Respond to the journal prompts written by a classmate!
JOURNAL ENTRY: 4/19/19
What is the most painful thing you have experienced and why?
The most painful thing I have experienced is the feeling of loneliness. When I was in kindergarten, my parents had to leave to go to Minnesota for a work thing. They were gone for over a week and I remember crying everyday because of how much I missed them. I used to have separation anxiety, so it made staying with my sister and our other relatives even harder. I felt so alone because for the first time in my life, I felt what it was like to not be with my parents. I hated every second of it and even had to go to counseling because of it. Since then, I have learned that my parents are always with me even if they are not by my side and I am okay with being alone while my parents are in a different state.
If you were to die tomorrow, what would you do today?
If I were to die tomorrow, I think I would want to just spend a day with my entire extended family and eat all of the foods I love. I feel that when I die, I want to be happy. Yes, traveling and seeing the world would be fun, but that would not bring me as much joy as my friends and family would. Leaving earth means that I would never get to see any of them ever again, so I would want to spend my last day celebrating my life and just being around the company of those I love.
If you were to relive your life again with the knowledge you know, what would you do differently?
I do not think I would want to do anything differently. I know that I have made mistakes throughout my life, but the mistakes are what help me grow and learn. The mistakes I have made are valuable life lessons and I would not want to change who I am. Sure, I would tell myself to be more relaxed, not to stress as much about school and grades, and to always respect my parents. Other than that though, I would want to do the exact same thing. One event in particular that I still remember to this day happened in second grade. We returned from a field trip and these fish we made were hanging from the roof. My friend's fish was knocked down by this other kid, so she started crying because she was scared the teacher would yell at her. I was too short to hang it back up, so I knocked my fish down so she would stop crying. I remember my teacher asking if i knocked mine down, and I said yes, but she would not let me explain myself. I knew that in that moment I was in trouble for not listening and damaging "school property" (it was just the fish and the string), but now that I can look back, I know I was just trying to help my friend. It is experiences like those that help shape me into the person I am today and help me grow. Reliving that situation would help remind me that is okay to be wrong sometimes because you just have to look at it in a new perspective.
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