The Beauty Of Being Unique And Different Essay

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We live in a world where when we are young, we are told that the sky 's the limit and that if we put our minds to something we can actually achieve it no matter what. What we are never told is that, this motto is not applicable to everyone. The beauty of being unique and different simultaneously happens to be what ultimately limits some of us from reaching towards the sky and achieving our goals. As I continue to embark on my journey of life I can’t help but wonder if that motto will ever be applicable to me. We can all dream, right? I grew up in a neighborhood in Brooklyn called Canarsie. It was a predominately white community back then and my neighbors were Jewish and Italian. Looking back now, when I was younger, the different color of skin tone of my neighbors and childhood friends compared to my very own never really stood out or seemed like a big deal as it does now. As a child, I was more preoccupied with collecting my barbie dolls, coloring within the lines of my princess coloring books, and of course nap time. Although, in the back of my mind, I had always wondered why I was extremely different than most of my friends. One situation that evoked this question was when I was about the age of eleven and attended ballet classes with my two Italian friends Maria and Nicole. Maria lived on the same street as me and Nicole lived two blocks away from us. We were all each other best friends and would always have play dates together at each other 's houses every single
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