Positive Influences

Has anyone ever been influential to your life? Has it pushed you to pursue for your dreams? In Homer H. Hickam Jr.’s Rocket Boys, Sonny was inspired from his dad and Wernher von Braun to pursue his dreams and follow it to build rockets.

Last year I played on the best hockey team that I have ever played on. I played for the Waukesha warhawks. Our team wasn’t just good on the ice, but off the ice as well. Every single person on the team got along with each other. Since we all were good friends, that built a connection for our team while we were on the ice. Everyone knew how everyone played and everyone had eachothers back.

Everyone has encountered an individual in their life that had greatly affected and influenced them to be the person they are today. Some will find it is through direct family members, friends, or perhaps even celebrities. For me, that individual is a musician and poet named Alex Turner. He has influenced me in a number of ways including; inspiring me to take writing seriously, introducing me to new literature, and teaching me the art of thinking before speaking.

Can you think of some on more influential to a person's life than their parents? Usually, an individual would carry the same traits, beliefs and hobbies as their parents or guardians. In his letter he was giving advice to his distant son, Lord Chesterfield shows his individual tenets that he tries to pass on over the use of parallel structure and figurative language.

Today it was any ordinary day for me but I remembered that I had a hockey game today. I knew that this game was to determine if my team made it to the championship game or if the other team did, the other team was a bunch of goons their idea was to hit us and hit us hard along the boards. I knew how they played and I thought we could just beat them with speed but, no the opposite happened my team played slow that night and played to their level of play. My friend on the team said, “They’re playing so well tonight.” I thought that too because our team was down by one goal the entire game till the third period. I notice that on the other team they had two guys that would hit you no matter where you were. They would hit you here and there and

Everything we, as humans, do is influenced in one way or another. Whether it is because of something you may see or something someone tells you every action we make has some form of influence behind it. The people who have greatest influence on our lives can be anyone from a stranger you see on the street to your family who you see every day. Adam Braun, the author of the New York Times Bestselling book, “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change” and founder of Pencils of Promise; a charity that helps build schools all around the world so children can get an education, has most likely been influenced by many people in his life.

The positive influence I have in the community is my commitment to serve others in any possible way. For instance, apart from my, per-diem job in the pre-op department at Trios health hospital as a certified nursing assistant. I commit time as a volunteer in the pre-op unit assisting the staff. Ranging, from bringing patients in to the department, keeping track of the surgery schedule and assisting family during their stay at the hospital. I appreciate every minute I get to volunteer and assist the many patients we receive in the hospital. I enjoy helping others no matter their age, gender or color, but I hold a special place in my heart for the geriatric community. It breaks my heart to see such history in the elderly community be abandoned

Throughout my life I’ve encountered an abundance of people who have left remarks and comments suggesting how I should lead my life, in ways that they believe is correct. Those people and their comments can all be grouped together as a general bunch that can be classified as external influences. Balancing all of my external influences is tough, from having to listen to my family,culture and religion to being under the influence of my friends, community and society. I personally can admit that I have been influenced by my friends and community significantly, in the sense that I have changed how I dress to fit in with their ideals. I’ve gone from wearing checkered shirts and sweaters to hoodies and athletic tees. The most persuasive external

Influential people inspire others to make choices with their choice of actions, words, and ways of learning. People like Lin-Manuel help us to realize that we can be or do anything that we want. These people inspire us with things like, “Everyday has the potential to be the greatest day of your life.” Obviously, they want us to know that everyday can be good. Also, in the quote, “Fill the world with music, love, and pride.” I believe, that these people are trying to tell us that we should fill the world with good and positive feelings. Another quote I would like to recognize is, “There is more to life than what I have.” This quote would like to recognize that, we can always be more if we keep trying.

What is the meaning of being influential? Can an influence be positive or negative? My fiancé Amanda was the greatest positive influence in my life in many ways. Meeting her gave me the greatest friend I could ever ask for but that wasn’t enough for me then. I fell in love with her like a moth to a flame my senior year of high school and by giving her my time she taught me three life creeds. She taught me to love myself, numb my pain, and forgive the unforgivable.

Influences are either positive or negative. They can either teach you a lesson or make you the person you are now. People, events, mistakes, can make you who you are now. My top 5 influence have changed me more in a positive way. I am glad I have and met this people. Without them I do not know what my life would have been.

As usual, The time had come to head onto the ice, We exit the room and head down the hallway to just by chance or luck make eye contact with the Coquitlam Chiefs. Coach pulls me aside and lets me know that “they got a real good player over there number seventeen”. At first glance I did not think much of him until I took it upon myself to watch him while warmup. he had a nice set of hands, Quite a wicked shot and tremendous speed I now thought this guy is going to be a problem.

Someone influential isn’t only a powerful individual, but also someone who understands certain situations and is able to advise others what to do if one ever encounters something similar. Consequently, Nathaniel Hawthorne was the primary author who influenced me the most because I was able to connect and sympathize with the author. Also, when I attended the academic conference that I was so greatly invited to take a part in, I was able to understand and see the short story “Young Goodman Brown” in a new perspective. Besides understanding that the short story is about society wearing different faces, I was able to further comprehend that the short story might also be about assumptions. This triggered a thought which made me further connect with the authors writing. Thus, Hawthorne’s short story really spoke to me.

I am a twenty-two-year-old, white female. I grew up in Elk Grove Village, a village in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago, with my father, mother and two older brothers. I went to a predominately white elementary school. However, my junior high, and high school were apparently diverse in race and socioeconomic status.

Therefore, the first influential person is Jesus. He has been present in every single thing I have been through. Times like loneliness and failure, he stood up for me, and I couldn’t be more joyful. In my elementary school days and some part of middle school, I did feel alone. I did not have much friends, no one to play with, and understand me. I continued to pray to Jesus for friends, for