A person who has a great impact on me

The people that got to know us best, from our virtues to flaws, are our parents. They have the greatest effects in our life because they are the people we live with. They see the most of our behavior and have known us the longest. They sacrifice many luxuries in their life in order to give their children the better life as possible. However, the one who I am going to talk about, she is not my mother in law (I don’t intent to meet one any time soon!) though she is in the same importance as my parents are in my life. My godmother, that’s who she is.

My godmother has had a huge impact on my life and it is because of her that I am the person where I am today. I met her when I was in elementary school. She taught me not only English but also the knowledge outside the classroom in her English center--- G-wonder. G-wonder is a part of my childhood till I came to the states for studying. From observing my godmother's behavior and listening to her lectures, she has had a great influence on my life, on my choices, and helps to shape my personality.

I have been asked a question several times from my parents, relatives, teachers, and even friends. What do you want to be when you grow up? Most of time my answer is “good question! I have no idea. ” I don’t treat this question as seriously as them because I don’t even know what I like. Till once I went to my godmother‘s house. There is a huge painting on the wall, and a huge heart fills out the whole painting. On the other side of wall is her self-portrait. She is naked in her self-portrait, but it doesn’t seem pornography at all. “Just be yourself, and listen to your heart” at that day I learned from her. Since then, I start trying every activity and drawing anything bump from my head, and attempting to hear the deep voice from my mind. She gives wisdom when I got lost. One day she sat down with me and told me how important it is to have trust in myself with everything that I do; don’t be afraid of making wrong choices and to dream big. She is the person who reminds me to pursue the things I really want to do.

Sometime the best teachers who teach us lessons those last a lifetime are not those we meet at the school. They may not be the one who taught us how to find right answers on the calculus test, making great sentences in English essays or knowing great deal of how doing excise makes small quantity of endorphin to release…. sometimes we may find the best teachers are those who closer to our personal life, closer to our heart.

Though I still couldn’t totally answer the question “What do you want to be when I grow up”, my answer is not “I don’t know” anymore. I want to be myself and love what I chose for myself, trust the voice in my mind, and make a adventure for my life. How lucky I am to have a great supporter in my life like her, whatever luck I am that I know she will always be there stand by me.