K.+SAT+Essay

//__ Is it best for people to acceptwho they are and what they have, or should people __// //__ alwaysstrive to better themselves? __//

Thomas Edison is famous for his inventionof the light bulb. It took him 1000 tries to finally succeed in getting itright. If he had decided along the way that he was not good enough to createit, everyone would still be using candles as a light source. Luckily, he refusedto settle, and kept moving forward in his attempts. He is as excellent example ofwhy people should not settle for where they are now. People should always striveto better themselves, because it brings success, happiness, and strength.

An aspiring basketball player gets cutfrom his high school varsity basketball team his sophomore year. Instead ofgiving up on the sport, he begins to practice everyday, getting better andbetter. His junior year of college, he gets drafted to the NBA Chicago Bulls,where he becomes one of the first players to score over 3,000 points on asingle season. This man is Michael Jordan, Basketball hall of famer and NBAlegend. His name has become synonymous to basketball, and he is considered oneof the best players ever. This shows that success is not something that can beachieved without some form of action. To get it, one must be willing to change.

Striving to be a better person willalso contribute to a persons happiness. My mother is a perfect example of thistheory. When she was eighteen years old, her life was nothing like it is today.She was not in college, and she had no real plan for her future. It was not until she became pregnant with methat she began to have a different perspective on her life. She realized thatshe was not happy with her current lifestyle, and she was going to have tochange in order to achieve it. So, she pulled herself together, and by the timeI was born, she was a better, and happier person.

Along with success and happiness, strength isfound when people strive to better themselves. When someone is in the process of bettering theirself, they often will find that they were stronger then they had oncebelieved. The moment they decided to push towards being better, they discoverhow much more they are able to achieve. People limit themselves when theysettle where they are. Albert Einstein put it perfectly when he said "If we did everything we are truly capable of we would astound ourselves."

In conclusion, people should alwaysbe open for bettering themselves. The more a person is willing to keep movingforward, the more opportunities will e presented to them. Never settle, alwaysstrive to be a better person. That’s where happiness, success, and strength is found.