You are my father

Many times I wonder why each person has his own personality. I would like to know how my personality has been created, what people have influenced me or what situations have been critical to my behavior.

As I see it, our personality is created in the childhood and in the adolescence. Therefore, the people who are more important to us in that period, such as our relatives, teachers and friends, will create our personality traits.

People usually say to me that I resemble my father, and they are right. During the years I have realised that the way I think is very similar to my father’s. Even we walk and move doing the same movements.

I have taken many things after my father. But I have taken after of my father a trait that I am really proud of: the serenity. My father is a doctor and he has been working for many years in the emergency room (Accident and Emergency). Every day he had has to face very tricky situations and come home to take care of after take care of (or look after) my sister and I until the next morning. He learnt that he should take advantage of good moments and don’t waste time worrying about unimportant things. Just looking at him I understood that life is full of bad moments but I should enjoy the good ones. It doesn’t make sense to waste the my whole life worried worrying because the bad situations, one day, will arrive.

Hi Salva,

A very good effort. Well done. I understood everything and offer minor suggestions to improve flow and natural expression. I am a native English teacher here with italki and live in Almeria. If you need help with lessons or pronunciation, then I am happy to help.