Essay # 2 "Obstacles stay only in your mind"

Kalila Gittens • Sofía Garro • Glenda Moya

Obstacles stay only in your mind

Nowadays there are all kinds of people, but nobody is living happy. For someone life is very difficult and they complain about everything. This people do not imagine that there are others who have had accidents and their life has changed, because they have physical disabilities. Thereby, after certain people become a disable they way of seen life changes and they overcome all kind of obstacles even those they never try before. For that reason we believe that obstacles never exist if you develop your self-esteem, your perseverance and your courage.

Self-esteem is very important in your life, because, this is a component that improves your goals. If you do not have a high self-esteem, you do not have inspiration to get your dreams. Also, self esteem makes you believe that you are valuable and unique.  For this reason, you never give up, and because, of this, there are people who have a disability, but they have a beautiful life and never get angry or sad. These people have a high self-esteem and overcoming wish. On the other hand people who do not have any disability, always complains about everything; therefore, people that have disabilities, should be an example in your life.

Perseverance is the state of continued effort to do or achieve something and overcome difficulties encountered. It is also the attitude of dealing with the problems or weaknesses with courage. Perseverant people seek ways to overcome challenges and do not give up; this determination can be applied in all aspects of life, as shown in the video in class related to the “Achilees Track Club”. There where people with physical disabilities have been perseverance and have achieved important goals in sports and also be an active members of clubs that promote physical activity. Cleary, perseverance is one of the keys to keep going.

According to the free dictionary courage “is the state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger fear or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence and resolution bravery”. In that case a person who has courage is someone that faces obstacles with open mind and patience. However, a person with low or no-courage will surrender very easily. These kinds of people feel that their life dot not have sense, because of the way they face problems. Therefore, to succeed in life people should be brave and try to develop their courage day by day.

All over the world you will find people with different physical disabilities due to various reasons such as accidents or birth problems. But fortunately these people are able to develop many other skills based on their positive attitude regardless of difficulties. Clubs and organizations like the “Achilles Track Club” promote recreation, physical activity and emotional health for disable people. Thank of the encouragement that people had received in those groups people thrive in different sports. As a matter of fact these people overcome live obstacles merit of their high self-esteem, perseverance and courage to move forward and become a good example for others.