When I think about the relationships I have today and the people I surround myself with I realise that I am built up and am who I am because of every single one of these relationships. Whether it’s my family, friends, or a random person I met at the shop they all have an impact on on who I am. 

Relationships within my family are full of love and support and they have created the person I am today from the beginning of life. My family are my support system and the first people I would call for anything. We have shared so much together through holidays and traditions they have always been by my side for absolutely anything. 

The relationships I hold with my friends contain honesty and being able to be myself around them. When I’m surrounded by my friends I feel like I could do anything and not get embarrassed about it because they would be by my side through it all. My friends are the people I turn to when I need an honest opinion to have a shoulder to cry on or just a laugh. My friends have built me through learning new things from them constantly. 

The people in my life who have built me up as a person who I might not know or don’t know personally. I was in a boarding establishment throughout my high school career and was surrounded by many different personalities. I learned things from these people every day as they were the people I spent 24/7 with without having a choice whether I liked them or not. I was spending the next 5 years with them. I learned a lot from them and they honestly built my character and built the part of me being able to stand for what I believed in. 

The random person I met in the shop could be absolutely anyone someone that you don’t even know his/her name but created an impact on your life and made you remember something it could be a lady who saw someone drop a one hundred Rand note on the floor and she ran to pick it up and give it back to them. This shows integrity and builds me to believe in the good of other people. 

All these interactions have shaped the person I have become today and beliefs I hold within me. I have learned so much from so many different people that have created an impact in my life.