The Importance Of Life Experiences

Have you ever had any experiences that you don’t realize are life lessons until you’re left to learn from them? They’re the kind of life experiences you wish were just bad dreams because they stress you out to the point you hate yourself for what you’ve done or put yourself through. Sometimes God presents us with difficult situations to test us and our reactions. These are also the experiences that inspire you to be a better person, and teach you that you can get through the rough patches in life perfectly fine after all. For me, life has recently presented me with some pretty recent trials, all in a matter of a few consecutive months, that have tested me. Going through an unpleasant break-up, being sent to a girls’ home not long after, and finally coming home to a sort of unfamiliar routine. That’s where I am in this process; learning from my mistakes and allowing myself to realize that these lessons and events are what God has planned for me to encounter.

I have had a plethora of unique life experiences, many of which have happened in the last couple years of my life. In the past three years I have traveled to Guatemala, all over Germany, and Hawaii. During the summer of my freshman year of High School, I went on a missions trip to Guatemala. My church took 10 boys, and 10 girls; we spent a total of a week in a small impoverished town called . I believe that this trip allowed me, for the first time, to see, and be enveloped in a new culture. During the trip I ate new foods, played new games, and learned about the Guatemalan culture. I was able to spend time with all of the local kids, and learn how to respect a new culture. Then, this last summer, I was able to take a part in a German Exchange program with my school. After taking 3 years of German in High School, I was one of twenty people selected to go on a three-week long exchange program in Germany. The trip consisted of a week traveling with the 20 people chosen to go. The other two weeks were spent living with my host family and German partner. During my stay there I visited Berlin, Munich, Cologne, and traveled to the Netherlands. This was another chance for me to experience a new culture, and to further my German speaking skills. However, more importantly, it allowed me to make lifelong friends in another part of the world. About a month after I got back from Germany, my family went on a 12 day vacation to Hawaii. During my time there I had the opportunity to do a

Moving from Los Angeles to Chicago for my dad’s work left me marred with a longing for year-round sunshine, palm trees, and mountainous horizons – things that most Midwesterners can’t even imagine. As a Korean and Caucasian, I leave people confused with which racial slurs to throw at me (“white rice” is the most clever one yet). In first grade, my parents pulled me from school to teach me how to think for myself through homeschooling. Ironically, it was with this same sentiment that I applied eight years later to Chicago Hope Academy, another place where I’d be different. As a sophomore transfer, I was unfamiliar with rappers like Drake, Eminem, or Tupac everyone around me praised. I wasn’t used to words like “finna,” let alone the Spanish spoken by my soccer teammates as I was the only Asian-Caucasian in the student body. But at this time in my life, I realized that you learn the most about yourself when you're surrounded by those who are different from you. Several years later, my closest friends include an avid atheist (and former Buddhist), the sixth best soccer player in Illinois, and a survivor of fatal heart surgery who shouldn’t be alive – I couldn’t find a more diverse community of

Dr. Miguel wrote about her diverse culture experiences within the U.S., based on her back ground and life up until now. She was able to embrace and incorporate her diversity background to grow mentally. It is important to share, practice and change together, regardless of who we are and where we came

Cancer is a global health problem that affects millions of people across the globe, especially in developing nations. The increase in cases of cancer is likely to increase the global burden of disease by a great percentage. Particularly, reproductive cancers such as cervical and prostate cancers are among the top causes of cancer-related morbidity and mortality. Although prostate cancer ranks close to the tenth position among cancer-related deaths, it is the second most common form of cancer among men. Consequently, men diagnosed with this disease have diverse and severe experiences depending on the stage of cancer and the associated pain. Kelly Krumwiede and Norma Krumwiede in their 2012 article The Lived Experience of Men Diagnosed with

I believe that sensitivity and appreciation of others develop from vivid experiences and interactions with people from different cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds that challenge my worldview and help build relationships with those around me. First and foremost, these experiences have also taught me that appreciating yourself before others is essential for growth.

