Personal Reflective Essay: The Yellow Wall

Desires: I’d say almost all sentient beings have them, whether it be primal desires -food, water- or the most intelligent, rational wants like wanting a new job or wanting to achieve a specific feat, but to what distances would people go to make their desire reality? Humans have been known to go to extremes to acquire what they want, and those people are presumed as great, people who have superior abilities who used them to accomplish something impressive. But the bigger the accomplishment the higher the stakes and the more difficult the wall becomes to climb over. Those who find it in themselves to keep pushing are the ones who create the world around us.

In a general sense, people complete tasks to feel some kind of reward, in most cases …show more content…
I have experienced little victories in life like finishing a personal project as well as failures, like disappointing someone. These small defeats and victories stack up to create the most obtrusive wall of all. I feel that this is mostly symbolic of the walls we build ourselves, obstacles that are purely psychological. The ones who do not make it are the ones who cannot get passed their negativity, their circumstances, anything that might exempt them from the work it takes; they add bricks to the wall as they plaster on excuse after …show more content…
You need to be clear on what you want and have the persistence to keep hitting the brick wall until it crumbles or the intelligence to scale it.

I’ve missed out on opportunities because of my lack of motivation; my wall is made of procrastination and weak will. I aim to learn self discipline, that is what I believe it takes to break down the walls and overcome the obstacles. One needs to have the ambition to reach their happiness in life and the endurance to fulfill