Legos Monologue
I use to dream about a seemingly endless skyscraper. At the top of the building, there would be people who’ve made it. Those who rose beyond judgement of others, and learned to appreciate their shortcomings to find the freedom that exist at the top. Getting there isn’t easy; the only way up are stairs as endless as the building. Many people don’t make it, but up there, there’s a plaque with my name on it. So I open the doors and begin my journey upwards.
It’s not long before I feel like giving up. Like that time I almost gave up on everything because I wasn’t sure I would be okay. I’m in a hospital bed that day. The eye surgeon comes in and tell my mother, “It’s time.” Wait, time for what? I blubber out of confusion and fear. The screaming …show more content…
At first, Legos help me cope with my asthma and with all the ridicule that comes with it. My peers tease me because I’m slow. They make me run because they know I’ll never catch them. I feel rejected in the world, but when I play Legos it becomes my world. A bridge here, and building there. I can create and design with unimaginable freedom.
When people see my architecture they’re amazed. How did he build an entire village? My peers begin to see past my shortcomings. They see the builder, the architect, the engineer within. In 7 years’ time, I’m at the podium presenting a new city center my team and I designed. The judges stand up and applaud. They want me to engineer more; I want to engineer more. That’s the dream that propels me forward.
I always wonder how much longer it’ll be before I’m at the top, but then I realize it’s more important to recognize how far I’ve come. I know that if I keep going, I’ll make it there eventually. There will always be things that push me down, but these experience set me back in the right direction. And maybe one day, I’ll be standing at the top. When I look down, I’ll finally see it: my own creation. I’ll tell whoever’s standing next to me, “I built this skyscraper.” And maybe that person will be inspired like I was. Maybe he’ll see my skyscraper and imagine himself climbing to the top. But I’m not quite there yet. There are many more stairs to climb. It just
It’s not long before I feel like giving up. Like that time I almost gave up on everything because I wasn’t sure I would be okay. I’m in a hospital bed that day. The eye surgeon comes in and tell my mother, “It’s time.” Wait, time for what? I blubber out of confusion and fear. The screaming …show more content…
At first, Legos help me cope with my asthma and with all the ridicule that comes with it. My peers tease me because I’m slow. They make me run because they know I’ll never catch them. I feel rejected in the world, but when I play Legos it becomes my world. A bridge here, and building there. I can create and design with unimaginable freedom.
When people see my architecture they’re amazed. How did he build an entire village? My peers begin to see past my shortcomings. They see the builder, the architect, the engineer within. In 7 years’ time, I’m at the podium presenting a new city center my team and I designed. The judges stand up and applaud. They want me to engineer more; I want to engineer more. That’s the dream that propels me forward.
I always wonder how much longer it’ll be before I’m at the top, but then I realize it’s more important to recognize how far I’ve come. I know that if I keep going, I’ll make it there eventually. There will always be things that push me down, but these experience set me back in the right direction. And maybe one day, I’ll be standing at the top. When I look down, I’ll finally see it: my own creation. I’ll tell whoever’s standing next to me, “I built this skyscraper.” And maybe that person will be inspired like I was. Maybe he’ll see my skyscraper and imagine himself climbing to the top. But I’m not quite there yet. There are many more stairs to climb. It just