) illegal drug. This may sound a little dumb but it is truly something that sparks an intense feeling of appreciation and pure love. The way that this substance has personally affected me is unfathomable. It has completely changed my life and because of that, I am very passionate for it. This probably sounds horrible now that I'm reading it but I promise my intentions are nothing but pure. I have changed what my dream job is, changed what my favorite field is, and became more sociable because of this one thing. It has given me the courage to just be my self and has become a topic in which I have intense convictions about. I don't really feel passionate about many things, but this is for sure one of them.
I love my family. They are the ones that i would die for. They mean so much to me, they are always there for me at my games always supporting me and after we just go to Camden and go eat some tacos. Starting with my dad. He is a grumpy guy but he deep down is a great guy, he is always shouting my name out in games like “HIT IT DANIEL” “ESO MI DANIEL”. Some of the people i play with are always saying “is that your dad” and i'm like “yea”. so loud and he's the one i get it from. I'm always with him and he just influences to the right things, he's always telling me right from wrong. Now my Mom. She is ride or die. We have our own names for each other and just she always there to confront me. She is always there to motivate to do well even though sometimes she doesn't always come to my games when she has work to do. But i'm always there to push her as well with work and just issues. Now my sister. She is my rock. She has been through a lot with my family. I'm always supporting her to lose weight, i always push her she is really my best friend and i wouldn't trade that for anything in the world. She has so much potential and at such a young age she knows so much and she just cares so much for people. I will die for David. He has always been helping me to do better in live and in school. He knows what the struggle is like and he's always texting me hey, i know it hard but you can push through it. He believes in me and i believe in him. I know he is going to make something out of his life, coming from a family who had no education when they were younger. Im passionate for success. I never like failing or doing something wrong. It just ruins my attitude and just puts me down and it the worst feeling. But failing comes around and when it does it just pushes me even harder to do well. So failing is just what makes me better. I was taught this at at a young age if i didn't do something right i would get spanked for it. It's just something you just work on when you get older you just try not to mess up on the things you already know what to and not do. Like i said before i like being successful or doing something right because then you did it right and this certain thing will help you in the long run, like school especially high school.
ReplyDeleteWho would I die for? If you asked me this question 4 years ago, I would have said my friends, of course- as any other middle school kid would probably say. However, I wasn’t the best at thinking ahead at the time. Would my they die for me? More specifically, do my friends really care that much for me? What am I to them? Now, thinking about this for too long makes me feel a little depressed, so I’m going to skip over that part to keep this blog a little more on the positive side. Regarding that, I am a very emotional person. I tear up at the good endings and I bawl over the bad ones. I look deep into my heart and try to understand other people. So when you ask who I would die for, I would say my family members, like my parents, aunts and uncles, cousins, and my close friends. Whether or not they would do the same for me (which I believe that they would!) doesn’t matter. It is a strong conviction of mine to do anything for the people who make me feel happy. I would kill a man for these people if it boiled down to it. I feel like I have been aware of this for a while, but now that it’s being asked of me, I don’t know if that was true. If I was in a situation where I had to choose between my own life and the life of my mother, I would protect her until my last breath.
ReplyDeleteTo die for someone means that they have to have had a HUGE impact in my life. I would have to care more about them then I care about myself, and there are a very few people in this world that fall under that category. I would die for my brothers. They mean the world to me and as their older sister I have this natural instinct to protect them, even from the smallest things. I would also die for my parents. They have sacrificed everything for me to have an amazing life and do what I love everyday, and I couldn’t thank them enough.
ReplyDeleteI have such a strong passion for my future. I am working very hard in school and determined to keep my high GPA, because I eventually want to go to medical school and become a surgeon. Whenever I think about doing this, my heart becomes full and I can’t help but smile because I’m in love with the idea of becoming a doctor. I also have a very strong passion for softball. I put so much time and energy into this sport, and I am so excited to see where the future takes me. Not only is it a sport, but it is part of my life. People literally call me softball girl. It is something that I absolutely love doing, a love that I developed very early on. It really is my safe haven and I can’t imagine my life without it.
