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CHRISTIAN DURFIELD…..

HOW WILL YOU HANDLE THESE CHALLENGES ?

FACING ADVERSITY

The key is to keep pushing and always focus on the end goal. When we go through rough patches as a com-
munity they want us to sit back and complain but when we stand up and push back it makes us stronger

KEEPING YOU FAITH

I always try to remember how I got to where I am when I reach a rough patch. When I first started struggling
in high school there was a point where I knew I had to turn to someone for strength, and ever since I found
that strength in the lord I never turned back. But keeping that consistent relationship with him at all times,
not just when you need help, will catapult your mental strength.

STAYING COMMITTED TO ACHIEVEMENT .

I know I can’t fail. Since I was 5 years old my parents have been providing me with all the tools to be success-
ful. From moving to Farmington Hills, to paying for me to go to private school. So since the start of my senior
year I have made it a personal fight with myself and I know as long as I hold it against myself, the ball is in my
court.

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