Personal Narrative: Happy To Be Alive
People often ask why I seem to be so happy; my usual reply is "because I'm alive".
It was six days after my eleventh birthday, so naturally I was happy, but by the end of this day there are feelings I had that I never knew existed.
I recall my primary six teacher asking my class to gather round her as she had something to tell us. She said that a man had gone into a primary school in Dunblane and started shooting at innocent children. The thought that someone could this came to me as a great shock but I did not even consider what might have happened to my cousin, Emma, who lives there. In all honesty I had forgotten about her.
It wasn't until I
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She looked in my eyes. Then came an awkward silence that felt like an eternity. She could not say anything. She gave me the one thing I needed the most, love.
As my cousin came from my dad's side of the family I knew I would have difficulty when I would have to see or speak to him. I saw him that night. It was as I expected. He was hurting, maybe more than I was. Seeing my dad looking so weak was an awful sight. All the life that I'm used to seeing in him had been slowly drained away. I wanted to stay with him as he looked frail and in need of some company, but he said he was going out to Dunblane that night. That is something I could not face.
The day after I decided to go back to school. I thought if I went to a place where all my friends were I would maybe be distracted from all the hurt that was deep inside of me. I walked down to school with some of my closest friends, but the first topic of conversation was the inevitable. I had to talk about it, I had to tell them that my cousin had been murdered. Again my body came under siege with emotion. I broke down into tears. The topic was then avoided as we walked to school but I knew it would only get worse as I had more people to tell. At school I didn't show emotion. I forced myself to be strong. I felt that if I showed my true feelings I would be looked at as weak. This was a long day. I wanted to get home and sit with my mum
Coming back home from school feeling beyond dead was not something I was looking forward too because I already felt horrible while I was at school, but I had to deal with it. All day I had thought about asking my mom to take me to the hospital. I knew how the scenario
Honorable, industrious, frank, and conforming are the four principles that I have been adhering to ever since my first moral lesson twelve years in ethics school. But human is a social animal—in the wide ocean of socialization, we are forced to face different situations that may require individualized solutions, with the four principles being broken at times.
a community college for culinary arts and took on a second full time job. I attempted but did not
In 2013, when I decided that I wanted to go college after having my son. I knew I wanted to do something in the medical
to get ready to start a new school the next day and instead my family left, drove to another state
When I first began the process of considering a degree in administration, as well as a couple of
were rushing across my mind and nobody was there to help lift me up until I met 4 friends
I can still remember that day... Heart was beating real fast, palms were sweating, stumbling across my words and I honestly felt like the world was coming to an end. Starting over at a new school halfway through the year has got to be every kid’s nightmare. I went from a private to a public school which was the hardest switch of my life.
"Yes, he will. You may go Gilbert." With that the butler made his leave as the giant sat there waiting and waiting. Until finally the doctor came out of the operation room. Klaus almost jumped out of his chair, walking toward the doctor. "How is his condition."
my life. One day I was over a friend’s house. I told her I wanted to go back to school to finish my
Nerves because I had heard that some of the kids I went to school with are leading pretty wacky lives. I even heard that one of the teachers when all crazy, and joined some brotherhood
Dreading going back to school after winter break had just ended. It was the first day back into third grade and i did not want to go to back school. It seemed like a regular
The moment I let him compare myself to others, I demeaned myself and was unable to recognize the unique about me.
There is really no definite explanation for what a happy and healthy life consists of. People may create a list of qualities that one desires for a “good” life, though many may come from a bad source. Profound philosophers Jean Kazez and Chris Heathwood developed both subjective and objective theories to help define the true meaning of a substantial life. Jean Kazez was responsible for the objective view of well being, where life requires fundamental goods or necessities for a good life. On the other hand, Chris Heathwood explained in a subjective view that satisfying your desires will promote well being. In the movie, D’Jango Unchained, two black men, Stephen and D’Jango, experienced contrasting lives and confronted each other at the end of the movie. During the time period the movie transpires in, it was extremely rare for a black man to have a “good” life. Most black people were made into slaves, but both Stephen and D’Jango had better lives. Stephen had a bad quality of life, and D’Jango aspired to live a “good” life based on the objective and subjective views of well being.
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.