Personal Reflective Journal Entry

When I think about the past there are a lot of things that I wish I had done. Whether it be, standing up for myself, defending myself, gone zip lining, taken back some of the things I said or tried harder. It is important to not think about regrets too much because in fifty years any of the mistakes you've made aren't going to matter. Even if you think that it is the biggest mistake ever, nobody will remember it in fifty years. It is still important to make mistakes and have regrets because in the long run you’ll have nothing to look back and laugh about, or give valuable lessons to other people

This quote is very motivational mainly because it says to not to focus on what you have done wrong or what has happened to you but to focus on what could happen in the future or moving on. Many people in society focus on what they have done for example many people complain that they didn’t go to college and that they don’t make enough money; when instead those people should get up apply for colleges and try to get the life they want instead of wasting time mourning about not going to college in the first place.

(Praise for author/speaker) The speaker of this quote is Rafiki from the Lion King, but he is the wise old monkey that helps Simba through his struggles. Rafiki not only shows Simba but help him over come his struggles with his past. He shows him that things can hurt but you have to keep moving on and keep moving with life because you can not change things that have already happened. You have to face the mistakes you have made and learn from them.

Often times we find ourselves thinking about the past only to try to force the memories away and return to our current delusion. We can never erase the past, but if the past is who we are, then should we just welcome pain back into our lives? Embarrassment, guilt, and pride betray us as we choose to bury our darkest memories in our head and look to a positive future without ever having to readdress them and acknowledge that they had ever happened in the first place. Thinking back now my weakest moment caught me by complete surprise.

This quote had a big influence on me as a reader for the reason that we as individuals may have wounds from our past.

In last week's journal entry I stated that this week PVEPD would be conducting active shooter training, but the training is postponed for now. During this week’s shifts, I finished the putting together the emergency operation plan binders, cleaned the briefing room, and went to the department’s shooting range where I had the opportunity to shoot AR-15 and a Glock 22. I spent both Monday and Tuesday’s shift at the shooting in the basement of the police department. The shooting range which is located underneath the department and can be accessed through the parking garage. There are two rooms in the basement one room is storage for the gun range and the other room is the actually shooting range. Each room requires a special type of key and passcode

Changes in life are just there, some you can predict and others you can’t. Sometimes changes are huge and others are not. Some sudden changes in life are moving across the country, your mom and dad remarrying and women starting to become equal to men.

Quote - “My Mama always said you’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on.” (Forrest Gump)

One of Morrie’s aphorisms that means the most to me is, “accept the past as the past, without denying it or discarding it.” One reason this quote speaks loudly to me is because I tend to dwell on the things that I have already done in the past. This quote let's me know that I need to keep what I have done in the past in mind, learn from it, and do it differently the next time. Another reason that this is an important quote to me is because the past can bring me down sometimes.

“Oh yes the past can hurt, but you can either learn from it or learn from it.”-Rhafika The quote is pretty much saying that you should learn from the past and make better choices because of your past. This quote is appealing to social life because everyone lives by this quote without even knowing. This source shows examples of this quote and how people learned because of their hardships.

Here's my response and, reflection on my own sentence : The goal is not about a player, but something more.

One of my most favorite quote ever is, “carpe diem,” which means “seize the moment.” Your past does not define you; thus there is no point in dwelling in it, nor is getting

“You can’t escape your past. Not completely. But you can deal with it” (Johnson, Joel). People continuously state, “The past is in the past,” or, “Do not dwell on your mistakes,” although, none of these statements hold any truth. The past is an inevitable part of our beings as a whole, notably shaping who we are, affecting our lives forever. This commonly used quote, “Learn from your mistakes,” is one of the many examples supporting the idea of not letting one’s past go. For example, if a child touches the stovetop, they will get burned and most likely never plan on touching one again because of past experiences. There is no evading our past, it surrounds us everywhere. In the challenging novel Great Expectations, Charles Dickens instills the message one’s past never truly leaves,

“The past can hurt, but the way I see it you can either live with it or learn from it .” This is a quote from the movie ‘Lion King’. The choices you make now define who you are. If you keep constantly keep on holding your past mistakes, you’ll never be able to change into the person you're meant to be.

I am writing this essay in-order to reflect upon the experiences, that I have experienced during the 7 months that I have been studying the Work based live case study module (2509) and how these experiences have impacted upon my approach towards my communication, team working, problem solving skills and other factors which were endemic within the module.