Originally Posted by
Gold9472
Well, it has to stop. I have done some bad things in my day, really, I have... I've stolen money from my father. I've had one night stands with women who felt something for me. I stole my mother's 300ZX, and smashed it into a million pieces... I've lied to people on several occasions, etc...
However, I am not the same now as I was then. Near the end of my Grandfather's life, I had broken up with someone very special. Someone who helped me to mature. Someone I will always remember as very dear to me... I told my father that I didn't want my Grandfather to know because I didn't want him worrying about me on his last days...
My father, being who he is, told my Grandfather anyway...
During one of our last conversations together (my grandfather and I), he asked me, "So I hear you and ***** broke up." I responded with, "I told him not to tell you that... I didn't want you to worry about me." He responded with, "Why would I worry about you?". I said, "Because of how I've screwed up in the past." He said, "How old were you when you screwed up?". I said, "17". He said, "And how old are you now?". I said, "28". What he said next I will remember until the day I die. "You are not the boy you used to be."
I cared enough about myself to make things better, and I have succeeded TREMENDOUSLY. I have a nice job, wonderful friends, a cat, and stuff, A LOT of stuff.
What we need to do as a people is care enough about our country, and our planet to make things better.
I hope we succeed.