The End of the Beginning I believe that one of the most amazing mental capabilities of the human brain is the ability to feel passion. This feeling is unlike any other. Dictonary.com states that passion is “a strongly and barely controllable emotion.” I would explain passion as an extremely intense feeling for something or someone. These feelings can be positive or negative, however, and they can certainly fluctuate between the two. Your passion could give you everything that you ever wanted, but it could also blind you from all of the possibilities in life. I found out early in my high school career that I had found a passion of mine. This was playing volleyball. I can assure you that I have had my ups and downs during my time in volleyball, but nothing will compare to playing my very last game. I’ve loved volleyball ever since I can remember. I started playing in the sixth grade, and I could have never imagined how much it would mean to me today. I think that the high point of my burning passion …show more content…
I go through the game thinking of what I could have done differently. I have come to the conclusion that there was nothing that I could have done. As the time since then grows more and more, I am beginning to understand the good from all of this mess. Everything in life, good or bad, has to end. We tend to forget that this life and everything in it is temporary. Every event in our lives is just a fragment of the whole picture. Winston Churchill once said, “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” We are all going to have passions in our lives that come and go, and passions that will change our lives forever. My passion for volleyball has made me the person that I am today. I have made many lifelong friends and memories that I will never forget. I can say that I am stronger and more confident today because of my time