A couple of months ago I was asked to do a Family Tree Project. We were told to find three interesting stories about our relatives and produce a family tree. I found it really inspiring when finding out about my Great Grandpa Miklos – a survivor from a death march. Along with him I also wrote two other stories – one about my aunty setting up her own netball business and another about my grandma who was just a little child when her house in Liverpool got bombed twice during World War Two.
After interviewing and writing up these stories I felt I could take messages from them to help me in my life. First my Great Grandpa who showed that even in the toughest of times, giving up should never be an option, and if you put your mind to something you can succeed. Next, my Grandma who now is an amazing person and always positive, I learnt from her that you have to leave behind the bad things and look in the future, be optimistic because you never know what hurdles may lie in front of you. Finally on to my aunty, she taught me that there is no point spending your life doing something you don’t enjoy and you should take risks because you need to make mistakes to learn and grow in life. Life isn’t about taking the easy options always and going with the flow, it is about stepping out of the box, being who you want to be, taking chances you want to take and fighting for what you believe in. With these four steps in mind I am now ready to make my step in the world.
I hope one day I will have my own inspirational story to tell but for now I am trying to achieve great things, small but meaningful. Starting off with the Yoni Jesner Award where I have to do twenty hours of charity work; this enables me to find out about how others live and hopefully I will get an insight into even more incredible stories.
