[Quote #11] any stories for this quote? (for a book I’m trying to publish)?

Question

hi all, i'm melia from indonesia.

i'm planning to make a book of poems and quotes, and try to publish it.

for this book, i want to add some good stories based on several quotes there..

so do you guys have any personal stories, or any other stories that you know, that can be described by this quote?

“There is always the beginning of everything in your life. Do not let your fear stop you from taking your first step into it, because it is your ticket to success.” – mrg 05

please write your name and country (or if you don't want to write your name, just give your nickname). you can also write your email address if you want (so I can let you know if the book has been published and your story is in it), but it's optional.

or, if you don't have any stories to share, please just help me with some comments or critics.

Thank you so much!

Answer 1

when i was just a first grader...  i can say i'm one of the school's delinquents... the guidance counselors office was like an ordinary room for me since i've been there for almost everyday... i can say that my life has always been chaotic and i have always been so lazy so i can say that my grades was just the average....  it was a clarion thing that the teachers wanted me to ameliorate.... they tried to tell me so many times to do so... but i've always been afraid to change.... you see.... though i was know to be a 'black sheep' to the school admin... i was know to be a 'joker' to my fellow students.... i was known through out the school as 'the black sheep joker'... and they never complained about it (my friends).... so i thought... i won't want to change at all.. cause maybe... when i get to hooked up in my studies and be more serious... i won't be able to make them smile anymore... and my priority that time was my friends.... so i was really scared to change... though the truth is i really wanted to change... i envy the 'smart ones'.... they we're acknowledge by the teachers as 'the school's pride'.... while me as 'the school's shame'.... at my grade school graduation.... it was expected that i would be awarded with nothing... all of my classmates was awarded with something... except for me.... it was kind of embarassing... my parents was really disappointed in me... so in my freshmen years i started to change... i studied more... didn't get involved in any trouble for a year i tried to change my name in the school.... sophomore year came and i still did the same thing in my freshmen year except this year i was really involved in a BIG problem... but was later resolved... and in my junior year.... it's when my change was starting to bloom... i was elected as class president.... i mean i was really shoked... but nevertheless i cannot turn it down... it was my chance to prove my change! it was not easy... but i manged for a year... and by the end of the year... i ran for the Student Council Position of president!!!!! i lost.... and that was nothing to be sad about... because.... my opponent was good student & leader to start with.... though i know i can be better than her... hehe..., but i lost... anyways... if ever a candidate for president or Vice president lost..... they would automatically be a Student Council Board Member... so now i am a senior, student coucil board member, School News Paper staff, student that was once a deliquent that turned out to be a leader... :) this wouldn't have heppened if i didn't gathered the courage to change.... :)

Jerah Barredo

St. Paul College Balayan

15 Yrs. Old

Philippines

p.s sorry if some of my grammar & spelling is incorrect it's kinda late in here and i'm kinda sleepy... hehehe :)

Answer 2

The beginning of my life my messy and chaotic. I refused to come out in a way that would not choke me to death, so they cut my mom open like the ripe fruit that she was and scooped me out like red, juicy pulp. I don't remember the process, of course, but I like to think I do. Like the present-day me was standing in the corner, or one of the nurses in the mint green scrubs, cutting and sewing her open and closed again. Like me and that little writhing, inhuman thing were destined in some way to become each other.

The first day of school I cried. I felt tiny and thought my parents were lunatics for actually leaving me in that place. The posters made my head spin . I remember thinking, why in the h**l would a 6 ft. smiling worm, hallway burrowed through an apple and screaming WELCOME comfort me? I thought they were idiots from the start and I was so absolutely right. The truth is, we're all so tiny and small and scared. And if you meet someone who says they're not, they're lying.

-grace

{u.s.}