October 12, 2013,began as a normal day. I would wake up with no emotion, and prepare to go a school that was nothing but a hindrance to my day. I abhorred the school from its distasteful, atrocious lunches, to people who never bothered to talk to me. Day in and day out, I would go to school, follow procedures, and leave by around 3:15. On this day, however, amid my science class, someone over the intercom announced, “Teachers, please send all students who attend an honors class to the auditorium thank you.” Well this is weird, I thought to myself. I went to the auditorium to meet a PowerPoint presentation. It was nothing special. This was going to be another bland presentation on something that would not impact my life; that was what I had …show more content…
As the prince of his father’s kingdom, he had lived most of his life in solidarity, only seeing the wonders of life and everything that was well with the kingdom. That was until he went to scout his kingdom. The king hid most of it, but he was not able to hide everything. Siddhartha saw three types of suffering people: a dead man with his mourning family weeping next to him, a sick man barely able to survive, and an old man hunched over with a cane to walk around. With what he saw, he asked himself, why have I not seen suffering before? Why are these people in pain, while I have not felt pain so far in my life? With those questions in mind, he wanted to find these questions, leaving behind his family in order to fulfill and achieving his destiny. “Your Date with Destiny” can also be relatable with Siddhartha, as they write, “Nothing in your current circumstances matter in whether or not you can achieve your destiny” (Your Destiny 1). Siddhartha had it all: he had a kingdom that was waiting for him, a family to support him, and people who respected him. But none of that mattered to him after he met people suffering. After that, he had ditched everything and went on to achieve his