There is Nothing I Cannot Do

Marjane Satrapi believes that she is a someone special. As the age of six, she is sure that she is a prophet, and every night she has a big conversation with God to discuss her future to be a prophet. She wants to be a prophet for three good reasons; to love the poor, to maintain the justice, and to be a wrath of God at the same time. However, her friends, her teacher, and her society in general seem to be skeptical about her aspiration to be a prophet. And the only person who believe in her aspiration other than herself is her grandmother (Satrapi 6 – 9).

I relate Marjane's experience to my personal experience about how society shapes our thoughts. I came from Indonesia two years ago to pursue my higher education here, in The United States. On the first quarter at De Anza, my English was so bad, and I was skeptical about finishing the college due to the lack of my English skill. Meanwhile, my friends kept telling me that I would not able to graduate from college if I do not improve my English skill. I had tried to improve my English skill in many different ways, such as, read more books and write more essays; however, in the short run these efforts seem to be useless. I was really down at some point to think how am I going to graduate from college with this little skill of English. Fortunately, there are people who still believe in my potentials which is my lovely parents. They told me that I can do anything through hard work; they also encouraged me to not give up easily when I face a problem in life. I felt really good at that time thinking the fact that my parents put so much confident in me. They knew that I will graduate from college with good grades. I would say that sometimes society affects the way we think about our self; they have always skeptical about our potentials because they do not want us to achieve it. "You are the only one that creates your reality” (The Secret), I believe that there is nothing impossible for people to make their dreams come true. Therefore, do not let your society judge on what are you becoming, but you are the one who choose it and will make it happen.