itslastcall

Do memories hinder or help people in their effort to learn from the past and succeed in the present? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

Memories can hold a person back or spur a person forward. The difference between the two persons is their sense of fortitude while facing their memories. Often our memories hold a huge dose of pain and regret. The person who is able to face their past problems and continue on will develop strength of character. With developed strength of character, success is sure to follow. A person who is unable to stare into their past and move on will not be able to leave a place of stagnency.
When my parents had their divorce, i left my childhood home. in the years that followed i would often think about our house. i would try my best to remember the placement of each nick knack. It was a painful memory, yet i could not let myself forget one detail. I was determined to buy the house back when i grew up. i planned to decorate it exactly as it had been.
Now, a decade later, i am finally able to let go of something that will never come to pass. The home will never be as it once was, and neither will I. I am now able to look forward to something even more spectacular; not my faded memory but a much more incredible reality.
Only in the continued effort of facing my past pain am I able to look towards something bigger. We, as humans, must face our problems; not only learning from them, but also simply being able to remember without the fear, or heartbreak. As we step forwards, we can say that our past will not hold us back. We can say that is has no power over our future steps. We are here and now, knowing full well where we come from and full well that we have even farther to go; growing, changing, and taking our problems in stride with fortitude and assurance that we are stronger for it.

- Crystal Dawn
on practising her essay writing
open to any constructive criticism