Personal Experience: My Most Important Life Lessons Learned

The only way one can genuinely learn and understand a life lesson is to experience the hardships of that lesson for themselves. I personally experienced a hardship when a four wheeler accident threatened my father’s life. Though it was tough for my father, as well as my naive self, I learned important life lessons through that experience that I have carried with me every day since. My father’s accident has taught me to comfort those who experience difficult times, to live every day to the fullest, to stay positive, and to do everything I do with determination.

My father’s accident was overwhelming and difficult to comprehend as I had never experienced one of my parents being in such a perilous situation before. My father and brothers went on their usual four wheeler ride down into the rugged creek with family and friends. Along their route, they came upon a steep hill, which my father, being a courageous man, decided to try it first. However, he failed to reach the top and he began to roll back, but the four wheeler subsequently flipped backwards landing on top of him. The four wheeler ended up snapping six of his ribs, which in turn punctured a hole in his lung causing breathing problems. In the end, my father recovered well, and I learned valuable lessons along the way. The love of family

Throughout the entire experience of my father’s accident and his recovery, my family and friends kept reassuring me that everything would be fine. Their positive outlooks on my father’s recovery taught me to find the positive aspects in unexpected situations rather than to focus on the negatives. As I have learned to find the brighter side of life, I have begun to spread the message to others to do the same as we live in a world that is often pessimistic rather than optimistic. I ultimately share this message with the determination that I have to gained from my father’s