The scorching hot sun was unforgiving and humidity encased the surrounding bystanders including myself. Sweat dripped down the length of my body and into places I absolutely didn’t want to think about. My clothes were quickly becoming second skin, clinging in the most uncomfortable way. Furthermore it didn’t help that I was dressed from head to toe in sunlight absorbing black clothing. The only comforting thing that kept me going was having the knowledge that I knew everyone who surrounded me was going through the same experience. A quick glance to my left, a woman fans herself with a white napkin and perspiration is clearly evident on her forehead. The smell of newly cut grass was prominent in the air mixed with a hint of body odors among
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My only achievement has been completing my associates’ degree and transferring to a different school for my bachelors. In the broad spectrum of life mine has been a whole lot of less interesting compared to fellow students I have encountered with. Where some have their own lives planned out in detail, I always struggled with overthinking every step and decisions in life. I have always taken the safe route and never been daring with any aspect of life. And through this event I have come into the realization that life is too short to live it, full of constant worry or regrets, and it’s time to enjoy it to its fullest and be happy. If mistakes come to happen there are reasons for them. They are meant to be learned from and the knowledge of them will turn into wisdom through the journey of life.
The large wave of people in black began to make way toward the dark green hilltop tent as it was time to lower the black wooden casket in the ground. Everyone filed into a straight line and paid their final condolences to the mother that had to put her son in the sand colored ground with her grandsons by her side. Tears rolled down my face as I witnessed the casket descend slowly into the dark abyss. This felt real as at the same time it seemed unreal. Eyes rimmed with redness from crying and faces were devoid of everything except sadness, my family stood strong through the terrible
My only achievement has been completing my associates’ degree and transferring to a different school for my bachelors. In the broad spectrum of life mine has been a whole lot of less interesting compared to fellow students I have encountered with. Where some have their own lives planned out in detail, I always struggled with overthinking every step and decisions in life. I have always taken the safe route and never been daring with any aspect of life. And through this event I have come into the realization that life is too short to live it, full of constant worry or regrets, and it’s time to enjoy it to its fullest and be happy. If mistakes come to happen there are reasons for them. They are meant to be learned from and the knowledge of them will turn into wisdom through the journey of life.
The large wave of people in black began to make way toward the dark green hilltop tent as it was time to lower the black wooden casket in the ground. Everyone filed into a straight line and paid their final condolences to the mother that had to put her son in the sand colored ground with her grandsons by her side. Tears rolled down my face as I witnessed the casket descend slowly into the dark abyss. This felt real as at the same time it seemed unreal. Eyes rimmed with redness from crying and faces were devoid of everything except sadness, my family stood strong through the terrible