A Humbling Beginning
November 5, 2013
Social Issues
A Humbling Beginning
I have known from the beginning of time what I really wanted to be. Ever since I was little I have always had a basketball in my hand doing all types off different drills to better myself. As I was growing up I was brought up with a family full of sports players. Both of my brothers played at least two sports basketball and football. Being brought up with two older brothers I always strived to be better than my brothers I thought to myself that anything that they could do I could do better. While I was playing sports its nothing that I hated more than the feeling of losing. The reason I use this point is because I would never like to lose even the thought of not going undefeated was not an option for me. Any team that I played for I always wanted to be the star on the team and wanted everybody to know me as the playmaker that contributes the most to the success of my team. I know that I stand for a person that tries to do the best at whatever I do no matter how simple it was or how complicated it was as long as I finished my task. When I first started school there was another activity that caught my eye that I was really interested in. I always was interested in the drums after I saw the movie Drumline. When I first saw this movie it was like my mind just clicked that I wanted to play the drums because I wanted to play the drums and I had the natural ability to listen and catch the beat at a rapid pace. By being able to do this it helped me to strive not only as a leader of the drum core but also as a musician. I had to overcome a lot of different things growing up because it was not always the easiest for me. I had to work hard to make a lot of the basketball teams that I tried out for because I knew to myself that nothing was going to be giving to me if I wanted anything I had to earn it and take it. I always knew that I had to work harder than everyone else because I knew that if I worked down to their level then it would give them a chance to be better than me and I could not have it. It was one time when I did get cut from the basketball team it was hard for me and my confidence because this was my first time ever getting cut from a team. I was shocked that I got cut from the team because I have always been the best on every single last team that I played for and it hurt to know that if I would have worked just a little harder and worked a little faster that it would have changed the outcome of me getting cut from the team.
How I deal with conflict is actually simple because if I am having a problem with something its nothing that me going to the gym and playing basketball cannot handle. The reason I say this is because I have a strong love and passion for the game. When I am on the court it is like no one else matters because it is like a string going from my hands to the ball. I could play basketball everyday all day because the idea of playing basketball is really a beautiful thing. I think other people see me as an intelligent, funny and caring person. The reason I say this is because the smallest joke that I make sometimes can have the ability to change a person’s whole demeanor. Sometimes all it takes is the littlest things to make someone’s day. In fifteen years hopefully I will have a well paying job that I enjoy and could possibly have a future with. I also see myself eventually starting to form a family with the women that I love. In thirty years I would see myself putting my child thru school and making my family happy and also working hard in the job that I love and finally being able to have fun. The social issue on Obama care is something that I am concerned in because republicans are trying to make it unfair and unaffordable to those that are struggling that need financial help. Those are the realities in my own world.