Centaurus P2T 2019-2020

What event impacted my life the most?   I'm writing this because this is what made who I am. My mother had the chance to stay but she knew that in El Norte (aka USA) she had a better chance of giving her future kids and herself a better life. She met my father in the United States but they had known each other back in Mexico, they had gone to the same school and he claimed he had a crush on her. They had my oldest sister when my mother was 18, and from there the cheating began, after my youngest sister and I were born, my father had become abusive with my mother, my older sister and I. He tormented us until one day he decided to go back to mexico, my mother had to make a choice of going along with him or staying here with only a third grade education.  My mother decided to stay and i knew it was because she understood that her daughters could still have a life here. I still remember the day he left us but I remember it as a day of relief, my father did a lot of damag...

To my Great Grandchildren,                Listen to this clearly. When you are young and haven't made all the mistakes that kids make, listen to this and when you are this age be safe be strong be happy. Don't give in to what people say about you, you are perfect and beautiful and don't let anyone tell you differently. I am proud of you and I want the best for you. When you get to the age in life that you are in high school, don't fall in love with anyone until they prove to you that they are a good person and that they won't hurt you. They need to be able to protect you and love you for who you are. Don't change who you are for them ever. You are perfect just the way you are. I just want you to be happy and not let anyone ruin your life experiences. You don't need to be depressed you need to live your best life. Don't ever let the person you think will always be there for you get you down, times change, people change. You let your guard down ...

My uncle Kiyoshi, me, my cousin Risa and Aunt Chiyoko. Naha-shi, Okinawa  2017 Uchina Junior Study. Shuri, Okinawa    My grandmother Yoshiko and I My grandmother and I preforming in 2009 The happiest moment of my life was when I went to Okinawa, Japan. Growing up I always spent time with my grandma Yoshiko who is from Okinawa, Japan. She has taught me to always embrace my Okinawan Roots. When I was  7 my grandma taught me from a young age to perform traditional Okinawa dance and singing. It was something that has always stayed with me. When I was a freshman I applied to the “2017 Uchina (Okinawa) Junior Study Program.” It was a program for people my age who are part Okinawan and would like to deepen their connection with their identity. I was so nervous that I wasn't going to get accepted but about a month later I found out that I was accepted! I was so happy! I home stayed with my uncle Kiyoshi and his wife Chiyoko. I also met my cousin Lisa. Dur...

For my great-grandchildren reading this, years from now, I want them to know that it'll be okay. Life is hard and full of unpleasant surprises from the day you're born till the day you die. Don't spend your life thinking about those moments. Spend your life appreciating the good things that have happened to you. I wish I learned that sooner which is why I'm writing this right now. For you. If you live the rest of your life looking back, you'll be stuck in the past. These moments make you the person you are today. Life shouldn't be about regretting your past decisions, it should be about learning from them and trying not to repeat them. If you do, that's fine, you have your whole life to correct yourself and become the person you want to be.  

Do you believe in an after-life? It's a hard question for me. I honestly don't have a definite answer. It's not like i don't believe in the afterlife, but I also don't 100% believe it exists either. I'm the type of person that won't believe something wholeheartedly unless I see it with my own eyes or they're is definitive proof. But on the contrary, there's also always a part of me that wonders if they're is something like the after you die. And there's also the fact that so many cultures have some form of afterlife. 

        There are so many people that impact our lives, whether it’s in a positive or negative way. The people who make a positive impact on my life hold a special place in my heart. My younger sister, Ashley, holds that very special place in my heart. Growing up I didn't have any friends and often felt very alone. She was always there for me. She would make me feel like I had someone who cared about me to talk to. She would often invite me to join her with her friends. I remember around when I was 7 or 8 I was alone at recess. She came up to me and brought me to play horses with her friends. She would always do this for me when I was alone. Throughout the years she has stayed like this. Even now she is always there for me. Cheering me on, pushing me to do better and achieve my goals. She was there for me when I was struggling the most. When I was in the darkest period of my life, she was there to make me smile, to comfort me, and to inspire me to...

Do you have any regrets? One thing I have taken from life is that if you live with a mindset of regret, doubt, and uncertainty, you will attract all and everything negative this world has to show. It would be simply impossible for us to live without mistakes, yet some people are dying to be perfect, something that is an unrealistic and unreachable standard. So, in my eyes, all the time spent dwelling on unchangeable event from the past could be spent on something greater, something to benefit us physically, mentally, and emotionally. This is why I don't live with regrets. I am a huge believer that in life everything is meant to be, and this is why so many things in life are constantly connected. The knowledge gained from the law of attraction is so extremely beneficial and is a force of nature that is believed by only the optimist. Simply stated, the law of attraction is the belief that whatever we think about and focus on in life has the power to translate to our reality. The...

Humans of Centaurus Do you think about dying? Are you scared? I do think about dying. Death has always been a big thing to me. I have had depression, anxiety, anger issues, and ADHD since I can remember having emotions. This makes for a horrible melting pot of feeling bad most of the time. I have days, weeks, and sometimes months that are worse than others, but I’ve learned how to deal with it for the most part. I used to think about death a lot. I’ve almost died by my own hand before. I never went through with it though, and I’m so so happy I didn’t. Though my life is objectively really good at the moment, I’m actually having a really hard time right now. The upside is that I have amazing people in my life who are helping me get through it. Despite everything wrong with my brain, I feel very lucky. I don’t fear death. I don’t want to die, there’s so much I still want to do and experience, I’m not scared though. I think the close relationship I’ve with death my whole life has r...

Where did you grow up? I didn’t have a set place of where I grew up. In fact, I have moved 12 times throughout my life. I have lived in Colorado, New York, and Japan for a year. Most of these places I have lived in have left a lasting impact on my life, especially the places where I had school. The first few places I have lived I don’t have much recollection of, but I know they meant a lot to my parents. Our first home was in Westminster. When we visit, we talk about how my mom used to take me on walks around the park in a stroller. We lived in a basement house that was small and dark, but thinking about it, I can imagine how homey it was and it warms my heart. The next significant place we lived was in Japan, and by the time we moved there my brother was a baby and I was a toddler. We lived there for a year at my grandparents’ house. This is where I really developed Japanese as my second language. I went to preschool there and got to interact with a lot of other Japanese kids my...

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