Please give the approximate date(s) of each incident, explain the circumstances and reflect on what you learned from the experience. You may use up to 400 words.
Nothing hurts more than losing an opportunity right before your eyes. On May 7th I was caught smoking cannabis, and was dismissed from my high school just two weeks before graduation. Everything happened in a flash, it left me confused, helpless and desperate. I created scenarios of devastating consequences and punishments that I would face, and found myself discombobulated from the incident.
Arriving home, I was directionless and was desperate for help. My father who has been working on the "World Buddhist kitchen for Nepal" project, to aid the Nepalese people, invited me to take part in the project. According to my father, Nepal had been affected by an enormous earthquake with the magnitude of eight Richter, the Nepalese people were in desperate need for help. I voluntarily accepted the proposal to provide for others.
My father and I arrived in Nepal on July 11th, we arranged vans to take us to the epicenter. As I entered the village I was overwhelmed by the destruction caused by the Earthquake, the whole area was in complete ruins, houses were destroyed, and piles of brick remains were all over the place. The earthquake had completely destroyed the whole village. In addition, our Nepalese guide explained, the villagers also have no access clean water.
Having faced all the trauma, the villagers greeted us with warm smiles. My father told me that the villagers accepted the fact that their homes were destroyed, they are happy because lives and the lives of their loved ones were more important. "Houses can always be rebuilt". These words inspired me, it opened me up and gave me the courage to face my incident. It made me realize that disasters do happen, but what truly matters is how you can learn from it and become a stronger person because of it. This incident did not mark the end of my life, it marked the beginning.
Corrections and tips would be great!
Nothing hurts more than losing an opportunity right before your eyes. On May 7th I was caught smoking cannabis, and was dismissed from my high school just two weeks before graduation. Everything happened in a flash, it left me confused, helpless and desperate. I created scenarios of devastating consequences and punishments that I would face, and found myself discombobulated from the incident.
Arriving home, I was directionless and was desperate for help. My father who has been working on the "World Buddhist kitchen for Nepal" project, to aid the Nepalese people, invited me to take part in the project. According to my father, Nepal had been affected by an enormous earthquake with the magnitude of eight Richter, the Nepalese people were in desperate need for help. I voluntarily accepted the proposal to provide for others.
My father and I arrived in Nepal on July 11th, we arranged vans to take us to the epicenter. As I entered the village I was overwhelmed by the destruction caused by the Earthquake, the whole area was in complete ruins, houses were destroyed, and piles of brick remains were all over the place. The earthquake had completely destroyed the whole village. In addition, our Nepalese guide explained, the villagers also have no access clean water.
Having faced all the trauma, the villagers greeted us with warm smiles. My father told me that the villagers accepted the fact that their homes were destroyed, they are happy because lives and the lives of their loved ones were more important. "Houses can always be rebuilt". These words inspired me, it opened me up and gave me the courage to face my incident. It made me realize that disasters do happen, but what truly matters is how you can learn from it and become a stronger person because of it. This incident did not mark the end of my life, it marked the beginning.
Corrections and tips would be great!