Assignment 19 Connor Haney

As cliche as it sounds, the most influential piece of advice that I have ever receive has to be that "it's not the end of the world." Said as a joke by my mom, this line has stuck with me throughout my 16 years. As stupid as it sounds, this line always finds a way to calm me down. It helps me realize that not everything that happens is going to kill me and it ultimately doesn't matter in the long run. This proves to show that even when things get really rough, I know I can get through it and that I can become better from it. For example, in my 8th grade year of middle school (yes, I know, it was just middle school), our lacrosse team lost the city championship and I thought that was the peak of my lacrosse career. However, my mom and dad told me to suck it up and that it wasn't the end of the world and then I realized that everything was going to be okay. I kept getting better, and eventually I won a high school state championship with HC. This proves to show that even if things get down, you can always come back and most times even stronger than before.