The Foundation of Life
Life's experiences are the foundation of a person's life itself, we could compare them as bricks that accumulates and piles up to strenthen the foundation of our being.
Have your thought off and gathered your experiences lately? Do they hold as a foundation of your life? Are these foundations strong enough the could withstand stormy wheather and survive lifes greatest battles?
I know while you listen to my speech you would probably conclude that this one is a classic. A speech like everybody else, it talks about life's experiences. You probably have heard this a gazillion times but nevertheless i proudly want to share my story and tell you that i am one of those who have survived....for now.
When i graduated from high school I was very confident as well as very excited to go to college, like everybody else, I cant wait to choose my school, my course and meet my classmates from my alma mater or perhaps meet new ones from other schools. But sadly it didnt happen to me, simply because we cant afford it, I have asked my parent to send me to college but was replied with a big NO simply because we cant afford it.
But after a while I began to realize that I can find ways to make ends meet and true enough at the tender age of 18 I was already working while you were studying. I have worked as a production worker, a city hall contractual, a typist a salesman even becoming a dance instructor I've passed them all. I even got pimples from all over my face if you ask me.
Going to college always crossed my mind and I know that someday I will get there, but for now work is the top priority and have hide the thought for the meantime.
Sometimes i envy my friends when I see them carrying their bags, books and looking so intelligent. I keep on wishing that i could be in that situation , studying in a good College or University.
No matter how hard I worked my money is still not enough, college is getting farther and farther and for that time it remains a wish up until i heard Montery Homes was offering scholarship grants.
I said to myself this is an opportunity of a lifetime, I need to pass this so that I can go to college for free and i will only take care of my daily expenses ( like books and baon). I was exalted when i passed the examination and privileged to choose which university and course to take and the best this was i dont have to maintain a high grade so long as I pass all my subjects.
And so ladies and gentlement, fellow toastmaster and guest I am standing in front of you. Without my past experiences there will be no me, they are the ones that makes me grounded. If not of my determination and faith I wouldn't be here enjoying my life to the fullest, buying almost anything i want, doin almost everything I like, like playing badminton, collecting hats and travelling and of course enhancing my knowledge in this toastmaster club and deliver my 2nd basic speech.
I take pride in everything i do and if not for those experiences I will never learn to stand on my own. I could never be this independent, I could never have thought that we could nurture our wings so that we could fly, I could never have come this far.
ladies and gentlemen these are my experiences, the accumulated bricks of my life, the pillars of my being and the essence of my existence.
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