Ah, the past. What a different place it would be if we could all go back in time and fix our past mistakes. Honestly, I really don’t know if that would make the world a better place though. I think the key to living is being able to learn from your past. I can think of quite a few times that I learned from mistakes in my past, too many to count as a matter of fact. But one in particular comes to mind. One day as a young lad of perhaps seven or eight, I was walking through the city of buffalo. Now earlier in the day, my parents had given me about five dollars to spend, as we were on our way to do a bit of shopping. At one corner, we passed a rather rough looking man. He held a sign on his lap, and I was tempted to read it. On the sign, the man had written “Spare change please.” Now as a young (not to mention naïve) kid, I felt bad for the man. I reached into my pocket and handed the man the majority of my money. He thanked me and I felt great for doing it. My family and I continued on to our destination, where I saw a shirt I really liked. Problem was, I gave most of my money to the homeless man and could no longer afford it. On our way back to our vehicle we passed the man again, and again he asked us for spare change. It was then that I learned a very important lesson: never trust a bum. I proceeded to kick the man in the face and shouted “Get a job loser!” he tried to get up but I pounced on him, landing a few punches. As I got up to walk away I shouted at him again. “You better not get up if you want to keep your teeth!” Oh boy am I glad I learned such a valuable lesson that day!
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