I just bought
I just bought
A new mirror
A new mirror
My beautiful face
My beautiful face
Is reflecting back at me—
CRACK!
My mirror broke
No mirror to see
Myself reflecting back at me
Skills are cheap. Passion is priceless.
~Gary Vaynerchuk
Passion isn’t made, it’s discovered. The deep gash from life will beat you down. But under the cuts and bruises lies someone who is passionate; one so passionate they were willing to take shots blow by blow and get back up again, not because they are invincible, but because of their love. Passion drives us; passion is what makes me wake up on a Monday morning off and get in the car only to drive an hour and a half just to play a beautiful game. That game is soccer!
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“You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”
~Walt Disney
Overcoming adversity is not a skill everyone possesses. Adversity didn’t effect my life until one day I broke my arm in a simple football game. I was so devastated by the injury, but when I needed to find the will to overcome this setback, I somehow found the power inside me.
(more…)“Read me a poem, X? I want to remember your voice when I think about tonight”
~Elizabeth Acevedo, Poet X
In the novel The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, Xiomara’s relationship with Aman is important, because Aman gives Xiomara confidence in herself that no one else gives her. As Xiomara and Aman’s relationship starts to grow, they start going to the smoke park everyday after school and listen to music together. Today however Aman says “No music today, X. Instead I want to hear you. Read me something” (111). This meeting in the smoke park, is the first time in the Xiomara and Aman’s relationship that Aman shows interest in Xiomara’s poetry and into her as a person. Xiomara expects Aman’s request to listen to her poems and shares to him her work, even though she feels a little scared to do so. Aman tells her that the poems are superb and that he would like to listen to them again, this gives Xiomara confidence in her poetry. At Reuben’s house party Xiomara and Aman start to dance, and in the middle of a song Xiomara says she needs some air and she steps outside. Aman follows her and sits down next to her, when Xiomara and Aman are sitting alone together on Reuben’s stoop, Aman says to Xiomara, “Read me a poem, X? I want to remember your voice when I think about tonight” (169). Xiomara constantly faces issues with confidence in herself and in what she can do, throughout the text. However, with Aman showing interest in not only her poems but also her as a person, Xiomara is growing confident in herself. She is opening up and becoming more vulnerable with Aman, which shows growth in Xiomara and in her relationship with Aman. Throughout the text we see that Xiomara does not have a lot of confidence in herself and her abilities, however when she is with Aman she is filled with confidence in herself. Aman is an important character in Xiomara’s life, because he gives her something that no one else can, confidence.
