January 14

December option B: The truth of society

Why is it we all treat others so harsh? Look at the past, how the treatment of African American was so unjust or the mistreatment of individuals such as Elie from the novel Night. If deep down everyone is truly kind and merciful how did such events occur? I write this persuasive piece to show the true heart of the world and how individuals only really care about themselves and have discontent towards certain individuals. Just take a look outside and you’ll still see the unfair treatment of certain religions,races, and cultures. I ask all these questions knowing there will never be a correct answer or that there will even be answered.

 

There is no individual one may put forth that will be willing to give up their own fortune for the sake of someone they do not even know. We can put a facade up showing a false image of ourselves but no matter how good our false identity is when put to the test no one will pass. I don’t say this with passion and joy of demining everyone but with sorrow for how weak man truly is. This can be proven with such a vast amount of examples, the first example that is most recent is the Uyghur Muslims in China who are being placed in internment camps. How is it possible in this day and age after watching the mass murder of millions of Jews and the regret and sorrow that comes with the Holocaust we still cant recognize the present day Holocaust? Why is it no one has taken action or done something, how is it world leaders watch this injustice continue with a blind eye. If we were really good people wouldn’t we have done something now other than just posting something on our Instagram and forget it. Mankind has evolved from the dawn of time from the en-slavery of non-whites to the multiple genocides. This can also be proven with the huge gap between the rich and poor, how is it with all the wealth billionaires and millionaires have we still end up with poor people can’t they just give some of their money for the poor. There’s one simple answer greed, everyone is full of greed and doesn’t really care about anyone but themselves.

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January 12

Evolution of one’s Beliefs 

 

Prompt: what is your opinion of the idea that our beliefs are influenced by the actions of others?

 

One’s own beliefs are never set, evolving throughout time and experiences. Individuals begin to change there own set of values and beliefs as they see the effects of others actions, thus creating a mindset that is never set. This is visible in almost every individual as no one human has kept the same ideologies and values through their whole life, if one keeps the same views they are considered single minded and ignorant. In the excerpt from The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch, Pausch talks about the motivation he had gained from the first Apollo mission, Pausch also talked about the importance of having inspiration to motivate everyone. Showing how the action taken by those men who first stepped onto the moon changed his own views. This can also be displayed in the novel Night written by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel illustrated how the Holocaust and the horrfic actions of the Nazis changed his own beliefs, from beliving in god and awlays praying to forgetting him and losing his faith. I personally relate to this as I myself have my beliefs influenced by the people around me, especially my father who I looked towards for guidance and aid. The actions one sees may lead them to change and evolve their own beliefs. 

 

The key events in one’s life are what create their own values. In the excerpt from The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, Pausch describes his experience of watching the first Apollo mission. He clearly remembers this memory because of how significant it was to him, Pausch believed the vast amount of money that had been spent was worth it. As this would motivate others, this source of motivation and inspiration is greater in value than the money spent. Pausch also describes how the Apollo mission had inspired him as a scientist. This example of a memory in Randy Pausch life exemplifies how an event in one’s life can alter their beliefs, creating new things one may value or signified. The smallest of experiences that one keeps close to them can hold and lasting influence on them.

 

One’s own faith and beliefs can be changed by key events that have taken place in their lives, these events are always kept in mind even when doing the littlest of action. The actions one may take can also affect an individual creating a lasting impact that can never be lost. In the Novel Night by Elie Wisel, Elie writes about the Holocaust and how it changed him. From being a young boy who always prayed and Studied the Kabbalah, to losing his faith and becoming nothing but an empty soul. Elie lost his faith and changed his beliefs as he faced the horrific events of the Holocaust and saw the actions a man could take against another man, Elie belived if God had been real this would have never taken place as God wouldnt allow such horrific events to take place. This is displayed when Elie is in the work camp and ask “where is god where is he”, showing how Elie had begun to lose his faith asking for God. By the end Elie gave up his faith and saw himself in the mirror as nothing but a corpse. The actions Elie had seen take place evolved him leaving an impact on him forever. The evolution of one’s beliefs is visible through the actions they have seen causing them to change and either embrace their past beliefs more or forget them all together. 

