Hardships In My Life

Learning to deal with and overcoming adversity is what made me who I am. Every challenge and every difficulty I’ve successfully confronted in my life served as a way to strengthen my will, confidence and ability to conquer future obstacles. A famous quote I liked came from Herodotus, the Greek philosopher, who said, "Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have lain dormant in its absence.” When I responded positively and constructively to my biggest challenges, the qualities of strength, courage, character and perseverance emerged from deep within, because I am human, it was very easy to get caught up in the self-pity, unfairness of life, or the “why me?” trap. When I did think like that, I learned that I failed to recognize the opportunities for wisdom and growth that accompanied adversity. However, as soon as I allowed myself to think more clearly, I was able to let go of self-defeating and unproductive thoughts and get down to the business of dealing with what was happening before me and what can happen for me in my future. My failures and setbacks have nothing to do with me being a menace to society instead I had to realize it’s something every human being goes through. It’s a part of life and has everything to do with being human. Circumstances to me now mean nothing. Limitations don’t hold me back.

One example of adversity that has impacted my life is when my mom was diagnosed with Lupus in 2015. Lupus is an inflammatory disease that is caused when the immune system attacks itself. My mom also has rheumatoid arthritis and chronic migraines. There are a lot of times where she can’t get out of bed because she’s so sick. However, she always makes it to all of my activities. She truly is one of the strongest and most loving people I know.

The obstacles that I went through was having to not think about my dad’s death and also when my mom got sick and she had to have 4 surgeries because she had arthritis.I was only 5 years old when my dad died he was out and saw his friend getting beat up and went to go get the guy off his friend and the other guy had a machete and stabbed my dad with it. That night my mom got a call from the police saying that my dad has been killed. I know I was young, but it was hard trying to get over the fact that I don’t have a dad anymore because of some guy who thought it was right to kill him. It was tough on my family we couldn’t get over it he died on my sister’s birthday that midnight. I tried a lot of things to forget about my dad’s death, but it just couldn’t help me. When i started getting older and older I just told myself that he is in a better place and that he is watching over us and not to

As a teenage there are not many obstacles that have faced, but there are a few. One obstacles that I have overcame in my life was the death of my aunt. During my junior year in october one of my aunt's passed away during her mother's birthday dinner. One minute we were eating and then the next we were at the hospital. It was so unexpected to say the least. This was the first death in our family in 18 years and none of us new how to cope with this sudden loss. I had never felt this grief or loss for someone ever in my life. I had to learn how to grieve and continue on. A similar thing happened when my uncle died last year. I had to be able to grieve and move on because I had so much to do with my everyday life and school.

Everyone tells you life isn't easy right? That there’s going to be obstacles that you’ll have to overcome . For me, the biggest obstacle was to change, I couldn’t be another failure in the system, neither be a burden. Many fail to realize that change isn’t bad, is to better yourself on who you really are.

Life itself is not as easy as it sounds.There are obstacles that need to be overcome and faced. Due to this, I am one of those individuals.My life was not always simple , there were conflicts and many situations that impacted my life emotionally , physically, and mentally. Many children around the world complain and lives differently due to the fact that both parents are not around. Some even live with a single parent and still whine, but luckily unlike those children I had both parents.Although I did and still do have both parents, it does not mean life will be filled with pure delight.

Adversity is most commonly defined as a difficulty or misfortune that an individual is forced to face at some point in their life. At many different times in my life, I have been in situations where I have faced adversity: in the classroom, on the basketball court, or just among people I know. The following essay will be detailing a major moment in my life in which I was faced with a difficult time or misfortune.

My dad froze, looked over at my mom, and turned as white as a sheet. “I need to sit down,” he told the nurse.

April 17th, 1981 began my story of personal resiliency. This is the day I was born to a 15-year-old girl. My mother didn’t finish high school, struggled with alcoholism and was underemployed much of my childhood. As an infant, my father abandoned us. When I was 13, my sister died. You might imagine the struggles of enduring these situations as a child. What you’re imagining is probably accurate. However, I’ll spare the details because I don’t permit those details to define my story. The resiliency and resourcefulness I’ve demonstrated in the wake of these experiences defines my story. The struggles of growing up with an alcoholic parent in poverty did not defeat me. Rather, these events ignited an inner spirit of resilience and provided

I was eight years old when my grandfather first took me to work. He ran his own handyman business. We went to fix a toilet at one of his client’s homes, who was a lawyer that graduated from Harvard Law School. I was amazed at what I was witnessing that day. A person of color being able to own a house, present himself in an exemplary demeanor, and provide for his family. My dream was to become a lawyer after that day.

Graduating college has been my greatest and most challenging achievement. My personal hardships have developed my character. Some attributes acquired through adversity include motivation, leadership and commitment. Embracing my hardships has helped me discover, evaluate and gain insight on my level of achievement. The first to graduate from college in my family has created an opportunity to know that there are possibilities and I am capable. Beginning in undergrad, I lacked resources and lacked answers. Enabling myself through educational hardships has prepared me to become resourceful when facing challenges. Beginning in college, I felt a limitation of my true potential because I lacked resources. Acquiring the knowledge through graduating,

Throughout my life I have experienced and overcome different obstacles that have shaped me to be the person I am. My life has been influenced the most by the adoption of my two brothers. My parents had always wanted to grow our family through adoption, and finally when I was about nine we decided to take a leap of faith, and adopt from China. Even from the young age of nine, I knew this was going to be a major life changing event.

A huge obstacle that I faced through my life was when I was being bullied in seventh grade. That school year was one of the toughest and scariest time of my life. During that time period I wasn’t really a social person. I was mainly an outsider since I was all alone most of the time. Also I didn't really have the best physical appearance like everyone else, which made me feel like a outcast. I didn’t have anyone to hang with since it was a new school and I had no classes with my friends

In my life, I have had many obstacles to face but the main one that has always made a huge impact in my life has been the death of my father. When I was just six years old, my father passed away in a car accident and back then it didn't mean much to me but soon enough my thirteenth-year old self-learned what it really meant.

We go through many obstacles in our life, some can be small others can be very big, so big they impact our lives very drastically. The obstacle I had to overcome was the death of my father. I was in middle school when it happened, it was a pretty normal monday. I woke up at 6:30 am to get ready for school. My dad gave me a ride to school like he always did, he didn’t seem any different he looked healthy as ever. I had a pretty normal day school,I walked home from school. My dad wasn’t home yet when I got home, he was still at work,my mom made me lunch. A few hours later,my dad comes home,he eats dinner a few minutes later a cousin of my dad comes over to just talk. She stays about for an hour,it’s about 9:00 pm