“I can survive” phrase

We don’t get what we want in life all the time. There’ll be time we don’t get what we want, feel frustrated and upset. But that’s life. There’re ups and downs. However, I guess God must love me very much. He gave me wonderful and supportive family, friends and pen pals. Having them by my side motivates me to be a better person time by time. When I’ve problems, I know I’ve people to lean on, people who’ll never leave me alone, who’ll always support me no matter what happens, who’ll always shower me with lots of love.

Many of my friends said that I’ve very strong mental abilities. Meaning that, regardless of how bad things are, I can deal with them. Some of them even said just throw me in any bad problem, I CAN SURVIVE. However, it’s only partially true. To me, we only have two choices in dealing with problems. First, be positive, optimistic and face it. Second, be negative, pessimistic and run from it. I choose the first one. But, that doesn’t mean I can face problems alone. I need support from others. One more thing, that doesn’t mean people can do bad things to me with the reason I can handle it and I CAN SURVIVE like what my so called friends did to me 2 years ago.

They isolated me and bad mouthed me during exam. They even attacked me with all harsh words. They said I’m snobbish and arrogant because I got better results than them in exam. I never know that’s how they felt and thought about me. It really hurt me. However, they said, no matter what they did to me, I can handle it and I won’t have problem to solve it. How cruel that thought are!

Luckily, my family supported me. My parents called me every day, asking how I was and gave me motivational words. My French pen pal, ‘Vone even gave me wonderful advice on how to deal with them later. At the end of the day, I did survive like what they thought and I even got the best result among them all. God had helped me and He showed them the truth that I’m not snobbish. They’re just jealous of me! Nowadays, they become good with me but I don’t trust them anymore. I already forget and forgive them but I can no longer trust them.