For the most, I think I had a quite pleasant childhood, with not
much to complain about. I received all the love I could get from
my family, and was lucky enough to have three wonderful siblings who acted
as positive role models in my life. Of course now, as a nineteen
year old college student I am able to step back, and take a look at my
past and realize how fortunate I was, and still am. It is hard, especially
as a child, to be able to appreciate what you have, and look at things
in perspective when something goes wrong. I am not trying to say
that we should ignore our feelings, and suppress our pain or anger, however,
having a different outlook on life might actually help us in dealing with
our problems and our pain.
I cannot identify with any specific traumatic or emotional experience
that has deeply effect my life. There are however several things
in my life, which I believed, helped shape who I have become today.
I think that just about everyone encounters unpleasant experiences or problems,
and it is the process of dealing with these problems which plays a significant
role in shaping who we become as individuals. As a young girl for
example, I always felt that I was dumb. In middle school I was diagnosed
with a learning disability, which only made me feel worse about my intellectual
ability. Slowly however, I learned to overcome these feelings, and
worked hard in proving that despite this diagnosis, I could get good grades.
What I learned through this is that we become who we perceive ourselves
to be, and we must not let the placement of labels limit our goals and
aspirations.
Some good quotes:
" . . And I think to myself, this is good enough and I try to laugh
at whatever life brings,
cause when I look down I miss all the good stuff, but when I look up
I just trip over things."
"If you want rainbows, you have to put up with the rain"
From Peter Pan:
"Say Peter, can you really fly?"
Instead of giving him an answer, peter began flying around the room.
On his way he took the shelf from above the fireplace.
"Amazing," said John and Mchael
"How sweet" said Wendy
"Yes I'm sweet, Oh I am sweet" said Peter
He forgot how to behave once again. It seemed so easy
And they tried, first from the floor, and then off the beds.
Just that every time they reached down instead of up.
"Say how do you do that" asked john while scratching his knee.
"You just have to think nice magical thought" -explained Peter.
"And they will lift you into the air"