What Life's Greatest Lessons Has Taught Me

What Life's Greatest Lessons Has Taught Me

Have you ever sat down and actually thought about your life? Like really

thought about it, the choices you have made, the mistakes, the things you have said

both good and bad, and the attitudes you have had towards people. Well I

personally never thought it was important. I was stubborn, so bull-headed. I never

took any advice from anyone. It was my way, or the highway. I never thought I had

to listen to what anyone told me. I got myself into lots of deep holes in life. I never

thought that what I did could really affect anyone else. I mean it is my life right?

But turns out it affects more people than I could ever imagine.

"Oh man I hate my life, it is horrible." Ever hear yourself saying that or even

thinking it? A lot of people have been there in their lives, I know I have. I am the

middle child. My older brother being my mom's baby and my younger sister being

the baby of the family. I never thought anything was fair growing up. They would

get something and I would not. I threw a fit saying "It is not fair!" Looking back

maybe they earned it and I did not. As a senior in high school sometimes I still

wonder if life will ever be fair. I know everything in life is not handed to you, you

have earn it. Life does not owe us anything, we owe life. This chapter Life Is

Hard... and Not Always Fair has really opened my eyes. It has shown me that life

is not about fairness. Life is what you make it, and how you overcome all the of

obstacles it throws your way. I am a complainer, a big one at that, but complaining

only makes the situation worse. I never solved my problems, I would just walk

away and brush them off. I have fights with my friends, parents, boyfriend, and my

siblings. I hate fighting because I have a big mouth when I am mad, and I do