From Inferno
to Diamond in the Rough
Written by an 11-year
old child adopted from foster care
For the past couple of years, I've
been through some of life's burning
chains. Life has been nothing but a
cruel and old hurricane pushing me
when I tried to get up. I was feeling
unloved and hopeless but that's when
I decided to change things around.
I have been abused physically and mentally
by people who were supposed to care
and protect me. And my soul has been
tortured. Even with all that has been
done to me, I have gained self-confidence
and dignity. For that I am proud.
I have literally been tied up and
hit with anything my batter could get
their hands on. I was told, ''Nobody
want's you, nobody loves you, I beat
you because I love you.'' I felt unloved,
unwanted and betrayed because it seemed
like I was always getting pushed away.
If not being pushed away by what people
said to me, being scarred for life
by being abused I wondered ''What did
I do to deserve this?'' It was all
so confusing.
At some point I had to make a decision:
to feel sorry for myself and use my
past as an excuse or to make a change
and stop the cycle. I got tired of
being beat and unloved and unwanted.
One day I decided to trust my teacher.
She was kind and caring an helped us
with everything. I told my teacher
what happened and she contacted the
principle. I had to talk to the school
nurse and they made sure that I was
placed somewhere safe from my abusive
home. The next day I was moved to a
safe home. I was grateful to that teacher
for listening to me and believing me.
I learned that I don't have to hold
back from everyone and I can trust
some people. Not everybody is the same.
After that, there was a major detour
in my life. I went from down and depressed
to experiencing and living my life
the way it should be lived. I realized
I would have to look out for myself
now. I learned that in life, for me
anyway's, you have to look out for
yourself and love yourself because
not everyone will.
Some values I learned throughout this
journey is to become honest and loyal
to others but more to myself and to
have self-discipline to adopt my new
attitude of self-reliance and self-confidence
and learn about me again. I have also
learned to have compassion for others
and myself and to accept and take responsibility
for my life and myself.
I learned
that your past will always be a part
of who you are but you have to do your
best to let it teach you and not overcome
you. The most important thing about
this experience is my laws of life.
My Law of Life is to accept myself
as well as my past because I can't
change my past but I can take charge
of myself and what's going on in my
life NOW.!
