The unforgettable moment changing my life

<The unforgettable moment changing my life>

Have you ever watched a drama or a real-life scene in which a mother forgets her son because of dementia? A lot of people want to be remembered by someone else, especially by somebody whom they like or love. I had such a time when I felt it important to show myself and become an important person to somebody.

When I was twelve, my classmates were absolutely “perfect”. I cannot describe them without that word. We were always the best. Studying, playing sports, hanging out, all the teamwork we had shown made the other classes jealous of us. I really liked my classmates. I trusted on them, and I remembered each one of them. To me, it was a blessing that everybody was so nice and gentle. On the last day of our class, I was so sad. Then the time passed.

One day, after four years, my classmates and I decided to visit Ms. Park, who was our homeroom teacher then. Since she was moving to a new school, we thought it was a sure thing to do as pupils of her. We, the members of the 4th class of 5th grade, made an appointment with our teacher to meet. And on that day, I went to the new school that our teacher moved into. Meeting all the classmates, I said hello to them, very happily. However, I should have remembered that I was not the kind of girl who had a bright, positive characteristic, but so shy and naiive. I did nothing but just had some talks with friends, or grabbed the homework of English academy all day long. That means I was never a kind of person who had once gave such impact to my classmates. So the conclusion was that most of my classmates, except my best friend, didn’t remember me.

At first, I couldn’t believe they had forgotten me. I was so broken-hearted, and even asked myself why I even live a life like this, if I cannot become a part of a precious memory to anyone else. Since I was dreaming to be a world-leading lawyer then, I realized that I would have to show emotions and be more enthusiastic or energetic to know them. Think about it. How can a person without any friends who remember him, become a world-leading person? Can he become even a “helpful” one who contributes to this society? So, I determined to change myself.

By changing the attitudes toward everything, first of all, I became a very active person who does everything and tries something new, and does all the things for the first time whether or not it is something the others avoid or enjoy. From then, I began to lead our class and felt so much more meaningful. This makes me happy right now that I can do something influential for a group of people and those people might remember me.