Allah, your in the middle of the sea, no one to be in touch with, all you can do is try to survive. You're there for months and yet you managed to live because somehow the determination is turning into survival. Sometimes the word we try to find to describe ourselves is "pretty, handsome...etc", the words we should be using are far more than that, some that we never thought that could describe a human being. As I am determination. Giving up isn't an option or is it when all you have done is failed? Only someone negative thinks like that. For I am invincible, because when I fall into my knees I get right back up and try, try, try again all because determination is the most propounding word with meaning that can be shown physically and emotionally.
For any type of teenager school, and having a job is stressful. Some of them quit the job, as of my experience I haven't given up in working and managing school. But when I look up to my mother see the person I want to make proud of me, and I work even more harder to perceive the happiness of a daughter that determination has always guided her even thru the worst, because looking frontwards has more inspiration than looking backwards to the agony and suffering you went through.
Always remember that determination is the key word to anything. Why you may ask? Well have you ever felt down? What made you keep going? What makes you smile now? All important questions to ask, but why? Well that boy that broke your heart, isn't as important now, because you were determined to forget about him. You set goals to make yourself happy for your own good and set an example slowly. Yes, determination was written all over those words.
Once when you have achieved your goal, you feel all set in the mind, with the world. You feel as if you just won a race that yourself didn't think of you could be able to. It's like taking a bite of a donut freshly out of the oven that melts in your mouth because well it's so delicious. And I mean who doesn't love donuts right? It's like being able to smell the hot shower coming from after working in a sweaty, horrendous, sunny day. It's being able to sit, and watch tv with no disturbances or commercials. That, my friend, is how determination finishes off.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
the little words count
The Little Words Count
We all have something or someone, guiding us to success, inspiring us, or just pushing us to the limits, exact same way we have a driving force. it might be a simple word with a lot of deep meaning in to it, but only we know why it is. After watching the "Ted" talk, I was wondering what was my driving force. When the teacher told us their was a quiz to find out what was our driving force I quickly went to the website and started the questions. Let me tell you the truth, it was boring answering about 90 questions, one, after, another. So less talking now, and more into my analysis, I learned that my my number one driving force is growth, my second, love/connection.
I got to admit, I was really surprised. Well, because, they described me in just some simple words. In growth, I'm always curious to learn more, expand my knowledge, and to see if by learning more my brain will expand like in the cartoons when they know to much, maybe even blow up. I'm a ordinary teenager that goes to school to turn into a somebody, and works to help out her mom with some small payments around the house. All this is sometimes, I mean all the time is pretty much stressful. Getting homework done, turning major works in on time, going to work that same afternoon and getting out around 10 p.m, so where's the sleep in all this? I really don't see it. But growth has impacted my determination to not give up, in contrary is has helped me to improve. On the low, sometimes i get to lazy to do my homework causing me to turn it in late and that negative things about school, but this driving force of "growth", has helped me not only to expand in knowledge, but to improve my time management, create new ideas in order to get my things ready for school, and to catch in some sleep I been missing out on.
Now when it comes to people around me with their feelings out in the open, trust me I'm not a person to show what I'm feeling. I just smile to much if you know me, because a smile to anyone can enlighten their day a little. But for my second driving force to be "love/connection", I was literally with my jaw to the floor. Then I think, love and connection don't have to be about feelings, but about feeling appreciated, making people love them and just feel a connection with anyone, now to my recall that is so me. I love being the center of the attention, I like to feel like if people notice me and know who I am. In my quinceañera (Mexican tradition, showing the girl is turning into a women) I loved the feeling of million eyes on me. My family was all over me, my friends, you can say I'm self-centered, but that word to me is being selfish, but that's not me. I just like feeling loved, having a close bonding with everyone and making sure they know their loved for too.
My driving forces have helped me in my reading life because they make me want to explore the outside world, to become connected with everyone around me. I've started reading some fiction books to challenge me, their vocabulary is HUGE, but it doesn't hurt to improve on my English, since English is my second language, and besides I'm still growing, so my improvement, and being able to read more tough books is good. When I read, I feel as if I'm connected to the characters, some are very touching to the heart, makes you want to be a little like them in being able to perceive something, or just learn a lesson. In my sophomore year, I barely read about 2 books and only because those books were required. Now, when Mrs. Rassmusen told us this year we have to do a lot of reading I was, well, disgusted of the idea of reading. I guess someone sprinkled some magic powder because I have read about 7 books, since starting this junior year. Did you see my driving forces were always with me, even before I knew there was driving forces? I barely noticed it right now.
