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Personal Narrative-Intellectual Analysis

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I swallowed the cool air and aroma of the summer's morning dew into my hollowed lungs, with the hope to fill them with something as to eliminate the feeling of lonesomeness. At the same time, that lonesomeness was nervousness, but newfound self-confidence had a similar feeling. My palms were clammy and pink as I wondered who would come into my life. Yet I had no desire to develop a new relationship with someone, I only wished to seclude myself with the untouched wilderness. I was young, and I discovered many things while I was at summer camp that helped me grow intellectually. It was solely the minds of others from foreign lands that intrigued me the most. I sought after new philosophies that would aid me in this search for what I wanted to do with my …show more content…

When holding conversations, one would jokingly feel the hands and shoulders of the other, as well as having a dazed and satisfied look in their eyes and mouths. Both facial features would indicate interest in another, of which I noticed in every conversation around me. Every combination of gender, nothing about anyone's age. Whatever they found so complacent in each other, had been subconscious to them. They could not recognize that they were exhibiting happiness, for it was normal for them. We were all from some other place with some other mix of cultures, and my own seemed lackluster. Theirs fit together like puzzle pieces. I found myself in a place of uninterrupted joy. At summer camp, it became effortless to interact with others along with interacting with my own mind. I learned that what made motivation so difficult to acquire had been myself, and my influence from what surrounded me. The time I spent there was also used to develop my understanding of what I desired and needed in order to succeed. I began to understand who I needed in my life that would help me and motivate

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