The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a timewhen you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from theexperience?After many stressful nights, many practice test, and many pencil smudges. The long process wasover, and I got into my dream High School. After some time of celebration, my dad proceeded to say,“Always remember, the world will never be easy”. As the teenager that I am, I uttered with a snickeringlaugh and brushed the statement over like it was nothing. Thinking that this meant nothing to me. Icould not have been anymore wrong.Fast forward 3 years, I am going into my junior year of high school. There was weird feelingsurrounding this year as this was my first full year of high school as my previous 2 years were neglecteddue to COVID-19. I started this year like my previous two years, I tried out for my high school soccerteam. I dreamed of playing varsity high school soccer ever since I watched my older sister play on the bigstage with the varsity soccer team when I was in Elementary school. After a long and painful tryout, I
