Personal Statement I was born in the historical city of Patiala, town in northern part of India. All my ancestors right until my father have been businessmen. Due to early demise of my Grandfather my father had to take over his clothing business in his early 20 's. He could not complete his studies due to responsibilities he had to fulfill towards family. He never wanted me to continue his business and always encouraged me
values, your values become your destiny”. Reading this book makes me reflect a lot about what I am doing in my life. Am I really enjoying my life? Am I using my full potential to accomplish my goals and also being beneficial for those around me? And I could not stop thinking that I am the molder and owner of my destiny, whatever thing I want to do or accomplish depends only on my efforts and my commitment to work hard toward such desire or goal. There are many good teachings in this book, that I not
twenty five sets of eyes staring at me, judging my clothes , my hair, my facial expressions and of course my ability to demonstrate I’m capable of doing what I’m here to show them. How did I get here? I asked myself, I never thought I would be so brave as to do this, I never trusted myself or never imagined I would be in this place. As a classic disobedient teenager, I never took into consideration the importance of taking advantage of everything my parents could offer at the time nor did I care
tennis practice, I saw my parents talking to each other in the same room; which was unusual, considering they have not spoken with each other since their divorce, and typically begin to argue when they communicate. They told me to have a seat on the pew of my piano because they had something important to address. My father had opened the conversation with one question: "Do you know what you 're going to do when we 're no longer here to support you?" I sat there contemplating what my answer will be, but
I was sitting on my couch when my world fell apart. She sent me a text, They found out. I’m so sorry. I stared at the screen in disbelief. We had been so careful. No vague tweets, no pictures, hell, people thought that I was madly in love with Alex. It hadn’t been enough. Knowing that I shouldn’t, I picked up my laptop to see how bad it was. All over the internet I saw pictures exposing my relationship. Outing me. There had always been rumors about my sexuality. Comments on instagram pictures
crazy how a minute detail can change the entire outcome a situation. Life has many hardships, I for one believe that it is these hardships that shapes us into what we are today. I was about ten years old but had the mentality of a four year old boy. Mostly cried when I was denied a toy or grounded for being mischievous. Like every other week I would grind my way into emotionally blackmailing my parents to allow me to go to my friends place and then go the extra mile to stay as long as possible.
to the dear relationships I have in my life. I am an only child, and I have always been extremely close to my parents. My father is one of my best friends and greatest supporters. The majority of the people I encounter always remark on how I am the spitting image of my mother, but those who talk to me long enough realize that I have the same mannerisms and ways of my father. My parents have always been encouraging of me pursuing my dreams since I can remember. My parents have made so many sacrifices
One day when I came home from school, I wanted to say hello to my step dad but he was in the shower. Therefore, I went straight to my room without saying hello to him. After a few minutes I heard the shower turn off in the bathroom. When he opened the bathroom door I heard him yelling my name, so I quickly ran to him to see if he was ok.When I saw him he told me he did not feel good and could not walk. I told him to stop playing around because he always joked about his health. But he told me he was
receiving my associate’s degree in applied science. My journey to obtain my associates has not been easy. Nevertheless, I am accomplishing my goal and over the moon to be doing so. I did not plan to get my associates, I had originally planned just to bypass it completely and move on to get a bachelor in biology, however my health had other plans in mind. My health complications forced me to change my perspective on my life and to reconstruct how I prioritized everything in my life. My dream is to
Sitting at my desk on a Monday afternoon, I’ve suddenly become very aware of how loud I’m tapping on my keyboard. Typing up my weekly summary should have held all my focus but instead my mind got caught in the thought of “What if?”. What if I took the risk of quitting my job to go pursue what I really wanted to do? At the time I quickly waved the concept off of my mind because I did not know that it was an actual possibility. But no matter the effort of blocking the thought, the same recurring question