I grew up
reading comic books, reading the words that arranged in word bubbles that
appear above the illustrated heroes.
Heroes like The Flash, Green Hornet, Batman and Robin and all the heroes
that ever been created have their own spot on my book shelf along their action
figures and collectable items which make me think perhaps I can be a hero like
them one day.
I do not possess
any superpowers, I cannot fly or have x-ray vision to see through things, I am
just an ordinary person who hope to be a ‘powerless’ hero who one day can be
considered as an extraordinary person that could bring changes to the world.
Nothing is easy in this world; there are always obstacles that try to stop us
from chasing what we desire and wants but that would not stop me from chasing
my dream of becoming a person that I want to be, an average person who can
bring wonders.
Life does not
bring promising future if we do not put on effort to have a good life ahead, we
will face failures and critics from people, and we make mistakes so we can
learn from them. I want to be a person who will get up when I fall, who would
never give up when it comes to failure and stand tall when waves of challenges
try to pull me along the tide. I want to be a risk taker because we will never
know until we try.
Thomas Alva
Edison made 999 trials to make a light bulb which create the revolution of
light before fluorescent light were even existed, he continued his effort until
the 1000th trial that brought him a huge success. Imagine if he gave
up early after several of trials, we might still be living in darkness and holding
on candles for the source of light. Michael Jordan, the famous American
basketball player for National Basketball Association (NBA) once was removed
from his high school basketball team, several years later he prove himself
worthy for his college basketball tryouts by doing a thousand shoots a day and
trained himself rigorously, his passion and his spirit led him to become a
champion and won every basketball match he ever competed that made him later
become one of the most legendary basketball player.
Miracles can
only happen for those who believe in themselves and work hard to follow their
dreams. We are bound by the law of ups and downs, sometimes we are on the top
and sometimes we lay low on the ground, failing is a part of learning process.
I want to be the kind of person who says “I can” instead of “I can’t”. I want
to be the kind of person who is never scared receiving critics because I know
what does not kill me makes me stronger. I want to be the person who is bold
and brave to make changes to the world, and that is a kind of person I want to
be.
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