The Inevitability of Growth in Myself
Edgar Azuara FIQWIS 10113
9/24/2024
My life has been through way too many memories and events, it’s safe to say some of these events changed who I became later in the Future. I learned from most of my events from pure preservation and the will to not go through the same issues I had previously. I would examine what went wrong in these events and fix myself from doing it again, whether it was acutally asking questions about people with this knowledge, or just slowly improving by doing more and more of the action everyday. Lessons I learned from most of these events, ways to ask for help everyday so I wouldn’t have problems with stuff I didn’t know. Another lesson was slowly making progress, even if it was small, I was still going to make progress somehow. Third and last one was to appreciate life as a whole. I can’t just enjoy the bigger moments in life, I have to appreciate everything whether it’s the space I live in or something small like the weather around me.
One way I learned was asking people who spoke Spanish tips on how to learn Spanish, and would casually speak more and more Spanish to improve my Spanish Speaking. I went to Mexico when I was Eleven years old and it’s safe to say I didn’t know how to speak Spanish. I would struggle to speak with my family members, who only spoke Spanish. I came back from Mexico that same summer and started to Learn Spanish from my parents, asking them questions like what does this word mean, or what is the significance of this word. I ended up learning way more Spanish by just learning from people around me and letting them correct me when possible. I ended up learning more Spanish and conversing with newer people who speak mostly Spanish. To this day I still ask my parents certain words when they’re both conversing, and it’s pretty funny because most of the time even when I do ask them, they laugh and say it’s adorable that to
this day I’m still curious about learning the language. Hey though, that’s just saying I want to improve myself instead of just being clueless and not growing.
In elementary school and middle school, I learned to be more outgoing by talking to newer people in class slowly. I wouldn’t have huge conversations, but I would talk more and more everyday. I remember being in 3rd grade, there was group work on the first day of school and I had a group of people I’ve never met. I barely contributed to the work cause I didn’t speak with any of them. I realized I had to change something so I wouldn’t be so unhelpful in class. So I started talking more often, I would obviously speak very little when I would become outgoing, But I would slowly speak more and more to newer classmates. I made so many friends and I became unafraid of speaking with people because I spoke more and more in class. I learned that time is key when it comes to changing yourself. I didn’t learn how to speak to more people from a singular day, I learned when I did it constantly for plenty of days. To this day I make new acquaintances very quickly and even friends too. It gets to the point now where I honestly think I speak a little too much now. I’m fine with it though because I’d rather talk a lot, then not talk and miss out on crucial things that might require me to be a very outspoken person.
Third and final way I learned how to Improve myself as a person was to cherish every moment to its fullest, whether it was smiling or just appreciating the weather. I went to Mexico last year and it’s safe to say my lesson before learning Spanish was very helpful. I had a great time over there and I bonded with my family a lot. One day though I ended up having a horrible allergic reaction, one that was very lethal to my body. I remember being terrified and only then appreciating everything in life. Well I got out of that horrible moment fine and from then on I would take walks constantly, just to see the world and appreciate its beauty more. I learned from that moment that life can throw crazy shit at you, but you just have to persevere through it and
appreciate everything around you. To this day I still take walks when I can, and I can confidently say, Sunsets are still one of the most beautiful moments in a day.
So what does all of this tell me about myself? Well for starters, I’ve still got a lot to learn about myself and just in general. I know that even with these events that seem hard from the beginning, I’ll get through them and become better than I was before. I realized that growing as a person would be shaped by the decisions I made to either improve, or just continue to be myself and not make that change. I let myself embrace change, even if I weren’t going to be used to it from the start, I would push myself to be better. I would let myself become better and better everyday, because it’s inevitable that growth will happen to me someday.
