Everyone needs a code

Everyone needs a code

A Story by Jered
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My codes in life

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Everyone needs a code!


In life there are so many things you can't control, fix or change. It's so important to know and understand that so you can focus on the things you can. Everyone is different and unique in every way. My favorite thing to say to people is I'm not right and you aren't wrong, we believe what we believe to get threw the day. I decided on my 4 codes based on my life and experiences so they are mine alone. First, never physically her a woman or allow a woman to be abused in my presence. I can get away from a fight with a woman they can't get away from me. So there's no excuse ever to do it. Second, never fight friends or family. Because a fight can be life or death now that I'm an adult male. Is "whatever" I'm mad about worth a real friend's life, I doubt it. Third, never allow anyone to treat you like a child again. I've been yelled at by my parents, teachers and coaches all my childhood and I waited my whole life to be grown. If you ain't my father you better not yell at me or call me out my name. Women are excluded from this only for men. I have nothing to prove against a female. These dudes out here who talk down to people, s**t do it to me and you will see. If you call a man a B***h, you will find out if he is or not. Fourth, try your best to go to bed happy. You might not wake up the next day so don't let your last day here be a bad one or your last emotion be sadness or anger.
Every code means something to me and something happened to trigger it. Not hitting a woman got triggered when I was younger at home with my older sister by 5 years. My parents went out of town to Reno and we had the house to ourselves for 4 days. My sister who always picked on me and I was too little to take her until now. She farted on me and I picked her up and didn't realize I'm stronger now and slammed her by mistake and broke all her nails off when she tried to catch herself on the fall. The scream she let out still gives me chills and I never want to hear that again. I've been scared since to even play fight with woman because that. In 7th grade I was already too strong now I'm grown a woman has no chance forreal.
Never fighting a real friend or family member was triggered because in my neighborhood growing up I seen a family get torn apart when an adult man and his uncle were arguing over something stupid and things got heated. The man got mad and hit his uncle and he never woke up again. One punch over something no one remembers changed everything, the uncle was my best friend's father and his cousin killed him. Because I had to watch my best friend go through that I learned what a pointless punch or argument can do so I just let everything go now. There are very few things worth that extreme.
Lastly going to sleep happy. You think this is easy but really it might be the hardest to always do. Most people have no idea what my life was like, in my mind it was great, s**t better than most but death was just around and you just expected it and accepted it. I literally stopped going to funerals when I was 12 because I was over them. I'd wait outside the church in an alley close and smoke a blunt. Death is finally and comes when it wants. Babies or old people tomorrow is not promised to rich or poor. You mindset before you close your eyes is the only thing in your hands at the moment. Never forget that.

© 2018 Jered


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Added on January 22, 2018
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Jered
Jered

Minneapolis , MN



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