"Beliefs are just another way for cons to make money"- Joseph Alfano(My Great-Grandfather)
What do I believe in. Well shooting off some ideas, I guess family is very important, caring is key, music. I believe in a lot of things. "A This I believe" has got to portray me as a whole, give colleges an inside look on how I think, how I view life, what makes Jonathan Norris Winders tick. I could write about how family is important to me. I could write how I believe family is the glue of our social development and the foundation of our morals and beliefs. Family is the only thing that is always there for me in times of need. Last year I did, well terrible in school always sad and had no motivation, I was depressed. My parents and siblings helped me through it with support, love and everything else in between.
That could be good an essay believing in family. Seems too generic though. This essay has to stand out, be that diamond in the rough. Patience. I believe patience is imperative. Being a camp counselor for the past two summers, well it has been the best of my entire life. The children are less than great at times point being that they want their own way all the time. Patience can not be taught it grows with experience, when one learns experience they will never stop learning that is the beauty of it. It teaches you to stop and listen instead of going and well not listening.
Patience that seems too narrow of a subject no real way to elaborate on it. Love. I could talk about how I never have had a girlfriend, or how being an optimist there is not much I do not love like the Yankees and lima-beans. Love is a funny thing it can be someones greatest strength, weakness, or ally. Love is manifested by the individual and is a reflection on what they hold dear to themselves, take my love of Frank Sinatra. I like history and music and class Frank Sinatra has all. As humans we all have different likes and dislikes some are the same as others, we fight to much nowadays just drop the tough guy acts and put those differences behind.
Family, Patience, Love all of these are great topics but they all come from the same place. Me. The perfect essay is the one that I have just done it is about myself and my beliefs. The one thing that I have learned over the years is that I believe in myself more than ever going into my senior year. Time to finish an essay.
I believe in myself...
Frank Sinatra is beautiful. So is the fact that you hate the Yankees! You approached your essay from a different stand point and I like it. I also like that you are optimistic. I am too, but most people aren't and it's refreshing when someone else is.
ReplyDeleteThis is a unique essay and I think colleges will like it because of this. It is not your typical essay but it still gets all your points across. The only thing I could say is maybe you could get a little more personal with the topics but the essay was really good and different.
ReplyDeletegreat essay winders. the thing i connected with was how you believe in yourself even during the hard times. right now i'm going through some tough sh*t, and people have been telling me a lot of different stuff, while i listen and value their opinions, i only 100% believe whats in my heart. like you i believe in myself.
ReplyDeleteGreat post Jon! This essay was well written and I can tell you put a lot of thought in it. You mentioned working with children, is that something you would like to pursue a career in? Also, is Frank Sinatra your hero or someone you really look up to?
ReplyDeleteCool essay man. Like someone else already said, if you do decide to send this in to colleges I believe it will catch someones eye. I also like your ending statement: "I believe in myself..." Pretty deep and captures everything you wanted to say in your essay.
ReplyDelete-Cody Davey