1. - Finding One's Self
Benjamin Franklin once said that there are three extremely hard things: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self. I guess you are all wondering why I just mentioned that. It’s because I want to share with you a recent revelation of mine. This revelation started with a difficult task and a secret. On my first week in college, my block mates and I were tasked to create a four to six minute introductory speech about ourselves. Our professor gave us some tips on how to start a speech. He said one way was to tell your audience a secret. Well, I have a secret. My secret is that I find it really hard to talk about or describe myself. By Saturday night, I was starting to panic because a classmate of mine requested that we submit the outline of our speeches by Monday (the assignment was given to us the previous Thursday) and I still had no idea what I wanted to share about myself. I decided to ask my best friend for some suggestions. He said that I could talk about my likes, d...