When I first read this prompt, I delved into the deep recesses of my mind trying to find the best way to describe the “world I came from” or how I came to be who I am. The issue was that I could not find any point that I found to be incredible or awe inspiring, in fact I found the environment I was raised in to be rather dull and unremarkable. After much thought I realized the significance of who I am because the world I came from was unremarkable.

In movies and books there is always that one hero or heroine that was shaped by a tragic event that had happened in the past such as the loss of one’s family or some sort of betrayal. I on the other had the pleasure of not waking up one day with my family dead or a dagger sticking in my back. My family is pretty average when compared to other families, my father was an enlistee in the Air Force and my mother was a nurse. Together with my two younger siblings the five of us pretty much just did whatever we wanted without stepping on any toes.

To be honest, I had a hard time figuring out what I wanted to be. For a very long time I felt like I was just drifting in some sort of river with no idea of where I wanted to go nor the direction I should take. I enjoyed the company of others yet I dreaded interacting with others, rather than being the life of the party I was the guy who was just… there. That being said, I was not lonely in any regard for I had many friends that accepted me for the scared little boy I still am. Even with all the friends I could want or a very loving family I still felt lost, without a purpose.

I first realized what I wanted to be when my brother had injured himself and my mother rushed over to sew up his wound. It fascinated me, the fact that we could heal injuries just by sewing up the wound and keeping it clean. The idea of saving lives always appealed to me, I was the kind of kid who would imagine deep scenarios full of peril where I was the main hero that would save everyone. Though I no longer put myself on a pedestal of that degree, my desire to save lives has not changed. Rather than saving lives as the hero who overthrew the dark lord, I want to be the nurse treating the gash on a little boy’s leg just like my mother did for my brother.