If Not For Them - 1490 Words

If not for them†¦.where would we be? This is a broad question that could be answered a different way to any person. When I first read through the requirements for this essay, I perceived it as referring to veterans, because Hays C. Kirby was a veteran. The more I contemplated it, the more the question puzzled me because there were so many ways that a person could move forward with it. Finally, I came to the conclusion that to me, the â€Å"them† that the question asks about, is not one group of people, but every person that has graced this earth. If even one person had not lived, our lives would be changed substantially. Every person has impacted you, me, and everyone around us. As I thought about this even more, I realized just how true that†¦show more content†¦Then you have your siblings. When you are the oldest, they look up to you in every way, which makes you work to be a better role model and a better person. If you are the youngest, you rely on your older siblings to be that model of what you are going to be someday. Lastly, look at your grandparents. They set the model for how your parents act and how they treat the ones around them. The further back you go in your ancestry, the further back you see how your relatives affected each other and helped each other. Then there is you at the bottom of the tree, and eventually, you will affect just as many people that are related to you. If not for our friends, where would we be? This one is a little more bit tricky to describe than some other topics in this essay. Some people have friends that are not good for them, and others have the best friends that they could imagine. I’ve been lucky enough to have 3 very close friends for quite awhile and I would dare to claim that they are in the best friends imaginable category. Some people don’t get that opportunity like I have. Without my friends, I would be a totally different person, and here is why. The thing that we have to realize about friendship is that to make friends, you have to have courage. Remember that first day of kindergarten when you didn’t know anyone out on the playground? Somehow, your five-year-old self found a way to build up enough courage to go talk to the little boy