Perseverance

My perseverance will help me when I am swamped with homework from all my classes. Like tonight I have so much homework. There is so much that I just want to cry. And it takes me twice as long to do something then it would for my roommate. I know that’s something that is going to be a normal thing that I am in college now. I think the only reason that it is so overwhelming is because it is only the second week. I just have to keep telling myself that I can do it. I can do anything that gets thrown at me. I just have to keep moving forward.

                I always had to work harder than the average person, because I have dyslexia. It is something that I have had since I was in second grade, so it is something that makes me who I am. It’s not something that I am ashamed of. Most people do not understand how I can be so open about being dyslexic. And I would rather be truthful about who I really am and that’s something that makes me who I am.

                With being dyslexic it has taught me to have passion or to put passion into everything that I do. I cannot just halfway do something. If I end up doing something halfway I don’t learn anything, and what is the point of something if you don’t learn anything from it. And what is the point of doing something when you did not learn anything from it. So when I put my whole self in everything that I do then it sticks with me longer then if I just half way do it.

                I try to find some way to find passion in everything that I do not just for my schooling but in my everyday life as well. So being dyslexic has actually helped me in a roundabout way of forcing me to put my all in everything that I do. It really is a blessing in disguise if you think about it long and hard. I have never been ashamed about being dyslexic; lots of famous people are as well. I am really thankful for it; it has shaped me into who I am today.