Mahad Shah
3 min readJun 2, 2021

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one person who have had a positive impact on your life.

There have been a lot of people who have made an impact in my life. They include relative’s, teachers, friends and many more but the one person who has significantly influenced my values, beliefs, and my over-all growth as a person is my father. I have learned valuable lessons in life from my father, his hard working nature, intelligence and, most of all, selflessness. My father grew up in a Normal family in a Village. At young age our grandfather suddenly died which was a great loss for the whole family. Being elder dad worked hard and supported his family. He supported in family like a father. His brother’s sisters still treat him as a father. He educated him and supported them till they stand on their own legs. Working day and night without thinking his own happiness he stood for his family.

Although I grew up under more fortunate circumstances as compared to my father, his experiences in life has taught me that I could accomplish anything that I want if I worked hard for it. More importantly, his struggles during his early life has also taught me to be more thankful for the current things I have in my life and to not look for things that I don’t have. The story of my father’s life made me feel blessed and at the same time motivated to emulate his diligence, perseverance, and work ethic. However, among all the lessons I have learned from him, the most important lesson he has taught me is to be selfless at all times. In everything my father does, whether it’s studying or working, he always does it for the sake of his family. However, the wonderful thing about his attitude is that despite the fact that he is having a hard time providing for his family, he never regrets doing anything for them and he always makes it a point to sacrifice his time and money just to provide for them. Even now that he has a family of his own, he still continues his acts of selflessness.

Being in a company, he is required to travel a lot. He has denied his promotions because due to promotion he would shift to another city and leaving his family wasn’t in favor of him, as he did not want his work to affect his children’s education. Therefore, he made a great sacrifice so that my siblings and I could get a good education here.

Words are not simply enough to describe my love for my father. This is the reason why he has made such a significant impact in my life. My father showed me the value of getting a good education and also taught me that there isn’t a single thing I could not achieve in life if I put my mind and my heart to it. Furthermore, he set a wonderful example to me and my siblings by being selfless and sacrificing for the sake of others.

I am truly blessed to have him as my father. I know that I may not have experienced the things he has experienced in life, but the values he has taught me will always serve as my guiding light as I grow up and face the real world. Not only has my father taught me to become a better person, but also a real person, which I believe is more important. One of my wishes in life is that when I grow up, I would be able to raise a wonderful family like my father did and also teach them the lessons he has taught me.

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