Humans never have just one role in life. They fill many different purposes throughout their days and take on many different positions. I am no exception. In a world of craziness and heavy expectations, people can easily get consumed by the demands of these roles and forget who they are. In order to balance their many different positions, people must maintain and cultivate values that allow them to keep their identity and not compromise to demands. My roles occasionally become overwhelming, but having concrete values to remind me who I am always keeps me grounded. Without my cornerstone values, I would not be who I am or where I am today.
I am a sister, a daughter, a friend, an employee, a student, but most importantly, I am a Christian. As a Christian, all other roles flow from God. He allows me to be a sister, daughter, employee, student, and friend. Without Him, I would not be successful in any of these roles. As a sister, I care for my brother and
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In terms of familial roles, hopefully I will eventually add wife and mother and learn to appreciate the challenges that come with their addition to my life. With concrete and solidified values, it will be easier to balance more roles in an already busy life. With time, life always grows busier and more stressful, but God will only give me what I can handle. I effectively cope with stresses because of Him and my values. Without them, I would not be a student with superior grades and enrolled in a demanding program. I would not be able to balance school, work, co-curricular activities, and interpersonal relationships if I did not love with my whole heart, act with empathy, and prove gratitude. Those I interact with deserve to be shown love and kindness in all situations. If these values did not guide me, I would not be blessed with the people and opportunities that I
For me, this means making integrity and kindness the key to my way of living. One quote that I decided to let be a basis of my life in a way is “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.” This reminds me that no matter what I do, my character, and who I actually am, outweighs
As a person goes through life he or she may wonder “Who am I?” and “What is my purpose?” The objective of this paper is to allow me to reflect and critically analyze who I am as a person. In this paper, I will discuss my social location and identity, my life experiences and my privileges and disadvantages.
We are not our true selves. In fact, most of us don’t even realize this until much later in life when disaster strikes and we must face the harsh reality. We must face the harsh reality that for most of our life, we do not know who we are and we are not who we are meant to be. In reality, we are not the most-developed versions of our selves during times of joy and happiness. We are not our most-developed selves when everything seems to be falling into place and when all of our hard work is finally paying off.
In 2018, we as people need to take these traits and apply them to ourselves. We need to have a will to treat others with
That is, knowing what one values most in life, and not letting other people’s opinions get in one’s way of doing it.
For example, both my sisters chose not to take their academics seriously and as a consequence, they were not accepted into their preferred college. I on the other, aspired to excel in academics and achieve my goal of attending Texas A&M University. Nevertheless, as life continues to present me with task I can’t handle alone, my family is there every step of the way to provide support and give advice when need be. As I branch off and head to college in the upcoming year I reflect on the numerous reasons why family plays such a paramount role in my life.
The environment in which an individual grows up in can affect life greatly. Our surroundings influence one’s personality, self-expression, and individuality, otherwise known as identity. Finding one’s true self is the most grueling stage of life and expectations of family and society make the process even harder. One’s true identity can sometimes clash with hopes of others, thus breaking tradition and/or family ties. Pressure to change will always be present, but staying true to uniqueness will prevail.
Loyalty, respect, self-less service and integrity are the values that map the life that I lead. When in consideration of
I have experienced many situations and endured a multitude of experiences throughout my life. It is through these experiences that I have been able to learn a great deal about myself. Since I was young, I have always set astronomically high goals and expectations for myself. This was largely in part due to the strong upbringing from my parents, who taught me what is right and wrong, and instilled very strong personal values, along with a continued ideal of community service. These values helped forge me into who I am today.
How others see you is influenced by material, social, and physical constraints. This causes a tension between how much control you have in constructing your own identity and how much control or constraint is exercised over you. How we see ourselves and how others see us differ in many ways, but is an important factor of our identity. “A Lesson Before Dying”,
I will explain how I plan to live by each value. The first value says “I will live by high standards of personal integrity.” In doing so, I will have very strong morals and to be honest to myself and others of the WCU community. I will stand against things I believe are not morally right for me. I will choose a better group of peers and not be influenced to do anything I do not believe is right.
Many people are stuck on what other people want them to be. Most people get bullied into silence and i was like that at out point until i found myself in actions of helping other. Most of the people nowadays have no idea what self expression is or what it means. I want to keep helping people find them true self. I want to see people in this world become the real them and stop hiding behind something they're not and have a self expression for the world to see.
Ever since I can remember, I have always wanted to be successful in life. I have always wanted to be the better version of my parents and achieve many things in life. During my freshman year in High school, I knew I was going to major in business. I come from a household of five, my father, mother, two younger sisters, and myself. I am the first in my family to go to college and with that being said, I have always felt the pressure to be the best role model and example for my younger sisters.
Since birth until now, I have held a numerous amount of statuses as a sister, friend, mother, wife, soldier, teacher, and a voter. In those statuses, I had to carry myself in certain behavior occupying those statuses. These are known as roles. As a sister, more importantly, a big sister of my house as a child, I had to make sure I looked after my two baby sisters as well as, help them with homework, brushing their teeth, and helping them pick out their clothes. I also had to obtain a job,
but I was always taught to be thankful of the things that I had and to not be so selfish. Having two other siblings helped me prevent the want of being selfish. I do not know what I would do without my family. My family is very inspiring because they show me all aspects on how I should live my life through their experiences like education, parenting, and work ethic.