This I Believe
by Noelle Nolan In life, nobody ends up avoiding struggles forever. No matter how big, or small everybody faces their own challenges. Having bad days, feeling sad and failing are all parts of life. They are probably the hardest part. Even though this might be true, I believe that our challenges bring out the best of us. One of my biggest struggles in life has been my weight. I was always bullied and I never thought it would stop. After what I went through with how I look it has opened my eyes on how others are treated. I would never let anyone else go through the same thing that I did. Having this issue in my life has made a huge positive impact on the way that I look at things. I have become more compassionate, thoughtful and strong because of it. I would never have felt so strongly about the treatment of others if I had not gone through it. When I have been in the harder parts of my life, I have also learned more about the person that was already there. When dealing with difficult things, the best parts of my personality have come out. Without even thinking, the way I dealt with things under pressure came out and I realized that they aren’t too bad. I also would have never found them if I was not put in that situation. Once I found these parts of me, they were easier to embrace. In my life, a lesson that has been taught to me through my challenges is the importance of a silver lining. In the past, I got down on myself and could not feel better. I started to realize that looking at the bad side does not get me anywhere. When you only look at the bad, everything you are being taught slips away and you might never find it again. Going through rough times always has their upsides that are very important. My point is that the problems we face can do more than tear us down, they can teach us new lessons. Challenges also present us with opportunities to better ourselves in many ways that others can not see. As humans, the ways we can act fall into two major categories, right and wrong. When we are faced with difficulties we choose one of those categories. During the situations that I have been in where things could go either way, I have not always made the right decision. Even so, I still learned what not to do in the future. When I made the wrong decision I saw how things played out and could make a more well thought out decision the next time I was put in that position. I have noticed that even when we are not the ones struggling the most in a situation, we can still change because of it. One big example of this is groups and organizations full of many different people coming together to fight one main issue. Even though some are not affected personally by the problem, they still learn how to work together and solve problems. All different ages, races and cultures can come together to make the world better. I have been a part of something like this in the ADL program. Kids who might not have talked before came together to fix the challenge they were presented with. For middle schoolers, that is a big deal! Inside and out, I look at myself now and from even 2 years ago and I see how much I have grown. I am not sure if it would have happened without all the bad. I think of how hard it was but then I also think the benefits that came of it. The bad does not last forever. The good you learn from it does.
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Ms Eline
6/5/2020 06:41:24 am
Dear Noelle,
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