Seventeen years ago on May 27,1986 at 4 a.m., a baby girl was born, weighing six pounds in a little hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. A young mother had to deal with the constant crying, changing of diapers and feeding bottles. She raised her child single handedly and had been through almost all obstacles imaginable. At this moment in time, nothing could have made her life any harder than it was. As the years passed, this young child born to a single parent grew up to become a beautiful, smart, brilliant, enthusiastic, determined young lady. Who would have thought that little child would be me: Miss Marsharique Dushanny Tello.
Who am I, which is the question? I can be modest and reluctant but that is something I choose not to do at this moment. I consider myself to be the person you want to have as a friend, and to others a foe. Many people have said that I am great person to be around. I just have this great personality and charm that none can resist. I was raised to be kind and caring to people until they decide to do mean things to you to hurt your feelings. I grew up on those old sayings “what goes around comes around and do onto others as you want done unto you.” I thank my mother for establishing this type of mentality, because I would not be the type of person and the sweetheart you think I am today.
I believe that once you are considered too nice and sweet that is when most of your problems are willing to occur. People come into your life and take advantage of you and leave you to pick up the broken pieces in your life. My philosophy here is, be headstrong and stand your ground because not many individuals in this world are like that. We need some!
Experiences in my life have caused me to react to certain situation maturely and differently from others my age. Lately I have taken the time to analyze certain issues that come across my path and I came up with the conclusion that I don’t think like the average teenage girl on issues like boys, school, the future, family and sex. These circumstances come into every teenage girl’s life and the way that I see some of them handle the situation, it makes me wonder if they have dirt for brains. It is just funny the way they handle these issues childishly and believe that they were righter than a right turn. I basically see myself far from the others, very far from the others.
I am what you would call loving, charming, caring and understanding or maybe I am just lying! I don’t love everything, I don’t care about everything and sure enough I don’t always understand everything. One thing I am good at is having a good time and listening to what needs to be listened to. No one is perfect; you would be a fool to believe a fool for saying that. I have my flaws like everyone, but I currently am exploring my personality to find out what is wrong about it. Still haven’t found much! This is I, Marsharique Dushanny Mint-Tea Tello (Mint-tea is my nickname, long story about how I got it) smart, intelligent, mature, outspoken (mostly), outgoing, spontaneous, kind to certain people who deserve it, enthusiastic and the most beautiful (I can pass…). Yes, I am a Gemini, I got two sides and you don’t. Always see my good side until, you decide you want to stomp on my toe then there is whole new side. Why am I this way? A question that I must find the answer to. I can honestly say that I got certain strategic tactics to play in life from my mother.
Presently, I am one of those headstrong young women who knew what she wants and expects out of life. At the age of 18, I don’t want to have any children and get married, but maybe in the future things will change. I don’t know why but I guess it is just something I really don’t care about right now. Men are something I don’t fuss about. Once they act up, who’s next in line? As far as the big house and lots of money I don’t feel interested either. As long as I have a nice apartment and make enough money where as I won’t be living check to check everything will be all right. As for career goals, mine are small. I want to become a financial analyst whom I would work in a very prestigious financial institution. It only takes time and smarts for this to happen. I’d rather live and lead the simple life instead of the congested and complex life. Easy and stress free is better about life. Don’t get me wrong; I’m not scared of a challenge but not a challenge that will be a plague in my life. I’m not scared of life but I’d just rather not put myself in predicaments that are trivial and insignificant.
The people I come in contact with daily, family, friends, associates, or people of higher significance play a major role in my thoughts and reactions. Individuals fail to understand that you are whom you are around. It might not be as much as every single traits about that persons personality but you can have as much as a laugh or smile. Life’s experiences also have an effect on the perceptions in which I hold. I have come across obstacles in life that I wish no young girl must go through. The only thing is just to stay level headed and strong because only you can bring what you want in life.
