Since when I have consciousness in life, I have realized that I am a girl with aspirations and objectives in

my life. Anyway, my name is Elene Grace De Guzman Barte, and I am 18 years old. I am previously from
Pasig City, but we moved here in Pangasinan in some instances. When I am a child until now I still ask
myself what is really my purpose? Why I am born? So the philosophy of Socrates about self, reminds me
and made me realized that the only pursuit of goodness brings happiness. An unexamined life is not
worth living. So, by asking myself, “What is my purpose?” I begin to discover my purpose and make it
worthwhile to live it. I’ve always loved to help others, especially my family, and I’ve kept that attitude
because it makes me happy when the people I help are happy too. Lately I just know the philosophy of
Plato which is an Athenian Philosophers according to him our behavior flows from the three main
sources that is desires, emotions and knowledge. I do also realize that kind of behavior of mine is from
my desires, emotions and knowledge. Since I have desires to help others I received an emotions of
others to which also can reflect of my emotions too and turns out to be a knowledge because of what
I’ve learn of those people who I’ve help but they didn’t know that they help me too in some cases in my
life. Aristotle said based on his philosophy, happiness depends in ourselves. This relates me so much
because since one of my loved ones died last year which is my mother this really give me an anxiety and
sorrow but because I know that God have a reason that’s why he takes my mom away to us, so I just
learn to be happy by myself yet sometimes I felt sad but I always choose to be happy because God give
me a life too and I don’t want to waste it to be just sad in my lifetime. I also know that wherever my
mother is, she is overjoyed to see me in heaven looking like this right now. That is her daughter, who has
grown into a good and better person.

I do also love arts. I love to draw and when I just finished an artwork it’s brightens my day. Because I also
know that there is someone who appreciate it. If you really love the idea of what you going to do it is
going to have a good result. Before I don’t how to draw but when I started and experience how to write
with love passion it turns out to be beautiful.

In life we going to have a lot realization which is give us a lesson that will hit our perceptions in life.