Personal Essay: The Impositive Aspects Of Positive Thinking
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Positive Thinking is something I believe in strongly, I’m a person that no matter what’s going on in life, I will always look at the positive aspect of things. I’ve always tried to be a positive person because growing up I didn’t see that much, everyone would always look for something to complain about and wouldn’t ever try to see the light, even in the darkest moments. A couple years back, I was on my phone and I was scrolling through things on the internet and I stumbled on a quote, I don’t remember precisely what the quote said, but it touched me mentally and changed how I reacted to my situations and it taught me that there is always going to be somebody going through something worse than you. Now that I’ve grown up a little, I realized that life isn’t always going to be unicorn and rainbows, there will always be a point in your life where it seems that nothing is going as expected and nothing will work in your favor but that’s not true, it’s how you allow the situation.
Around seven years ago something happened in my family that nobody ever expected to happen, my sister who at the time was around twelve years old was diagnosed with cancer. A couple weeks before…show more content… Until this year I never thought believed that I would ever be able to do well in school and get good grades. This year I became determined to change things and see what I can achieve academically, I started off by looking at my grades from last year, and motivating myself and persuading myself that anything is possible and if I want good grades then I’ll have to work hard and no matter what happens I’ll try my best. This year for me has been the greatest for me overall, my grades have improved dramatically and my motivation and work ethic has enhanced and I no longer “despise” school and I actually enjoy waking up every morning to go to school and work hard and learn something new