Growing up in a family where l was taught that nothing comes at hand easily unless you work for it

Growing up in a family where l was taught that nothing comes at hand easily unless you work for it

Growing up in a family where l was taught that nothing comes at hand easily unless you work for it, l have managed to remain steady and aiming to accomplish my visions. My mother has a master’s in elementary education. She was my role model and I admired the way she handled problems precisely and portrayed a charisma attribute that commanded respect, thus l vowed to follow her footsteps. My dad doesn’t have a college degree but he always encouraged me to be all that I can be no matter what obstacles I encounter. Being raised by parents who had held different levels of education and managed to educate their children on moral values, challenges me not to judge others following their level of education but by level of intelligence. In school and life, I have applied my parent’s teachings to differentiate right from wrong and pursue anything l believe l can achieve. Besides, I have grown up feeling the urge to treat others the same way I would want to be treated, and this virtue has impacted my life adversely by always trying to make people believe in my principle.

I’m from a family that follows life morals, staunchly, and slip-ups lead to dire consequences. In high school, I was famous for my dedication to arbitrate any bullying that existed, for l believed in the principle that everybody deserved to be treated right despite their background, social class, race and religion (Vaughn, 2015). Everybody respected me, and l felt that l had fulfilled my promise to follow my mother’s footsteps of administering charismatic authority for the well-being of others. However, since good things don’t last forever, l took an action that made me undergo aggressive wrath and implications for taking matters in my hand. I had an ugly encounter with two bullies who put on an act where one pretended to be being bullied by the other to capture my attention. Sadly, l fell into their well-articulated plan to make me deviate from my morals. I tried meddling by defending the bully victim, but they ended up laughing at me for managing to dupe me.

My anger got in the way, and l ended up engaging in a fight that resulted in suspension. My mother took charge and asked for postponement out of school for a month to learn to control my fury. I learned that despite leading a moral life, life has a funny way of turning events around, and the action towards the happenings plays a significant role in the consequences following the fact.

Having learned to not judge people due to their level of education, but by their intellect has helped me think before talking or taking any action simply because l am educated. I remember a particular experience my friend and I encountered a street urchin during the summer holiday. My best friend was a total mess, and his actions were against what l stood up for in life. His upbringing had a lot to determine the way he turned out to be as an adult. He grew up in a wealthy and prominent family, and the parents rarely spent time with the family, for they were ever busy traveling outside the country. The kids were left under the care of a nanny who had malice goals to benefit from the family’s fortune. Therefore, they had no one to teach them about life, morals, and ethics. I befriended him to try and reform his uncouth behavior because that was my principle to see good in others despite their devious actions.

We were busy skating along the road and, at the same time, talking, and my friend saw a street urchin crossing the road. He ran over the man and started laughing since he had an intense hatred for the poor and unprivileged in society. I ran and helped the man get up since he was hungry and feeble he had difficulties supporting himself up. I went to the supermarket and bought him something to eat despite my friend pestering me to leave the man alone. The man was lighted up by my act of kindness, which was the opposite of what he had expected. He started telling me how he pity’s my friend, for he used to behave like him while he was young all because his parents were wealthy. However, he never joined college for his parents died in a plane crash, and he was the only survivor, but the plane landed in a remote area, and no survivors were found. It took him years to find help and manage to find his way home, but when he came back, his family fortune had been shared out to his family friend, for they believed no one survived the crash. When he tried to prove he was the legal son to the late family, nobody felt him for he had no friends, and ended up in the streets. He told me to continue with my good deeds, for they will be rewarded one time in life. I felt encouraged to progress doing good without expecting anything in return.

In life, following my parent’s teachings on morality and ethics has shaped me to be a better person, I wished to grow into as a child. Believing in moral values such as not judging others and treating others the same way l want to be treated has positively impacted my social life with people despite their diversity. I have my parents to thank for the proper upbringing, and l decided to follow suit by assisting those who cannot differentiate right from wrong since it brings me joy in helping others for better.