Toughest Challenges In My Life

The toughest challenge I have ever faced in my life, was trying to be myself. It was extremely terrifying for me when I would see my reflection in the mirror and say to myself, “is that all? Is that all I am?” It was quite impossible for me to accept myself. Especially when I would open my eyes to the world around me and see so many powerful people, and the reflection I kept seeing in the mirror was something much less than powerful. Being at a young age like I was, I felt that it was most important to fit in with everyone else in society and follow everyone else’s ideas and opinions instead of the ones I kept close to my heart, and in my mind. In my mind you couldn 't look abnormal in a world full of “ normal people”,So, I went on with my life and decided to agree with everyone around me that I could never be accepted by the world, and to what I thought at the time was billions of eyes, I was seen as worthless. I used to be scared of the dark,the thought of being alone, and especially the monsters that were lurking around me at night. Two years ago i couldn 't be anywhere without wanting to run

As i walked down the aisles looking at some gift wrapping a little girl came to my side trying to get my attention. I looked down at her, and she started to smile. She handed me a small candy cane wrapped in red and green ribbon. Inside the ribbon i found a little piece of paper saying: “One of the greatest challenges in life is being yourself in a world that 's trying to make you like everyone else. With a tear coming from my eye i smiled back at the girl and said thank you. As she walked back to hold her mom 's hand i read the back of her shirt that said in big letters: “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face”. As she turned back to me to say merry Christmas i read the front of her shirt which said “ I beat