Personal Essay : My Experience In The Life Of My Life

For example, don’t steal, don’t kill, don’t lie, don’t bear false witness, etc. Also, I derive other values from my culture and my family like respecting the older. I believe that my social identity does not limit me and in fact it helps me to success in my life by developing trust, and good relationships with people at work and school. I believe that my values, social identity and my personality had helped me to become the person who I’m right now, and it will help me even more to develop more relationships and open up more opportunities.

I grew up in an urban neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland Ohio. When I was younger Cleveland was such a fun city to be in, but now it’s not as fun and it is full of violence. Growing up I was the only child until I was 10 years old, then my mom decided to have my sister. Not long after, it became six of us. Now I have five younger sisters to set a positive example for.

I grew up in a very diverse and ever-changing household. I am one of seven children: one whole sister, one half brother (on my father side), two half sisters (on my moms side) and two adoptive brothers (on my step fathers side). The place I called home was not just a single house but in fact involved two both with separate families and rules. Each neighborhood of the homes, were unique and required a few adjustments. Thus shaping me in becoming an independent, above average and passionate person.

In modern living, it seems so many of us are at odds with the question “Am I living my life, right?”, with so many thoughts and opinions on our everyday lives, how can one not question their lifestyle. Our current society is living in one of the most opinionated times, with any and everyone’s thoughts and feelings at the touch of our fingers. Life has become so complicated, and messy, and disorganized for so many; with journalists, internet celebrities, and memes persuading the public of some new fad that will truly lead to this overall peace or happiness. This modern way of living is exhausting. We as a people have become obsessed with these ideas of algorithms for happiness, the thought of “if I do this, this, this, and not this, I will truly be happy!”. These “algorithms” seem to range from all organic diets, living off the grid, and simply minimalism, it is overwhelming. Society seems to have always looked for a “miracle pill” to fix these problems. While these many writers and thinkers have many differing opinions and thoughts on what will lead to well-being, most seem to agree that cleanliness or tidiness have a positive impact on one’s well-being.

She realizes out of here experience that all her relatives tolerate her out of love. As a result she wants to lead a fragmented life in a fragmented Island as she is already a disillusioned being with no sense of understanding or a healthy bondage between herself and her family members. The sinister charm of the Island calls her to more meaningful and satisfying existence as a gift witnessed very many magic activities of her father. She craves for such a bewitching life that is possible only in Island along with her unborn child.

As a very small child I don’t remember too much, but the things that I do remember were seen through a child’s eyes that has made me the person that I am today and I will always have those memory’s with me until my last breath on this earth. In this essay I intend to show how my childhood and adult life to this point has influenced my life, my journey. By utilizing the adult development theories from this class I also intend on showing how they relate to my Life experiences and where I am today as an Adult student.

This explains the beginning of my life all the way to the end of my life. My life from the beginning was very fun as I grew up living with my mom’s friend and my friend. But there were a lot of fights and I was very hyper back then. I have ADHD so back then when I was little; I was very hyper and wouldn't stop moving around the place. I always was annoying back then and never seemed to get my homework done at school.

Life, it’s a cruel, but funny thing. Life will throw you multiple obstacles just to get you to one point, message, or lesson. It’ll give you the most horrible situations, but give you an outcome of happiness and love. This is what I went through. I went through an obstacle in life that showed me that it’s not worth it to be harsh, cruel, or mean to your loved ones or piers. This obstacle showed me that we allow ourselves to let our emotions in the way of the truth and in the way of love. This obstacle shaped me to be the person I am today. Now listen to why I give these reasons. Why I say what I say. Listen to my story of how I came to be, through love, anger, frustrations, and death.

