This I Believe: The power of Independence
“People aren’t always going to be there for you, that’s why you need to know how to handle things on your own. Believe in yourself that you can do it.” -Unknown
People in your life come and go all the time. There is no guarantee that they will be there to hold your hand through everything you go through. Although it may seem like forever it really is only temporary. Individuals find a sense of comfort in security and stability but seem to be shocked once they realize that this is not true. Through experiences individuals will come to a realization that the only person you could really depend on is yourself.
I am an individual who depend on other people. I look for others to give me answers instead of finding them on my own. I always look for easy ways out, even though I know that I need to challenge myself to become better. In middle school I was friends with a group of smart people. They always did their work and never got off track, unlike me. I was always distracted in class and never knew what was going on. So I relied on my friends to spoon feed me all the answers. I did not know it at the time, but I was holding myself back from seeing my true potential. It wasn’t until I was put into another group and failed a project that I realized that my friends were not always going to be there to provide me with the answers and that it was all up to me if I wanted to be successful. It took a lot of work to go from being dependent on others to become my own person and do my work on my own. I continued to do my work on my own and asked the teacher, instead of my friends, for help. Once I got accepted to FFCA I was able to see my true potential as I was new to the school and had no friends yet to ask them for help. I was able to do all the work on my own and achieve the marks that I had wanted myself.
Feeling a sense of accomplishment can make you go a long way as motivation and ambition will allow you to preserve through obstacles and conquer your fears. The decisions you choose to make will affect you. By acquiring the skill of independence you will be able to identify your strengths and weaknesses as I have. I was able to see my true potential and was able to make changes to become a person who is confident and self-reliant. Looking back at how dependent I was on others made me realize that I would not be able to accomplish anything in life for myself. I would not be able to feel a sense of accomplishment and say “I did this.”. This motivated me to keep a mindset where I was determined not to ask for the opinions of others and to challenge myself and not look for an easy way out.