Who’s in control of your life? Who’s pulling your strings? For the majority of us‚ it’s other people – society‚ colleagues‚ friends‚ family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young‚ of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. We didn’t want to be singled out by the crowd for being different because this wasn’t such
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An Incident that has changed the course of Your Life Everyone has many incidents in their life‚ some small‚ some big and some even life changing!! Incidents go on taking place in our life but some change the course of our life‚ in a good or also in a bad way. I was 11yrs old; I had gone for a trek to Banjar valley in Shimla with my friends. We were 14 of us including 3 instructors. Before the camp we were given strict instructions about how much are bag should be‚ and we make it light. As
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Fury. Depression. Disgust. Shame. C team again. Nothing has hurt or changed my life like the disappointment of being relegated to C team as a sophomore. I fell in love with soccer when I was eight years old‚ and it has remained my passion to this day. From the feeling of winning a header to completing a perfect pass or even just messing around with friends‚ it is the most sensational feeling I know. I never expected this beautiful game to cause me so much pain. I realized this was the thing for
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I have always grown up in the shadow of the spotlight. Through sports‚ school‚ and social life‚ I was not the best player‚ student‚ or friend. My senior year‚ football season changed all of that in a matter of a few days. Football has been the sport that I have loved and adored my whole life‚ but unfortunately that love was tested to the max. During the summer before football season‚ I was informed that our senior quarterback would not be playing that upcoming season. This was a huge blow to the
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People say if you love something‚ then set it free. If it was truly yours‚ it will always find its way back to you. I never imagined I would lose something that I truly cared about but in this case‚ I did. Volleyball was my passion but I came to the realization that it could not be my life. Back in 2010‚ my mother decided I should try every sport and see what my options were. I tried everything you could think of: basketball‚ dance‚ softball‚ soccer‚ you name it and I played it. However‚ volleyball
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Wellness 2 Essay on Why Swimming Should be Part of the Wellness Curriculum 10/09/2012 Swimming: An Important Life Skill Swimming is a very important and necessary life skill to have; for this reason it should be included in part of the wellness curriculum at Newington High School. If a person has the proper knowledge of life saving skills/techniques‚ he or she will be able to save his or her own life as well as other people. Swimming is also an abundant way of exercise. Lastly‚ it is a pleasurable
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major impact upon my life is my uncle‚ Reef. He guided me through everything both good and bad in my life. He was obese because he goes to McDonald’s every single day even if my mother prepare food for us to eat he will still go. He is one of the most intelligent people I know and we remain close even today. I love his partnership‚ his kids‚ his family and I consider them my family as well. I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for him. The thing about him was his outlook on life‚ his positive energy
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The day that changed my life forever It was a typical Sunday morning; I was in my bed sleep‚ completely oblivious to what was going on across the hall in my mother’s room. That’s when my little sister came in my room to tell me that my mom was crying. I didn’t believe her so I got up to see for myself. I’ve never heard my mother cry before so I thought she was laughing. I stood in the doorway for about five minutes when she looked at me with tears in her eyes and told me that my grandmother
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Five Books that Changed My Life Life is made up of experiences. It is experience that makes our life and it is experience that ruins it. Opportunities come and go and experience totally depends on how we use the opportunities. Life gives us experience in various forms and one of the small ones is through books. Although it seems to be small‚ it can play one of the major roles in shaping our life. I know of a man who was in deep trouble and it was a book that changed his life because that book taught
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I believe that it is very important for everyone to know their strengths. I have always been aware of my strengths‚ habits‚ and the way I put myself out there. By knowing your strengths‚ you can also know your weaknesses. My top three strengths are adaptability‚ arranger‚ and maximizer. Adaptability is a very good word to describe me. Like it says on the theme description‚ I like to just “go with the flow”. I like living in the moment and I am very grateful and indebted for everything happening
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