Preview

What has been a significant experience in your life and what have you taken from it?

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
610 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
What has been a significant experience in your life and what have you taken from it?
What has been a significant experience in your life and what have you taken from it?Surrounded by thousands of stars, complete silence, and spectacular mountains, I stood atop a village in Thailand fifteen miles south of the Burmese border awestruck by nature's beauty and power. Immediately, I realized that there was more to life than knowledge and understanding. The world isn't to be taken granted, and I don't plan to sit on the sidelines as the world passes me by.

Ministry to Burmese refugees was on the venue, and I'll gladly admit that I had more things on my mind than little children who don't speak English. Although the initial five hour drive to Mae Sot didn't offer fantastic views, the vistas became spectacular once my peers and I arrived in solid fashion. As I exited the vehicle, which I'd been sleeping in for three hours, I allowed my groggy legs to carry me to the top of the bamboo stairs where I paused sluggishly to rub my eyes and stretch. As they opened, my eyes fell curiously onto several pairs of eyes gazing back at me. Much to my amusement, I was intrigued by these young boys and girls' astonishment of a pink skinned individual like myself.

The ministry trip turned into a success, and my favourite activity came the night of our arrival. By now I had already gotten to know some of these young Burmese boys, whose stories were more miraculous than those I'd ever heard before. While their age ranged from my own to as little as six, I connected with them in one way or another. As the day met the night, we settled the two hundred students into a recreational room where we threw up a white sheet and mounted a projector. Mr. Bean, in all my eighteen years of viewing experience, has not failed once. Their eyes were glued to that of Rowan Atkinson, and their jaws dropped to the floor; the diversion was working splendidly.

Our purpose for this Mae Sot trip was to light up the darkness. While the children were glued to their seats, my group leaders and I

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Satisfactory Essays

    Think about an experience, positive or negative, that has affected the course of your life.…

    • 103 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Until this school year my family and I lived, as I like to put it, on the other side of the world, by Ryan Airfield, south of Old Tucson. Every school day there was a 50 minute drive in front of me that stretch over a mountain pass and more than half a city. However, it did provide great quiet time. Time just to recap what happened that day, time to plan out the rest of the day, daydream. One overcast day, my mom and I were going home in our good ole’ reliable Passat. We had come up through the mountain pass listening to instrumental music, something I have enjoyed listening to all my life. Instrumental music always lifts my spirits because of the pure melody, of all different types of instruments coming together to make a blissful resonance. After the mountain pass, the terrain spans out before us in a somewhat flat valley, which leads into another range of even higher mountains. We rode smoothly across a stretch of this and the music was epic. I do not remember that exact piece of music that was playing, but it had a cello, violin, piano, and drums. The type of music that gives the feeling like there is something in life you must do, a battle that must be conquered, a quest that must be fulfilled. The sunset ahead of us was trying to pierce vibrant colors through a gray curtain of clouds. Some clouds rested on a mountain for a moment while others struck down at the earth with lightning bolts. These flashes of light synchronized with the beat of the music. The moment was one of many things: shock, awe, exuberance, joy, thrill, wonder, and so on. The main thought that raced through my head was “This is amazing God. You planned this! You…

    • 564 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Winter, early 1942. When Adeline started kindergarten at St Joseph’s French Convent School, her Big Sister was already in fifth grade. Complaining about having to walk Adeline to and from school, Grandmother Nai Nai finally told Ah Mao, the rickshaw-puller, to take them to and from school. Adeline loved everything about school. It was a place where they were all equals and a place where unlike her own siblings, nobody looked down on her. Finally, she felt like belonged. A year after Father, Niang and Fourth Brother had been gone, there was a heatwave on. Nai Nai decided to soak her feet, but…

    • 1715 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    An event I've experienced that was life changing was when I obtained the rank of Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts of America. It was an affirmation of years of disciplined work and study to have such a prestigious honor bestowed upon me. In scouting, I developed various moral and ethical tenants that have shaped my foundation in life. Tenants like integrity, honor, reverence, faith in God, a man's role and his responsibility to his family, and a nearly innumerable quantity of experiences growing under the leadership of the Boy Scouts of America have molded me into who I am today in my very core of being. The realization of my dream to become an Eagle Scout took 11 years to obtain, so I'm no stranger to adversity or perseverance. To my memory,…

