Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence

OH A RUM
25th 2007
English 3
Paul Kang
Personal Essay
Word Count: 373
After living alone for many years in a rural district, my grandmother said good-bye to her place filled with sixty years of memories and experiences to stay with my family in the city.
In the first week of grandmother’s days in the city, she was confronted with many troubles because of the abrupt changes in her lifestyle; her new surroundings were more polluted, busier, and crowded with new people. In order to help her adapt in the new area, my family provided a vegetable garden for her to plant seeds. This allowed my grandmother to enjoy her unfamiliar environment. She was always busy with her plants because she had found a new hobby at the small vacant land. Several months later, the result of her effort came to fruition-home-grown fresh lettuce. Thanks to my grandmother's organic vegetables, we could now get delicious and healthful nourishment. We were happy to see her smile; adjusting well to her new lifestyle. Experiencing a lot of advantages in her gardening, my family also grew an interest in her lettuce.
These days, after coming back home from school, I spent time with my grandmother caring for them. Since the vegetable patch was located on my way to school, I could see how well the plants were growing. One day, I noticed that the amount of lettuce kept changing before and after school. I told my grandmother about the situation and suggested that she ‘enclose’ the land against trespassers. Nevertheless, my grandmother said ‘we don’t need to wall up the ground because pulling some lettuce out of the soil helps to thin them. This way, they grow well and we can get a bigger amount. In addition, others can get healthy vegetables!.”
Obviously she was right, sharing with others brings about double outputs, and it also leads to other's happiness. I looked around myself. I had, however, had my own fence and boundaries. I had only sought my goal and known nothing beyond myself and my felicity. Through my grandmother’s words, I realized that the best way to live is by doing my duty-studying, not only accumulating knowledge but also sharing my knowledge with people and helping them with it. In this way, she has forever influenced my life.