My Mentors In Life

  In the novel The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore he mentions who was his mentor throughout his life and this was the person who ultimately helped him change his ways in life, and this person was his Uncle Howard. For me growing up I had many mentors who guided me in the right direction in life and helped me learn my rights from wrongs ever since I was born. My mentors are my family members which is probably the same for most people in the world as well, but for me this is the case because my family and I have always been extremely close with each other even when we would have our arguments in life. I am the youngest of my siblings so I had much to learn in life and many people to learn from since I have two sisters and one brother. They each helped me in individual ways throughout my life and this includes my parents as well and without them I believe life would’ve been way harder for me. They taught me little things like how to ride my bike without training wheels while I was younger to bigger things like how to deal with my emotions or comfort others through theirs. Also they’ve prepared me for big life issues such as losing friends or being betrayed and they taught me how to best deal with these situations without having to resort to violence in anyway. I owe it to my family for making me the person I am today, which is a calm, collected and respectful person to those around me, but they have also taught me how to stand up for myself when needed to do so. My family has taught me how to treat women with respect (especially the women in my family have taught me this) and they have taught me how to fight for what I believe in and to fight for what I deserve instead of letting people walk all over me (not saying that this has happened but they have prepared me for situations like this). Even without my sibling and parents having to tell me things in order to mentor me in life I would observe how they would handle every day situations and I would try to base my reactions on that for example if I saw my brother handle his anger about something small or his anger towards me at the time I would see he would go workout and let out his anger in a healthy way instead of trying to argue with me and I would mimic those reactions for myself. All the way up to where I am in my life, my family has humbled me very much and has made me appreciate all the things I receive which I find to be the best thing I was ever taught in my entire life because I don’t stress about little things in life like things not going my way or me not getting something I want and I was taught to be humble at a pretty young age which I’m extremely grateful for since it slows me to get along with people very well. All of this stemmed from a simple saying my brother told me when I was younger and was upset about not getting something I wanted and he told me “Although you didn’t get what you wanted you should be happy to have what you have now like both of our parents by our side for the holidays and everyday in general because I know many people who would love to have the things we have here” and ever since I heard that I’ve been humble with the things I have and I never go overboard with asking for things that I want nor do I ever complain about not getting them I’m just happy for what I have now.