Highschool Turning Points
As children, our view on the world and how it works is drastically different from our views now. We have grown, matured and lived. We now know that there is more to life than the perfect scenarios we see in movies. In life there is sorrow, rage, fear but there is also joy, lightheartedness and merriment. We come across many turning points in our lives, whether they were major or minor points we learn from them nonetheless. For instance, one minor turning point occurred in my second year of highschool. I realized that the way my life unfolds will depend on how much work and effort I was willing to put into the most critical years of my highschool career. One of my more major turning points, however, was when I finally realized that suicide will not resolve the problems in my life, it would only bring devastation to my loved ones. My failed suicide attempt helped me realize that life will always have low and high points, but ending my life will only rob me from experiencing the good in life. One would never expect a freshman to have many problems in life. Ideally the first year of highschool usually includes self
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I now know that suicide will only bring pain and devastation to my family and loved ones. In addition I now realize that my problems are temporary, my parents are only pushing me because they want me to be the best I could possibly be. My parents will not always be around to push me, eventually I will have to learn to push myself. In this world we only receive one life and we must be prepared for the difficult moments to get to the enjoyable moments in life. The meaning of life is constantly changing, but for now I am working toward becoming a person that my family and I will be proud of. In my life I will continue to experience self-doubt but I cannot allow myself to resort to suicide again, because then I really would be failing my family and
I now know that suicide will only bring pain and devastation to my family and loved ones. In addition I now realize that my problems are temporary, my parents are only pushing me because they want me to be the best I could possibly be. My parents will not always be around to push me, eventually I will have to learn to push myself. In this world we only receive one life and we must be prepared for the difficult moments to get to the enjoyable moments in life. The meaning of life is constantly changing, but for now I am working toward becoming a person that my family and I will be proud of. In my life I will continue to experience self-doubt but I cannot allow myself to resort to suicide again, because then I really would be failing my family and