4 way test
Uploaded by lalafreak4u on Nov 04, 2005
The Rest of Your Life Starts Now
Every day I wake up and think the rest of my life starts now. I try not to think about anything that happened the day before. I wake up every morning with a clean slate. So when I found out that we were going to live a test for one week I thought it was going to be easy. Well, it wasn’t the easiest thing in the world, I’m used to gossiping and telling little white lies, but this week I couldn’t do that. I stuck through with it all week. I tried to do everything by the four-way test. By the end of the week I had tremendous respect for the Rotary Club. Before I did anything worth questioning, I asked myself; will it build better friendships? Is it the truth? Is it fair to everyone? And last but not least, is it good for all concerned? I asked myself these questions so many times this week. Whether it was for little things or big things I did everything I could to live by this test. I think it has changed the way I look at like it self.
My friends are one of the most important things in my life. I’m here for them and they are there for me. Now I will admit it; I will sit and gossip with my friends. I think that are school is so small we have nothing to do but gossip. This past week I promised myself that I would not gossip one time. I know for a fact that I did not say one thing about someone or participate in any gossip spread that week. I think I finally figured out who my friends were that week. Which ones just wanted to be my friend so they could use me later to get something; and my real friends that were there for me when I cried and laughed with me when I was happy. I stopped talking for once and actually listened. So much stuff is said in one day. Like one day I was talking to my friend and she started going off on one of my best friends costume for Halloween. I have to be honest the costume that she was wearing was probably to inappropriate for a 13 year old to wear. Before I was about...