Out of all the manifestations I ever had in my life, I never expected to see myself running away to survive. I never dreamed I had to run from my country to save my life. As I peered through my window, looking down from the butterscotch-hue sky. I could see clouds of damp smoke and dust rising up from the ground. Bombings in Managua took place almost immediately. I had a flashback moment; Grandpa Luna once shared his family stories. The one that really stick out the most was about his grandfather who emigrated from Italy. His grandmother also emigrated from Germany. They came to America in the 1840s. His grandfather Angelo F. Cagliero was a nineteen-year-old, who, like me, also survived a war. The difference was that he fought to defend his country from the French. Cagliero eventually graduated as a lawyer at one of the most prestigious university of the world in Rome. However, when he shared his convictions in the open; his own people just like Nicaragua persecuted him. The Italian government was not-yet-unified. He was a political philosopher and freethinker regarding religion; his qualities made him a dangerous man. He was forced to emigrate, seeking freedom and religious liberty. He sailed to New York and arrived on a ship in the mid 1850s like most Europeans immigrants. My great grandfather Angelo fled his beloved country because he ran out of choices. I was reliving the same ordeal. I was a target just for being a young man, not because I differ with anyone’s

"In life, there are times when we choose our challenges and other times when the challenges simply choose us – Travis Roy. I don’t remember what happened to me, I was told I was hit by a car. I was placed in a medically induced coma, for a month. Slowly, the doctor lowered the sedatives to see how I can breathe on my own, within six weeks everything was removed. I woke up; there were family and friends around my hospital bed. I was confused because I had no idea what happened. Mom and Uncle Ray told me stories about how angry I was and would try to get out of bed.

Three different hospitals tried to convince me my 105-degree fever, full body rash, and baseball-sized lumps on my immovable joints were all side effects of the worst case of strep throat they had ever seen. Having experienced strep at least once a year almost every year of my life, and literally being paralyzed this time, I wasn't buying it. My mom is a nurse at the Medical Center of Plano and showed pictures of my decline to her colleagues, who were bewildered that I had been sent home THREE TIMES in such a condition. In these past 10 days, I've learned a couple of things:

I feel blessed to be in cor 8. I have a awesome core who is like a family. Being in core 8 I am less stressed and I feel like I can share a lot of stuff without anyone judging me. Being in core I learned a lot about sharing opinions, God building your relationships. Before core class I never expected anything from anyone in my life. I like to follow my own path. I learned how to prayer before core I thought prayers make no impact on the situation and I lost all the trust in god. The unfaithful people had turned their back on me and that movement changed me. Being in core It has shaped me into a person I never thought I could be. I trusted the people in my core and around me who are close decided to stick around in my worst times. Being in core I feel less stress, learned from the events I have attend through core, the three books we read is a guide for me to balance my school life and home life, the monday lectures and being in core I am trying to have stable relationship with God

I can see my short curls and round nose looking back at me in the reflection of the window while I listen to Spanish pop. Looking out, I see hundreds of people walking past each other, from teens dressed in jeans to adults in suits and blazers. There are nail salons, designer shoe stores, offices, all in the midst of these massive buildings. I’m on a DART train passing Downtown Dallas, on my way home from school. A few years ago, I didn’t even know about the different rails, but now I know my way around the entire city without using Google Maps, something I’m a little proud of. I’ve used it to go to work at Bed Bath & Beyond, my chess tournaments, school, the mall, vegetarian restaurants, and anything in-between. The reason might be because I can’t afford a car, my dad works all the time, and my sister took my mom’s car to her tiny town of San Angelo for college, but it doesn’t even matter because riding the train and running errands by myself has made me independent, plus it’s eco-friendly.

Well, here I am… It’s taken me six years to get to this point since I, still a school student, emailed Harvard a naïve question: How do I get accepted?

We all have that one person we look up to the most, we turn to for advice, encouragement, or just a good laugh. My person lives in a long, white house with rusty, red shutters. Surrounding the house, there is a garden, shop, shed, and dog pin. Inside the house, is where the builder is found. You will see a tall, thin man in navy blue work clothes that has seen and experienced more than I could ever imagine. He fought cancer and WON, lives with Parkinson’s disease, is a care taker of his wife who lives with a form of Parkinson’s disease, and continues his garden year after year providing food for his family and people of the community.