Personal Narrative: Overcoming Obstacles In My Life

Have you ever had something happen to you that made you think you couldn't do what you loved anymore? Well I have. I thought I would never be able to play the sport I loved, basketball, anymore. When I broke my arm in fourth grade in 2012 taught me to persevere,that you can do what you love no matter what, and no matter what bumps you hit in your life you can always come back better.

I can’t recall much of what it was like growing up in a tiny two bedroom apartment in Northern Mississippi but I do remember the first book I read and how it paved the way for my literature career. Leading up to my first read I was taught the alphabet at a preschool near my mom’s work. I had little to no trouble learning the alphabet when I was younger but reading was a brand new concept to me. At night, after we finished one of my mother’s delicious home cooked meals my parents and I would retreat to my room where they would read to me until I fell asleep. Sometimes they would ask what a word was in a book and I would answer correctly but a good part of the time I was wrong. This lead to an uncertainty in my reading that would come back

PROMPT #2: PROMPT #2: The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

Obstacles and barriers are positive reinforcements that help shape and mold individuals. Individuals face innumerable conflicts and barriers throughout their life span; some of them causes dismay, while others successfully manage to bring out the best of a person’s ability. Just like everyone who has set foot on earth, I too, have encountered obstacles. The obstacle which brought out the best in me was when I migrated to the United States and faced difficulties communicating with others.

From my adversity and hardship I unveiled who I am and what I am capable of. I ventured outside my comfort zone; challenging myself to start new conversations everyday and foraging friendships faster than a tempest. I also started to express my curiosity and discovered the metamorphosing world in which I live by throwing myself into the wilderness with Outdoor Ed. Most importantly, I embraced others and helped them be happy, to stop them from feeling alienated like I did. l saw that I held the power and I hoped that I could help others see the same.

Overall, I am a work in progress that continues to enhance in my basic and advanced skills day by day. I believed I am getting better and I will continue to practice until I am a master piece. Honestly, I feel comfortable entering the counseling field after learning many techniques and tools that will help me grow as a counselor.

Organize my food by shopping time. Using one of the shelfs for each grocery-shopping period.

My obstacle was having to learn to stop being closed off and scared to open up in order for relationships to work out. If I had continued to close myself off my relationship wouldn't be where it is at with many people. I wouldn't have certain friends and I would still be friends with people I shouldn't be affiliated with. I grew a lot over the year and this was one of the reasons. I learned so many lessons and overcoming this obstacle definitely made my life easier and better. Its less stressful and allows you to be more happy. Sometimes to be able to trust someone is risky but you will always learn something. Whether good or bad the outcome with always be okay.

Everyone goes through obstacles in life, it's apart of life. Some so very small some larger than we think we can get through. When was in kindergarten I took my very first vision test little to find out that I had no vision in my right eye at all.They put glasses on me to see if they would help. But they just weren’t any glasses they put a lot of prescription in the right eye than the left so it made me look you were looking through binoculars when you were looking at my right eye only you weren’t and it was only in one eye. As a six year old it was really weird to look at myself in the mirror and not just laugh at myself day after day. I kinda thought I was a cartoon character of some sort. We tried that for about 6 months but nothing

Out of my 35yrs of life I have ovecame so many obstacles. Being a struggling single parent, and just not satisified with how my life was going there are so many that I can talk about but these three where my biggest obstacles. But with my praying family I was against all odds.

A trait that can be considered an achievement would be my ability to persevere, as a survivor. My sister, Leanne, spent a majority of her life in and out of hospitals due to a genetic anomaly. Even with knowledge of the gravity of the situation, her death came as a great shock to me. She moved back to Canada with my mother, after my parents’ divorce, so my time with her became limited. One month after my son Jacob was born I planned an introductory visit to his aunt Leanne for the first time. However, three days earlier I received the phone call to forever change my world. Eight years later I found myself fighting for my son’s life. Jacob complained of physical ailments, however, doctors deemed me a hysterical mother and dismissed them.

My life has been filled with many obstacles. When i turned 11 years old, I experienced a major change. My parents had been living in the United States for more than 17 years. Its been very difficult since my father has two older children still living in Ecuador,who often need guidance.

Throughout my life, I have had to overcome multiple adversities. For instance, in middle school, I struggled in a couple of my classes, specifically Language Arts. Even though I applied myself in this class, I was unable to achieve the “A” I desired by the end of the term. Instead, I earned a “C”: the lowest grade of my academic career. While this grade is by no means a complete failure, I was still disappointed in my performance. After this event, I decided that I needed to improve and take school more seriously. In the following school year, I became more organized by writing down any homework I had to complete in order to visualize what I had to accomplish. I was then able to make better use of my time and become more productive. I also

I have only been alive for 13 years, so I am fortunate to not have had too many obstacles in my life. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a perfect life and there has been some difficult obstacles in my life. My first obstacle was when my parents got divorced.

It was 3 am in the morning. I woke up to a chilling phone call. I grabbed my phone and it was from Veronica. I was so confused, so I answered it. “Hello... “ I said as I heard screaming and crying coming out of her voice.