My story: About my Heritage, Family, Ambitions (Essay Sample)

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My Story
Different people have different behaviors and personalities. Such behaviors are linked to different encounters. I am an honest, caring and a person who regards the wellbeing of humanity. I was not born an honest or caring or a humane person. At nine years of age, I was a spoilt child. My parents were very rich in that I lived a royal life. I was proud of myself as I had the best clothes, uniform and accessories than all my friends. I was selfish and I did not care about anything else part from me. Unfortunately, my father’s business collapsed and I started living like a regular person. It was hard for me to cope with the situation bearing in mind that I needed the help of the same friends whom I despised because of their unstable background. I realized that I had not been a good person and, therefore, decided that I would stop my selfish behavior.
Today, I regard myself as a life savior, caring, honest and human because of two significant experiences in my life. My father was a great swimmer. I admired his skills and desired to learn swimming. He bought for me the best swimming costumes and every Saturday morning, he took me to the family swimming pool where he used to teach me on how to swim. In the beginning, it was a difficult task but I had a passion for being a good swimmer as my dad. During my swimming practice, I had one goal in mind, to be a swimming champion. My father taught me fundamental skills such as life safety skills, awareness of potential dangers, how to be strong and confidence while swimming and basic skills such as kicking, treading water and paddling to stay afloat and to move around the water. My father registered me in swimming champions, in Melbourne, 2007, though it was my first time to participate in swimming championships, I tried by best and fortunately became among the top five best swimmers. I was happy that I was attaining my goal. Nevertheless, I was not completely contented with the achievement. I knew I had to help humanity, but I did know how.
On a Sunday afternoon, I went for relaxation in a community swimming pool. Though I had my family pool, I wanted to see others swimming too. It was also good to have a swimming experience with other people. When I arrived at the place, I found the pool already crowded, I decided to sit beside the pool and read a storybook. Not long I heard a big splash in the pool. A small boy had slid and fallen inside the pool. Though the pool had many people, they were just staring at the drowning boy. Surprised and sad, I dived inside the pool and speedily swam towards the boy who was almost losing his life. I grasped the boy, put him on my shoulder and swam toward the edge of the pool. I pumped his stomach the extent the boy vomited all the water he had swallowed. Next, I breathed air in his mouth and laid him down to regain consciousness. All along, people were just staring and pitying the boy. In five minutes time, the boy regained consciousness. I left immediately since I did not want to be recognized by either the boy or any member of his family. I was proud of myself. I had saved a child’s life. It is through my father’s teaching of life safety in water that enabled me safe a life. Today, I am happy that somebody somewhere owes his life to me and all appreciation goes to my father who taught me such skills.
In addition, a recent event during the last summer holiday has contributed to shaping the person I am today. I belong to a youth group in my community which sensitizes people on healthy living. Last summer, USAID sponsored me and other five other colleagues for a trip to Kenya to teach people on the danger of HIV/AIDS. Upon arrival to Kenya, we collaborated with Outreach Kenya Development Volunteers (OKDV) for one month. As a team of ten volunteers, I and my colleagues lived with a customary Kenyan family and helped in their everyday experiences. Our primary focus was educating the rural communities on AIDS. We were able to reach over 8000 Kenyans and taught them on the danger of HIV/AIDS. We travelled through eastern and northern Kenya and educated people of all backgrounds and age groups. In one day, we would teach a group of 300 high school students and in another day, we would educate groups of women.
We used funds from USAID and others obtained from private donors. ...