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I Cant Change the Past But I Can Change My Future

I know very well I can't change anything in my past, but that doesn't mean I can't change the future, let alone use any of the past of mine as the key element to me thinking about the future for myself and even especially the future for even my later generations in the future.

Having said that, people can change. They just have to prove it and be given a chance to redeem themselves in it. However, also, it doesn't mean that everyone will change. I mean, everything I've said in my "About Me" section and my stories I posted will tell all that.

By the way, there should be something else I'm willing to share in this story, which is aside from me and my past and my plans for the future I've mentioned and so on so on.

A friend of mine, Richard Hartman, who I went to Junior High with in the 7th grade and haven't seen since 8th grade, is very well a changed man. He's now a martial artist, and an Army Ranger. Before that, back then in the 7th and 8th grade, he was labelled as they would call a "real terror," but was never really a "terror" or even involved in any criminal element whatsoever, but was just really a juvenile delinquent.

Richard did do some graffiti, flooded the faculty bathrooms, just malicious pranks for the funnies of it; stuff like that. A psychologist told his parents it was really nothing to worry about but that he was just acting out. He called in a so-called "bomb scare" on parents day, but the "bomb" was no actual bomb itself but exploded a lot of paint all over the place, just as a funny malicious prank. As a result, he was kicked out of the school and had to move out. He ended up being held back and doing 8th grade again in another school while doing probation and along the way, while doing probation, taking martial arts, where he would better himself. He also went game hunting with his dad a lot more than he used to before then and used all those skills in becoming something better in the later future. After high school, Richard went onto becoming an Army Ranger, where he met the love of his life. Now, they're married and they have a son, and though they're actively deployed, they're also doing online college courses with the SNHU (Southern New Hampshire University).

But yes, long story short, Richard went from being a juvenile delinquent to doing probation to being a success in martial arts and firearms and being a success even further in the Army Rangers. Now, he's continuing that tradition with his after him through the generations. He's a totally different person now.

The moral of this is that even though not everyone will change, anyone can change. It just takes a chance to show they can and to prove they can.

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SweetMae · 70-79, F
Thank you for sharing this story. Many people do well in life once they are given a chance.

 
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