• Are you the same person today that you were when you were 10 years old? Why? What consequences does your answer have for questions about survival, memory, and responsibility?

 I have always been a deep thinker but right around the time I turned 10, my anxieties in life began to shine. I began to fear of the things that could possibly go wrong. If my mom was 10 minutes late picking me up after school, I was convinced she got in a car crash. I was scared for middle school because I didn't think I was smart enough to pass any classes.  I was someone who was scared of the world. Today, I know I have made it to this point, and have gone through really high ups and really low downs. I survived middle school, and high school, and I also wasn't near failing. I had a lot of help from people who built who I am today, and showed me how to survive, and be responsible. I can remember so many events so vividly over the course of the past 10 years. Things that hurt, and things that made me rise to the challenge of life. In a way, I feel like I am the same person I was 10 years ago. I read something recently that said every 7 years, each cell in your body is replaced. So technically, you are not the same person you were 7, and in this case, 10 years ago. Yet it feels like I'm the same exact person. It's almost as if my 10 year old self, is living in a 20 year old body. I've over came and learned so much, yet I still have so much of the same anxieties I struggled with then. If I haven't learned to not stress over the things I can't control, will I ever be able to? I still have a mountain to climb, but I feel like I'm getting there.