Is my essay good enough?

marrerodaniel
Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:02:07 +0000

I wanted to be everything, I wanted to be an actor, I wanted to be a baseball player, I wanted to be a policeman, I wanted to be a doctor. When I was a kid I tried all sorts of sports and clubs but I felt there was something missing, I used to quit in everything because I didn’t felt the joy in it. My Dad was killed when I had 5 years, he was real close to me and it wasn’t easy at all to let go. It felt weird because for the rest of my life I didn’t have that male figure in my home. My mom was young at the time and I felt sometimes she didn’t even know how to be one. In school, I wasn’t going to well, I was having bad grades and my teachers where constantly calling my mom to reunions. I was mad at the world for taking the person who I loved the most. Having him absent took away my self-confidence; I felt as if I didn’t know whom I was. As the years went by my mother started to date my stepfather, I never liked him at first, but he once started to talk me about surfing and I got engaged, It was like I’ve never heard about it, it was something new, it was a challenge. I asked myself: How could ive never think of trying this amazing sport? As of now I love surfing and it’s my passion. I never thought it could teach me so much about life. Surfing connected me to nature in a way where I could appreciate everything that has been given to me and it lets me see how lucky I am to be in perfect health and in a place where im loved and cared for. The power of the ocean will always leave you humbled. It teaches you humility and puts things in perspective. Every night before I go to surf I get my things ready to be the first one on the beach, I can barely sleep from my anticipation of seeing the waves the next day. Its kind of an obsession and all that effort you put to wake up every morning it’s the kind of discipline you need to achieve your dreams. It’s a discipline that shows you the importance of just showing up. It showed me how life gives you back and how things happen for a reason. My dad died and it open new opportunities in my life that have guided me through life lessons and experiences. The community that revolves around the surfing society gives back everything they can to nature. You see how they care for each other and it made me change what I enjoy doing in life. Ive realized that I get joy from helping the community and doing everything I can to make the world a better place for my children to grow in.