My Existence

There are many contributions that make up just one diverse human being. Six billion humans on this earth and each have very different characteristics. These characteristics are made up of; family, friends, features, personality, values and beliefs. Each of these contributions creates our diverse human race. In my opinion, a persons values are incredibly significant. A person without values or beliefs has no meaning to why they exist. Some beliefs and values that have created the person I am are the following: family, animal rights, and anti-violence.

The moment I was born my family was there, and I also know my family will be there when I am on my death bed. I have learned in my years of life that family will always be there for you. They are in your blood, body and heart. Many teenagers have gone through a phase of concluding that friends are more imperative than family. I know this because I went through the exact same stage. In my middle school years, I assumed my friends were the only ones who could be trusted, honest, and there when I needed them the most. Until fairly recently that changed. The one I once called “best friend” stabbed me in the back and stole from me. It was almost as if a knife was pierced into my back and through my heart. In pain and disgust the only ones who were there to comfort me, were my mother, father and two brothers. In this single act, I only know now that my family will be there for me in any time or situation. They will be there when in agony, they will be there when in doubt and they will be there when love is in need. A family is not just made up of humans, the family pets and wild animals are also living beings.

All my life I have had an undying love for animals. I can assume every little girl goes through an obsessing pony or puppy stage, including me. The once, modest fixation has now flourished into my career goal. It is now my objective in life to be a compassionate veterinarian. Knowing this, in my future years of practice, I am going to receive pets brought in that have been brutally abused or abandoned. These actions bestowed against the pets are inhuman, heartless and disgusting. I perceive this reality because of a certain childhood reminiscence. One summer, my family and I drove down to Idaho to camp by lake. Blue-green waters and scorching sun, I lazily sit in a canoe. Watching the bright, yellow sunfish flutter around the bread crumbs I drop in the lake. The unseemly splashing of water begins. A few boys, older than I, swing about their nets catching one to two fish at a time. The stunning fish end up under the crushing soles of shoes, the shoes belonging to the young boys. This undertaking may just be a diminutive part of the world wide exploitation of animal rights. Which include; animals being skinned alive for their fur, farm animals bound in tight corners of feedlots, and the hunting of rare animals for an effortless game. These revolting acts are what caused my passion against animal cruelty. Not only are animal rights dejected but human rights are mistreated as well.

In every school, there are forms of media posted up upon the walls, composed of what you should do if a bully approaches you. Any age, people are bullied everyday around the world. This measure can take a form of physical violence and mental violence. Mental violence is the harassment I endured. In grade six, my family and I moved out to Springbank. I enrolled in a new school hoping that I would be just as accepted as I was in the previous school. At the time, I developed a skin condition called Vitiligo. This disorder causes the color pigmentation cells in certain areas of your body to shut down. This ailment only left me with patchy, ivory white blotches in random areas. My new fellow students saw this as an excuse to not include me in social outings and to continually harass me with verbal abuse. Everyday I went to school, I would endure names such as; albino, blotchy, scar face and many more unkind titles. These tiny deeds are only an initiation to further physical abuse. The violence can arise to a magnitude such as murder, rape and even war. Bearing the actions bestowed upon me, my knowledge has grown to be aware of the increasingly growing numbers in violence victims. With my experience, this is an issue I can help stop. Hopefully my fellow peers will soon realize the importance of this matter.

The events situated in my life including family, animal cruelty and violence have shaped and set my beliefs and values. They may be minuscule happenings, but they have grown into an ongoing revelation in my ideals. Values are what form our minds and personality. They are viewpoints that describe our experiences, life and thoughts. They have created my reason for existence. With certainty, my values come into some significance in this essay, community and maybe even the world.