Stepping into a room full of strangers for the first time and acting confident will instantly put into those people’s minds that one is a person with high self-esteem or worth getting to know. People love being around a confident person, he or she becomes like a magnet attracting them. Its like an outdoor light that moths fly towards. When is darkness and a moth sees a light even in the distance it will fly towards the light. This is exactly the same thing with a person who dispels a certain luminosity about them. People always appreciate someone who will brighten up their day or put a smile on their faces. It is always a good thing to be the one who people are drawn to because of the natural radiance that he or she gives off. That personal aura is how people draw their first impressions.
It is necessary to live life to the fullest before the time comes when it’s too late. The old life creeps up as time passes by faster than we know it. I believe this means standing up for oneself by dispelling confidence in all situations that life presents. Whether it be walking into a room full of strangers or dancing at a party when no one else wants to get up, it is necessary to live life to the fullest before the time comes when it’s too late. Lee Ann Womack’s song “I Hope you Dance” she says “No one wants to look back on their years and wonder what if”. So to avoid looking back on all the years then acting out and not even caring what others are going to say would be the best idea.
In my own life this was played out when I switched high schools. After moving to the new school no one knew who I was and I was able to act confident and pretend to be popular. Just the mere act of pretended made me feel like a better person. In turn I got used to always acting confident. With my head held high and my shoulders back I became an important person simply by pretending. In works wonders and especially since it trains the mind, body and soul to behave in the certain manner. In middle school one girl had always been mistaken as me. We looked the same and had the same hair type. Both of us had curly, brown and long hair. Many times someone would come up to me in the hallway and say “hey Andrea” when it was really I Kim and then I would turn around and they would see my face then explain “Omgsh sorry I thought it was Andrea”. This happened many times and eventually people started to tell us apart by looking at our faces closer and then saying hello.
By the time I had entered my new high school there were apparent changes in me. I now believed more in myself and thought I was beautiful. Now I was becoming another person. One who had high self confidence and that could stand up for her and that even was popular. Now that my time had come I wasn’t wasting any moment of it. I kept telling myself that I was Andrea and in a sense became another person. This new person was loud and proud in all ways possible. This newfound pride excelled me in every way possible, my grades got higher and on the swim team I was always on time and then did great on the girls 500 meter race. In my mind I knew what the popular people were like and that in the very instance of walking into a classroom the kids in there automatically judge one. No matter what it is possible to be that confident person who people want to be around. I got right to work and was loud in class. Made jokes during class and started acting out in confidence at every opportunity there was. No way was I going to waste the chance to be what I wanted. I believe that in doing this i was able to live so that in the future I wouldn’t have to wonder what if. It was all possible because I believed in myself and figuratively dancing in a room full of strangers is the way to dispel the fear of not living life to its fullest want to on the inside.
In conclusion, I have learned through these experience about who I am as a person and where I am going in life. I want to live as if I am already older and not have to regret in the future what I didn’t do when I was younger. Not having to look back on all those years and feel empty is what I am doing. To make all this possible I am taking every opportunity. Living life to its fullest and experiencing things that I want to are in my plan. One day I will be able to say with pleasure that I do know what it’s like to dance in a room full of strangers or at least in a school classroom while making everything laugh. All these things opportunities I have from living in such a blessed country where anything is possible. If I want anything can happen and that is what I firmly believe.
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