There are about 1000 students in our school. Everyone is carrying lots of things every day. Some of them are really useless but we are still carrying them. We are carrying old checks, useless papers etc. people are carrying cell phones and music devices. We are at school so we are carrying lots of papers, pencils, pens and erasers… lot of school stuff. Some of us are carrying books or binders but I bet that if we won’t have to carry those things we wouldn’t be doing it.
I met that blond haired girl one time… long hair, blue eyes… she was carrying gold cross which her great grandma gave to her right after she was born. That cross is really valuable for her. It’s an only thing that she has left after her great grandma. Even though she doesn’t remember her much she still remembered her smile. Thanks to that cross she feels like her great grandma is close to her every day. There is that football player too. He is tall strong guy. But for real he is really sensitive and not a lot of people know about that. He is carrying a picture in his wallet every day. But it may seem to us that it’s just a picture, but for him it’s really important. It’s a picture of a soldier who is smiling. That soldier is that guy’s father. Not everyone knows that his father went to Afghanistan and got really injured. After 8 months in the hospital he passed away. That football player and his dad were best friends. Our teachers are carrying a lot of things too. One of them who has four kids is carrying in her purse whole bunch of little toys. You may ask why… because when she is trying to collect all of her stuff after work her kids get bored and collecting stuff takes much longer when she has to pay attention to what her kids are doing. A good friend of mine is carrying a key to her old house which someone set on fire few years ago. That key it’s an only thing that she had left. It brings to her sad memories but she said that she will never throw it away. There is another story connected to the thing that someone is carrying. In my 3rd period class there is a girl. She is really shy but always happy. What’s interesting about her is that she has a lot of absences, but there is serious reason why. The thing she is carrying every day is a little diary. She is writing there everything what happen to her, everything she has to do. But few last pages are the most interesting. There is a list named “Things I want to do before I die.” You may be wondering why 15 year old girl made that kind of list. There is a reason. When she was little doctors told they parents that she has that hard to treat disease. One day she is feeling really good but the next day she is so weak that she can hardly wake up from bed. But she do her best and she want to enjoy her every day. And she doesn’t tell everybody about her disease. She wants to be treated like others.
Another friend of mine is carrying every day whole bunch of pencils. She is an artist and when she finds even 5 minutes during the day when she doesn’t have anything to do, she takes out those pencils and she is drawing. She loves to draw everything. People, nature, abstractions. Doesn’t matter what … she is good at drawing everything. There is that guy in one of my classes. He is a guitar player. He is carrying a guitar pick every day. But that’s not just a guitar pick. It’s his special one. You can be wondering why a guitar pick may be special … it’s just a piece of plastic… but here is a story of that one. Two years ago he went with his friend to a concert of their favorite bad. They were standing in the front row. After the concert guitarist from that band (who is an inspiration for my friend) threw that guitar pick and my friend caught it. I… I’m carrying with me three bracelets. I’m not taking them off at all. They are really important to me and they are reminding me about people back in Poland who love me and who are waiting for me. First one is an angel which I got from my parents. An angel which supposed to protect me… on that angel there is written “Te quieremos” which in Spanish means “We love you.” Second one is a gift from my classmates back in Poland. They gave it to me right before I left to USA. It’s a puzzle and its saying “good luck.” And there is another one. That one is like a friendship bracelet. It’s a lucky charm. It says on one side “4ever” and at the other “O.O” which are initials of my friend who have matching one but with mine initials. Those bracelets are really valuable for me I’m wearing them every day and it makes me feel like somewhere there, far away there are whole bunch of people who are loving me and waiting for my return. Everyone is carrying something what have huge value to them. Some of people don’t like to shear with others. We all have things in our lives that are really important to us… which brings memories. Those good ones and those bad ones. But I believe that thanks to sharing those “special” things with others we can really get to know each other. Some people may not have to share with others because they are afraid of showing their real nature. Their shyness, sensibility. But everyone is different and we shouldn’t be afraid to share with others. Everything in the world is different … there aren’t two exactly this same people… and that’s good. If we all would be this same … world would be just boring!