Speech Writing :
I am here to tell you that life upholds many challenges for us to fight or accept defeat. In our daily lives as students, teachers, workers, and even on the basic level as mere individuals, we are faced with problem after problem, some of which may be too much for us to endure. Starting from simple problems like indecisiveness on what to wear going all the way to life -threatening hurdles, our responses to situations are more or less the same – we panic at the slightest of things and find it impossible to keep steady in grave and serous circumstances. But how many of us assembled here today actually stand up to our challenges and fight our way up again? How many of us actually resolve our problems instead of sulking and giving up? How many of us actually make lemonade from the lemons life throws at us?
A very good morning to one and all present here. I am Alison Wright and I’m honoured to be able to deliver this speech today in this esteemed gathering. My life ever since the past decade had been full of struggles, that too merely for survival. A bus accident that took place in January of 2000 left me devastated, both physically and mentally. Lying there with nothing but broken limbs and blood oozing out of my shredded body, on the verge of death, I was reminded of my past memories. The countless lessons of Vipassana meditation aided me in focusing on my breath and holding put till a kind passerby arranged for my admission in a proper hospital. Returning home and consulting the doctors was strenous to say the least. Wherever I would go, the feedback was – “ your life will never be the same”. Although the hopes were seemingly less, I nevertheless gathered my courage and forced myself out of this adversity. After spending four torturous months in bed, rebuilding my muscles from scratch was no child’s play and neither was doing a thousand situps a day. Everyday day that I managed to wake up was a blessing. Every time I could step foot on the ground would feel like a dream come true and would fill me with gratitude.
After what seemed like ages, I was able to overcome my depression and my other physical and mental maladies. Taking up a goal of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, I began preparing hard to achieve it. Finally, in 2004, I accomplished my goal by touching the peak of the majestic mountain. Dear students, life is a battle we are all forced to fight. Our enemies may not be, but changing our victory to defeat and defeat to victory is definitely in our hands. With powerful weapons like gratitude, courage and determination, we can win this battle and thereby win against the perpetual struggle of existence we all are going through, almost on a daily basis. Today, lets make use of the beautiful gifts god has given and follow the saying” When life gives you lemons ;squeeze them in life’s eyes”
prepIGCSE 
beautifully written
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