- I would die for the people I love no questions asked. when I think more specifically about who I would jump in front of a bullet for, or push out the way of a car heading towards them and take the hit myself, I think of my siblings. Of course, there’s other people I would die for but they are the first. I wouldn’t say it’s different than what I live for. For example: my little sister Ava, I know I talk about her a lot but... sometimes in my darkest moments where I want to give everything up and disappear I think of her. I think of how she is epitome of love and happiness. Her love and admiration for me show me that, I must keep fighting through all the bad going on in my life to show her that she can do it to. I live for her. My passion is probably either making everyone happy or achieving all my goals in the future. I’ve always been the type of person to help others and cheer them up if I can. I just like knowing that i made someone’s day a little bit easier for them. Also, I like to plan everything out to my number one goal is to achieve everything I have planned for my future, but of course I don’t expect it all to happen. What gives me courage is the people around me. My mom, who never lets me talk down on myself and is always picks me back up when I just don’t know what to do anymore and am upset. I like to surround myself with people who have goals and don’t care what people think, while being kind and caring. They give me courage to put myself first and not everybody else. An unshakable conviction of mine would be communication is vital to healing. this is something I’ve learned and experienced quite a lot this year. I’m the type of person to hold it in when I’m struggling and fall apart when I’m alone while leading everyone on to think everything’s okay. This year I started speaking a little more about my feelings which helped just a bit but still, baby steps. Even writing as a form of communication helped. Nobody has to hear, just as long as the information is getting out of your head somehow, a little bit of the weight on your shoulders can come off.
ReplyDeleteDying for someone or something is a huge act of love and bravery that I would only show for a few people. Three are my mom, grandma, and my sister. These three great women are the only reason I am who I am today they raised me and made sure I was always a respectful kid. Without them I wouldn’t have the life I have today so it only makes sense that I would give that life up for them if they needed it. Now that I think about it given the circumstance I would give my life for my classmates even ones I don't talk to. I know I said that I would only do it for a few people but after given it more thought I realized that I was lying and to be honest I don’t feel like changing it. I remember one day after school my mom asked me what I would do if someone came into school with a gun and my response was “I’d like to think I’d have the bravery to attempt to take him down”. My mentality with that is, my life though important could be sacrificed in order to save many. With that said I don’t live for most of my classmates, only a few, and when it comes to my family of course I live for them I try my best mostly everyday in order to impress and make them happy because I know they do the same for me. The things that keep me going are my family, soccer, Lyanni, and my friends. Without soccer and pressure from my family I’m not so sure I would be pursuing a college education but those things give me courage to keep pushing forward. My friends and my wonderful girlfriend Lyanni always teach me something new and always make me happy. The first time I realized that soccer meant so much to be was this year. I realized soccer is one reason I try in school just because I want to continue playing without it school is just so boring to me and sometimes seems pointless. Lyanni and my friends I have always known how much they meant to me because they make everything fun and without them life would be boring and uneventful.
ReplyDeleteI am an extreme procrastinator. Although this is an extremely bad habit that I am trying to rid myself of, I like to think of myself as someone who can perform in the clutch. My procrastination has led to many great shows and movies over the course of my academic career and after finishing "The Office" in about 3 weeks I have stumbled upon "The Good Place". If you haven't watched either series I would highly recommend to put aside all important work and waste hours upon hours of your time binge watch a Netflix show.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, "The Good Place" is a show about the afterlife, and it really had me thinking about karma. Dying for someone is the ultimate sacrifice. According to the show, every act has a certain amount of points. The great kindness of the act, the more points. On the show, sacrificing your life is worth millions of points. Which I totally agree with. I believe the two most important things a person on this Earth possesses are his or her time and his or her life. I firmly believe your life is what you make of it. It's like a blank canvas, and your actions are brush strokes that paint the picture of your life. When it comes to the question of who would I sacrifice that canvas for my first instinct would be to protect my family and friends, people who support me every day regardless of the situation. When it comes to who or what I live for, I don't believe the answer must be the same. These people in my life support and encourage me every day, but if they were gone I wouldn't just stop living. I feel what I live for is what I'm passionate about. What I like to do every day.
I like hanging out with my friends. I like playing video games. I like a great deal on this Earth and that's what keeps me going. I feel as if my main goal on this planet is to achieve my full potential. Whatever that may be, I just hope I can be the best I can be. What gives me courage are my friends and parents. I'm somewhat of a timid person when isolated, but as I get comfortable in an environment, I become more outgoing and extroverted. My unshakable conviction is one about basketball. Jordan is better than LeBron. No questions asked. Jordan is the GOAT. No questions asked. LeBron will never surpass Jordan. No questions asked.
On a more serious note, I believe my views about life and death came from learning about my religion as a child. We were always taught to respect our parents and to do the right thing. I remember I used to have dreams about dying, picturing myself as a lonely skeleton in an unwelcoming tomb. But I do think that sacrifice is worth it for the people you love.
I have not been in the situation for which I would have to die for someone. If I had to die for someone it would probably be my boyfriend and my Family. They hold my entire heart and I love them so truly that I would feel satisfied dying for them. I know they wouldn't want me to which also makes them THAT much special. I know that if I would die for them they would also die for me if needed. To answer the question if it is the same when I live, no. I would live for my animals, for my boyfriend, and honestly for my brother. Imagine I die and my brother would be the one to find me, I can't do that to him.
