Live Life and Learn Along The Way

Hello class of 2025 grads. I am here today to talk to you all about life lessons and what they mean and how they can change your life and your thinking. Now before I start I want to say that everyone’s life lessons are different and can have different meanings but they all have the same goal. Which is to teach the person who is reviving them. Now let’s get into some of mine. I have had a lot of lessons learned in my 18 years of life but a lot of them have come to light in my 4 years of high school. There have been lessons about procrastination as I failed a semester of English as well as driving lessons. That was due to me crashing into a fellow student and friend Colby. Sorry again Colby.

But my biggest lesson that I feel I have learned from and gained knowledge from is when I was hanging out with some people that may not have been the right people for me. Now that’s not to say that these people are bad people but they were not the people I should be around. This life lesson takes us to the Augusta Civic Center for a basketball game. I was told by my parents not to hang out with these people and well as you can guess I didn’t care or listen so I went to the basketball game with them. The game was fun and the people who I was not supposed to be with also brought a friend of theirs. But more on that later. As the night went on we were sitting in the parking lot of the civic center just talking and listening to music. But I started to get this feeling in my stomach that something was going to happen and it was not going to be good. I just assumed that I was overthinking as I do that a lot. We all decided that it was getting a bit late and was time to head home. So they all got in there cars and started driving home. I did the same, but my drive was a bit different than theirs. I felt my phone start to ring so I looked at it and saw my worst fear. It was my dad calling me. Instantly I knew something was up as he never calls me out of the blue. When I answered it he says “so how was the game” I responded with “it was good” his next comment is when I knew I was in deep trouble, he says “who were you with and don’t lie because I already know” I knew in that moment I was going to be grounded for a long time and there is no way that I can get out of it. If I try to lie I’m just going to make it worse, which is a lesson I learned a long time ago. Never lie as one lie just turns into 2 then 7 then you just are lying to cover up another lie. So I told him who I was really with and he said thank you for not lying to me but your truck is going to be parked for a long time when you get home and that’s just the start of your punishments. But now to the person who they brought with them. This person is now the love of my life, and to think if I didn’t go I would have never met her.

To conclude my speech I am going to leave you with some information that you can choose what to do with. Is it good to break the rules no BUT are there times that it does help you or improve your life yes. It gives you these important life lessons and can even lead you to find new people and friends. Thank you for your time.

“Live and Learn” by houseofrock is licensed under CC BY 2.0.