In the final analysis you have to go with your gut feeling. The main point I want to make is that no matter what the college application gives as a theme, you must be clever enough to make yourself the key and central focus of the essay. You must find a way to make yourself look special, personable, and a potential resource to the college or university. Believe me, there are students who get into a school purely on the strength of their essays when other aspects of their academic career are questionable. Of course, within the framework of the essay you must demonstrate that you can write at the level expected at that particular college.
Some students handle such topics in a general way, and that's usually a mistake.
Let's suppose you have no problem handling the question and making it clear that you can write. If do that you could have the admissions team beaming. After all, you really are the topic. He grabbed the attention of the admissions committee, and he held it. He wrote to the topic within a framework that made him look very special.