I was almost to the top of the hill, but then I realized that one of my rollerblade’s was untied. I reached down to tie my rollerblade. At that moment I knew I screwed up badly. I had forgot to push down the break on my bike. Everything from then on turned into a slow motion movie with no sound, I could hear my heart beating like a drum. I started to roll down the hill rapidly, backward with my bike. I quickly jerked my handlebars to the side to try to stop, but scraped my stomach when the handlebars cut into my stomach. I slid down the hill rapidly with my knee pressed firmly to the ground. Everything from then on speeds up and time gradually speeds up like a treadmill. Everything blacks out and that’s how I ended up on the ground of my cul de …show more content…
That a person can struggle with their mindset of perfection, to only take it out on others.
The true lesson is to stay true to yourself. You need to listen in to your gut. Even when there are over 100 people in your life telling you that you’re wrong, listen in to your conscience and be confident in yourself. This lesson can be important to us and show us how to make wise decisions. We need to learn how to think before we act. Before you make a decision, think about the outcome of it and how it will affect you. I learned how to think for myself and I realized that I don’t have to take the opinions of people who aren’t my good friends.
If I didn’t make the dumb mistakes that I did in my childhood, I would probably eventually still make them later on in my life. This event affected my life by making me think about things before I do them. I actually carry this part of my past with me every day. I have a big scar on my knee and a scar on my stomach from that day. It is a part of my past and represents the outcomes and effects of the decisions you make in your