Personal Narrative: Allegory Of The Cave

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Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and even the tooth fairy is all the magic in a child’s life. It is the prime source of a child’s thriving imagination. When your young life seems so infallible, even magical. As you grow you learn that “not all that glitters is gold”. Me, personally, I was sheltered to the evils of the world. My acute, quaint, and loving home was my cave, my shelter, and the fire lighting my cave was my perceived truth. Similar to the “Allegory of the Cave” my sheltered upbringing was my cave, and high school was the stinging light leading to my personal enlightenment. As a young child flourishing through middle school years, I was brainwashed by a false perception of the world. My cave was my home ran by parents who have been …show more content…
However, this enlightenment was not all sour. There was a light in all the darkness. It helped me realize the true strength we have as humans. The things we not only endure, but all that we overcome. It helped me appreciate not only my own life, but other peoples. I gained respect for others, and most of all I learned the meaning behind empathy and compassion. You never know what any single person you come across is facing at that moment, and we are all battling this battle, we might as well battle it together. Furthermore, I learned to be nice and courteous to everyone you come across, that your pure smile may just brighten a suffering person’s day. “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive” (Dalai Lama). As stated by the Dalai Lama, we cannot survive as humans without love and compassion. Throughout all the trauma and negativity in the world, there is good. The ying and the yang, the perfect balance. I had to experience the bad to appreciate the good. My cave is expanded, and my fire is burned out, and a new fire is ignited, and now that newfound light is what surrounds and warms
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