 

The beliefs one creates are based on the things they have seen, the future actions they’ll take will be based on their past. My personal experience with this is how I look to my father as a guider, watching all the actions he takes in his life and following him. I watch my father knowing he has been through more than me and knows best. His actions are closely tied to my beliefs as I look up to him and wish to excel as much as he did. By mimicking my father I create certain values similar to his such as having religion a key point in life. By having the influence of one the beliefs or values created will shift to be identical and based on the events that have taken place. No matter the type of individual everyone bases their beliefs over the past experiences that they have seen, this could be my father showing me how to pray and how important it is or me watching him pick the proper meat to purchase and the amount. Thus showing how other actions always have a lasting effect on our choices and beliefs. 

 

The significant actions one sees will never leave them, staying with them as the influence for their own beliefs and actions. One may see these actions as the reasoning for them create new beliefs similar to Randy Pausch in The Last Lecture, where Randy’s beliefs evolved with the first Apollo mission. Randy began following his new passion of science because of the mission. One’s beliefs can also be lost with the significant events they viewed such as Elie in the novel Night and how he lost his faith and beliefs with the horrific events of the Holocaust, causing him to lose his faith in God. No matter the key event one will evolve their own beliefs.       

                                  

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November 3

Sticking Together in Times of Need – Visual Response

Aafreen Bhanji

Sticking Together in Times of Need

A time of struggle makes people work together. It helps them put their differences aside and come together to overcome the struggle. This helps them build strong relationships and aids individuals in overcoming their adversity with others. The photograph by AP-Bullit Marquez shows three children in the Philippines crossing a river on their way to school. This situation reminds me of a time when I witnessed something similar. When less fortunate individuals are in a situation where they have obstacles to cross, they will use what they have and support each other to overcome that obstacle, which will result in them finding inner happiness.

The visual shows how individuals can overcome obstacles if they have the support of others. There are three children on a raft floating across a river while going to school. They don’t look poor because their clothes are in good shape and they don’t look dirty. On the other hand, they are all trying to stay on this one raft so that no one falls off. The picture is in black and white, which symbolizes the feeling of struggle and discontent in oneself. The facial expressions of the children are not one of sadness, but one of happiness or gratitude. They are thankful that they are all together, even in a tough situation. The focal point of the visual is the three kids on the raft. The water and the bushes behind them are blurred giving the effect that the kids are the main focus of the visual. This symbolizes that the children don’t belong in society because they have have to cross a river to get to school; whereas, other kids probably don’t have to do that. The individuals in the photograph look like siblings. There are two boys and one girl. It is clearly shown that they care for each other and they take care of one another. This visual shows that even when individuals are in a time of despair, as long as they are together, they can work through and tackle the obstacle together. This is also evident in my own life.

This visual reminds me of the time when the Syrian refugees were going to Europe on boats. They probably did not have nice boats,so they piled so many people onto one raft until no more could fit, and sent them off to go there. They were in a time of despair and struggle, but they stuck together and made it to Europe. I agree there were some people who did not make it through, but all the refugees were together and I think that it made the journey that much easier. Just like the children in the photo, the refugees helped and cared for each other so that everyone could get the same outcome of coming to Europe. Even though they were struggling in their hometown, they stayed as one group and were happy that they were together. This shows that during a time of hopelessness, people can and are able to work together and take care of each other so that everyone can benefit equally. As long as they are together, they don’t have to worry about what is going on around them.

When underprivileged individuals are faced with an obstacle, then they will help each other and use what they have, resulting in them finding happiness. The children in the visual used a raft and helped each other in order to cross the river. The Syrian refugees used what they could find and helped people reach Canada. Both of these situations resulted in everyone in the group not thinking about what was happening around them, but the fact that they were all together and that they would make it to their destination. Difficult situations not only bring out the best in people, but it also helps individuals realize that when you work together, so many things are possible.     

 

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January 18

Lit Exploration- hope

What is your opinion on the idea that hope is an important quality?

Hope is an emotion that we hold onto during difficult times, it allows us to move and grow as people it makes people believe in something that is not really there sometimes it’s for the best and sometimes for the worse. The theme of hope is shown through Jeannette Walls when she is exposed to the idea of the glass castle by her dad, Rex Walls. She sees the best in him and in the idea which results in her to realize the truth. A innocent individual who is given something to hold onto during difficult times results in the reality of what is best for them.

