An Answer to a College Prompt: "What was your most precious childhood possession"?

This Essay is my answer to a creative college prompt i found online.

"What was your most precious childhood possession?"

I don't consider a physical item as my most precious possession i had as a child. Sure, as a child i had a deep fascination with a multitude of items. I cherished many things, and each of them had their own special significance to me. You could even go as far as saying i had sentimental feelings towards those objects. But what i cherished the most was something inside of me. Something that impacts me even today. Nothing in the world could have as much influence as this possession inside of me does. It has driven me many directions and guided me through life. This possession is like a Master Stonemason who's persistently, carefully, and ambitiously molding his work into what will soon be his masterpiece.

My most prized possession as a child was my determination.

Growing up i was determined to learn, study and experiment with anything that fascinated me. At a young age i found out right away that i loved to create things, and it was thrilling because there were endless things to create. More than anything i loved to create my own ideas, because i was determined to see if they worked. Of course at a young age, most of your ideas do not play out as you expect them too: You can't put wings on your homework and expect it to fly away. But that didn't stop me from pursuing my abstract ideas, not because i was curious too see if it would work, but because i was determined to see what the outcome would be.

I was very determined not just to understand why things worked or if they worked at all, i was eager to know how they worked. I wanted to know more about how people built the magnificent Eiffel Tower, rather then why they did. I was eager to know how people built rocket ships to get to the moon, rather than why they tried. I was determined to learn about the how, rather than the why. As time went on however, my determination slowly began turning into something else. It was turning into a product of itself as i pursued what i was determined to learn about, it evolved into what my most precious possession i have today is. My determination transformed into interest.

My determination as a child is so precious because the product of it has become a powerful force and factor in my life. I am no longer simply determined to learn about how an object, theory or process works, i am curious and genuinely interested in the process. As a child i would say i had more determination rather than interest because really i was determined to find out what my interests actually were. And over time as i found out what my interests were, i ambitiously pursued them. And i still do.

Who i am now is the product of who i was. I cherished my determination as a child because it evolved into interest, but it is not stopping there. Everyday as i pursue my interests i learn something i didn't know the previous day. Each day i delve deeper and deeper into my interests, almost like i am determined to reach the bottom. Oh, i feel like a kid again!

Author's Note

This is one of my first written responses to a college prompt. Let me know what you think, and what you think can be improved. Constructive Criticism is appreciated!