    • 511 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    When I sat down to write this essay I was trying to think of some big experience that had changed my life. However as I kept thinking and thinking about this I got a much bigger idea. I figured out that a lot of small things over time can add up to create a big experience in your life. So for me this happened with one of the most inspirational people in my life so far my Social Studies teacher, Ms. Skinner.…

    • 495 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    When I was in first grade, my father was deployed to Iraq. My whole world changed. We moved to Utah to live with my grandparents while my mother was pregnant. It took forever for my dad to return from war. I missed him so much, especially during the holidays. When my dad came back to the States, I thought that things would be better and that our family would be whole again. Two years later, my parents got divorced. My dad was suffering from PTSD and fell into addiction. I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression while my mother was trying her best to raise us on her own and earn her master's degree. I felt that my whole life was falling apart in front of me. These struggles have made me who I am. I have learned to be more compassionate towards…

    • 904 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    When most people think about a significant experience as something like; studying abroad, taking vacations, or meeting new people. Now while I have met many types of people and traveled quite a bit, none of these experiences have been nearly as significant to me as my childhood. I lived in a small, falling apart, purple house in the heart of Bessemer that was perfect because it is all we could afford. This house and neighborhood forced me to be resourceful and it taught me that nothing in my life is going to come without hard work. Those lessons crafted me into the industrious, diligent, and determined person that I am today.…

    • 513 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Para 2

    • 361 Words
    • 2 Pages

    not only details about the one experience, but also show how that experience inspired you, particularly…

    • 361 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    What 3 Words Describe Me

    • 843 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Describe two significant events in your life and how they have had an impact upon you.…

    • 843 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    "Follow no one else's path, instead make your own and leave a trail for others to follow." Life is like a race, and we are its runners. And in this race of life there are to be many obstacles and sharp turns to come and bring us down. Opportunities and challenges will come and pass. Many an opportunity I have passed up and let go, and many I regretted not taking. And many challenges and significant setbacks have gone and went. In fact, one setback has made a huge impact on my life, so significant that I have many opportunities.…

    • 412 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    This event in my life started my ongoing determination and pure drive to every goal I make; all the short-term and long-term goals. My identity is determined, and driven to me you cannot accomplish anything with determination and drive. With these new qualities that identify who I am, what I am known for, I practice with all my goals. These accomplishments, I have gained more courage and confidence to do things people say I cannot do. Therefore tell…

    • 501 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    An experience that forever changed my life is when I first heard the mantra that would become one I live by. Sierra Boggess is an amazingly talented, kind and inspirational Broadway actress she has originated the role of Airel in The Little Mermaid, and is all that I ever wanted to be as a person, beautiful, hilarious, positive and other qualities that I admire.She has a mantra, that is "You are enough, You are so enough, its unbelievable how enough you are." The first time I heard that it was as if my life was altered and the entire cosmic universe had shifted. This was a statement that was an answer to doubts that I had deep within myself. My deepest fear was not being good enough and that fear had impacted everything in my life. As a performing…

    • 329 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    This summer I had the opportunity to travel to Europe and experience what other part of the world are like. If it wasn’t for this experience I would not know what I would want to do with the rest other my life. Europe opened my eyes to so much different cultures, types of people and various ways of life. This trip helped me to decide what I wanted to do with my life because I saw so many people who loved doing what they do so it got me to think about what exactly would make me that happy every day.…

    • 602 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    When I was in high school, my mother was ill in hospital for five month with brain cancer, and that experience changed my whole life. At the time my mother was sick, I was the only one who was taking care of my mother because my families was divorced a year before my mother got sick .And I discovered…

    • 594 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    We should appreciate more and be grateful for what we have and what we are. I will take this lesson with me for the rest of my life.…

    • 478 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays

Related Topics