Life is what YOU make it

Hello Friends,

This is the first post exemplifying the start of my journey as a Communication's Major at Ashford University. The Rose Beyond the Wall was my final paper assignment for my Adult Development class. When you read this brief excerpt from my paper, I encourage you to reflect on your own life. Are you living life to the fullest? When life knocks you down, do you get back up?

      

If you answered “no” to any of these questions, it is never too late to make a change. Find your motivation for life and let it lead you to possibilities beyond your imagination.

Until next time,

 Noelle     

The Rose Beyond the Wall

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking, so that people won’t feel insecure around you. As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
-Coach Carter, 2005 (Marianne Williamson)

Many people in this world have potential, but fear prohibits them from taking action. Sometimes we act on our determination and a door closes in our face. When this happens, we tend to give up before seeking an open window. However, I have what it takes to succeed. I have what it takes to find a window, a door, or a hole in the wall.

Sometimes the burden of life can be more than I can tolerate. Sometimes it leaves me scared to get up again. However, if I do not overcome my fears, I show those around me that it is acceptable to be hurt and afraid. As human beings, we need a reminder of the strength of self-motivation. A little self-motivation is all you need for everything to fall into place.

       

Resembling the soft part of a rose, I am its petals. The plain wall is my simple reminder that the world does not care for you because life is what YOU make it. Since the world is the wall and I am the rose, as my previous professor said, “I will stand out so that I may be out-standing.”

I will lend this twisted world my beauty. I will not fold or bend for this world; instead, I will bloom looking beyond it. I am determined to build a bridge where there are gaps and sever all walls resting in my way. I am the Rose Beyond the Wall.