Overcoming My Obstacles

My family makes a sufficient amount of money to take care of home necessities, but we only make so much money that we consider higher education a luxury. In addition, growing up without my father I have had to overcome many challenges including a lack of confidence and self love. Over time I have overcome these obstacles and I am proud of the young man I am today. I still find that I am my biggest critic, but instead of getting down on myself, I push myself harder to grow. Making mistakes is something I have accepted and have come to understand in order to get closer to my objectives both onstage and off. Everyday is an opportunity to learn, I make the choice challenging myself and grow as a student and as an artist. My background of growing

New skills are presented after overcoming obstacles. Although, obstacles may be scary in the long-run gaining the courage to overcome them is challenging. One

As for my personal encounter of individual with a disability; the grew up around a cousin who was with brain damage, as a kid I would go over to aunt’s home and sit with him and read books; I would massage his hands and feet because he would have seizures and I would see my aunt doing it so I just picked up on what the adults were doing and try to help out. Even though he could not talk I felt he could hear what I was saying because one time I was reading a book called “Henrietta Hippo” and I would act the scenes and whenever I made the sound of the hippo he would look at me and make a funny sound like he was trying to repeat what I was doing.

Despite many crucial developments surrounding acceptance of others there is still a long and arduous path ahead of our society. People with disabilities, whatever a given disability may be and mean for the individual, are frequently stigmatized. They are not always offered equal opportunities, nor are they always offered the proper support to fortify their capabilities so that the individual may be the best they can be. Because of this there are many people who never go or return to college, are unemployed, or are isolated from the community.

Phillip stated his best part about college is being able to learn, having professors who actually care and being in organizations that are made to help minorities succeed.

What comes into one’s mind when they are asked to consider physical disabilities? Pity and embarrassment, or hope and encouragement? Perhaps a mix between the two contrasting emotions? The average, able-bodied person must have a different perspective than a handicapped person, on the quality of life of a physically disabled person. Nancy Mairs, Andre Dubus, and Harriet McBryde Johnson are three authors who shared their experiences as physically handicapped adults. Although the three authors wrote different pieces, all three essays demonstrate the frustrations, struggles, contemplations, and triumphs from a disabled person’s point of view and are aimed at a reader with no physical disability.

My life isn’t that appealing, I always imagined myself in better position that I am now, maybe living out of state somewhere with a boyfriend who loves me and a job that could sustain my college tuition. If you would have asked me at the age of eight what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said something on the line of “a Lawyer, Doctor, or even an Astronaut” but no one ever tells you how hard its going to be and how much debt you’ll be in at the age of twenty-five. From childhood to adulthood, everyone chooses a path, where they must overcome obstacles thrown at them. Obstacles in life make us who where are, they make us learn, and they predict how we will turn out. My obstacles consist of mental, physical, and social throughout my childhood, adolescence, and adulthood years which made me who I am today.

Obstacles. What are they? Obstacles are every day little things, big or small. An obstacle could be getting up in the morning, going to school or work, homework, making dinner, or maybe training for a marathon. We may not realize it, but we face some type of obstacle every day. Different people experience different obstacles, for some people a really difficult obstacle can be easy for others and vise versa. Everyone handles their obstacles in life differently. Overcoming an obstacle can feel very refreshing because we accomplished something, and who doesn’t love that feeling of achieving something? An obstacle i’m pretty sure we’ve all faced is trying to walk when we were babies. We always see those adorable videos of baby giraffes , cows, or deers trying to stand up right after they’re born, they struggle to stand on their own and their legs shake because they can’t hold the weight. But eventually they’re walking and running all over the place. Even though they are animals they don’t get up because they are determined to stand. If people don’t have the determination to

When you think of the term disability do you get uncomfortable? Do you shy away from people with physical or mental disabilities? Sadly, this is the opinion that a majority of people in society has; however, I completely disagree. To me, everyone has disabilities, whether that is a severe disorder or not varies from person to person. Disabilities can occur from several different events, including: birth defects, car accidents, battles, etc. The term disability gives the connotation that a person is unable to do something based on their intellectual or physical state of being, but to me it means so much more. We all have things that we are not as good at as others, or things that we struggle with, so to categorize people because of the things they can and cannot do is completely ignorant.

