"Forgive and forget, for you never know what can happen." - Shaye Dumas
Ever since I was in seventh grade, I started to say this to myself whenever I got mad at someone that I really cared about. I say this because there were a lot of things that happened in my life to the people that I'm closest to and it has taught me to never stay mad at anyone because something could happen where I will never see them again and I know that I would regret it. For example, I remember my junior year in September when I was upset with my dad at something. I can't remember what it was exactly, just something small, and I said out loud to my closest friends that I shouldn't be mad at him because something could happen where I'd never see him again. Later in the afternoon, I was driving home from school and I was involved in a hit and run that totaled my car. I only came out with a chemical burn, but it made me realize even more that it could have been a lot worse and my family would just know that my last emotion towards them was anger. To this day, I try not to let my anger hold on for too long because of those possibilities.
Ever since I was in seventh grade, I started to say this to myself whenever I got mad at someone that I really cared about. I say this because there were a lot of things that happened in my life to the people that I'm closest to and it has taught me to never stay mad at anyone because something could happen where I will never see them again and I know that I would regret it. For example, I remember my junior year in September when I was upset with my dad at something. I can't remember what it was exactly, just something small, and I said out loud to my closest friends that I shouldn't be mad at him because something could happen where I'd never see him again. Later in the afternoon, I was driving home from school and I was involved in a hit and run that totaled my car. I only came out with a chemical burn, but it made me realize even more that it could have been a lot worse and my family would just know that my last emotion towards them was anger. To this day, I try not to let my anger hold on for too long because of those possibilities.