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The little girl sits there and plays alone, or at least that’s what her mother sees. When she picks her daughter up from school, there is her little girl. What the girl sees and the mother sees are completely different. The girl is never alone. A being, With all the grace, beauty and innocence in the world. The wings, pure white as light as the clouds and as bright as the heaven above. No evil too strong to ever hurt the girl. But as all humans do, she falls into darkness. She is like a turtle, sheltering herself in her shell. Her one wish is to fly of the back of the being that once held her so high. She finds power within herself to once again fly, she found power to overcome this anxiety which initially weighed her down.

When I was around the age of nine or ten I transferred to a new school. In the years prior I had transfered to to seven different schools. never able to be at a single school for more than a year and a half. As a result, I had many difficulties making friends because I was such a shy child. If a person was asked to describe myself in those years, they would say I was quiet or simply not remember me. I recall an event when my mother telling me to make friend. That day I went up to a small, dark-haired girl. I confront a girl, her small slit eyes and her petite body structure, she was the girl that I had chosen. I was terrified for my life. I approached the girl and with a shake in my breath I whispered, “My mom wants me to have friends, so can I be yours,” the girl confused and questioning said yes. Although that was a major hurdle for me, I soon had to leave that school and once again start anew. This time in a new city were everywhere I looked there was an unfamiliar face.

I look back at my childhood and question virtually everything, my actions, decisions, the people I had admired. As a middle schooler, there was a girl I idolized. Her porcelain skin, and platinum blonde hair. She had such a stage presence, just her being there would brighten up the stage. Along with this, she was such a wonderful flautist, but what I admired the most was her outgoing, bubbly personality.I had wished so much to be her.. I wanted to be a friend to everyone, I wanted to have blonde hair, be skinny, a great vocalist, actress.. I looked at myself and I was quiet, and average. I was very self conscious. Whenever I heard a group of people laughing, I assumed they were laughing at me, I could not figure out why I could not be this bubbly, outgoing girl that I had longed to be. Eventually I had gotten to the point where I could not talk, audibly, to a person I did not know. Its because I was so scared and anxious of what people would think of me. As a freshman, I was still worried about what people thought of me but was less anxious. Eventually it became, a matter of doing what I loved, not what other people wanted me to do. This brought me into a mindset of not focusing on what people thought of me and more of what I wanted for myself.

Through my experiences I have learned self acceptance and also how to interact with my peers. I learned that staying closed off and avoiding people was holding me back, and as a result I had missed out of many experiences. For what I had missed out on, I regret. My childhood was spent caring about what people thought of me and I could no longer think for myself. Looking into the future I want to experience many things in my life. As a result I have been able to join groups of people such as marching band and the Freestyle community. I now wish to be proactive in my life and not let it pass me by. I no longer wish to have any regrets and want to experience everything to the fullest. For these reasons I continue to conquer my anxieties.