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    figured how similar we are to nature in terms of adaptation‚ persistence‚ and resilience in order to survive. There’s a point where I had faced an obstacle and got through it and moved forward with my life. The obstacle I faced was having low self-esteem and I overcame it through adaptation‚ persistence‚ and resilience. The obstacle that I overcame in life was through adaption. First of all I had to adapt to the people in school that would make hurtful comments about myself. We had classes

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    Everyone has their obstacles‚ whether small and petty or large and terrifying. No matter if you are a mountain climber stuck under the residue of an avalanche or a little kid on your first day of school‚ you have to overcome the fear and hardships or you will not go anywhere. It is always hard‚ but after you overcome the obstacle‚ you can truly see how strong you are. I myself am blessed to not have drastic problems or obstacles in my life‚ just little petty ones. I am the youngest of eight siblings

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    worth it to dream because it will bring us happiness‚ our dreams can come true‚ and dreaming can inspire others. I believe it is worth it to dream because it will bring us happiness. This is seen or supported by the evidence found in the book/movie October Sky. This evidence shows that it will bring us happiness because Homer Hickam didn’t want to work in the mines for his whole life and he wanted to move out of his town. When he achieved his dream he didn’t have to work and the mines and he got a scholarship

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    Throughout our lives‚ everyone has had to face difficulties and challenges. While these obstacles are unpleasant‚ they shape us into who we are today. One of the first obstacles that I had to overcome came in the form of a boy named Jeremy. I met Jeremy when I was in the first grade. The two of us had manage to become close friends. He was my first best friend. Coincidentally‚ we found out that we actually lived very close to each other. Since our houses were so conveniently close‚ we often visited

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    With life‚ there are many obstacles to overcome such as growing up‚ finding a job‚ and gaining your education. Behind each of those obstacles is a goal that can change your life‚ my goal started as I was growing up. Obstacles are known as a barrier‚ and my plan was to get past that. I had a certain interest and that happened to be science. Science would always make me feel wiser and more intelligent compared to my classmates. As I grew older‚ my interest in science grew stronger as well. When I was

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    Overcoming Obstacles Makes Better Individuals “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome” (Booker T. Washington). Obstacles are a required part of life if you wish to grow and develop. If you do not face challenges‚ you will not become a strong person. Individuals pushing to achieve the goals we set and overcoming the roadblocks ahead of us are what make us who we are. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and

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    Even though the struggles faced by Odysseus and me are different‚ they have a common overlapping theme that ties them together. Which causes them in turn to be in fact very comparable. Both Odysseus and I face obstacles such as temptation‚ laziness‚ and distraction. Although his obstacles come from his want to go back home to Ithaca‚ mine are from my desire to live a happy and healthy lifestyle. Temptation‚ sin or not? Depending on who you ask it may or may not be. Temptation can come in any form

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    can affect college students in various ways such as socially‚ academically‚ and economically (Holinka‚ 2015). The most powerful weapon students use to get over‚ or to at least try‚ is to connect with people and socialize. Students can overcome the obstacles of stress through the social support. Students tend to use the source to deal with stress‚ and its usually the support from family and friends. As for the definition of stress‚ it is defined as during the daily routine stress is a kind of force that

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    Hitler’s life was a crazy ride including many hardships‚ battles‚ as well as the scars that came from those battles‚ but he fought off all those things and grew even greater in his later life. For Hitler‚ nothing came easy. He had to fight for a lot of his life‚ until it came to that perfect moment when he was on top and people were forced to listen to him. Hitler had to put up with many hardships early in life‚ which influenced his beliefs and led to greater problems for the people in his later

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    The environment that the two brothers grow up in effected their prospective on life. The harsh environment made sonny fell trapped and I believe that the usage of drugs made him forget where he was and fell free. While at the meantime we see his younger brother travel trout the city reminiscing about past event while at the same time worrying about his older brother. Born in 1924 in New York City‚ James Baldwin grew up I Harlem with some of the same problems that sonny had. Baldwin

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