From personal experience, any obstacle or disadvantage can be used for something good. When I was a high school senior, I broke my wrist playing basketball right before state playoffs. It devastated me and my team. For a sports enthusiast like me, this injury was a major setback. Through this experience, I became a better team captain by raising moral from the bench dispite not being able to play. Life will always come with obstacles but we must determine whether we want to use the obstacles to fuel greatness or disappointments. This paper will discuss people throughout history that have used their personal struggles and setbacks to achieve something great.

In my life I have faced many obstacles. There has been times when I was unsure about how I was going to handle a situation and how I was going to move on from it. Although some obstacles may be abominable, I am a firm believer of "everything happens for a reason". If God brings you to it, he will help you get through it.

Glaring upwards at the inclination of the slope I consistently question whether I could make it another step further. The trail conditions were not exceptional. The ground was so slick that every step you take you would slide back half a step. Swirling through my head thoughts like “THEY SAID THIS WOULD BE AN EASY BOOT PATH NOT A PRATICALLY OFF TRAIL ROUTE CLIMBING THIS STUPID MUDDY FACE!!!!”. I withheld my smoldering frustration inside and trotted up with an unpleasant and desperate gait. Over and over the climb leader yelled a Jens Voigt (Professional Cyclist) quote “Shut Up Legs! And do what I tell you.” in the most preposterous German accent. Time passed by in insignificant increments as I seemed to only scramble fifty more feet upwards.

Living with a disability is by no mean an easy job for the patients. There are a lot of obstacles that these people have to go over and the frustration that comes from not being able to do activities/movements, even a subtle thing such as brushing teeth, that they were able to do just overwhelms their everyday lives. Living with disabilities for 48h has given me a lot to think about. It gave me an insight and taught me what itt is like to be a person with disabilities. I realized that people with disabilities want to live life, no differently than anyone else. They want to eat out with friends, watch movies, work normally and do shopping for their friends/families/self. The truth is, their lives do not have to be much different than other

Overcoming all my most difficult challenges. My first big challenge was facing the fact that i was all alone. I honestly don 't know how to start telling my story. My mother was in a court process of trying to get my sisters back. At the time i was so depressed, i couldn 't speak or see my little sisters. Weeks pass and still nothing, as i was getting less focused in my school work. Just in everything i felt like i was falling apart. I felt like i was breaking little by little. I could not imagine to think of loosing my mother to. But i guess god just wasn 't on my side at the moment. My mom in the process of fighting to get my sisters back she was incarcerated. My mother was thrown in jail over false statements that my grandmother made. I couldn 't believe my grandmother would ever do something like that, but i was wrong. As the months pasted i lost complete contact with my sisters. My grandmother did everything in her power to keep me away from my sisters. My grandmother always denied a simple phone call. I knew she was out to destroy my family. I thought to my self for hours, even for days how could she do this to us. I looked at my grandmother like my second mom, and for her just to do that to me. It felt liked she wanted to do everything in her power to leave me lonely. As my mother was in jail i had no one but my father, but that wasn 't much my father always worked. he never had time to comfort me in all the hard things i had to go through. I went through all my

You might believe that “having a disability” and “being disabled” are one in the same, but I can assure you, that is not the case. “Having a disability” means that a weakness exists, but a person who has a disability does not have to allow their weak points to define them. In fact, I've gone to some lengths to hide mine and transform my weaknesses into strengths. In contrast, a person who views themselves as disabled allows their disability to determine who they are and what they will be. Even through times of discouragement, I have never allowed my deficits to deter me from going after the life I’ve dreamed for myself. Ever since I was 8 years old, I’ve known that I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. I also know that becoming an M.D. is no simple feat, so I have immersed myself in my studies. I am aware that it takes me twice as long to go half as far as my peers, so I work three times as hard and long. I have grown to know myself and my disability on a more intimate level, and as a result am able to compensate to the point where most people have no idea I struggle so much. Through hard work, perseverance, and the occasional bout of tears, I’ve worked my way into the top 20% of my class. “Proud” doesn’t even begin to describe my feelings toward that achievement!