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The Power of Staying Positive
It was at church; I had just entered the building and sat down. Cody was sitting there and looked at me weird. I stood up, “What’s up Cody?” I asked. “Nothing.” He replied. I could automatically tell he was avoiding me on purpose. “Okay,” I said, “Did you stay at Tony’s last night?” I asked him, even though I already knew the answer was yes. “Yea, Brittany I got to tell you something important,” he said. “Okay.”I said half afraid of what he was going to say. “Tony cheated on you Brittany, I was there I saw it. It was at his house, Heidi had called me on my cell phone and Tony answered it and she was asking him inappropriate questions. After they got off the phone Heidi texted Tony and asked for a nude photo. He sent one, and she sent one back. They talked about inappropriate stuff then and Tony made me promise not to tell.” I felt like a truck just hit me, my head was spinning and I felt like I was going to throw up. Running out into the hall way I wanted to scream, but I couldn’t because I was crying too hard.
There is always good and bad in everything that happens in life. Some can’t find the good they can only see the bad, and others are so focused on the good they forget the bad. Meeting tony, I have had the same experiences; feeling both good and bad moments. Most people do not like to find the good in things, because they are too busy having a pity party over the bad. But ever since I met tony I have decided to find the good in things even when all looks bad. I truly believe there is a power of staying positive and you will be rewarded for staying positive. No it is not easy, but the important things in life are not easy. Ever since that day in church, I never thought me and Tony could be the same again, too much had been damaged. But reading one night I stumbled upon a verse, “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32.” I have changed as a person in many ways after that day. I stayed positive, and started to try to find the good in spite of the bad. Never giving up and never saying never has become my motto since that day. I have chose not to go the easy way and just say good bye and waste two years of my life with someone that stabbed me in the back. Instead I chose to go the hard way and to focus on all we had before that happened. If it were not for meeting Tony I don’t think I would've ever tried to stay positive or make that my motto. I learned about responsibility, I learned that the person you trust the most is the one who will hurt you. I learned that even the people that love you will make mistakes and break your trust at some point during your life. Tony has taught me many things even without trying. I will always love him like Juliet loved Romeo.

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