Personal Essay: Progression Of Life
Progression of Life
I believe in not living in fear. I’ve always felt that everything happens for a reason. Whether it be bad or good it was meant to happen to you. Fear is an obstacle that was put in our path, whether we like it or not fear impacts our every decision.
At the age of 13, I was diagnosed with having a brain cyst. I never would have imagined that of all people I would be given those news. At the time I felt as if my world was coming to an end because I started to think, “ Does this mean I’m going to die?”, “ How much longer do I have to live?”, “ Will I still be able to play soccer?” I slowly started to realize that fear had taken over my body.
As Nishan Panwar said, “ If you live in fear of the future because of what happened …show more content…
Why? Because nobody is perfect. We all wish to say that we are but the truth is that everyone has their own definition of perfect so no matter how hard we try we will never be able to fit everyone's definition.
I believe in not living in fear because I feel fear is there to see how tough we are. The day I was told that I had a brain cyst was the day I changed my whole lifestyle, I made sure that nowhere in my daily routine would I be at risk to hit my head. I was on the verge of giving up my dream of playing soccer because of something I was fearing. How could I give up my dream just because I was living in fear of the inevitable? The answer was I couldn’t. Death was going to happen no matter what. The day I finally became at peace with the idea of dying was the day I stopped living in fear and the day I was able to take the next step.
As much as I hate bad news there always going to come up. But when they arise you either have the chance to stop your whole life and live in fear or you can take the chance and push fear aside. My belief of not living in fear has helped me move forward and become a better me because without this belief I may have never been that one step closer to reaching my full
I believe in not living in fear. I’ve always felt that everything happens for a reason. Whether it be bad or good it was meant to happen to you. Fear is an obstacle that was put in our path, whether we like it or not fear impacts our every decision.
At the age of 13, I was diagnosed with having a brain cyst. I never would have imagined that of all people I would be given those news. At the time I felt as if my world was coming to an end because I started to think, “ Does this mean I’m going to die?”, “ How much longer do I have to live?”, “ Will I still be able to play soccer?” I slowly started to realize that fear had taken over my body.
As Nishan Panwar said, “ If you live in fear of the future because of what happened …show more content…
Why? Because nobody is perfect. We all wish to say that we are but the truth is that everyone has their own definition of perfect so no matter how hard we try we will never be able to fit everyone's definition.
I believe in not living in fear because I feel fear is there to see how tough we are. The day I was told that I had a brain cyst was the day I changed my whole lifestyle, I made sure that nowhere in my daily routine would I be at risk to hit my head. I was on the verge of giving up my dream of playing soccer because of something I was fearing. How could I give up my dream just because I was living in fear of the inevitable? The answer was I couldn’t. Death was going to happen no matter what. The day I finally became at peace with the idea of dying was the day I stopped living in fear and the day I was able to take the next step.
As much as I hate bad news there always going to come up. But when they arise you either have the chance to stop your whole life and live in fear or you can take the chance and push fear aside. My belief of not living in fear has helped me move forward and become a better me because without this belief I may have never been that one step closer to reaching my full