The Lion's Pride vol. 2 (Jun. 2014) | Page 17

10 Discovering My Purpose Raven Rose The essay I am submitting is a narrative I wrote as my first essay assignment in my English100 class. It is, as the title suggests, about how I discovered my purpose and grew from a difficult time in my life. I have been a writer for as long as I can remember, drawing going along right with that. I express myself through art. I would like people to be able to hear my story so as to know there are others out there who have struggled and are struggling and that people are here to help. I want to help. A year ago, my life was falling apart. My family did not get along, constantly fighting and avoiding all contact with each other. I had just left my close-knit choice school of 90 students, with four teachers in total. The sense of community I had vanished as everyone branched out to different high schools. I ended up going to STEM, an academically hardcore school which suited none of my interests. The few friends that also got accepted into STEM were too consumed by the workload to ever hang out. All in all, I was feeling alone and cut off from everyone. I was completely lifeless, for my life had no meaning. I was like a ghost hovering just over my body, watching it go through the motions of life but never actually living. Through all that