Albert Schweitzer has said‚ “One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.” When you beat the obstacles you face‚ then you can win any battle that approaches you. When it’s a lifelong battle‚ however‚ the obstacles seem to never go away. Since I was little‚ I have had trouble with my vision. Being almost legally blind has made my life difficult‚ especially in sports and school. Forced to wear glasses since a young age‚ they severely crippled
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daily. One who has PTSD from the vietnam war. One who lives with being paralized. The father from the short story “Stop the Sun” by Gary Paulsen and Christopher Reeve from the the auto biographical narrative “Still me” that both face and overcome obstacles that develop the theme or central ideas. The father from “Stop the sun” faced and overcame PTSD by talking to his son. “‘This thing that you want to know - there is so much of it that you cannot know it all‚ and to only know only a part of is..
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that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you’ve got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.” What this quote is saying is that anything that you want to accomplish will have obstacles and you have to have the will to overcome them. I‚ too‚ have set goals for myself and had to face obstacles to complete them. People have to face many obstacles in their lives such as losing friends due to excessive
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Ever since I was little I wanted to have a significant impact on the world to show my life is worthwhile. Obstacles have been part of my life struggles beginning at the age of three‚ when I was informed my mother would probably only live for one to two years‚ because she has an autoimmune disorder that was unidentifiable. However‚ my mother overcame the odds and is alive‚ but can’t function as a healthy individual. Thus me and my sister were home-schooled and I quickly stepped into the shoes of
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main keys to making it in life. One may even say that the only way to obtain knowledge is through reading. Another fact could be that without knowing how to read you wouldn’t be able to write and without being able to write you wouldn’t be able to read. The two forces go hand in hand and in that work together to make the world great. Without either reading or writing the world would be ignorant. This paper will further explain in the proceeding paragraphs my personal life story on how reading and
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everything in this moment. Right here right now soaked and drained. Every breath I take in I realize I am overcoming everything. Obstacles in life are very much like the increasing weight and strain I apply to my body. The love I have for bodybuilding is rooted with a dark past. I feel serenity knowing that I am the only one who can break myself down just to build myself back up. My whole life I allowed others to beat me down and hold me back. I have developed a new kind of mental toughness through
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Obstacles to Learning As a thirty-one-year old husband‚ father-to-be‚ and professional‚ I have come to realize that I have many new challenges to face as I start back into school. Challenges I never had to consider ten years ago when I first attempted a degree. I face ever-growing obligations at work‚ a wife and very soon‚ a young child‚ and the motivation to complete a project I started ten years ago. I have overcome the first obstacle‚ however; I have overcome the guilt that I should have finished
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Overcoming the Odds In life there will always be obstacles that are placed before us. Some will be easy and others will be difficult. I could remember a few incidents that made me think I would not be able to overcome certain roadblocks to achieve my goals. It was the summer of 2009; we had just got back home from Antigua & Barbuda of the sixth CVC Basketball Classic tournament. My high school coach had received a letter of acceptance to Word of Life Traditional School in Wichita‚ Kansas awarding
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Overcoming Obstacles Bay High School‚ where teens in Panama City went to get an education including Cyanne‚ there was no exception even if you had only one good eye. A few months had passed and Cyanne had not settled down in her new school. She found no belonging due to her birth defect. Along the corridor to her locker‚ Cyanne was elbowed and shoved to the side. What made it more hurtful for her was that nobody said anything but in their eyes was gloat and disgust. Cyanne swallowed it all
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So everyone has obstacles in their lives that they have to overcome. Well other than the basics of life struggles I’ve gone through alot with my family and financially. Now‚ in life I take it one day at a time not worrying about what is gonna happen tomorrow. I have surpassed many obstacles like family fights‚ financial issues‚ home loss and running away. So to start off with I’ve had so many family issues. I’ve ran away just to bypass my problems. I as a kid watched so much stuff happen in my
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