This is Response Journal #2. "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."--Mother Teresa
The day my late grandfather took me by the hand and said, "Manda, one day you will change the world''.
I will never forget that day, those words change my whole view of life. I was about 13 and in middle school, that year wasn't a good year for me. I was getting teased at school and coming home crying. I was not feeling good about myself.
I could never forget that day I came home. My eyes were red from crying. My mother was at work and my father was in a different country. The only people home were my granddad and grandma. My grandma was in the kitchen preparing dinner and granddad was in his room. I had to pass by his room to get to mine and until this day I still don't know how he knew something was wrong. When I got to my room threw my bag on the bed started to change clothes, my granddad came in.
''What's wrong lady? he always use to call me lady. I said "nothing''.
He walked to me and said, ''Sweetheart is something going on at school?" I didn't reply. He lifted my chin and said,"Don't worry about nothing, because"... he paused and continued "Manda one day you will change the world."
I smiled and said, "Ok grandpa." I never forgot those words. If I'm having a bad day, I just think that one day I will change the world and make a difference.
I don't worry. Thank you grandpa. RIP.
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