ReplyDeleteMy passion is definitely animals. I love all animals so so so much. I want to work with animals when I am older. I currently really want a snake, even though it isn't the most common pet I think they are really cool. I have had dogs all of my life, I used to have a cat, I had a guinea pig, and I have a horse. I have trained all of my dogs and I want to get one of them certified as a therapy dog. Something that gives me courage is honestly probably myself. There isn't really a driving force that makes me do something brave besides myself. I dont really think I have a really unique conviction, just the basic ones like "Don't hurt others even animals" "Be your own you" blah blah blah, I dont think I have a specific conviction on what I follow.
When I consider the things in life that are worth dying for a lot of thoughts instantly flood my mind, a tsunami of “what’s more important?” Considering all the significant people and experiences in my life, it is easy to say out loud that I would die for any one of them. I’d like to dig deeper than that though. In any case no matter the situation or reasoning, I can honestly say that I would give my life for anyone to be given the chance to live their life longer and to the fullest. I consider when my heart tells me this that I should think about myself and my family… but I just can’t. Every single person on this planet, every single one, is far more deserving than I am to live regardless of what my brain tells me. So, I can tell myself I won’t catch that bullet for a stranger but I know my heart won’t listen. They say when you are in the presence of danger your adrenaline kicks in and your body takes its natural defense, every possible defense, to keep you alive. I can picture a crazy moment where I am given a choice, but in reality it’s not much of a choice at all. My life isn’t relevant. I recognize that this sounds backward. But life has no meaning other than to make ends meet, to attempt to fulfill all of your wildest dreams before you no longer have the chance. When we die there will be no mark in this world that any of this occured to begin with… or our so called “print”. Other than the photographs we have, or documentation, all of which will eventually depart as well. Who am I to take that from someone who finds more meaning in all of that? My passion in this world is emotion. Looking past the generalization of “music is my passion” there is reasoning behind why I love music so much. That being, music is expression, beautiful, heartfelt, soul. That’s the reason I love animals, nature, cooking even, so much. They all hit a spot in my heart that makes me pour. Pour all of my love into, all of my attention. Emotions are what make us human, the good, the bad, the in between… it’s all just so beautiful. This all gives me courage to get through the bad moments. Anger does not appear beautiful In fact in most cases it can seem pretty ugly. But, it is because it is expression that it makes all the difference for me. I know that the person behind that anger is feeling a world of emotions rushing through them. That anger, even if it was at me, got them through. That’s what matters. I’ve stuck with these ideals ever since I was a child. Whether it be my parents yelling at me or my sister picking on me, if I just told myself that it was making them feel better somehow then it made me feel better too.
ReplyDeleteIn this life that I have been given I believe I’d die for my family. Most importantly my mom because she’s the one who brought me into this world.This is different than what I live for, I live for myself. I say this because I don’t want to live for anyone else. I’m on this earth to make myself happy and pursue what makes me happy.
ReplyDeleteI have a passion for sports and the hard work it takes to be good at it. I like to push myself to get better. I love the thrill it gives and the adrenaline rush when I play. I’ve made so many friends throughout my life through sports.
What gives me courage is helping others. I can face my fear if it’s going to help someone out. I like helping people so when it comes to facing my fear something/someone I like it dissolves that fear.
I hold an unshakeable conviction of never giving up. Doing anything long term or strenuous will take dedication and persistence. There will be many obstacles along the way and the number one thing I always think about is that I can never give up. The results will show.
I believe these notions came from experience. What I’ve felt, saw, learned in school, and put out all came together over time and shaped me into the man I am today. I believe everyone is shaped by their experiences and sometimes it can show, but there are also other that are good at hiding it. I can tell you from experience that you won’t be able to hold it in for long. When I first noticed my passion for sports was about freshman year in high school. I played 3 sports at the time and watched them on TV all the time. It gave me a different feeling when I was on the field and on the court. I could just zone out and play. At the time I felt really strongly about sports and discovered I was passionate about them. So from then on I’ve worked hard to get better at it. I became aware of what gives me courage maybe since I was little, but I may have never realized it. Whenever I help someone out I get a good feeling, and I think it’s because I know what it feels like to be helped myself. This feeling overpowers almost every other feeling so fear isn’t a problem when it’s to help someone. I learned about my conviction mainly through sports and life experience. I think when I entered high school I gave myself this conviction. Sometimes I’ll feel down and feel like I don’t believe in myself but I tell myself that I can’t give up. I think it’s because I’m afraid to fail and I don’t want to be a failure in life. I want to be successful. I tell myself that the as long as I keep pushing myself and not giving up I can do anything I want to accomplish in life. This is where my conviction came from and when I first noticed them enough to have the awareness about it.