Drive is something that tons of people have not yet to grasp. The word drive itself is just as powerful as its definition. Having a drive for something means there’s passion in what you’re doing. My drive is to get out of bed every day and be productive. It’s my drive that pushes me to get to work and push myself forward. Having that drive for something isn’t something I would want to let go of either. The problem today is that it’s that it’s hard to have a drive for something since it may take
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During my high school career‚ I participated in the MCJROTC program. It was there I met three Marine instructors that changed my life. I had them for four years‚ and every moment I spent with them was with pleasure. Each and everyone had a different influence on me from their advice‚ help‚ and the way they taught. Two of them‚ Major Wirsig and Sergeant Major Pereida‚ made the most influence on me with their different approaches in life. Major Wirsig retired after thirty eight years in the service
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This town I found myself in right now was unique. For some reason‚ it felt different from all the rest. Sure‚ it was breathtaking‚ but that was not what was bringing on this feeling. I tried to observe my surroundings carefully for this loose thread. The red cobblestone was lowly lit in the warm glow of the Christmas lights that hung everywhere. Explosions of red and green and blue and yellow filtered everything in sight like 3D glasses. Tinsel and garland wound around the support columns of
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Jammy. Lang 53428254 How Job Corps change my life First the off all‚ I’m a talk about how my education when down. First off‚ I grew up with my Auntie my whole life. My life in high school did no go very well because I would get in a lot of trouble by getting in fights in high school. Until one day they decided to kick me out because I was a handful and they did not know what to do with me anymore. I would tell them to give me another chance but they would tell me no
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watched my mom run herself ragged to try and support us. She was finishing her college degree‚ while working two jobs and raising me. My parents had just gotten divorced and I was scared and sad and didn’t understand what was happening. My mom and I were incredibly tight on money‚ and things were terrifying. I was a ten year old worrying about my next meal. As girls wore hoodies that read “Hollister” and “Aeropostale‚” I was wearing mix-matched outfits we had found at goodwill. While my friends
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People are always talking about moments. Those split seconds of your life where you feel like nothing can touch you‚ like nothing can go wrong. But no one ever talks about what happens after those moments. When you come hurdling full speed back down to earth‚ and find yourself one again in reality‚ looking dazedly around and trying to figure how for that one moment everything could have been perfect‚ and how it could change so suddenly. I’ve had plenty of moments. And they were everything a moment
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told my mother and I about a surgery that could practically change my whole life. He had said that if I didn’t go through with with this surgery that in the future I could end up being paralyzed. Of course my mom pushed me to do this surgery‚ as all parents do. My eleven year old mind went everywhere thinking of every scenario I could think of. As soon as I got home I did what I usually did read than played some Wii sports resort‚ which may I say I’m pretty good at‚ and lastly playing my flute
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idea of failure. Throughout our live‚ these battles are fought‚ taking not only mental strength‚ but physical as well. Some of these battles are chosen‚ while the rest flank from behind. With this in mind‚ a story of victory must be told‚ on behalf of my Aunt‚ Joenell. Her battle took place in April‚ of 2009‚ she went to the Suttee Delta hospital‚ in Antioch California for a doctor’s visit‚ for fear that something was wrong‚ during this visit she informed her doctor that she felt a not on her left breast
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In the August before my sophomore year of high school‚ a challenge emerged. My dad had passed away. Of course you would read that and automatically think about how that would affect me in many ways. However no one‚ not even myself‚ was aware of the many challenges that went with this. Death was something new to me. I had never had to deal with someone close to me passing. I had experienced my friends losing a grandparent or a distant relative‚ but it had not affected me terribly much. I always considered
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When I was a child‚ I was very shy. I didn’t like talking to other people‚ or even being around others for long periods of time because it made me very nervous. My parents signed me up for theater to force me out of my comfort zone‚ and I fell in love. I became the person who I am today‚ a confident‚ energetic social butterfly‚ because I was exposed to something new that made me grow as a human being. Even though people can grow to become experts in a specific field‚ if they don’t step outside of
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