Essay

Essay on clear waters

Have you ever been completely scared of something so much that you can't out your mind to do it again? I can relate to this story quite a bit. There were many times when things happened to me, and I was afraid to do what I usually could do without thinking about it. There have been any times when I got hurt, and when that happened, I hold back a little when I play sports. Eventually, that feeling will go away, and I won't even think about what happened. When the author said he thought he was drowning in the pool, I can't really relate to that, because I've never felt like I'm drowning.

Although I can't relate to when the author said he thought he would drown, I can relate to when he was afraid do go swimming again. For example, when I broke my arm, I was afraid to do any physical activity for a long time, even after it was healed. When that feeling eventually went away, the worst thing happened to me; I broke my arm again. I was completely freaked to do any sort of activity at all for the next year. I broke my arm one more time in fifth grade, and was only out for the baseball season. By the time I came back, I was still a bit nervous about what was going to happen to my arm, but it was fine. These are some ways I can relate to the author.

Even though I broke my arm three times, I wasn't don
e yet. I had three concussions, and a torn patellar tendon in my knee. I shied away from sports for a while, but came back strong as ever. When the author said he went swimming a lot after he got over the fear, that's exactly what happened to me. I still play sports, and now without any fear. This is a very good thing, because I play 4 sports, and I can't feel like I might get hurt at any point and time, because that will effect how hard I play.

Even when I read this story I was thinking about how much me and the author are alike, and how much we are different. For example, both the author and I were scared to do a sport we enjoyed, until finally we got over that fear. But the sport I played and the sport he did, were extremely different. When you swim and you're very scared, that must be even worse. There is a lot more that could happen to you when you're swimming then playing basketball in my opinion.

Although I can relate to this story, I don't think the author and I have to much in common. Lots of people could probably relate to this story, but in their own way just like I did.