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how do I let go

LaShonda Redd · Tuesday, June 7th 2005 at 6:11PM · 113 views
Im leaving in august 14,000 miles away from not only my family but my friends to and as i try to save money so i can have money down there they catch attitudes with me because i am short on money. All my friends yes have jobs and stuff like that but i dont. I know that may sound like oh she's lazy but its not like that i mean, i do have a reason why im not working. My mom thought it would be best if i concentrated on my school work to keep my grades up and now that i am about to graduate next monday i can say that my mom's advice paid off because not only am i graduating but im graduating in the top 10% of my class and with honor roll. Anyway i always felt my school work is more important than anything else in my life except family. Anyway i leave for college in August and my mom has to get 400 dollars for gas because we taking a 16 passenger van to transport all my stuff down there.

Anyway my friends think im being stuck up because i got good grades and they didnt and i wont go hang out with them. I mean first off im really not a big hang out person especially with them cuz they like to do stuff that just seem really childish and stupid like going to look for people to fight and using fake id's to get into clubs and stuff that just aint what im about at all right now they just dont understand why they want to act so grown for no reason. Anyway i was just wanted to know since i wrote a couple of blags about the problems with my friends, should i let them go? I mean we started off so close but in the end we turned out to be different people and even though its okay to be different, the difference between us makes all of us seem like something were not or should i say something im not nor dont want to be either. Anyone ever have a group of friend u really enjoy but they just cant never be happy for you and they find so many reasons to bring you down? I just want to let go of all this stress and stuff cuz i want to graduate with a clear mind and no stress or beef with anyone i just want to get on with my life. I just need to know how to do it.
How do you let go of something that you care for but brings you so much drama at the sametime I want to let go. How do i let go?

Shonda
iM OUT

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Comments (3)

Darryl D. Smith Wednesday, June 8th 2005 at 2:13AM

Don't let people bring you down. Don't worry about the money. Just make sure you can get down there. Once that is taken care of, then worry about money. I don't think you should rent a 16 passenger van. You could probably get everything down there by taking a truck and a car. Try to find out some other options that can save you money. Good luck with everything...

Adrienne S Wednesday, June 8th 2005 at 2:00PM

Sometimes people grow apart and thats natural. I know its hard to seperate urself from friends that have been there from the begining. Dont completely cut them off but maybe look for some friends that have similar priorities. It is important to have many different groups of friends

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Monica Brown Wednesday, June 8th 2005 at 3:07PM

In high school I had 3 really good friends. We were called the Four Muskateers. We were together all the time. It was a fact that only 2 of us had dreams of going on to higher education. The 2 of us went to Jackson State and the other 2 stayed home. Within a couple of years we all were in different parts of the country doing different things. I was planning my wedding in California, my other friend that went away to college with me decided to transfer to a college across the country and the other 2 were still in our hometown in Mississippi. Although, we had distance and other things between us, we are all back together now (19 years later). I am also really close with a girl now who totally hated me in high school. We are now living a few blocks from each other and raising our children together. We are always at one another's house and even belong to the same church.

The bottom line is that we will all grow up and become different people. Things we thought we may never do will cross our paths and people we thought we'd never relate to become our friends. Don't let go of your friends at home, but also don't let go of your dreams of having a higher education and a successful career. It will all work out fine. Trust me.

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