Write about a small moment in your life that made a big impact.

Moments is a comparatively brief period of time,I have had so many moments during my childhood and sometimes I wish I could turn back the hands of time and start all over again but one thing I have come to realize is that nobody is perfect and mistakes can sometimes be corrected.

It was my first year in college and I was a eager to go home alone cause I believe that once you are out of high school you are now matured to take care of yourself.I called my Daddy and told him that I wanted to to come home alone but he bluntly refused, he said that I am still a kid and I may not find my way back home.So I pleaded with him and he finally agreed but he insisted that I shouldn’t come alone,I should come home with friends who are going towards my direction and I obeyed.

While I was leaving the school premises with my colleagues, a student mistakenly stepped on my shoes, I expected her to apologize but she didn’t.I walked up to her and told her what she did and she snubbed me.Her words were “and so what” I got angry and picked up a quarrel with her, I told her hurtful words that she wouldn’t forget in a hurry.This was my first time of talking to her and her first impression was a zero.I left for home angry and as soon I got home,I was no longer angry because my mother prepared a delicious garnished fried rice and chicken with salad.So I ate it, took a shower and I went to take a nap.

The following day was Friday,in my school moral instruction is observed every Friday in the assembly ground, it takes longer than every other day due to the moral instructions which involves (singing, praying and preaching the word of God) but I observed something during the moral instruction,most of the tutors were not having a bright face, it was after the moral instruction that they announced that a student kicked the bucket yesterday while on her way home,rumor had it that she was ambushed by unknown men and they demanded for her phone and money but she bluntly refused,the unknown men beat her up and in the process stabbed her to death.Itwas also said that she was raped and killed but the truth is that no one knew the real cause of her death.After then I realized that the girl they were talking about is the same girl that I rained insults on.I began to wip because after I went home I narrated to my father what happened between the both of us and he said I should go back the next day being Friday and apologize to her, he also said that I should learn to tolerate one another irrespective of what they do.I was touched by his advices and I decided that I was going to apologize to her the next day being Friday, not until the information got to all the students that she has passed away.

It was a painful moment but it had an impact in my life,This taught me that tomorrow is not promised, we should learn to show love and care to one another,I had guilt in my heart knowing fully well that she departed from this world without me apologizing to her.Our first encounter was all about hatred and all of a sudden she passed away.This left a great impact in my life because i realized that after she stepped on me I could have just walked away instead of walking up to her and confronting her.This changed my way of thinking and perception about life,this also taught me how to ignore some certain things and bridle my tongue when it comes to dealing with human beings especially.It was just for a day and it made a very good impact in my life.