John Vu
1/17/2010
Essay
Overcoming Obstacles
There are many obstacles in life that people have to overcome. It could be being born with a disability or something simple as going to school. Some obstacles are easy to run over but some aren’t. To overcome obstacles I think that I must know from right and wrong, being smart of the decision, and taking action in what is needed to be done. There is a huge difference in just saying that I will do something and actually taking action in it. It’s my choice in what I want to do in life and there will be many things that will try and stop me.
Knowing from right and wrong can be a big factor in overcoming obstacles. There are things in life that can severely damage my life forever but some aren’t as bad. Whatever obstacle that comes upon will always have a good and bad thing about the decision that’s made. As teenagers there are many obstacles that come up to us. One big thing is drugs and alcohol; a large amount of people that do drugs and drink probably started as a teenager in some point. If someone would ask me to smoke or drink with them, I would probably say no. there are many risks factors of doing drugs and drinking alcohol. The big thing is that it is illegal underage and it can harm my body in many different ways. The right thing to do is to say no and not do anything that will harm me now or in the future. The wrong thing for me to do is to try the drug or alcohol and maybe become addicted and never stop.
