Obstacles and difficulties are part of everyone’s daily life. It is up to that person to step up and overcome those obstacles. It may appear difficult at first, but you are never truly ever facing something alone. I myself had to overcome a very big and treacherous obstacle not long ago. For example, my grandpa was diagnosed with prostate cancer over 3 years ago. I had always pictured him as this unbreakable and indestructible man who could never be hurt. When he was diagnosed he refused to go in for treatment and take his medication. Over time the cancer took a toll on him; you could tell he was getting weaker and skinnier, his eyes had sunken into his skull just a bit, the twinkle of life in his eyes had disappeared. The man I saw before me was not the man I had gotten to know over the years.
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At first it was hard for me to see him like that. I wanted his image to be of that sane indestructible man I knew and not some helpless old man surrounded by machines. I began to get distant from him never going to visit him. Thankfully I was not facing this hardship on my own. I was so focused on myself I had forgotten my family was facing the same obstacle as me. With their help I was finally able to go and visit my grandpa. In the end even though it was a struggle facing him I am glad I was able to face it with the people I
At first it was hard for me to see him like that. I wanted his image to be of that sane indestructible man I knew and not some helpless old man surrounded by machines. I began to get distant from him never going to visit him. Thankfully I was not facing this hardship on my own. I was so focused on myself I had forgotten my family was facing the same obstacle as me. With their help I was finally able to go and visit my grandpa. In the end even though it was a struggle facing him I am glad I was able to face it with the people I