ost people live by something that keeps us going in this world. It is what stops us from going insane from what we may encounter, and it’s our guide in the journey of life. My personal motto is “Everything happens for a reason, and the good result will eventually reveal itself.” Looking back at life, I can see this as having always been true. This allows me to take the bad with an outlook that something good will be born of it, no matter how bleak it looks. For example, when my grandfather passed away last year, I was saddened because I was very close to him. I felt like destroyed, because I had never lost anyone close to me before, but it taught me that I have to enjoy what I have while it exists. I learned that I have to take risks, live, laugh, love endlessly, and never take anyone for granted because they might not be in this world tomorrow.
Some people say they wish they could go back and change things that have happened in their past to make their lives better. However, I am the type of person who looks at my past no matter how bad certain things could be, from failing a test to getting a detention or something worse, and look back at it as creating the man I am today. Without all those mistakes, I wouldn’t be who I am. When I look at myself in the mirror, I am happy, understanding my accomplishments, and how I turned those bad experiences to further myself as a person. I have shared that same knowledge with others to help them understand to create a more positive outlook. The good after the effects that the bad experiences in my life have created are immeasurable, and it is clear to me that the good has been so much more beneficial. When I had the bad experiences I didn’t see anything good, I didn’t see a happy future at first, but when time passed I was able to see who I had started to become as a result of those experiences.
Mistakes teach us to be better people. We cannot learn from perfection, but we can gain a mass amount of knowledge from the imperfections of life and this world alone. Every time something bad happens in my life or to others I always use my personal motto as inspiration that it will be ok, and I share about how true this motto has been in my life. I want people to understand, and accept defeat in one aspect of life knowing it will lead to a victory later on. The victory will always be greater than the defeat, every time. This motto says a lot about me, it tells all that I am willing to keep moving forward no matter what in my life tries to push me back. It’s the guide I use on my journey through life.