This, I believe…
If there is one word that I can resonate with, it is perseverance. Perseverance is the steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement. I am perseverant and I think that is because I’m stubborn and hard headed. It isn’t easy to influence me or persuade me. If I do something it is for me and no one else. because I WANT to do it. If I want something I go out there and get it because I can’t stand to take no for an answer. It is my biggest disadvantage but also an advantage because I believe that when there’s a will, theres a way. So if you truly want something you will find a way to get it, no matter what.
I believe that perseverance is what I stand for because had it not been for the perseverance I have within myself, I wouldn’t be in my building business leaders class having to write this paper in the first place. In life everyone faces hardships, some face more, and harder hardships than others but, I try to keep in mind that life is not meant to be a smooth, bump free ride. If anything I don’t want my life to be easy. I just want the strength to get through it. You can’t appreciate the good without the bad.
A very personal experience I’ve had with the bad where perseverance got me through it was my junior year of high school. My great uncle passed away in April of that year. Both of my grandfathers passed away before I was born so my great uncle was who I considered to be my grandfather figure. He was in a coma for the last two weeks of his life and in and in an out of the hospital for the heart problems he had before that. So my world felt like it came tumbling down after he passed. Unfortunately it really affected me which in return affected me in school. I was distracted by my own thoughts and mourning and not focusing on my last quarter of my junior year. I don’t know exactly when it happened but I had sort of an euphony and realized I had to make the best of the situation. Instead of letting it get to me I had to get it together and finish the school year strong, not only for myself but for him too. To make him proud. The last couple weeks of school I went from failing almost all of my classes to passing them all with A’s and B’s. I thank my preserving and stubbornness for getting me through all of it.
I learned a lot that year and I feel like I grew up a lot for a 16 year old. I know I’m a fighter and I never give up. Sometimes it is to my disadvantage but usually I can manage to use it to my advantage. It’s hard to beat someone who never gives up. If flowers can teach themselves how to bloom after winter passes, so can you…