George Bernard Shaw once said, “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” I came to this realization by experiencing a moment of impact that reshaped my perspective on life forever. For most people, these moments are influenced by outside forces of awe-inspiring individuals, but […]
Earlier than Paula sat down behind me, everybody was shifting uncomfortably of their seats in a futile try and keep away from sweating of their florid formalwear. Paula was a vibrant mom who was quickly in a position to change the environment of your entire commencement. Paula’s father, who should have been near ninety years […]
I used to think that I was one of the rarest people on the earth because I had been to see the ocean. And not just that, I had swam in the ocean. As I grew older I realized that it was not so uncommon, so I stashed the memory to the back of my […]
I hold myself steady and cool as a rock. I breathe evenly and keep my facial expressions calm and controlled. I run my hands over the rectangles that hold my future. I flip up the corners of the cards again and look down at the odd, mismatched cards. Smiling gently, my adversary stares at me […]
If I could do one of my traditions it would maybe be about Christmas. When I was a kid my parents would drill me and my brother into my room and we would always stay up. We would always play video games at like 12 o’clock at night; we would always wonder what we would […]
As I was taking the SAT a week ago, I came across an essay question: Discuss the word Identity. Identity is a very hard topic to discuss. Identity is a state of mind that many people still do not have a firm grasp on. It’s even harder for black people. Growing up in an unjustly, […]
Once upon a time I thought I was invincible. Notonly that, but I believed I had the potential to fly. No kidding, I actuallythought that if I flapped my arms hard enough they would eventually get me offthe ground. Several attempts later, I felt disillusioned. Then I heardthat it is easier for birds to fly […]
A wrinkled old woman waves hello as she heads indoors to pick up her usual Sunday lunch at the food court. She weaves her way through the crowd around us, navigating past an Israeli family, a few Spanish-speaking men, and a group of Red Sox bound Bostonians. Home to 18,000,000 tourists a year, the lively […]
Freshman 12 months, I was dazed and confused. I had simply moved throughout a stretch of 5368 miles from Ukraine to the American Midwest, bought the prospect to mould myself into the creation of my goals. Caught within the whirlpool of alternatives, I was desperately attempting to seize on to a straw of normalcy as […]
I had lost a piece of myself. I wasn’t sure of where I lost it, and I wasn’t quite sure exactly what it was that I had lost. All I had was a rush of memories. Days, weeks, months, that all blended into a dull existence. Even though I could not pinpoint an exact time, […]