Saturday, November 22, 2008

A role model? Who’s yours?

A role model in my eyes is a person whom you adore and admire in many aspects. In other words, a role model is a person you want to emulate. Commonly, each and every human have their very own role models. But as for me, I couldn’t find a SINGLE person on earth that deserves my reverence. Instead, I found MANY! It sounds ridiculous doesn’t it? How can you possibly have many role models right? Actually, I really do. This is so because I’ve been learning from every single person around me my whole life. From different aspects obviously. Be it in the form of admiration or a lesson to learn, these people influence my changes and my development in many great ways. I’m not saying I possess many great values here, please don’t get me wrong. (Also not saying that I don’t have any). It’s just that, without them realizing it, these people have contributed a lot in refining my incompetence as well as my perspectives towards matters. My sisters for example, unconsciously accommodate me with a path of learning quite mane deals of life from their distinctive behaviors. From the taste of fashion, to cooking, up to the do’s and don’ts to survive this world of rivalry.(I sounded just like King Leonidas in ‘300’ with a very, very apparent set of ‘muscles’ on my chest don’t I?? :D) Back to the topic, so apart from my three angels, my friends have been a good example as well. Learning from my peers in this college especially, they thought me to be a hardworking and motivated student instead of being a professional procrastinator. Not forgetting, my lecturers who indirectly instill confidence and faith in me through their memorable words. Even the ‘mak cik cleaner’ thought me that a single penny demands for excruciating hardwork. My parents who raised me to be an independent and a realistic young lady just by doing exactly the opposite also taught me that nothing in life comes easily. Now my entry suddenly sounds like a piece of acknowledgement for a research paper. Great! So you see, this is why I can’t manage to find a particular role model. Why settle for just one when you can have them all? However, no matter how much you adore someone, be sure not to imitate him/her by changing everything about yourself. Because the last thing you want to do is to be someone else when each and every one of us are born special.

1 comment:

daya.ashburn said...

hey wani. this is one of the coolest entry i've read. interesting, hillarious as well. haha. me too, find it difficult to think of a single person as a role model. seems that everyone around us influence me in many ways. sigh, i haven't posted the entry yet, do check it one day k?!