Angelica B.

Villalon Lit- STEAM L

August 4, 2017

Question:

 Cite an incident in your life where you almost loose interest or you wanted to give up.
 What was the glue that made you stay.

One particular moment in my life wherein I could say I almost gave up on something,
happened way back in my elementary or early childhood days. Back then, I rarely have friends
surrounding me. I have two but only one of them considers me as her ‘true’ or ‘authentic’ kind of
best friend. I remember, when we were still in Grade 2, we used to play around the different areas
in our campus. Our yayas kept on scolding us because the class hasn’t even started, yet we
already looked so untidy. As I was thinking of those days I’ve come to realize that we’ve shared
so much things together. Our families were so close, we even had tongue fights before which
typical kids ages from 6 to 10 don’t really give a damn at. We shared each other’s secrets and
comfort each one when necessary.

However, I never really thought that it would come to a point wherein I’d wanted us to
just live separate lives instead. We were so close to the point that I considered her as my sister.
Yet, my perspective of the kind of person that she is suddenly changed. I started noticing how
different she was when it comes to dealing things with me or just being with me in general. She
started controlling me and acted as if I’m just her toy or pet whose willing to go anywhere with
her and whose willing to do all the tasks for her. Then and there, I prayed to God to give me the
courage to honestly tell her what I felt and to basically end things as well.

Unfortunately, no matter how much I tried, I still found that my reason of staying was
greater than my reason for leaving. I wanted us to be separated because of her attitude towards
me. Yet, I found out that I still wanted to stay and to stick with her not only due to the fact that
we’ve been together ever since or that she have known so much about me. I am willing to stay
and to tolerate her attitude back then because I already considered her as my other half. “Love”-
That was the answer. The glue that kept me there and fastened me hard just so I could still be
with her was the love I had towards her.