hard to find that little thing in life that makes you succeed. That small detail that brings you a long way. Passion is a never ending journey. A trait that My journey started out when I was only four years old. I got to that age where my parents were ready to send me off for an extra activity to keep me occupied. I started out like every other little girl, a ballerina. Dance class was the highlight of my week. I looked forward to dancing in front of a mirror with my class and on top of it got to have
What is the passion in your life? the key that starts the engine to the motor of your heart? Well, I'll tell you what's my passion, simple, my family. Although my family is my passion, and the motor that fuels me to keep on battling, I also have many dreams and goals set. In addition to my family, my goal is to become an engineer in life, and to be a successful one. In fact, I believe everyone should have a set goal in their life, no matter how difficult or tough it might be, we all must show our
the word obsession, I also think of the word passion. Everybody has a passion for something and in my world, my passion is soccer. Soccer has been my obsession since I was very little and is important to me in many different aspects, such as teaching me lessons and skills that I can use in life. I think soccer is the best mainly because of the physical activity and the way it has affected my family and my hometown as well. Soccer is a huge part of my life and I hope to keep it that way for a long time
Sometimes life is about spinning troublesome experiences into noteworthy adventures. Ever since I was little, I knew I wanted to change people’s lives, but the puzzling question was always whose lives I wanted to positively affect. The answer spontaneously came to me during my early years of high school. When I started attending a specialized high school in New York City, old friends began to tell me that I will never be someone of importance in life, and that minorities will always live in the shadows
ever three words to describe my adolescence, the proverb, “nothing lasts forever,” would come to mind. From the advent of age thirteen, my life and my pride have taken a hit time and time again, each time motivating a period of psychological growth. Times change, people change, but memories remain. The road to college has been filled with potholes, but it has me determined to forge forward. To this point, life has been my ultimate instructor, but my grandmother was my first teacher. She provided
I was sitting at a picnic table with a young boy struggling next to me. His hand gripped mine so tightly that there were petite fingernail impressions lining my skin. He was screaming, crying, kicking up the loose gravel that was scattered around us- all because he didn't want to kill a fish at fishing camp. This demonstrates just one of the countless fits that this young boy would have in a day. However, as much as I wanted to yell at that young boy, “I understand, just stop!” I never did. Previously
Passion- An Essay by Jordan A passion is simply an activity that one cannot accomplish sanity without. The genesis of my passion began some six years ago. Where a pen met paper my heart found a refuge. In elementary school, nestled somewhere in between the page and ink that would then tell the story of a Civil War hero- my soul became trapped on wide rule notebook paper. Paper that would ultimately become the host of my passions, sorrows, and an empyrean joy that has proven to be long-lasting,
how to read and write. At approximately age four, my grandmother began teaching me the basics of reading and how to write the alphabet. The hours spent working with my grandmother influenced the love I have for literature. Although I have a passion for reading and writing, I feel this passion slowly fading with age. As I get older, I realize that reading does not seem as enjoyable as it used to be for me. Reading and writing has influenced my life in a thankful, a joyful, but also a slightly negative
which comes before it in the book. We are told that Sisyphus is the absurd hero "as much through his passions as through his torture. His scorn of the gods, his hatred of death, and his passion for life won him that unspeakable penalty in which the whole being is exerted toward accomplishing nothing." (p.89). Sisyphus is conscious of his troubles , and
writing prompts imaginable. My abject hatred for writing blossomed in the early grades and carried over into high school where I struggled to write effectively about arcane topics that were, at best, loosely applicable to my own life. On rare occasions, I was granted a modicum of freedom to choose my own prompt, and those essays were by far my strongest. Why was this so? Passion. Passion is the single most important factor for success in any endeavor, and writing devoid of passion is cold and lifeless