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Throughout my childhood, I faced many challenges that shaped the person that I am today. However, my traumatic experience at the age of 6 completely changed my life and my parents too. On a summer day, my older cousins were having fun in the pool and my urge to jump in turned to be into a near-death experience. I was not yet exposed to swimming, especially in deep pools. Before I knew it, I took a step in and ended up 7 feet deep. On the other hand, my parents were not around, and my cousins were distracted playing, which is why no one turned to see me. It was about 40 seconds which felt like an eternity. My life flashed before my eyes, and there was nothing I could do to reach the surface. Fortunately, a stranger roaming the pool saw me sinking further and dove in to rescue me. Those 40 seconds could have been the end of me, therefore it taught me a lesson: It is not a matter of being cautious in life, it is a matter of understanding where you can and cannot stand at a certain point in your life because of your maturity and experience. Another lesson that I learned is that even those you don’t expect that could change your life. In the end, we are all human, and helping each other is in our nature. For that reason, I’m certified as a lifeguard, to somehow make people not have the same experience I went through.
From that day I learned how to be grateful for what my life has given me because before that I wasn’t aware of all the good things that surrounded me, that made me happy. On the other hand, when I fell in the pool, my entire life literally passed in front of me as a flashback, I saw the amazing things I had in life and I thought I wasn’t as happy as I could be, therefore do something to change it. I thought about how lucky I was to be alive and from that moment on, those things have gotten better and made me know not to take anything for granted. Therefore, I always give thanks that I have amazing things in my life.
Another point I will like to highlight is that this experience has thought me that sometimes unknown people are disposed to help others without judging. Furthermore, people are open to giving a hand and helping out another person with no reward. I say this because the man who saved me did not have to do that, but he did it anyway. He did not care who I was, or what I did, he just saved my life. The important thing that we have to know as a community is that everyone is fighting their own battle inside them, and sometimes we don’t know what that battle is. Even so, we need to do what we can for helping them. Because of that, I started working at a summer camp as a lifeguard. So, in that way, I feel that I am giving the hand that I needed someday without complaining. Now, I know all the different ways to save people, getting in the pool depending on what the person has, doing CPR, AED, and more.
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