724-word version:
Our family motto: Be a necessary contributor to society.

Be vi., aux. v. (pp. been [bin / biːn, bin]): You use be to introduce more information about the subject, such as its identity, nature, qualities, or position. For me, “to be, or not to be” depends on whether or not one is useful to one’s society...

476-word version:
I characterize myself as one who seeks a challenge at every turn. The first time I put all my effort into a single challenge was during the second year of middle school...