The water appeared crystalline and ice-cold the first time I readied myself to jump off the high dive. I knew I wouldn’t die, yet an intangible force restrained me until I closed my eyes, bent my knees, propelled myself off the board, and cut through the surface. The no man’s land between the board and […]
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 […]
Nine needles inject ink into my skin for over an hour. But, the outcome is far more desirable than an immunisation. What’s coming out of this needle doesn’t protect me from a troublesome flu, irritating virus, or debilitating disease. No, this defines me and reminds me of who I’m striving to be. When I decided […]
“Something you need to know about me to survive: When I want to speak my mind, I usually speak my mind; no one is safe from my brutality. Some people take it personally, but they shouldn’t because I even do it to my own parents. I’m a very apathetic person sometimes and some people can’t […]
It’s 1965 in Northern Vietnam, and troopers are hiding within the bushes, ready to assault. It’s the useless of evening, and each single particular person is as quiet as a mouse, not daring to maneuver. Then, impulsively, got here a roaring noise, and a blinding flash of fireside exploded throughout them. It was an ambush, […]
Speaking about future, the modernization is all the time a sizzling situation for folks everywhere in the world. Because of this, lots of people have a snug life, no cares, no worrying, simply achieve success whereas others are conversely in an terrible life. So what makes that variations is the previous, the previous might make […]
“Robert and the Canine” Point of view in a narrative is one thing I discover extraordinarily fascinating, just because of the plain truth that each single one of us have our personal method of seeing issues. Each one of us has a unique level of view. As an illustration, when it’s raining outdoors, my first […]
July had finally come – my faith was concealed in a small white envelope. A few months earlier I had spilled weeks worth of arduous Advanced Placement objectives onto a few sheets of blank paper. In my mind I deemed my essays of being level five worthy, but I was still unconvinced. As I darted […]
There comes a moment in a man’s life when some wisdom starts creeping into his brain, and this wisdom, although its acquisition is traditionally scarcely voluntary, aids him in the many dimensions of his life, but most of all, it help him understand himself, and, perhaps as a consequent, life. As for me, I’ve always […]
The summer before freshman year was a difficult one as I watched friends plan for their first days at a new school, knowing I wouldn’t be joining them. They had been allowed to choose their high school and decided on one that was close by and full of average kids like me. More than half […]