Flash Fiction
You will run away to a new place but in time you will learn that it’s okay.
Rational
Becoming happy again was a big problem for me, but, senior year I have it all, two people have changed my life. Elton and Cassie these two amazing people, I’d never had real friends until I met them, I wish I’d met them sooner but I’m spending the time I have with them. When I went to my old school I never really had friends, just people I spoke to sometimes. I met Elton last year during creative writing, he came from Vinton, and I met Cassie this year from lunch. We have all these great memories, like haunted houses, Cassie knocked over a toy display at walmart, going to pet stores and movie nights. All three of us have things in common we’ve all been through the same things.
Anytime we each have a problem or need to get something off our chests we can talk to each other. They won’t judge but they will help. I’ve never met a person that I can be open with but having two people I can be open with is even better. Ever since I met them I have been so happy, I don’t get sad as often and don’t doubt myself. Meeting these two amazing people has honestly been the best thing to ever happen to me and I will never regret that. These are life long friends and I’ve never had that feeling before.
They Say, I say
People think that they don't have biases, that they aren't a real thing. The public puts those biases into peoples minds to get the to think of things in different ways. A biases can be little or big going from ' My friend is black, I can't be racist' all the way to ' He's gay, but that's okay cause so is my sister I guess'. We all judge one another without even seeing it. It's an ongoing epidemic between what people feel V.S what people actually think about biases.
Meyers states in his ted talk 'How to overcome bias?' she states "Stop trying to be good people and be real." What she means by that if for people to stop being fake and be them honest selves. People want to impress people that the human way, we try to impress others with our biases. Another thing said was from 'Growing up Trans' "I was causing that pain, and that was too much for me" some people have this over whelming pain in themselves that Isn't always easy to overcome and overcome. People have pain, people cause pain, it is natural.
In my opinion pain is something that is within all of us, even me. More people have pain than others, but that's okay. We are the way we are and that is what makes up beautiful. My pain is depression but that's fine, I've accepted it after 5 years and can openly talk about it. I've had depression since 2011 because I watched my great uncle die right before my eyes and in my arms. It messed me up and I always thought it should've been me that was gone not him. He was the best man in my life besides my own father. Biases are real and so is pain but that is okay.
People think that they don't have biases, that they aren't a real thing. The public puts those biases into peoples minds to get the to think of things in different ways. A biases can be little or big going from ' My friend is black, I can't be racist' all the way to ' He's gay, but that's okay cause so is my sister I guess'. We all judge one another without even seeing it. It's an ongoing epidemic between what people feel V.S what people actually think about biases.
Meyers states in his ted talk 'How to overcome bias?' she states "Stop trying to be good people and be real." What she means by that if for people to stop being fake and be them honest selves. People want to impress people that the human way, we try to impress others with our biases. Another thing said was from 'Growing up Trans' "I was causing that pain, and that was too much for me" some people have this over whelming pain in themselves that Isn't always easy to overcome and overcome. People have pain, people cause pain, it is natural.
In my opinion pain is something that is within all of us, even me. More people have pain than others, but that's okay. We are the way we are and that is what makes up beautiful. My pain is depression but that's fine, I've accepted it after 5 years and can openly talk about it. I've had depression since 2011 because I watched my great uncle die right before my eyes and in my arms. It messed me up and I always thought it should've been me that was gone not him. He was the best man in my life besides my own father. Biases are real and so is pain but that is okay.
Amazing piece! Shows the power of friendship and really hits me deep. Great job!!
ReplyDeleteI really liked your piece, I think it's so optimistic and empowering and shows how important friendships are in life. I'm glad things have gotten better for you in the recent years you deserve that happiness!
ReplyDeleteI love how honest you are and how you wrote it so that the reader can feel what you are saying. Overall your "They Say/I Say" is really good and everything else is also good.
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