Personal Narrative: Impacting Life
Impacting life
In this world there are approximately seven billion people, and one individual can make an impact on all. In fact life is not impacted by the amount of people trying, but impacted by the quality of effort from each individual. My father Shane Jasper, is truly one of the most selfless people I know, but he wasn't always like that. My dad grew up in a pretty “terrible” neighborhood and in turn went to a “terrible” high school. So of course, he wasn't the best student, son, or person in general, and the same goes for my mother, she was the rebellious type. Of course these two found each other and fell “madly in love” or so they thought, but teenage love does not last long, especially if a baby is involved. At the age of nineteen, …show more content…
There was a time in my life when I hated everything, nothing could make me happy, and I made others have bad days just because of my actions. When I saw how my choices had made my family feel I was ashamed of my behavior. I saw how my father, who had given everything up for me looked truly disappointed in the way he had raised me, questioning if he had done something wrong. At that exact moment, I noticed all the little things I was taking for granted and found how to no longer hate my life but to enjoy it to the best of my ability. I know now that the way I interact with others can in fact make a lasting effect on those around me. Some may say that life is not impacted by one individual, and that it takes the effort of many to change a circumstance. But what the opposition fails to realize is that the efforts of one can have a domino effect. Rosa Parks is well known for altering the public bus system, and its rules of segregation. She alone managed to cause a drastic change by refusing to give up for a white male. Therefore one person can bring about change; change that can last for generations. Life can be impacted by the good or the bad, it's what you choose to take from it. Just because you have a bad day doesn't mean you have a bad life, try and listen to others for they may change they way you
In this world there are approximately seven billion people, and one individual can make an impact on all. In fact life is not impacted by the amount of people trying, but impacted by the quality of effort from each individual. My father Shane Jasper, is truly one of the most selfless people I know, but he wasn't always like that. My dad grew up in a pretty “terrible” neighborhood and in turn went to a “terrible” high school. So of course, he wasn't the best student, son, or person in general, and the same goes for my mother, she was the rebellious type. Of course these two found each other and fell “madly in love” or so they thought, but teenage love does not last long, especially if a baby is involved. At the age of nineteen, …show more content…
There was a time in my life when I hated everything, nothing could make me happy, and I made others have bad days just because of my actions. When I saw how my choices had made my family feel I was ashamed of my behavior. I saw how my father, who had given everything up for me looked truly disappointed in the way he had raised me, questioning if he had done something wrong. At that exact moment, I noticed all the little things I was taking for granted and found how to no longer hate my life but to enjoy it to the best of my ability. I know now that the way I interact with others can in fact make a lasting effect on those around me. Some may say that life is not impacted by one individual, and that it takes the effort of many to change a circumstance. But what the opposition fails to realize is that the efforts of one can have a domino effect. Rosa Parks is well known for altering the public bus system, and its rules of segregation. She alone managed to cause a drastic change by refusing to give up for a white male. Therefore one person can bring about change; change that can last for generations. Life can be impacted by the good or the bad, it's what you choose to take from it. Just because you have a bad day doesn't mean you have a bad life, try and listen to others for they may change they way you