Ocean Breeze

Who a human being is as a person is not necessarily distinguished at birth but is developed over time and maturity. Individuals around the world all have a different personality and are their own individual person. I am only seventeen years old so technically I have not been living a very long time and do not understand life enough to understand myself. I have traveled with my family to Mexico, California, Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, British Columbia and the Maritime provinces. Just through the few places in the world I have seen has helped me see the different cultures in our world and look past the small portion of life I have lived. Who I am becoming as a person is changing with not only my age but with every experience. My personality is only a small portion of the person I am and my decisions and journeys are what is creating the person I am.

The key characteristics of individuals I respect are compassion, love, integrity, and honesty. Honestly, if I respect these qualities in others why wouldn’t I try and develop these characteristics myself? The person an individual becomes is influenced greatly by those around them, loved ones and friends. Role models are those individuals I want to be like and those that influence my decisions. I have a happy family and good friends that have influenced my decisions as a youth and helped me become an individual that I am not ashamed of. I have learned from other human beings and I learn from their mistakes and my own. I remember one time I judged another individual on their looks and was not kind to them. I understand that this is just a petty teenage situation but when I judged this individual who is just another regular human being I realized that I did not want to be that kind of person. These simple realizations and mistakes are what shapes the person an individual becomes.

Currently at this point in my life I feel as if I am headed in the right direction as to who I wish to become. Who I wish to become may differ from day to day, and from experience to experience. Though decisions and choices change there will always be certain characteristics I always want to have. As an individual I always want my parents to be proud of me, I want respect and trust. When I am an old women looking back on my life I do not want any regrets. I only have one life to live so why would I want regret, hate, and anger. The person I want to become has happiness and love.

Characteristics and emotions are not the only thoughts that enter my mind when I think of the person I want to become. The person I want to become also involves achievements. Currently I am going to high school and maintaining honors in all my classes, I also take dance classes and have my grade 6 Royal Conservatory and grade 1 theory piano. These are only some accomplishments in my life that I have achieved. The person I want to become is an individual who works hard to achieve goals. I want to have a degree in a career choice that I love, I want to have a family filled with love and happiness. I would have to say that the person I want to become is an individual who is proud of their accomplishments and is not ashamed of their life but proud.

An individual is distinguished through experiences, goals and decisions. I honestly do not know the person who I will become but I can only aim for the person I currently want to be. Right now at seventeen years old I can only answer the question of who I wish to become from my experiences so far in my life. I know I still have lots to learn and maturity to gain but I know that I want to be a happy person who has love, integrity, and true happiness.