Reflective Essay: The Perfect Bouquet Of Flower

bouquet of flower Walking down the street near my home, I always saw flowers--different colors, different smells, and different names combined together made a perfect bouquet. I realized that they weren’t just flowers or the source of my happiness, but they reflected a perfect loving family to me. The way I felt when I saw my family happy and cheerful, was the same way I felt towards colorful flowers in one bouquet. Nothing lasts forever. Every good mood, every good situation has to encounter a bad situation on its way. Storm and too much sunshine are a challenge to flowers, so is divorce also a challenge to a perfect family and its members. During these years, my family and I were always very happy, smiling at each other, telling each other

Soon, when I decided to open my eyes again to see the good in each situation, I realized that my family was declining slowly. Everyone was falling from his top most point. It was as if my eyes had been closed and told to see the bad side of the situation only. I realized that my siblings became weak because I had become weak too. I was their role model, so I had to be strong for them to be stronger and see that life is worth living. I was the only one to rebuild my family, to give them hope again, to give them a reason to continue living. I started by working hard in my classes because before the tragedy, performing well academically was my greatest strength. I got back the GPA that I used to get before the tragedy, and showed my mom and siblings that apart from what had happened, we can still go on with our life and get better than before. The tragedy had made me almost forget about my dreams, but when I reopened my eyes, I remembered them, and that I have to achieve them. I realized that the tragedy was a lesson about my future career. I want to be a civil engineer, so it taught me that when I become an engineer, I will build houses, roads, and may other things. Some will stand tall, but others may fall. When they fall, I will have to be strong instead of crying or getting angry, I will have to find a way to build stronger