Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Would you have to risk your future?

To go back in time and change the past, what would the effects be on you, would it change who you are or will it change who you friends are, would it give you the chance to be different, or the chance to change your whole life forever?

To go back in time and change my life, I would change the time I
Kissed that guy, when it really meant good-bye and that made me cry. I would also change how my brother almost died when he did a back flip off of his friends shoulders, because to lose something that meant so much would crush my heart. I would change all of the actions that I put toward others, because to see them hurt from what I did to them, now made me hurt, I could feel the pain I put on their shoulders, I could feel as if it were me in their shoes. I would change the day the rain came down and the accident took place, because then I would be able to see my uncle again. I would give that poor man that dollar that I kept for ice cream; I would have taken that opportunity to go to that singing audition. I would be at my grandparents’ house at the time of his death that new years eve. I would change the words I said that afternoon when I lost my best friend, I wish I could have taken it all back.

But, if you were to change your life, you would change the lives of hundreds that maybe didn’t want their life to be different. Maybe all of this is all by purpose, maybe it is all destinies. We can’t change what is supposed to happen. We can’t change that man on the side of the street, we can’t change that little girl staring out the window, we can’t change that women crying in the bathroom. They have to change themselves; they have to make the future change. But it’s not just him trying, it’s everyone, it’s God. We are never walking alone; we always have a hand to hold on to when we feel like letting go. We always have a light in the night. We have each other for help. So why change that. Why go back and lose what maybe made a difference, what saved your life what made you who you are today.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Your essay was good. I liked how you related to your life and you didnt get off topic, but you dont really make it clear to what you are trying to get across. Should you change the future, or no? I liked this paragraph a lot:
To go back in time and change my life, I would change the time I
Kissed that guy, when it really meant good-bye and that made me cry. I would also change how my brother almost died when he did a back flip off of his friends shoulders, because to lose something that meant so much would crush my heart. I would change all of the actions that I put toward others, because to see them hurt from what I did to them, now made me hurt, I could feel the pain I put on their shoulders, I could feel as if it were me in their shoes. I would change the day the rain came down and the accident took place, because then I would be able to see my uncle again. I would give that poor man that dollar that I kept for ice cream; I would have taken that opportunity to go to that singing audition. I would be at my grandparents’ house at the time of his death that new years eve. I would change the words I said that afternoon when I lost my best friend, I wish I could have taken it all backked how.

But you already made your point in this paragraph about wanting to go back in time and then in the next paragraph you keep going on about it. It was a really great essay, though because it makes you think.