As a innocent individual comes across hope, they will make it a intentional choice of recognizing and taking it as a feeling that will be mistake for reality. It allows them to see the good in everyone and everything. In the memoir of Jeannette Walls we see this when Jeannette is first shown the blueprints of the Glass Castle by her father. Having the blueprints shown to her has allowed her to see the best in her father in that he is trying to provide some sort of stability in there situation of not having a stable home.This means that her father is creating an ideal home so that Jeannette is able to hope for a better future. This is important it shows how Jeannette is innocent and vunrable and this allows herself and her father to be each others hope for a better more stable future. She believes her father is the light in dark times. As we see this we see that hope is something that individuals hold on to in order to help move on in our lives even at difficult times and also allows us to believe that there is always going to be someone or something that will be there for us. Sometimes this can lead to the beginning something new as an attachment to an emotion that helps us believe in all things.

When individuals are exposed to something new that could help them and try to do things in order for new changes it sometimes can be an influential aspect to realize what’s actually there which allows us to see hope as an escape into something that we want to believe will be there in the end of our stuggles. We see this through Jeannette when they move into a new house and start building the foundation for the Glass Castle but as they finish the foundation it is slowly filled with trash. This shows us for the hope we belive in is quickly brought back up and allows for her trust and belief in her fathers abilities to resurface again and see the best in him, but also be taken away because of the fact that it is something that she can see the truth in. This means that as quickly as hope is brought up by the foundation it can be broken by the truth of what the foundation turns out to be, a pile of trash. This is important to Jennette because it is when she first realizes the truth of her situation of homelessness but also that hope is something that for her is not ideal and she should move on from the idea of that hope that is going to save her from her difficult times. When an individual allows for the start of something new it can be finished by the reality and truth that hope brings. It allows us to see the truth of our situations and the things we thought would help us during these times.

As individual develop and grow, it can cause to see the reality what is actually there verses what is not. It allows us to see that hope is just a feeling we use as a defensive mechanism to help us to go through things that need actions that we are willing to take to be able to see change. This can result in the individual to take reality of there situation and change it it into something they know will benefit them in the future they see themselves. We can see this when Jeannette is leaving to go to New York and Rex brings up the idea of the the Glass Castle and Jeannette talks about how it was just a promise that has always been there but never fulfilled. When she talks to her dad she realized that she has let go of the hope she had kept the whole way through and is now realizing the potential she has of doing something that will help herself. This is important to Jeannette because is shows that she is developing the idea thof the truth that is best for her and this allows her to change her reality of the situation she is in. As individuals realize the truth they had not seen realized when they were younger, allowed them to take action for what they believe will help and be a new part of them.

When we hold onto hope for the betterment of the people and things around us can result in the realization of the truth that is right for ourselves. Hope can change an individual into seeing the good in everything else, but can also change that good into something that we can take for the benefit of ourselves. First we see how hope allows us to have as we are innocent but as we grow and mature we see the reality of hope and use that to our advantage and step up for ourselves.

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December 8

My Identity

 

The definition of identity is knowing who someone truly is, where their values, beliefs, and priorities truly lay. I think that individuals have different journeys to embark upon, their own destinies to live and their own unique legacies to leave behind them. I still grow and learn more about myself as I grow and blossom into the hopefully well established, strong, and independent women I aspire to be. My belief is that an individuals identity is a reflection of the environment they choose to put themselves in. My greatest struggle to discover my path to my identity has been to embrace the fact that I have to live my life for myself, not other people. My greatest struggle has always been consuming myself with other peoples concerns rather than focusing on my own life, over time I found that I was deterring away from the path that I wanted to be on. I have always known what I wanted to do with my life and who I wanted to be and that’s been the biggest blessing for me but getting distracted along the way caused me to lose direction. I had to experience great failure to come to the realization that I need to be more individualistic in order to find my path. An individuals journey to identity will consist of many hardships, I think that learning from our mistakes is what teaches us to build our identity around our experiences. In many cases, we must fail in order to succeed. Sometimes some individuals have longer journeys than others but that doesn’t mean that the will never find it, each downfall will shape them and teach them a lesson to carry through life. But the most important thing will always perseverance without there is no way an individual will see any change in their lives. Identity is a complex thing but that also the beauty of it because its what will make one individual unique and special. I strongly feel that our environment as we grow has the biggest impact on our identity, each and everything an individual experiences as they grow to adulthood sticks with that individual forever and that’s why it is important for individuals to know that your bad experiences do not always have to install fear within you they should be an opportunity for you to learn about who you are. All these little lessons eventually compile up and become a very important part of an individual.

