Free Essay About The Life-Editing Approach

It was sometime at the beginning of the 21st century when my family experienced a complete downturn financially. I was about to enter my adolescence period, and I just didn’t understand why everything had to change just because we had less money. I was still attending my classes, and I still had my toys and gadgets, so why did everyone had to tell me it was not time to buy new toys and gadgets? For me, the world is still revolving like the way it used to—one that is filled with joy, laughter, adventures, and lots of fun-filled activities.
This event—the time when my family slid downward financially—was actually very significant for me, since it occurred at the time when I was starting to form my understanding of what the world really is. It is significant because it changed the way I foresee life, and gave me a different perspective after going over some hardships with my family. Little by little, as I was denied of owning the things that my peers owned, and even failed to join school activities all because we had no money to pay for the curricular activities. I became a little detached from what used to be my world, and began to ask myself why everything had to take place, or why we had to undergo such hardships when others don’t.
As an effect, I became distant from others of my age and became reluctant to joining their talks and their laughter. Ironically, however, it was also the time when I began to get closer to each and every one of my family, and each of them became my friends. They were the ones who explained to me why the world is not as perfect as it is, or why it is not as splendid and as perfect as one would wish it to be. Most of all, my mother encouraged me how good it feels if I just spend time alone and talk with the Creator. I learned to express myself in prayer, and asked for deliverance that we may again feel that we are being blessed, even without having much money to buy the things that we needed. But it was back then. As of now, financial difficulties do not bother me that much, not the way when I was an adolescent. Today, I am tougher, more flexible and resilient whatever comes my way.