Personal Narrative: Lessons Learned From My Mistakes

Over the last 15 years of my life, I’ve learned countless lessons from my mistakes, as life began to slowly hit me harder and harder each year. I learned how to be more confident, to be kind, to build my own self-esteem, to care and be compassionate towards others, but most of all, to be mentally and emotionally strong. During my years of childhood, I was plagued with shyness at a young age. I had the troubling tendency to hide behind my mother when meeting new people, or never raise my hand in class due to the embarrassment of potentially saying the incorrect answer. This became a problem for me, as I wanted to interact and mingle with others, however, my shyness caused me to miss many opportunities of making new friends or meeting new people. However, over the years as I began to

I learned to be kind to others from a young age as well, yet, I had lost this lesson along the many years. Being a bully had found its way into my system and caused me to be rude and undermine others. However, as I grew older and took time for some self-reflection, I was able to muster a way to apologize for my mistakes and try every day to redeem myself for those I had victimized. Middle school was also a time where I was attacked with the atrocity of bullying, in which my self-esteem began to hit its lowest point. I’d began to rely on others to help me build my self-esteem, emotionally draining myself until I heard a compliment to brighten my day. Although, as maturity found a place in my mind, and the friends I had grew sincere and genuine, I was able to determine self-esteem doesn’t need to depend on the words and thoughts of others. Self-esteem, is rather more about being confident in who you are and accepting yourself for who you are. Later in life, after one of the most tragic heartbreaks I’d ever experienced struck my very being, I learned to be caring and compassionate towards