Overcoming Challenges in Life Essay

Through my entire life I have seen many tough people, I have seen many harsh sights, and faced many difficult challenges. Accomplishing these things seems to be easy, but I believe I have not only overcome these challenges, but used them to develop myself as a person.I look back and feel happy for having such wonderful people, like my Mom, in my life to comfort me through all of my anxiety. I think of how lucky I am to have parents that care about me, and a Mom who sacrifices things she has to make me happy. Throughout a majority of my life, I had not developed the mental maturity of taking a negative experience and turning it into something to build my character. When I was younger my struggles were never as great as they are now, but still…

The last few years of my life have been challenging and the challenges I have overcome have taught me how to look at obtacles in a differnet way. When I thounk about my challenges in the past few years, my mind instantly goes back to my grandma passing away last summer. This is something I am still struggling with; my grandma was more than a grandma, she was one of my best friends and she was always pushing me to be my best. Last school year I was struggling, I had very little motivation and my…

My sophomore year began uneventfully. I was 15 years old, loved basketball, and was living a normal life. My worries consisted of keeping my grades up, wondering if I would play on varsity, and getting my chores done. I had no idea a storm was coming that was going to change my life. I was about to face obstacles and challenges that made me question my faith, my family, and the meaning of life. My love for basketball and my devotion to prayer were skills that I honed to overcome separation and…

offer different interpretations of overcoming challenges. Bethany Hamilton in Soul Surfer suggests that in order to overcome challenges you must work hard and never give up. On the other hand, Bethany Hamilton in Rise Above leaves readers with the idea of overcoming challenges comes from faith. This is shown through flashbacks, inner thinking, and first person point of view, in both books. Bethany Hamilton shows the theme of overcoming challenges in both her books, Soul Surfer and Rise Above.…

Overcoming Challenges in Romeo and Juliet and Between Shades of Gray Challenges in life are inevitable. They also must be overcome and resolved. This resolution comes with strength for tomorrow. The lessons learned from one obstacle helps with the next days challenge. Resolving challenges gave strength to the characters in both the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and the novel Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys. Romeo and Juliet is a story about teenagers from rival households…

Overcoming Adversity and Personal Growth in Holler If You Hear Me and Lord of the Flies Overcoming problems, obstacles, struggles in life isn’t easy but it does have a positive result in one’s personal growth and life. “Holler if You Hear Me” by Michael Eric Dyson is a biography of Tupac mainly focused on events, people in his life, behind his career and the unseen mental physical struggles he faced. William Golding has designed a character in “Lord of the Flies” “Ralph” who is one of the boys…

head-on every day. A great example of overcoming handicaps is in the novel Fried Green Tomatoes; the author Fannie Flagg gives both physical and mental handicaps and shows that it is possible to overcome and grow from them. The novel brings together both the present and the past. In the present, two characters are introduced, Evelyn Couch, who goes to a nursing home…

Peter Weir uses a selection of cinematic forms to express the challenge of new experiences in his film The Truman Show, and through theses cinematic forms he is able to visually present the idea of the challenge of new experiences. In Weirs film, all of his characters such as Truman faces new experiences and the challenges that comes with it. Weir selects the ideas of overcoming fear, trust and control, for his characters to visually show the audience the challenge of new experiences with the…

Overcoming Obstacles “Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes them meaningful”. Obstacles are problems, given to us humans to solve. It could be something as big as being born with a disability or something as simple as learning how to ride a bike. Overcoming obstacles are never easy to begin with. Most obstacles are extremely hard and challenging. But by overcoming them, you’ll know why they are important. The importance of overcoming obstacles in life is…

In the Facing Challenges unit, there are many types of characters that have to face many different kinds of problems. From either mental challenges to physical challenges these characters have to find ways to overcome their problems. Bottom line is things can get tough and you have to find ways to grasp these challenges and overcome them. It’s obvious, the clearest theme in facing challenges is, if you work hard, you can overcome any challenge in life. In Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom, the…