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Over the course of my life, three passions that have driven my life: the need for adrenaline, the commitment of family love, and the endless love for cars. Though simple and uninteresting to one’s mind, these overwhelming passions have lead my life of dullness and bitterness to a life of sweetness and joy. What’s so life changing of these passions? Whether it’s the urge to winning a race or parachuting off a plane miles up, that heart pumping, adrenaline, feeling I get is what I would describe fun as. That slow motion time zone I receive in the midst of battling a position for a race is the feeling that cannot be explained, but for one to have experienced it to know. That time zone where everything is slowed, is where I have the chance to forget all the stress built up, and to just enjoy the ecstasy feeling of the adrenaline. This ecstasy feeling is so great that one could sacrifice a stressful moment of their life just to sit down and enjoy the beautiful scenery around them. Then all of a sudden, the feeling would just seem to fade away and the life I once had comes back. Though knowing the fact that this adrenaline feeling could be experienced again, the depression I have decreases just a bit, while I look forward to the next time will experience it again. While the want for adrenaline, comes with the want to return a favour to my family. Thinking of the pain my parents have suffered to give me the life I never had, gives me pains as I watch them come home tired and hungry every day since I could remember. Family first is what I go by, so I would take every available chance there is to be able to return the favour. Parents are not just the people who wash your clothes and cook you dinner, they are the people who have strived to see you be happy. Though I could tell them I love them every day, nothing more than physically showing them proves more. The day I read my first car book at the age of 5 was the day that marked the beginning of my love for

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