Do you feel like you are in this world where no one understands you? Are you looking for the easy way out? Maybe life isn't what it seems or you"re looking at it the wrong way. As Oscar Wilde recalls, "There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.".
It was late afternoon when I went to Chicago, over my cousin's house, two summers ago, to get away from the pressures of home and school. The thought of leaving my parents for three weeks made butterflies in my stomach. I had no idea of what situations to expect and how I would handle them. I began to really wonder about my life because it was headed down a dark rocky road. I can "run away" from reality, but I know I would have to come back to it in three weeks. Dazed and confused, I felt like I just walked out in the sun while my pupils were dilated-screaming for shades. .
The way I treated people was totally opposite from how I treated my parents. They were very narrow-minded; therefore, what my friends were capable of doing was not a bit close to what my parents would let me do. I have more responsibilities to go along with it as well- school, being an older sister, and an aunt. When my parents didn't let me do the things I insisted them to do, I became quite disobedient. I wouldn't answer back to them and wouldn't do the things they wanted me to do; instead, I just paid them no mind. I wanted a new way of handling things and felt nobody or anything could help me. Oh, I couldn't wait to leave! .
We really started having problems from the first day. My youngest, irreverent cousin, Celcilya, didn't get to sleep where she wanted. She decided to handle the situation by giving everyone a hard time as well as a bad attitude. The way she talked to her mother reminded me of how I treated my parents. My aunt has never done anything to Celcliya. She told her mother, "If you don't let me sleep where I want, I will hate you.
