This I Believe

I strongly believe in the pursuit of happiness. I do not like looking back into the past and seeing the wrong things I have done. I hate regretting things and knowing I can do better. I like to move on and live through the present to the near future. Through the music of hip-hop artist Kid Cudi, I have been motivated and influenced to look at the positive aspects of life and leave the negative setbacks. During my freshman year I did not care about grades, and did not feel confident in myself. I soon realized that not trying in school was harder then actually trying. From sophomore year till now I have been doing all my homework and getting good grades. What feels great about this is that I am not trying to satisfy my parents with their expectations of good grades, I am doing this to please myself.

My family, friends and teachers help me chase my pursuit of happiness. Even though my family can be annoying with their expectations, I know what they expect is best for me. Their main goal is for me to have a better life then what they had growing up. My friends have always helped me with everything such as homework and having good times. My teachers and mentors care about how I do in school and therefore I have shaped how I act. I am looking at my pursuit of happiness as not giving a crap about how people view or judge me, but as knowing that I am very happy as in who I am.

The pursuit of happiness for many deals with socioeconomic issues. People feel stressed out with their lives then all of a sudden they get back up on their grind. We have about five more months until college freedom and for me that would be my grind, getting into a college of my choice. I am just happy that I feel positive and confident that I will make to where I want to go.