I Believe Hard Work Will Always Pay Off
his I Believe, Hard Work Will Always Pay Off
From the first day of first grade to the last day before retirement, our lives are filled with work. Whether for school or for a profession, it often seems as though we are being bombarded with a large quantity of work that it is important to do well. Work also is forced on our home lives such as doing chores taking care of family members and remaining physically fit. Juggling all of these different types of responsibilities will ultimately force everyone to at some point or another question whether it is even worth it to work hard. Does it really matter if I drop the ball and don’t do work to the quality that I am capable of? Although nothing can silence that voice in my head which tells me it's good enough, time and time again this world has shown me that hard work always pays off. When I first starting running, this was a principle I adhered solely by and after running for a couple weeks I began to see the benefits that came from an unrelenting work ethic. One day, one mile, and maybe even one step at a time, I watched myself improve. There was nothing like the feeling that everyday I was better than I was the day before.This principle has guided my through running in high school, where I continued to find great success. But only after a series of setbacks am I able to see the true vertue of hard work. …show more content…
But hard work did pay off in other ways. Adversity forces growth. Mentally, I can not stress at a loud enough volume how much I grew, and continue to grow, from this experience and my road to recovery. Distance running requires endurance. On January 13th, 2016 I would have told you about the physical endurance of distance runners, but only now can I speak to the mental endurance side of
From the first day of first grade to the last day before retirement, our lives are filled with work. Whether for school or for a profession, it often seems as though we are being bombarded with a large quantity of work that it is important to do well. Work also is forced on our home lives such as doing chores taking care of family members and remaining physically fit. Juggling all of these different types of responsibilities will ultimately force everyone to at some point or another question whether it is even worth it to work hard. Does it really matter if I drop the ball and don’t do work to the quality that I am capable of? Although nothing can silence that voice in my head which tells me it's good enough, time and time again this world has shown me that hard work always pays off. When I first starting running, this was a principle I adhered solely by and after running for a couple weeks I began to see the benefits that came from an unrelenting work ethic. One day, one mile, and maybe even one step at a time, I watched myself improve. There was nothing like the feeling that everyday I was better than I was the day before.This principle has guided my through running in high school, where I continued to find great success. But only after a series of setbacks am I able to see the true vertue of hard work. …show more content…
But hard work did pay off in other ways. Adversity forces growth. Mentally, I can not stress at a loud enough volume how much I grew, and continue to grow, from this experience and my road to recovery. Distance running requires endurance. On January 13th, 2016 I would have told you about the physical endurance of distance runners, but only now can I speak to the mental endurance side of