Personal Narrative: Growing Up In Brooklyn, NY

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Introspective Paper Growing up in Brooklyn, NY most believe that you are born at a disadvantage, I believe I am blessed. The people in the community aren’t really on your side and, to people outside of my community give us and label. Some are considered lucky to make it out and the others that don’t are considered to be thugs, gangster, and criminals. My community isn’t the best but it is the start of my legacy and the reason for my motivation to help others in similar situations. Helping people is something I just feel like I have to do and that it is selfish of me not to help a person in need. Growing up in my community and in my family I notice that people don’t really care about you they more so worry about their self. I’m from…show more content…
Even though I was failing in school and gambled all the time to make money. They all had me beat. They all were drop outs and drug dealers. They all had kids and some are even in jail. There isn’t nothing positive being done with the males in my family. They only thing that we all could do well was play sports but talent unused is talent wasted. I believe that I might not be as bad as them but if I continue in the direction I was going in I would end up in the same situations. I had to start my transformation. This is what motivated me to want to change myself and become a better person before it was too late. I started getting good grades in school and realized what I needed to do my best to get away and experience life outside of my community. My family is the reason why I want to help people. I think that if the right people were in place when my family has made this life changing decision they wouldn’t have slipped up so bad. I see a lot of people that have a lot of talent to reach new heights but they allow childish ways and mistakes keep them from reaching their full potential. I believe a person that been at the bottom of experience things in life is the only person that can possible reach these people and save them before it’s too…show more content…
Helping starts with knowing yourself and knowing what you are good at. There are many characteristics that make up the person I am. I am humble, strong, caring and determine person. I have developed these characteristics over a long period of time. I learned humility through life struggles that have shown me that people who are arrogant and boastful aren’t really liked. I am a caring person I care for everyone and want to see the best out of everyone. If there is anything I can do to help someone be a better person than they already are I will do so. Caring for other people just seems to come natural to me. I learned to stay strong and never allow my fear to limit me. I am always determined to complete the task at hand. Anything I put my mind to I believe I can do. The only person that can stand in my way is me. I take people feeling into consideration more than I take my own. I feel like people aren’t being loved enough and that I have to be the person to give them that love and support. These positive characteristics make up who I am and the reason for me waiting to help
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