Personal Narrative: I Believe In Positivity

I believe in positivity
Growing up I didn't have the best life, I faced many challenges that I had to overcome. When I was 8 I had to start raising my siblings, it was hard but I stayed positive because I knew that this was happening for a reason and as much as I didn't wanna take care of them I had to think about them and not just myself. I was only 8, and I now realize that what I had been teaching myself all that time was to stay positive and look on the brighter side of things. When I was going through a hard time I had to always keep telling myself that things would get better. I had to stay positive, and not let negativity take over my life which could've been very easy to let happen at the time. Negativity is a very heavy thing to carry around with you, it does nothing but tear you apart and make you just wanna give up, so at the age of 8 I decided that I wasn't going to let the weight of
negativity bring me down .
I never understood why this was happening to me, because I would go to school and realize that this wasn't normal, none of my friends spent their time taking care of their siblings, none of my friends had to feed and provide for their little siblings, and as disappointing as this was I always had to keep my head up. As I grew up I would always tell myself that I needed to stay positive because there were two little kids looking up to me. Even if I was having a bad day I had to be positive and happy for them, because they looked up to me. Having to grow up with a hard deal of difficulty helped me in a good way it taught me many lessons but it taught me two main traits that I still carry to this day it taught me to be responsible and positive. When I got older around 15 and 16 my life changed and I didn't have to take care
of my siblings full time. But I now faced new struggles, In high school it's all about what you look like, and what you wear, high school is very materialistic, especially prosper high school. I didn't grow up with the nicest clothes or the nicest house, and at first it would bother me, and i would become discouraged. I soon realized that money and popularity isn't the most important thing, and to stay positive about the future because none of these things will matter in the future. One major thing that plays a role in how your life plays out is the people you place in your life, there will always be negative people around you, but it's your choice to bring negativity in your life. I basically have to provide for myself which is very hard at times, but I choose to stay positive, Because positivity is the foundation to a stress free happy life. Our society is full of negativity, it's full of people complaining about every little thing they don't like. When you choose to walk through life doing things you love and moving past the things you don't like, life will be sure to reward you with something great in return.