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which a person faces and uses his or her experience

~James A Baldwin

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December 3

Struggling With My Personal Idenitity

I have always struggled when coming to terms with my identity, but it doesn’t bother me that i haven’ t found it. Throughout this journey of life I have constantly switched between different groups of friends and still am. I don’t like to associate myself with a certain group of people, I am myself and shouldn’t be characterized by the people who I hangout with. My parents have always been a strong support and a huge guidance on the right path for me. This year has already been a huge step forward on who I am becoming as a person and what I want to do in life. A huge factor has been musical and all the teachers and the community that it has created, I have found myself always enjoying the company everyone brings.  There have definitely been some defining moments in my life where I had no idea of who or even what I am, leaving me the most vulnerable and afraid I’ve been in my  life. But it’s those times that I know who is in my life and how happy they really make me, reassuring me of who I am and the importance I carry. I have yet to find my sense of identity, but am in no rush to discover it. I am more than content with the live I’m living now, and can’t wait for this journey to take me to places I have yet been in my life.

 

Middle school was a very hard time for me, especially when it came to finding a personal identity. I had no idea who I was or wanted to be and didn’t like the people I surrounded myself with. It was a time of trying everything to please everyone in my life, but ended out in nothing but a lot of pain and suffering for me. I stuck myself into a situation of trying to help everyone else before helping myself. Everyone is at that age where they have no idea what to do or think of themselves and just begin to think about those kind of questions. For me especially, it was extremely difficult to try and stay with one group of people the entire year.I was indecisive about everything, including who I wanted to hang around with. It wasn’t until grade 8 until I really started to enjoy school, and by coincidence started to talk to Tory again. As soon as I entered high school, I realized who I was becoming and the people that I wanted in my life. I started to make actions that I wanted to instead of the other way. As I reflect on the past, it has made me realized that I wouldn’t be the same person today if  it weren’t the life I lived and wouldn’t wish it went any other way. It’s super important for a person to be comfortable with themselves before they search for an identity.

 

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December 3

Recognizing a Sense of Identity

 

 

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Reflections of the past, lessons learnt from the past, mistakes made in the past; are all attributes which help establish an individual for who he or she becomes.

The idea, “How have you struggled to come to terms with your sense of identity”, is a statement that can not only put an individual to question who they are or what their purpose is in life, but also put in perspective the question, “Am I truly satisfied with who I am, or am I living a life in somebody else’s shoes?”

Identity, is a word that can only be defined through the means of one having experiences, having relationships, falling down but then being stronger then whatever that was that tried to put that individual at their lowest point in life and standing up. For one to fight their way through an obstacle and still stand up straight with a smile, truly shows how capable one is to face a barrier and not let that affect their sense of identity.

A time in my life when I struggled to come to terms with my sense of identity, was when I was bullied for tying a turban. When I was young I didn’t understand what my purpose was; I didn’t know why we were given this human life. What is the true purpose to be fulfilled in life: to be satisfied in the end for the life we’ve lived?

When I just got baptized into my faith, and started tying a turban, I was bullied for tying one. One day as I was walking down the hallway of my school and going out to eat for lunch, there were a couple of Caucasians walking behind me and I heard one of them shout, “Hey! You rag head, go back to your country!” As I heard this I turned my head and said, “Excuse me, first this is not a rag on my head. It’s a turban blessed to me, to be tied with a fine cloth and to be worn with honor, and second I was born here in this country, so you have no right to say that this is not my place to live in!” The young man replied by saying, “Well, it doesn’t look like a “fine cloth”, more like a rag, and I want to make Canada a place where we can live safe and free without any terrorists!” I just decided to ignore him and walk straight ahead, because I knew there wasn’t any point of arguing with a person who is close minded and doesn’t know his values in life.

