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| jburt1 (profile) wrote, on 12-30-2002 at 2:43am | |
| Current mood: nostalgic |
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| Looking through some old papers, I stumbled across something I wrote in 8th grade for my religion class. I can't remember if I read this out loud. Please excuse the grammar: Remember when we were in 4th grade and middle school seemed so far away! Can you believe that it's almost over? I can't, but one thing's for sure. This year has been so incredibly awesome to me! I won third place in an essay contest, got an A at Solo Ensemble, and maintained a 4.0. Despite the high points, there have been many challenges. During these last three years, I've learned more lessons in life than I ever have before. The deepest among these lessons were about friendship. I've learned that you should never take friends for granted. I'm guilty of doing this twice. In once case I was fortunate to still have a friend, but in the other it was too late. I guess I thought that I'd always have all my friends, but I now know otherise. Another lessons in friendship came to me recently. For the past three weeks I become obsessed with what people were saying behind my back. I got the answers I was looking for, but were they really what I wanted? From this I concluded one thing. I was not mad at these people for what they said, but I learned that it's really hard to determine who your real friends are and who aren't. Especially during this year, I've learned more about myself and my classmates. I've learned that we may all seems so different, but we're all human. Right now everyone's struggling to fit in, struggling to find where they belong, and I know how hard it can be. There's a problem among teens that really doesn't help it. Mockery. Besides that, I've learned that it's important to discover what and who makes you feel happy. This is important because this is what can stop people from committing horrible acts such as suicide. For me it's always been close friends and music. Whenever I'm feeling a little depressed I just turn on the radio and my worries disappear. If not that I start joking around with a friend and start laughing them away. I hope you remember what I said and try to stop the mocking of others, or even better, try to help outsiders fit in. I know that you may not want to, but it can make the world to that person. |
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Tanya | 12-30-02 1:02pm awwe! |
fetherdstr479 | wow, 12-30-02 10:34pm thats really sweet, i think it just made my day, and kind of taught me a lesson. i needed that. thanks
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