Life lessons

​I am and was the hardest headed kid making me very difficult to deal with, I loved getting into debates with anyone about anything for the simple fact of arguing. I hated to be caught without an answer so I always made sure I had a good one. As a kid growing up I remember my parents wouldn’t even let me get a word in because they knew once I got started I would ultimately have my way so their answer for everything was always “End of discussion.”. As you can imagine that phrase angered me a lot growing up.

​I think thought the years I have learned that there is always a time and place to say what is on your mind and some situations don’t need a quick response instead a simple acknowledgement will suffice. This is something that has taken me several years to learn, silence itself sometimes says a lot more than any phrase or comeback ever could. Learning how to stop talking sometimes and listen to others is a quality I work on every day and something I plan to perfect as the years go by.

​I have also learned that patience is a key quality to have and something I know little about. I have been recently informed that as a child I was far from being the most patient child and am now trying to correct it. I realize the many mistakes I have made in my past but use them as lessons and make sure I don’t make the same mistake again. I have taken these strides to perfect myself not for the better of others but because I choose to learn how to make myself a better person.