This experience made me question if I should tie a turban, because I kept getting bullied for it. But with the help of this great woman at my Sikh temple, I was able to become a stronger individual and realize that the opinions of arrogant people shouldn’t bother me, because what they think or believe truly doesn’t matter. She told me that the meaning to life is to experience God and become one with him. We’ve been given this precious life to remember the one that has given us breath and who resides within each and every one of our souls. The idea of having somebody else’s opinion affect our belief system or who we are, is just a false perception, because we’ve all come to fulfill our own purposes. Those who slander or try putting others down, don’t really know their meaning in life or why they’ve come to live in this world. So be proud for who you are, and don’t let anyone’s opinion affect you, because truly you’re a special and important part to this world and to the lives of many.

A lesson I’ve learnt and live by everyday is that, “Those who slander, haven’t figured their life out, and only put others down because they wish they were better.” I thank that sister for being there for me in a time where I didn’t know what I was going to do.

There was a time in my life when I struggled to come to terms with my sense of purpose and identity, but with the guidance and help of an amazing sister I was able to recognize my true self and my meaning in life.

“Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness.”

– Brenda Shoshanna

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December 3

I am Who I Am

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.”

– Harvey Fierstein

Identity. Identity is not defined as what is labelled upon me from the time that I’ve seen this world, nor is it something that will stay the exact same from birth until death. However, identity is something that makes me myself, makes me unique from everyone else, and makes me stand out in the crowd- or that is what I assume it should do.

There have been times when I struggled to accept my identity; this in particular was accepting who I am as an individual. What makes me myself? What makes me different from everyone else? What makes me feel special about who I am?

Who am I?

Shy, reserved, a person with low-esteem: these words haunted me. I got labelled as these words, yet I knew that these words did not completely describe me. I knew that I am not shy, reserved, or mute all the time. It seemed like I was two different people at two different places; quiet only at school, while loud and outgoing at home and many other places.

At school, people saw me as someone who is too shy to interact with others, too held back from the norms of society, and too boring as an individual. People never realized that I could be someone else, who is outgoing and confident. They never ought to understand why I was who I was, and neither did I.  

I envied people who were so confident and their loud voices kept ringing in my mind. There was no way I could be as loud as them. How did they do that? How was it possible for someone to be so confident that they are able to voice out their opinions anywhere and anytime? This seemed almost impossible for me to do. I disliked myself, and was harsh on myself for not having the ability of being bold about my opinion. Something was holding me back from doing so.

I was afraid.

I feared the judgment of others. This is what held me back from expressing my true self. It seemed as if I am presenting only a part of me to others, a part that is a false me. It is not like I did not try; I did try. I tried to move away from fearing what others say; I tried to stop thinking of all the things that would go wrong if I did a particular thing.  

It did not help. I could not accept that I was normal, and that I belong with everyone else.

This is when I turned to my mom, my sister, and my friends. They had told me to stop fearing what others say; the truth was, I had tried that and it did not work. They told me that life is too short to worry about what others think of you; life is not about trying to change yourself just so you could please everyone, so that you could meet their expectations. However, life is about finding what you desire, what you value, and whether what you do is what a sincere individual would do.

Then, I had questioned myself: Was it bad to be quiet? No. It was not.

Through support, I came to realize that being reserved is not bad. Even though I was unable to express myself at school, I was able to voice out my opinions with my friends and family. I was still able to make a positive impact on people’s lives. This is what I had desired to do, to be a reason for someone else’s happiness.

This made up my identity. The choice I made of keeping my insecurities a part of myself, and not removing them from my life, has shaped who I am today.

I am proud knowing who I am as an individual. Even though others may not like who I am, how I act, or what I do, I know that I am beautiful the way I am. I know that I do not need to change myself for others. As long as I am happy with what I am doing, nothing can change my identity; only I can decide what should make up my identity.

 

I ask myself again: Who am I?  

 

I am a Pakistani

I am a Muslim

I am a sincere daughter

I am a crazy and annoying sister

I am a fun cousin

I am a caring aunt

I am an understanding, trustworthy friend

I am a reserved classmate

I am a compassionate human being

 

I am who I am

and I love being me.

 

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December 2

Struggles with Self-identity

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“So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.”

Stephen Chbosky

Who am I?

Who do I want to be?

What represents me as a person?

Questions that each individual will experience at some point of their life.

What makes up me as a character of my own?

Outside of culture, religion, and background: Who am I?

In my personal life, finding my sense of identity is a struggle; finding a part of me that is constantly there, represented in my actions throughout day-to-day life without trying. As if the future upon our shoulders: transitioning from an aloof, innocent children into successful, independent beings, wasn’t heavy enough; the constant struggle and suffocating feeling in finding myself: my sense of identity, and what makes up me as a person. This idea of needing stability charges in full force, expects me to accept the pieces that make up me as an individual when I, myself, do not even know who I am.

When I haven’t come to terms with my sense of identity, how do I represent myself to others?
Is it wrong to compromise my sense of identity, coming up with an idea of how I want to be known without knowing whether or not it’s genuinely what I believe? What is expected of me as I continue to grow and find my way around? The constant pressure brought upon myself because I still haven’t found myself and my goals.

Having friends and family around gives me a sense of reassurance and comfort in thinking ¨It’s okay for now, you’re still young,¨ but at the same time, I can’t escape the constant pressure of feeling like I’m so far behind every one of them because they all have a shining aura of their unique identities while I, on the other hand, am inconsistent in the way I behave and think, left in the shadows by the ones who walk in front of me. Wanting to be like one or the other, friendly and easy to approach, or a part of a group, but often in the end: switching last minute into an embodiment of discomfort, social awkwardness, and isolation.
Stuck in a cage of my doubt, a prison of my own pride; I don’t want to stay feeling so incomplete.

What holds me back from finding my sense of identity… is constant inconsistency.

What holds me back from finding my sense of identity… is fear of not knowing who I will become because of who I’m not today.

But…

At the same time…

What also holds me back from finding my sense of identity… is wondering if having an established sense of identity is more pressuring than having a non-defined identity, needing to act as who I portrayed myself to be, maintaining a consistent image.

All of these mixed ideas and feelings of who I am and who I should be. Is it wrong of me to feel stuck in the land of uncertainty?

In the end, all of this could just be overthinking.

Perhaps one day I’ll find something that will make me feel whole.
An identity that I can call my own.
But until that day,
I’ll keep walking on this current path,
with infinite possibilities,
on the journey of figuring out my sense of identity,
whilst accepting all the flawed and disorienting pieces that create my portrait.

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December 2

Who am I?

Finding ones identity is like building a puzzle without seeing the full picture first, when pieces slowly start to come together after trying multiple combinations it is like the beginning of ones identity being shaped. But once more pieces fit into place and it gets easier to understand where the next piece will go. Throughout this whole process the end result is unclear until there are only a few pieces left and it is those few pieces that are finish ones identity.  Self realization is one of life’s greatest challenges and often the most rewarding, knowing who you truly are and what you love will make life that much more enjoyable. For me I am half way through my puzzle, the end result is not yet clear but I have a basic understanding of who I am.

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My whole life I have tried to answer the biggest question about myself and that’s “who am I”, not just as an individual but what is my purpose and why am I who I am. Currently in my life I am failing to find out those questions. The one I’m struggling most with is what is my purpose; and to me it is unclear, like driving on a road covered in fog knowing one wrong move you are in the ditch but focusing and slowing down will eventually get you to the clear area. I have taken many different roads to find out which ones shows me who I am but so far none of them have done that.  The feeling of not knowing who you really are is hard to accept, it leaves a hole in you that is waiting to be filled. Having to constantly struggle to understand my identity and why I am me, is depressing because others claim to know me but how can they know me when I don’t even understand myself. The reason I feel like I’m half done my puzzle is I have found things I have love to do over the years like hockey and gaming but these two things might not go on to my later life so I need to find something that I will be able to do when I am older. So hopefully the struggle will be done soon and I will know my purpose in life.

“Don’t let yourself struggle, become your identity”

Unknown

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