Challenges of my Life
Many high school students tend to follow the crowd and not to do what they believe to be the right thing. I was one of them. It took me two years of high school to realize that I was capable of standing on my own two feet and taking up the 1of wrestling, which has had a long history in my 2.
The tipping point(临界点) for me was the constant urging of my family to 3 I can remember my grandpa telling me the story of 4he won his championship match and the 5he had when they announced his name as New York State Champion. I never could have 6that feeling till the night I won my first match. The one thing that scared me away from this sport was the 7 which was a tight fitting singlet that exposed my entire body. I also never realized the 8demand that wrestling took—the long hours of learning new moves and lifting weights. And the mental 9for this sport is overwhelming, too. Also, I had to learn to10my time between school, home, work, family, and friends.
Wrestling is more of an individual sport but it also 11the help and support of a team to be successful. The coaches taught us to 12ourselves and also the opponents that we face on the mat. 13a team at Christmas, we were able to bring toys to Upstate Hospital cancer unit for the 14children who were facing a major illness and could not be home for the holidays with their families. This taught me a valuable15not to be afraid of those things that frighten me. It also made me 16that I need to live each day to the fullest.
Wrestling has 17me that I am capable of being my own individual. The 18 that I have gained has allowed me the possibility of furthering my wrestling 19later. From this sport, I now know that in order to be 20you must not be afraid to try something new.
