Throughout your life people always talk about the importance
of positive influence, idols and heroes.
This leaves a very important question: Should amazing people look for towards other
amazing people for reference? In my
experience, yes, but be careful. There
is always a danger in comparing. I think, to save time and give myself more
topics for discussion, I will give this topic in two parts.
A hero can be anyone.
It really can. You can admire a
four year old for its honesty or an eighty year old for its experience. In fact, you can admire the good in anyone
and try to one day achieve it. To be
honest, I have never really been able to look at celebrities or famous heroes
for guidance. In my mind, I feel like I have
to know someone in order to understand what makes them amazing.
Although, I try to find the strengths in everyone, I can
name four people I admire more than anyone else in the world:
1. My mother
a.
My mother is the kindest person you will have
ever met. She has this strange way of
seeing the good in people, even when none of us can. Her incredible modesty is both a trait I hope
to have inherited and secretly wish I didn’t, because it overwhelms her. But what I admire the most about my mother is
how she followed her dreams even when it seemed too late in life. After having four kids, my mother decided
that she wanted more out of life than just raising kids; she wanted to become a
lawyer. So, she took her bio-physics degree and applied to law school. For three years, she was both a full time
student and a full time mom. I honestly
don’t know how she slept. She is always
someone I can count on and she never lets me down. She graduated in the top 10% of her class and
is now a successful lawyer.
2. My sister
a.
My sister is thirteen years old and bothers me
half the time. She is an intense
person. She cares, she cries, she works
and she loves harder than anyone I know.
The thing I admire most about her is her ability to achieve whatever she
sets her mind towards. She has perfect
grades in school, a track star and a singer.
She is amazing and will be that way for the rest of her life.
3. My best friend
a.
My best friend has had a rough life and I could
write several posts on it, if time allowed.
But here is the cliff notes version:
At the age of 16 she moved from Brazil, with her sister to live with her
mother. She and her mother never got
along, but because the American schools are better, she decided the move was
worth it. At the age of 18, her mother
kicks her out of the house because she could afford to keep a child. Then, even though she had perfect grades, the
high school she had spent three years at kicked her out because they claimed
she had a high school diploma from Brazil.
She lost her scholarship for that.
She then had no money and had to pay for all her expenses. So, she would 60 hours a week as a lifeguard
and saved everything she could.
Eventually, she applied to school and received a large scholarship. She now gets straight “A’s” as a
chemistry/civil engineer, while going to school full time and working 40 hours
a week. She is the most amazing person I
have ever met outside of my family and am glad to call her my best friend.
4. My father
a.
I think if I were to pick just one hero, I would
choose my father. He came from
nothing. His family was poor, his dad
never around. Beside the setbacks, he ended
up recieving perfect grades all the way through grad school. He was the father every child deserves and I
can count on him for anything. He is
honest and straight forward and teaches me the value of working hard and caring
for those you love. A lot of times,
people tell me that when you are a child you are supposed to realize that your
father isn’t a super hero, that he is just a person. Maybe I still have some growing up to do,
because he is still my superman.
I think as a homework assignment, anyone who reads through
this post should try to list their heroes and why they inspire you and comment
if you have a special one. It truly makes
you appreciate all the amazing people you have in your life.
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