Meredith Benner

A quote that I like to live by is “If you want to be happy, be.”—Leo Tolstoy.  It is a short and simple quote, and yet it holds a lot of importance to me.  I believe that everyone deserves to be happy, always.  No one should let anything get them down and they should always have a smile on their face. I feel that there is no reason to stay upset over things for a long period of time, because eventually you will feel better, so what’s the point of being upset?  There are always going to be people and things who will make you unhappy, but you must move on and remember whats important, and that is being happy. Everything happens for a reason, so something negative happening could result in something so much better than you ever expected happening later on in life.  That is why I choose to live by these words.

Life doesn’t always go the way you want it to, but those are the times when you have to persevere the most. What I want the most out of life is happiness and to be successful. I don’t want to settle for a mediocre life when I know I am capable of achieving better. I hope to one day end up in a healthy marriage and to have a family. I also want to have a job that I enjoy completely, and not just do it for the money. I am going to achieve these things by figuring out what exactly I want to do with my life, and working to do what ever it takes to fulfill these goals. There really is no back up plan if this fails, because I intend for this to be how my life turns out and I won’t stop until I get it.

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There are many things about myself that I would love to improve on. One of them being my attitude about myself when things aren’t going my way. I tend to get very down on myself and I am extremely negative. I also would like to improve my independence. I am very dependent on other people to guide me and help me with many things in my life. Also, I want to eat more healthy. It is very difficult to have a good diet but I definitely feel it is important to eat healthy food as well as the junk food. The next thing I want to improve on is trying more in basketball. I need to be more focused on getting better and working to improve for next year. Lastly, I would like to improve my motivation towards school. I do all the work necessary to get good grades but I feel that if I put a little more effort into homework and other class work, I would be even more successful.

What would have to happen for me to make the ultimate sacrifice? Depending on what it was, it could either be very easy for me or very difficult. I know if it were something involving my family, my friends, or any one I love, it would not take much to for me to sacrifice everything. In life, everyone has to make sacrifices at one point or another, but many people aren’t willing to make the sacrifice unless they have got something to lose, or something to gain. Although, I feel the same way at times, I believe that I would sacrifice my own life for a family member or a friend. Making an extreme sacrifice, like sacrificing my life for someone else, would probably be the most difficult decision to make. I believe I would do anything for the people I love, because there are certain people whom I love and care about more than I do for myself.

At this point in my life, I am not sure what I believe. I definitely do believe in a higher power but whether or not it is a so called “God” is what I’m not sure of. My parents have recently become very religious and connected with their faith. I can tell they are happier and living a better life because of it, but it’s difficult to believe in something that I can not see. At times when life seems to be going well, its easy to have faith. Although, when things aren’t as great in my life, I wonder why I have to be put through it and its harder to have faith. As I get older, I think my faith will increase and become stronger.

My morals, beliefs, and values in life mainly revolve around my family, friends and becoming successful. Family is the most important thing in my life. If I were to lose something that was very important to me, I feel that it would be extremely hard. I have never been that great at coping with a loss. I would try very hard to move forward and become stronger because of it. It would be difficult, but I feel that things would get better over time and that would be what would keep me going. Everyone handles a loss in different ways. But always keep the ones you love close and never take them for granted because you never know when you could lose them.

I believe the traits of an ideal and loving relationship are trust, honesty, and compassion. To be completely committed to someone you need to have trust. Showing compassion towards someone you love by being completely committed to one person is very important in having a loving and healthy relationship. A person must be honest with their partner because you can not have a stable relationship without complete honesty. If you can not trust the person you are dating, there is really no chance of the relationship working. Showing love and compassion to someone you care about is one of the best ways to show someone you truly care about them. True love is loving someone unconditionally through everything and more. I think you can tell when you are in love when the person you are with is everything you want and need.

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