Learning Compassion Through Experiences with My Mom
In middle school I hated going to class and I never cared to listen in class much, but my theology teacher, Terry Hogan, said something that just woke me up and stuck with me and also with most of my classmates to this day, “love is knowing, wanting, and doing what is ultimately in the best interest of another person”. The reason that this stuck to me was that since I was young I would say I loved my toys, I loved my games, and I loved my family, but I never stopped to think about what love actually is. I closely associate love and compassion as one. Compassion to me is simply caring about another human being, whether they are in distress or not. I developed compassion through many events in my life.
I may seem like an everyday kid who grew up wealthy and went to a private school, in which on the outside of my life looking in, would look amazing; in actuality growing up happened fast, was difficult, and still, causes me problems today. Man life was good when I was eight, I had friends, a house, a …show more content…
This didn’t just happen overnight, it took nearly a year for me to fully forgive her for what my Mom did to me. Kendall first friended my Mom on Facebook and her doing that made me mad, but what came next I was not expecting. She messaged my mom, in January of 2016, and introduced herself and told her she wanted to meet her, this made my Mom extremely happy. It took Kendall until June 2016 to get me to go to lunch with my mom and sit down and talk to her about the past. This was able to help me realize my mom wasn’t my mom when she was on drugs because the drugs were in control of her. I felt horrible for having completely blocked my Mom out of my life for something she couldn't control, but thankfully my Mom knew how difficult it was for me and we were both able to forgive each
In middle school I hated going to class and I never cared to listen in class much, but my theology teacher, Terry Hogan, said something that just woke me up and stuck with me and also with most of my classmates to this day, “love is knowing, wanting, and doing what is ultimately in the best interest of another person”. The reason that this stuck to me was that since I was young I would say I loved my toys, I loved my games, and I loved my family, but I never stopped to think about what love actually is. I closely associate love and compassion as one. Compassion to me is simply caring about another human being, whether they are in distress or not. I developed compassion through many events in my life.
I may seem like an everyday kid who grew up wealthy and went to a private school, in which on the outside of my life looking in, would look amazing; in actuality growing up happened fast, was difficult, and still, causes me problems today. Man life was good when I was eight, I had friends, a house, a …show more content…
This didn’t just happen overnight, it took nearly a year for me to fully forgive her for what my Mom did to me. Kendall first friended my Mom on Facebook and her doing that made me mad, but what came next I was not expecting. She messaged my mom, in January of 2016, and introduced herself and told her she wanted to meet her, this made my Mom extremely happy. It took Kendall until June 2016 to get me to go to lunch with my mom and sit down and talk to her about the past. This was able to help me realize my mom wasn’t my mom when she was on drugs because the drugs were in control of her. I felt horrible for having completely blocked my Mom out of my life for something she couldn't control, but thankfully my Mom knew how difficult it was for me and we were both able to forgive each