We
all go through times in life that require us to face change. With that change comes a transition
period. These times are never easy,
regardless of how many times a person goes through them. For example, I grew up in foster care and was
placed in 14 different homes and 5 different state run institutions in a 6-year
period. Even with all those changes, the
transition period is never easy.
With
every change, a person faces many new obstacles, such as finding a new job,
moving into a new place, moving to a new town…the list goes on. Every time a person faces change, the transition
period is right after the change. For
me, the transition period has never gotten any easier. There are always new things that have to be
learned or done. For instance, when I
moved to Helena, I had to find a place to live, register for school, and get
everything set up so that I could live here.
Some
changes are good ones, and some are bad changes, but one lesson is true…change
will make a person into someone that they need to be to achieve their
goals. Every change I have faced in life
has made me stronger as a person and gave me the strength to face more
challenges. Granted, the transition
period is rough, but sometimes, it is worth the trouble. Sometimes, the reward is greater than the
struggle. When I was placed in foster
care, I didn’t know what was happening.
I was only 8 years old. The
police came to my school and said that my sister and I had to go with
them. What came after that was a
complete shock on both of us, and we had to learn how to survive in that new
situation.
The
lesson is this, no matter what life throws in a person’s path is able to be
overcome. It’s up to the individual to
figure out the right path to take. Never
give up, because the visions a person dreams about can be possible in their
life, they just have to work for that every single day.
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