My next entry into my journaling as provided by my journal prompt…(SEE HERE), my next prompt asked me….Take a roadblock in your life right now, and ask the question: What would this look like if it were were easy?
Without a doubt, my favorite failure was my failure to finish 7th grade. Now, I did not fail 7th grade because I wasn’t smart enough, or because I didn’t know enough, I simply failed it because I did not try. I did not care about school, I only cared about video games and playing still. It didn’t catch me off guard, I just really hated the learning part of school. In the time I did it, I was really upset after I failed it because I basically lost all of my friends that I grew up with. I left the public school system in Alabama and went to a private school locally to reset my education. I was a terror in my first year and racked up multiple disciplinary issues and I think got paddled by the principal more times than I can count, but my grades got better. Why is this my favorite failure? Because, when I moved to Texas in 1994, I was placed in a position that would change my life. I was integrated into a group of people that were totally unlike anybody I’ve ever seen before. They were driven in a way I connected with, and they enjoyed all being together all the time. My three best friends ended up being a CFO, head of security for a major company, and an Ivy League lawyer. They gave me some of the best memories in school, car repair, and even running away from the cops after doing stupid pranks. I am so thankful for their influence in my life and what they did for me that they don’t even know about, and has made me a success today. I think a mission of mine is to tell them exactly this.
This is my fourth installment of this series and I’m liking this! I write this raw, no editing, no SEO, no nothing, just writing from the stream of thoughts in my head. I would love it if you commented and liked these so I know there are others out there enjoying this! See you next time.
