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Life Is A Journey

I've seen the finer side of life, and I've seen some of the worst that life has to offer. I've known happiness and sadness; emotional peace and tranquility and I have experienced the dark depths of depression. I've felt the total wonderment of a child with starry eyes; and I have shed tears of desperation at the total shame of our society today.

In my young life of only nineteen years, I have experienced far more than a young girl was meant to have experienced. I have lost my naivety in my zest for wanting more and more of life than what was offered to me in appropriate stages of time. I made choices that were at times inappropriate and decisions that were at times offensive. I failed to go to high school in tenth grade, which resulted in me dropping out. After that I only chose the wrong path more and ended up in a juvenile facility. In the six months I was there I began to change my view on life. I realized with hard work I could accomplish my dreams and goals. In eleventh grade I decided to continue me education and through a program called Success I eventually graduated. I am very proud of myself because I managed to complete high school and graduate with my original class. Through my mistakes I have learned lessons of life that unfortunately some will never learn in a lifetime.

I am who I am today because of the failures and the accomplishments of my past. I neither regret nor take pride in my past; it is simply a part of my past. I am however more confident of my future because of my past. I am focused on the success I expect of myself and my abilities to be successful. Unlike many of my friends and acquaintances, I no longer delude myself in the belief that if I want something badly enough, it will happen. I have learned that if I want something badly enough, only I can make that happen through hard work, determination, and perseverance.

Education has become extremely important to me. I revel in the knowledge that through education I can provide myself with the tools and instruments necessary to accomplish my goals as an adult; tools and instruments that I need in order to attain my goals to help others in life so that should they choose to travel the in the same wayward direction as I did in my youth that I may able to guide them at a crucial fork in their road. I would hope that I would be given the opportunity from your educational institution to obtain the satisfaction of reaching my goals. I know that I will be an asset to the university because I want to learn. I want to be there. I want the opportunity to expand my horizons, and I am willing to work hard for it. I am willing to exert self determination and perseverance. I am willing because I care. I am willing because I have a life ahead of me in which I want to help others in a positive, productive manner.

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