Narrative Essay On Beach Atlantic
The cross between my faith and the collegiate goals I want to carry out at Palm Beach Atlantic is to believe in Christ purpose without hesitation. Being hardworking within my education, and, in my religion because opportunities arise when you add a great work ethic to the ability to serve Christ. See, high school was the start of my faith journey. Often, the preoccupying force of maintaining my mother’s health and covering the problems within my family from the outside world ruled as priority. School became an afterthought, in hindsight, I am the most disappointment in that. Around the nation, many teenagers in worse circumstances sacrifice everything for their education and me I made excuses. I blamed Christ because I thought he dealt me and my family a "bad hand." My Father’s cliché "let God" speech bothered me throughout high school; because of the length and frequency of their lectures, but also, I found it absurd. Standing by as my life played out, or having a life predestined and controlled by a higher power; was absurd. Life happens, trying to control the problems I faced affected my ability to perform within my education. Freshman year to junior year was the most challenging years I ever faced because my mother had
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That’s when it’s suitable to “let God.” I learned that the cliche phrase my Father recited wasn’t to control me, but rather, help me gain confidence in my faith. Being told I could and would not get into Palm Beach Atlantic propelled me to pray; a pastime I missed. Not to mention, I became motivated to become the hardworking person I knew I could be during my senior year. For a while, I stopped believing in my ability to have hope. By the time, I graduated high school I left with an immense sense of optimism. I made a change of course in my faith journey because I am not going to have a restricted future someone envisions for
That’s when it’s suitable to “let God.” I learned that the cliche phrase my Father recited wasn’t to control me, but rather, help me gain confidence in my faith. Being told I could and would not get into Palm Beach Atlantic propelled me to pray; a pastime I missed. Not to mention, I became motivated to become the hardworking person I knew I could be during my senior year. For a while, I stopped believing in my ability to have hope. By the time, I graduated high school I left with an immense sense of optimism. I made a change of course in my faith journey because I am not going to have a restricted future someone envisions for