The Tide Turns

School might be turning its tide this year, especially it’s my last two months as a sophomore.

First, I received really good scores in two quizzes: English and Religion. In English, I was absent when the Indian film Lagaan was shown to the sophomore batch. We had a quiz on the topic last Thursday, and I was surprised to get a very good score. 15/18. Very good already. Speaking of Religion, I reviewed hard for the quiz, so I only got two mistakes. Not bad.

Now today, I think I have forgiven someone who hurt me four years ago. I don’t know how to begin this. I was thinking about this thing the whole afternoon, when some classmate told me about the current situation. This girl was my classmate in Grade School. At first, I noticed that she didn’t like me at all. She did everything to hurt my feelings, such as trying to turn almost the whole class against me. She even spread some news which made me distance from these people. I have to admit that she was nice on and off. There are times when she can be mean. I won’t mention what she did to others.

Fast forward four years later. This girl is no longer bothering me, but all the pain she caused me still exists. Then last Friday, I noticed something. Based on my observation, her old attitude started to disappear. She was acting fine and all that. She even shared some light stories to the whole group. On the way home with my grandfather, she said hi to me while she was riding the tricycle. The moment it happened, my mind began to wander.

Forgiving the person who did something wrong to you is really hard. It takes years before you forget all of what happened. I haven’t forgiven the girl for 4 years. When everything went wrong in school months ago, I don’t know what to think nor to say. Maybe today is the reflection and my lightning bulb that I should forgive her already. Come on, it’s been almost 5 years since all of these happened. Forgive and forget. So what is my plan right now? Forgive her before the school year ends and everything’s too late. I don’t want to regret this when March 13 rolls around.