TED BURSA COLLEGE / 8-B
Overcoming Handicaps
Arda Mehmet YILMAZ
Throughout the human history ; there has been numerous obstacles that has occurred to stop people who were on their way to success ; even for the greatest emperors such as the Roman emperor Caligula . The Emperor Caligula fell ill from what many suggest was syphilis . He never recovered mentally and became a ruthless , wanton killer of Roman citizens , including even his family . The very death of loved ones or passing an examination can be a very huge obstacle to reach to a desired goal . Obstacles are challenges that turn people into a better version of themselves . Obstacles are also doors that we need to open to achieve greatness and success to reach the ultimate goal that we set aside for us but l will not conclude on what l have written above as the only meaning to what obstacles mean . l can assure you all that every one of us at one time of our life has experienced this .
Every blessed day that we wake up , we are faced with several forms of obstacles but as we go through it , trying to solve it , we find out that we are gaining experience in several untaught or unheard issues that we eventually learn and rather becoming caged to the feelings of losing out we end up learning something new and turn this issue into a positive change . Leaving the comfort of my country where there was everything , l can say that moving to Turkey without knowing much about the country was a huge obstacle in my life . I had to deal with everything which was thrown at me with total confidence that l was built with even the modern social media help that gives undiluted information but actual living in the country was something that l will forever remember . The language , the culture , everything was totally different . l can speak , write , even make jokes in the common language that we use . So , I do not see myself moving away from this country .
Friendship has been one of the issues that l was comcerned . because throughout my childhood my family moved several times since my father is in military and he gets transferred to different countries . Just as l start to settle down , we would move again . l gave up the idea of making friends or should l say trusting myself to stay for a long time so rather than making friends l just kept to myself waiting for the news that we would soon move once again . It took a lot away from me emotionally but since we moved to Turkey on several occasions l have told myself that l will not bother to stay alone but rather explore the good feelings of having friends and creating a world that l so desire .
Finally , staying strong and holding firmly to whatever you believe is true in the antidote in fighting against any form of obstacle that might appear in our lives and knowing who you are should not be forgotten as well .