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How I Changed for the Better

October 13, 2011
By esthert SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
esthert SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
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I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.

I just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And I hope that they believe me.

I used to listen to it all the time when I was little and thinking about grown-up things. I would go to my bedroom window and stare at my reflection in the glass and the trees behind it and just listen to the song for hours. I decided then that when I met someone I thought was as beautiful as the song, I should give it to that person. And I didn’t mean beautiful on the outside. I meant beautiful in all ways.


“How I Changed for the Better” by Jonathan D was a truly eye opening article. In it, Jonathan writes about how a trip made by John Halligan, the father of a boy who committed suicide, changed his life for the better.

This article had a positive impact on me too. After I read it, I realized that the little things you say can affect someone in the biggest of ways. Jonathan’s story was a great example on how big of an impact very little words can make on you. This article taught me to look at things differently and be more careful with the words I choose.


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