Personal Narrative-Immobile Like A Statue

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Immobile like a statue, silent like a mute, eyes looking up, trying to find the answer to the question - “What’s the next line I suppose to say?” Three years ago, I was standing in front of three judges and a hundred of spectators struggling to remember a line of an oratorical that I had long since memorized. The attention of the audience was undivided. Everyone’s eyes were staring at me, waiting for my lips to move and resume my speech. All ears were expecting to hear a word to be uttered. For ten seconds, my mind went blank, the silence remained. This was a moment of failure, embarrassment, and disappointment. A moment that had contributed to my personal growth and development.

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