My Bad Habit One day my little niece told me about an exercise that her class was doing‚ where they were giving up something bad for them‚ or something bad they did for three days. She asked me to do this with her and quit cursing‚ so I agreed to do it. My horrible mouth has always been a character flaw that has made me feel like an outsider in social situations. The very first day was so hard because I quickly realized in order to do this I was going to have to be able to control my emotions
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Significant experiences affect our lives both at that moment‚ and for the rest of our lives. We must choose to let these experiences affect us for the better‚ allowing them to shape us into who we are meant to become. When we accomplish something hard or something that not many people have done‚ we can use this rare experience to learn lessons and skills that will guide us in the future. Something that I have had the opportunity to do was earn my Eagle Scout Award through the Boy Scouts of America
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My Bad Day If I’d known it was going to be such a bad day‚ I probably would have stayed in bed. It was Friday the 15th. I got up early and the sun was shining outside my window. I cut school. I thought the best thing to do is to go to the river with my friends. When I was going outside I saw a black cat crossing my path.I knew then that this day isn’t going to be one of the best in my life. Later it turned out that my worst fears were realized. I bought a bus ticket. When I got to the bus stop
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Gardenia Cuadra ENG 110: College Writing Life Shaping Experience – Personal Narrative There has been many life-shaping/life changing experiences in my life however if I have to pinpoint to one specific moment where I knew that my life as a child will be over was when I was 12 years old. My sister‚ grandmother and I just came back from spending 3 weeks in Nicaragua. I loved it so much I wanted to stay. A week or two after the family trip‚ my grandmother fell down concrete stairs and was
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An experience that forever changed my life is when I first heard the mantra that would become one I live by. Sierra Boggess is an amazingly talented‚ kind and inspirational Broadway actress she has originated the role of Airel in The Little Mermaid‚ and is all that I ever wanted to be as a person‚ beautiful‚ hilarious‚ positive and other qualities that I admire.She has a mantra‚ that is "You are enough‚ You are so enough‚ its unbelievable how enough you are." The first time I heard that it was as
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couple of my close friends. I usually know how to control my drinking. If you have ever drank you know that there are limits. Once you hit those limits its like they say‚ "there is no going back". My main problem was not being at the bar‚ as i was on normal to good behavior. It was on the car ride home when all of about 4shots were starting to catch up to me. On the car ride home‚ I was just talking whatever was coming into mind. I blurred out
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Few people are as surprised by my militant atheism as they are by how I came by it. When I tell them that my parents were extremely devout fundamentalist Christians‚ they aren’t so surprised. It’s a common story‚ isn’t it? Call it rebellion if you like‚ but the most Christian of parents tend to produce the most atheist of children. At least‚ that has been my experience‚ and the experience of those like me. Science - Clapway No‚ none of that is surprising – it is what comes after that is unexpected
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failed to properly learn how to ride my bike at around the same age as the other kids. I had difficulty understanding the phrase “It is as easy as riding a bike”. Particularly‚ I had a difficult time balancing and moving forward on the bike. I was so fixated on what I was doing wrong‚ I did not realize what I was doing right and what I could do to improve on what I had done right. Learning how to ride a bike was one of the most painful‚ life-changing‚ experiences I had ever gone through. I was ten
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Growing up‚ I always kept to myself and never got close with many people. My PFO experience has changed this about me. Being able to work with everyone in PFO in a different way this past year has allowed me to build a unique relationship with each person. One of my most memorable experiences was from Night of Gratitude. For this show we rehearsed for only a total of 24 hours before we put on the show. In the 24 hours‚ 20 teens‚ including myself wrote songs and poetry to perform in honor of 10 people
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My life would have been completely different had my parents chosen to go back to China in 2001. At first‚ my dad came here alone for a job offer‚ and my mom and I came to visit him a year later. However‚ our family’s intended short visit soon became a permanent residence. They chose to stay so that I could have a better education and ultimately‚ a better life. But in order to attain what they initially envisioned when making that life-changing decision‚ they have had to endure numerous hardships
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