Lessons Learned

I believe that you can learn lessons from everyone you meet. Every good decision and every bad choice lead to a lesson learned. I feel that I know best from seeing other people making bad decisions because I can see from a different perspective how it affects their lives over time. Also, I learned a lot from my parents and other family members who have had to face different problems in life. Of course, everyone has to go through trial and error throughout their lives and you cannot learn everything just by watching others.

A specific lesson that I have learned from my parents is how to work hard. My mom and dad have always been the hardest workers that I know. Ever since I was little, I knew that if you wanted something, you had to put your mind to it and work. Now that I am older, I do not expect to be handed anything in life. For example, this summer and last summer I worked two jobs so that I could save money to buy a car. I do sometimes feel upset that I have to be the one to buy a car even though I am still a kid, but I think I will appreciate it more because I know what it takes to get it. This is a good lesson to learn at a young age.

You can also learn lessons in a bad way, this can be from first-hand experience or seeing something bad affect someone you know, or even a stranger. One thing that I am really afraid of is drug addiction and substance abuse. The reason I am afraid of it is because I have seen it affect people over time. I have seen some people who are not much older than me get their lives very messed up because they got into some bad situations. I think that this lesson is mainly taught by strangers for me. Seeing people on the streets, or hearing stories of good people getting mixed up in bad things teaches me to be careful and think about how my bad choices can ruin my life forever. I am glad that I can learn this lesson without having to go through it personally.

Although some lessons are scary and bad, they can also be good and rewarding. The best thing I have learned from other people is to live life to the fullest and take risks because life is not very long. Everyone who thinks like this is some of the coolest and nicest people ever. Sometimes It's just random people who you never talk to, or sometimes it is someone you are very close to. Either way, they seem to teach by setting an example of how to be a positive, happy person. This is one of the most important lessons to be learned in life! If you live like this you probably won't have very many regrets and it may prevent you from having to learn the difficult scary lessons along the way.

Lessons are usually not fun to learn, but, we can all find someone to learn from whether you are learning the hard way about something you shouldn't do, or learning a new fun way to look at life. The best teachers can be your friends, strangers, or parents. It is just very important that you are open to learning things even if it's a difficult lesson. You also have to be open about listening to everyone, even the most unlikely of teachers. Learning new things every day helps you grow and be a better person and can impact your life very heavily. No matter what the circumstances of the lesson is, it is always very valuable.