Overcoming Obstacles

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-THE CLIMB  

Meet Etricha Burton, a 26-year-old ordinary girl from an ordinary household. She is your typical shy-not-too-talkative kind of person with very few friends. She always finds it very difficult to make friends or get acquainted with people because of her dark experience with the so-called 'friends' who turned out to actually be her enemies.

She finds it hard to trust anyone or let anyone in, because again, she had a bad experience with this. Etricha is the kind of person who holds no grudge against people, but that does not mean she forgets or forgot all the terrible things that were done to her in the past; and everything she has been through from her early childhood into growing up until she finally decided that the only way for her to move on with her life and be the best that she can be, is to overlook everything bad that was happening to her and focus on the main goal that she had vowed to achieve from childhood.

What is this goal? You may wonder...it's pretty simple really.

Well you see, Etricha' s life has always been a struggle in every sense of the word. She does not come from a very wealthy family and as a result, that means life has never been easy in anyway. Unlike other children, she never had the opportunity to go to any school trips, have lunch allowance to school or even a decent lunch. No, all she ever got was dry bread every single day to school from her first grade to her final school grade. If she got butter or something to go with the bread for one day, that was a blessing. This had been her life ever since she could remember and she wondered if it will ever change...

As she grew up into the struggle, she knew without a doubt that the only way to get out of this hell hole was to get as much education as possible. She knew that she was the only person to get herself and her family out of the situation, and so she vowed to work twice as hard to achieve her goal.

Follow her as she goes on her life journey, turning from a 'nobody' to somebody, changing from an ordinary girl to an extraordinary achiever, an inspiration to young woman and upcoming adults in general. This girl who came from nowhere, find herself in places she never thought exists in real life. She will become an inspiration, the hero of her own story and today she is able to say without a doubt and with her head held high that dreams do come true.

If you believe in yourself, then your goals are not impossible and your dreams are not just dreams for you will ensure that your goals are achieved and your dreams come true...

This is the story of a girl who fought and overcame all obstacles, and against all odds achieved her goals and made her dreams come true

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Oh my goodness, the day I'd been waiting for has finally come! After three long years of varsity, I am so happy to finally be sitting in this hall today for my graduation. This is indeed the moment I have been waiting for, and the best day of my life ever...

After three long and hard years, I finally made it...I am graduating today and if it had not been for my hard work and perseverance, I would not be here. I am so grateful to my mother for always been there and believing in me. It has not been easy to get here and life has not been great either, in fact life was difficult – so hard that I almost found myself wanting to give up most of the times, almost... but I didn't give up and I'm glad, but most importantly I am proud of what I have achieved.

Although it was rough and difficult and impossible along the way, I always reminded myself of the end goal – to get that Degree so that I can have a better life. Although getting my degree does not guarantee me a better life it does guarantee me a better job...at least I hope. Standing here right now, all I can think about is how happy I am and nothing else. This is better, so much better and I am happy to have made it this far; I know I can go even further...