Have you ever been faced with a very difficult decision that would affect the rest of your life? Well, I did and I ruined most of my life from it. It all started when I was sixteen years old and I was a sophomore in high school. All year the sophomores had been talking about this amazing party that was going to happen at the end of the school year and I told my friends I wouldn’t miss it for the world. I knew that all the cool and popular kids would be going to the party but I heard there were going to be a huge end of term test so that would create a conflict. There would also only be a few days for me to make my decision.

The next day at school I decided to take action and I talked to all of my friends to see if they were going to the party or stay and study for the end of unit test. Most of my friends decided to go to the party so I was stuck in a surprisingly difficult situation. My mind kept saying to go to the party but I knew in my heart I should study for my test. I just wish my mind would unite with my heart and stop causing confusion. I went to my parents and asked for their advice but of course it was a counteraction of my decision.

For the next few days I was in deep thought and I was scribbling down notes of the outcome and I concluded that if I studied I would do well on the test but if I went to the party then I would get a bad grade. I remembered what my friends were going to do so I decided I would go to the party and try studying on the way there. The whole rest of the day I felt good about my decision and called my friends on my telephone and told them I would make it to the party.

The day had arrived that al the sophomores were waiting for. Everyone was getting excited and stoked for the party so I decided to go early and help them make decisions about the party. I excitedly jumped in my car and floored it down the road. While I was driving I thought I could study a little so I gave it a try. My plan was to try to import all of the information I could into tiny brain. All of the sudden a semi sped through an intersection and hit the front of my beautiful car. I didn’t see him coming because I had my attention on my study guide. My car’s auto parts ended up being totally destroyed and it felt like I fractured my arm and distorted my foot. The ambulance arrived and they had to put me on a stretcher and transport me to the hospital. The ride there felt like I was in a submarine and I was so weak from my blood loss I couldn’t even sit up. When we arrived at the Emergency Room I passed out and the doctors quickly and carefully started to fix me up. As I woke up I felt a lot better and I was all fixed up but the doctors told me some information that I didn’t want to hear. I had been paralyzed the waist down and I ruptured an important bone in my leg. Also my grammar seemed a little messed up. It took me like twenty minutes to start to speak correctly. I knew that my parents would be very sad and terrified of the news that they were going to hear in the next few hours. The doctors had ideas of giving me bionic legs so I could walk again but they don’t have the technology to do that.

I knew the decision I made that day would affect the rest of my life. I didn’t like the fact that I wouldn’t be able to walk again but I knew that I would have to face the consequences of my decisions and there was no way out of it. But I am still grateful that I am alive and able to learn from my mistakes to set priorities in my life.