My Identity
Everyone has things that are important to them, such as relationships or friends. Some people also place high values on abstract concepts that makes them who they are. The threemost important things throughout my life has always been my family and the values and beliefs they inculcated into me that make up my identity. First, my family, just like any other family, gave my existence a meaning in a positive way. They had given me life, and without them, my existence would have never been realized. They guided me onto a path of greatness that can only be achieved with consistent effort. Furthermore, I can stay on the path due to their support. For instance, my family instilled an understanding of poverty in my life. Ever since I realized that
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My identity is greatly emphasized by my empathetic nature because during my adolescent years, I was treated poorly like an outcast due to either my heritage or as a new kid in the neighborhood. Then there was a time when I put it upon myself– a sense of duty to never have people around me in an attempt to avoid low self-esteem. If people were open minded to understanding one another, there would be a reduced amount of conflicts and more opportunity to connect with one another. I want to understand the people that surround me on a personal level. I want them to trust me and I want to be able to trust them all the same, as well as being able to disagree while still accepting their beliefs. People that are ignorant of another individual’s beliefs tend to clash with the individual. For instance, I witnessed one of my friends being dehumanized by others for believing in a different god, over and over again. People should have the capability to accept another individual’s beliefs. All in all, I just hope my values and beliefs can influence others to accept one another and prevent conflicts from ever occurring. In the end, our identity is composed of many different things. The three most important things that make up my identity are my family, whom my entire being is indebted to, conceptual values, and beliefs that can hopefully contribute to a more peaceful world. My identity, that has come through these three aspects, will not cease to be what it is, but continue to develop as I become more familiar with the people surrounding me and
My identity is greatly emphasized by my empathetic nature because during my adolescent years, I was treated poorly like an outcast due to either my heritage or as a new kid in the neighborhood. Then there was a time when I put it upon myself– a sense of duty to never have people around me in an attempt to avoid low self-esteem. If people were open minded to understanding one another, there would be a reduced amount of conflicts and more opportunity to connect with one another. I want to understand the people that surround me on a personal level. I want them to trust me and I want to be able to trust them all the same, as well as being able to disagree while still accepting their beliefs. People that are ignorant of another individual’s beliefs tend to clash with the individual. For instance, I witnessed one of my friends being dehumanized by others for believing in a different god, over and over again. People should have the capability to accept another individual’s beliefs. All in all, I just hope my values and beliefs can influence others to accept one another and prevent conflicts from ever occurring. In the end, our identity is composed of many different things. The three most important things that make up my identity are my family, whom my entire being is indebted to, conceptual values, and beliefs that can hopefully contribute to a more peaceful world. My identity, that has come through these three aspects, will not cease to be what it is, but continue to develop as I become more familiar with the people surrounding me and