Personal Narrative: The Events That Affected My Life

Have you ever had an event that completely altered your life? Events can change your attitude toward life, your perspective on people, and your ability to function emotionally. I, personally, had three major events that transformed my way of life.
In my eighteen years of living I have discovered that most of the time I can be a pretty pessimistic, negative, emotionless person. It not the best personality to have, but I make it work. Now being a negative person, I am used to negative thoughts and comments. I usually just take in the comments and do not really think about them, sometimes I even embrace. However, this event has helped me to be more open to positive comments. I am not a confident person and always deem myself average. So when people compliment me, I just take it as, “Oh. I guess I’m doing pretty good for an average person.” Then I came to the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University soccer team. They constantly encourage me and it has been a positive influence in my life. My goalie mentors always give me advice and encourage me during practice. My other teammates also cheer me on. When you hear someone say, “Good job keeper!”, “Nice
dive.”, or “That was a great kick!” it really boosts me up. This event reminds me that I do not need to be so down on myself all the time. This event has also taught me that even the smallest bit of encouragement can go a long way. A positive event that happened in my life that changed me was an intense soccer game, that taught me to never give up.
I was playing a soccer game and my team was down by one during half time. Then, during the second half the other team scored again. My team was losing two to zero and the end of the game was drawing closer. Our forward scored, but we still needed one more in order to tie the game and go to penalty kicks. In the final minutes our forward scored again and tied the game. We went into penalty kicks and won. So after a long and hard game, in which perseverance paid off, we finally won. It was one of the happiest moments in my life. I learned that no matter what the score is during a game, you can always make a comeback. So no matter what score is on the scoreboard I always maintain hope in my
team.
In contrast to the previous positive events tin my life, this event has negatively affected me. This that changed my life was when I had my heart broken. It was nothing more than a crush at the time, but the words he said to me still ring in my head sometimes. This event changed me because no matter who I like or love I need to remember to love myself. I had a crush on this boy for a while and I finally worked up the nerve to tell him that I liked him. People always say they are prepared to be rejected, but can you really prepare yourself for pouring out your feelings and then have them get stepped on. I, of course, was not interested in dating him at the time, but I just wanted him to know how I felt instead of keeping it to myself. So I told him how I felt and he told me, “You’re a great girl, but I do not think I want to date someone of color.” Of course I was crushed that I was rejected, but I realized that I was rejected because of my skin color. Honestly, after this situation, I closed up my emotions. I did not allow myself to fully open up to anyone. I felt like it was useless and I would just get hurt again. It made me a person who was very cryptic and not straightforward. Though this incident happened two years ago, I can still remember the pain and the heartache it caused.
Even though my life has had both good and bad events, all of them have affected me for the better. Even though having my heart broken was painful, I was still able to move forward. Soccer and the people I play soccer with has impacted me a lot. I am truly indebted to the game of soccer. I can say that without these event in my life I would not have been the person I am today.