The Importance Of Personal Decisions

Improved Essays
Do you know that feeling of turning in your stomach when you have to make a decision quickly between what might be right or wrong? To many people, this is a feeling that is easy to reenact in their minds through memories; especially when this decision involves someone you care about dearly. As for me, this feeling is so familiar that I could explain it from the beginning to the end of my personal experience in perfect detail.
Sara James and I have been best friends every since “baby daycare” at Northland Christian Daycare. Sara is in love with all living animals, especially puppies and kittens. She’s extremely caring and is the kind of friend that would drop all her plans for the day just to spend a couple hours of Mario Kart with me in my
…show more content…
She is such a caring person, it was probably hard for her to grasp how mad she was at a girl she’s been best friends with since before she knew how to read. She distanced herself from me for the next two months but her reason even till this day is because “she just needed time to herself.” I knew she was lying just to keep me happy and stress free. Sara is the perfect epitome of a selfless person and today I look up to her.
Through the guilt and regret I felt for those two months until Sara opened her arms back up to me, I learned an important lesson. Never, ever, give reason to those you care about to doubt your faithfulness to them. Since then, I have called her on the anniversary of Jess’s death to let her know that she will always have a shoulder to cry on and a hand to wipe away her tears.
If there’s any lesson I would like to leave behind through this story, it is to never go against your instinct; especially when it comes to the loving nature that comes along with worthy friendships. Although some have forgiving friends like Sara James; there will always be a line that can never be re-crossed. Don’t sit in the sun while your best friend cries. Be there for them, so that their sun can peak out a little bit sooner than

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Warning: Toxic Relationships Ahead The book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls shows many different hardships Jeannette and her family all went through. One of the most prominent issues throughout the entire book was unhealthy relationships. There were unhealthy relationships between Jeannette’s parents, Maureen and her mom, and different girls at her school.…

    • 2189 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    My friend Sydney Jeter was a wonderful person who could bring joy into a person’s life. She was skillful in the categories of being athletic, adventurous, ranked top of her class academically, and being socially active. My friends Hayden, Blake, Logan and I met Sydney in the summer of 2012. Shortly after meeting, Blake and Sydney started dating which lead to us all meeting her family.…

    • 1436 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Emma Dialectical Journal

    • 803 Words
    • 4 Pages

    A loud ring echoed throughout the house and cleared my hazy mind as I lay sprawled out on the couch. My thoughts slowly cleared and I remembered the messages from my phone. Yet another ring awakened me as I realized I had invited company. “Here” the text read. My plans for the night hit me like a sledgehammer to a nail and I sprang from the couch to grab the door.…

    • 803 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “Can I go forward when my heart is here?” (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet). I would have been perfectly content to stay at home for the next 180 days. Waiting for the rusty yellow bus to swing around the corner, my brown hair is getting in my blue eyes. The air is crisp and so are the withered leaves I’m standing on.…

    • 1788 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    It was a bright sunny Saturday morning, waking up hearing the birds chirping outside. The sun was shining through the windows throughout the house. I can remember sitting in the living room in a tan recliner facing the Tv. When I heard the phone ring the first time, it was around ten o’clock in the morning; I looked over to see my mom running to the home phone that used to sit on the desk in the laundry room. It rang three times before my mom answered.…

    • 1151 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Great Essays

    Religion teaches people how to use their freedom for the good of themselves and others. It is practically the sole means of counteracting the materialistic aspects of life by taking people’s minds beyond the physical, material aspects of life. Religion teaches men that being good is in their self interest because they will be rewarded in the afterlife. By working towards the common good rather than personal gain, people are forced to work together. Through these features of American democracy which de Tocqueville noted, Americans are able to balance individualism with the good of the community.…

    • 1364 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Truth About Jessalyn Santana Everything you know about Jessalyn’s death is wrong. I don’t care if you read all the newspapers or was her best friend, you are wrong. No one knows the truth, except me, and my parents of course. Who am I?…

    • 2262 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Long dirty blonde hair and shiny green-blue eyes, a beautiful smile to enchant anyone, a laugh to intoxicate you, and stories to keep you interested for hours on end, she is the greatest friend that anyone could really have. She’s been with me through thick and thin and if we argue, we get over it like nothing had happened. Her stubborn attitude and how she goes about daily life is what makes her and I complete opposites. Though all of these are true, they are reasons why she is both my best friend and the one person who has impacted me the most in my life.…

    • 515 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Three Signature Strengths

    • 1508 Words
    • 7 Pages

    The three signature strengths I used was love, gratitude and hope. These strengths fell in between one and six, total was 24, in my VIA Character report. As I go throughout my day I will display love to others, I always try to show gratitude, for all the good and bad things happen in my life. I do keep hope alive in my brain, dreaming of a better future for mankind. When I think about my day, its homework/study day, Wednesday October 5.…

    • 1508 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Zoe Research Paper

    • 419 Words
    • 2 Pages

    “Thank god Zoe came into my life!” I thought to myself as I looked back at how amazing my eighth grade year was. Over the years, I’ve meet many people. Some had a huge negative effect on my life, and some helped me greatly in the process of becoming a better person. Because Zoe helps me when I’m feeling down, she’s the best support system I currently have, and she understands how I feel, I’m glad Zoe is a positive person in my life and helped me become the person I am today.…

    • 419 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Cece: A Short Story

    • 780 Words
    • 4 Pages

    This story took place when I was about the age of six. I would often spend time with my best friend CeCe on the weekends. CeCe was two years older than me, but everyone said we looked about the same age. CeCe and I became friends when she first moved to our neighborhood only years before. Having my friend live right next door was fun and exciting because we got to play outdoors together.…

    • 780 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    For many centuries, philosophers have attempted to answer an important question: do we have free will? Though the answer may seem as simple as “of course we do, I can make my own decisions independent of what you are doing.” Significant philosophers like Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, and Lock have tried to tackle the issue of free will (Ekstrom 1). Today, there are three major types of arguments for free will: the hard determinist, indeterminist, and compatibilist. Knowing the veracity of free will is something we both want and do not want to understand because it could ruin us.…

    • 1620 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    It was the beginning of the school year, and the one thing that these group of friends needed the most was each other, well that's what they all thought. Brooke, Ava, Kylie, Amanda, Micah and Michael were the best of friends, they thought nothing would ever break their friendship apart, until one simple thing threw their whole friendship off. Brooke and Micah had been dating for 1 year and 3 months, they were the happiest couple, well that's what everyone thought. One day Brooke realized that she was not happy anymore, and told Micah just that so their relationship of over a year was over, but Micah being the nice guy he is, understood. Brooke being the mean girl she is told everyone that it was all Micah's fault.…

    • 1571 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    The Importance Of Choices

    • 1321 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Choices. Many are hard, only some come easy. Sometimes they are made with careful thought and consideration, but often enough they are made without a care in the world. Choices. They define who we are, who we want to be.…

    • 1321 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Losing a friend or a loved one can be hard for anyone, especially when losing a best friend at the age of thirteen. Losing a friend at that age can be heartbreaking. I understood what had happened, but trying to comprehend the “why,” was something that I could not figure out. Daniel was one of those friends who would always be on your side no matter the situation. He was a caring and genuine person.…

    • 1018 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays