Personal Narrative: Finding A Cure For Cancer
When I was 7 years old, a family friend died of cancer. It was devastating at a young age to understand what so many families, worldwide, go through due to cancer. After I heard the news I set my heart and mind on the goal of finding a cure for cancer.
I no longer dream of finding a cure for cancer, but this event proved to myself, and others, the motivation I possess that will push me through my whole life. Henry Thoreau once said, “One is not born in the world to do everything, but to do something.” Ever since I was seven years old my goal was to make a difference, to do something.
We are born into a world of 7.4 billion people and we each have a fear of being forgotten. How do we make a difference to out live ourselves? It’s a scary thought,
I no longer dream of finding a cure for cancer, but this event proved to myself, and others, the motivation I possess that will push me through my whole life. Henry Thoreau once said, “One is not born in the world to do everything, but to do something.” Ever since I was seven years old my goal was to make a difference, to do something.
We are born into a world of 7.4 billion people and we each have a fear of being forgotten. How do we make a difference to out live ourselves? It’s a scary thought,