My very favorite book I've read was Perfect Chemistry. A perfect book about how to people from way opposite economic livings, fell in love with each other. This book has me so interested, it was impossible for me to put the book down, somehow I was able to bond with the guy character of this book, because well some of us don't have a really pretty life. The hardest book I've read was probably, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. This book was non-fiction, my reading process was slowed down, because it was really complicated to read, with the big vocabulary words and the text was dry, no imagination. Overall, I have been transformed into a very successful reader this year and hope to still be one.
The book I'm reading is named, The Namesake. This book has a way different type of culture within it. The characters come from India. Ashami, she is a be loving mother, afraid of her first born baby, scared of a new life. Now, this can be seen ALL around the world. Even our own mother has gone through the same problem as Ashami. But, she can't call her husband by his real name. Something we don't see in the U.S.A. Yet, as the Indian culture and everywhere else in the world, we are very profound of our religion beliefs, culture and the way we think. No matter where we come from we all have one similar thing, that is religion. that helps us in the worst times, and makes us have the good times.
We all have something or someone, guiding us to success, inspiring us, or just pushing us to the limits, exact same way we have a driving force. it might be a simple word with a lot of deep meaning in to it, but only we know why it is. After watching the "Ted" talk, I was wondering what was my driving force. When the teacher told us their was a quiz to find out what was our driving force I quickly went to the website and started the questions. Let me tell you the truth, it was boring answering about 90 questions, one, after, another. So less talking now, and more into my analysis, I learned that my my number one driving force is growth, my second, love/connection.
I got to admit, I was really surprised. Well, because, they described me in just some simple words. In growth, I'm always curious to learn more, expand my knowledge, and to see if by learning more my brain will expand like in the cartoons when they know to much, maybe even blow up. I'm a ordinary teenager that goes to school to turn into a somebody, and works to help out her mom with some small payments around the house. All this is sometimes, I mean all the time is pretty much stressful. Getting homework done, turning major works in on time, going to work that same afternoon and getting out around 10 p.m, so where's the sleep in all this? I really don't see it. But growth has impacted my determination to not give up, in contrary is has helped me to improve. On the low, sometimes i get to lazy to do my homework causing me to turn it in late and that negative things about school, but this driving force of "growth", has helped me not only to expand in knowledge, but to improve my time management, create new ideas in order to get my things ready for school, and to catch in some sleep I been missing out on.
Now when it comes to people around me with their feelings out in the open, trust me I'm not a person to show what I'm feeling. I just smile to much if you know me, because a smile to anyone can enlighten their day a little. But for my second driving force to be "love/connection", I was literally with my jaw to the floor. Then I think, love and connection don't have to be about feelings, but about feeling appreciated, making people love them and just feel a connection with anyone, now to my recall that is so me. I love being the center of the attention, I like to feel like if people notice me and know who I am. In my quinceañera (Mexican tradition, showing the girl is turning into a women) I loved the feeling of million eyes on me. My family was all over me, my friends, you can say I'm self-centered, but that word to me is being selfish, but that's not me. I just like feeling loved, having a close bonding with everyone and making sure they know their loved for too.
My driving forces have helped me in my reading life because they make me want to explore the outside world, to become connected with everyone around me. I've started reading some fiction books to challenge me, their vocabulary is HUGE, but it doesn't hurt to improve on my English, since English is my second language, and besides I'm still growing, so my improvement, and being able to read more tough books is good. When I read, I feel as if I'm connected to the characters, some are very touching to the heart, makes you want to be a little like them in being able to perceive something, or just learn a lesson. In my sophomore year, I barely read about 2 books and only because those books were required. Now, when Mrs. Rassmusen told us this year we have to do a lot of reading I was, well, disgusted of the idea of reading. I guess someone sprinkled some magic powder because I have read about 7 books, since starting this junior year. Did you see my driving forces were always with me, even before I knew there was driving forces? I barely noticed it right now.
My very favorite book I've read was Perfect Chemistry. A perfect book about how to people from way opposite economic livings, fell in love with each other. This book has me so interested, it was impossible for me to put the book down, somehow I was able to bond with the guy character of this book, because well some of us don't have a really pretty life. The hardest book I've read was probably, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. This book was non-fiction, my reading process was slowed down, because it was really complicated to read, with the big vocabulary words and the text was dry, no imagination. Overall, I have been transformed into a very successful reader this year and hope to still be one.
The book I'm reading is named, The Namesake. This book has a way different type of culture within it. The characters come from India. Ashami, she is a be loving mother, afraid of her first born baby, scared of a new life. Now, this can be seen ALL around the world. Even our own mother has gone through the same problem as Ashami. But, she can't call her husband by his real name. Something we don't see in the U.S.A. Yet, as the Indian culture and everywhere else in the world, we are very profound of our religion beliefs, culture and the way we think. No matter where we come from we all have one similar thing, that is religion. that helps us in the worst times, and makes us have the good times.
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