In the article titled, "Extra dimensions in all aspects of life-the meaning of life with bipolar disorder" it discussed how bipolar effects not only the individual but their families and friends. This disorder as described in the DSM IV has a large variety of lifelong mood swings characterized by depressive, hypomanic, manic or mixed episodes. There were a few studies discussed in the article but, I will only focus on one, "The Lived Experience". It gave a personal account of someone's story living with bipolar as an adult. As one person described it as, “the doors to everything that's been negative in my life open up and all those previous depressions have been stored in that room". Bipolar can wreak havoc on a person's life and to no fault of their own. Sadly, it is a combination of genetics and environmental circumstances.

The topics for this essay are challenging for me to describe life experiences, because I feel there is a deeper meaning behind happiness, evil, and a higher power. People decisions and actions determine how my day will go, due to modern society and the need for financial security. The high demand of security and keeping up with modern technology distracts individuals from their health, causing an unbalanced world of individuals. When we are balanced as individuals, we tend to feel good about yourselves, otherwise we feel bad, or our actions can be evil due to an experience or negativity or neglect. I feel anyone is able to change due to our bodies being able heal, and our inner energy creates this possibility or we allow the negative to control our energy. By creating a balance of life and surround yourselves with people you want to be a like, or around because we cannot control other people actions.

Throughout an individual’s life, one will go through experiences which make them gain certain values and standards that one will always believe in and abide by. Although one’s beliefs are held to a certain standard, it is hard in everyday life to always strictly commit to these beliefs. But, at many times it’s hard for an individual to always act accordingly with their beliefs, this is when a conflict arises. The cognitive dissonance theory can be explained by the first concept of dissonance and three hypotheses to then reduce the dissonance. This theory begins with first recognizing the dissonance between one’s certain behavior and one’s certain belief. Within the cognitive dissonance theory, Festinger hypothesized three mental mechanisms

My life has been a crazy roller coaster with many events that have affected my life all in different ways. There have been times where my life has been at its highest peak in the world then it falls down, right into a deep valley. From the time my lovable younger sister came into my life to when my grandpa had a near death experience, I have learned many valuable lessons through the rough times as well as the more happy times. When I was a young girl, my mom had always told me the same thing over and over again. I never really thought about how a few words would have a deep effect on me in a short amount of time.

The life given by god has a very special meaning a value in which people sometimes forget to thank or either regret. Many students/adults believe that they are going to be popular if they have money and a good job buy forget that people are influenced by those who have learned something. Also a lot fail to remember, to earn value you must earn it.In today’s economy the government creates a value on the person by looking at the position they are held for. If you look at it from the society’s point of view they believe people should be given value according to what they do and what position they are. From an individual's perspective they judge themselves on what they accomplish and achieve.The value of the individual would

Every person goes through different experiences that influence the way they mature and the way they decide future plans. My personal experiences include family factors that influenced the way I am today. I have not let the unfortunate events let my future plans differ from what was planned but they have allowed me to accept the things I cannot change and also make me realize the things I can.

It's great to be back in my childhood home again to visit with my now elderly mother. It appears like hundreds of years prior when I was growing up here. In those days, this small town was just a spectacle that formed the unremarkable environment in which I lived my everyday life.

Life is full of learning and it is mostly due to our daily life experiences. These experiences are mostly based on our surrounding environment from where we learn new things every day. But all these experiences are a result of our keen observations out of daily routines. It is very important to note that life also provides us with some chances to experience new people or places that are indeed out of the ordinary. That is the time we indeed learn new and unique things, hence these are unique experiences of our life which are remembered by us throughout our life span. I have visited USA and this was indeed a life time experience. Going through new and strikingly important things really made me filled up with pleasure. It was indeed very joyful and marvelous experience. I am very happy and expecting many more things and unique experience coming my way and making me enjoy new and exciting things.

My goal in life is to be a great friend and wife to my fiancé. An exceptional and admirable mother that teaches her children not just right and wrong, but how to be healthy, happy, successful, responsible adults who can do the same for their families. I don’t want to lose sight of who I am and the person I am meant to be in the process. All the while, enjoying every bit of life and making every moment count.