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Defining Ourselves: Something to Prove

6 Pages 1475 Words November 2019

I’m not a criminal or someone who does bad things to other people in I tend to think more about what I am doing and the consequences of my actions in fact I am a self-sacrificing, helping and empathetic person. There have been a few times several years ago where I’ve broken the law and I’ve had to deal with police or even run away from them. Every-time I found myself in those situations I was with a group of friends, I have done a lot of things in the past that I am not proud of. Whenever I am in a group I feel less responsible for doing something bad, I would never ding dong ditch houses or knock over trashcans by myself because that’s just such a terrible thing to do but when you are young and with your friends you lose all sensibility of the world around you. I felt like I always had something to prove and it’s all stupid stuff you’re trying to prove like whose the sickest in the head, who’s the craziest, who will do just about anything and when you’re young you don’t know any better you’re not mature yet you don’t understand the difference between right and wrong or at least I didn’t. In groups we think about other people and we feel as if it’s okay to do something just because our friends our doing it, we turn in to the people we surround ourselves with so if you’re hanging around a bunch of imbeciles then you will turn into one. You wont question yourself, and whether what you are doing is right or wrong because everyone else around you isn’t, so you think it is normal and you feel content with yourself. For me to turn my life around I had to let go of people I was close with because they weren’t the best influences and surround myself with people who practiced greater morals and that ultimately changed how I spent my time alone. Now when I am alone, I tend to think more about what I am doing and the consequences of my actions, and I am a self-sacrificing, helping and empathetic person.
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