“A true friend is someone who dances with you in the sunshine and walks with you in the shadows.” quote which have been said by unknown wise guy simply defined what a friend can influence in one’s life. A friend not only a companion to keep your company but also a person who makes you a better version of yourself. Therefore, the most important person in my life is my friend.
In college, I met a senior in my college that behaved in a decorous way, I talked to him for a short time in a small pet clinic at Veterinary Medicine Hospital, where I used to study. We were both busy at the time to take care of what we were doing at that time in the clinic. At the end of our conversation, we knew that it is not the end of our conversation, we nodded as to see each other in another time.
One of the days, I was walking back from class to the dorm area, I noticed him at the exit gate going out while I was walking in. His looked that he couldn’t bear his lassitude to endure what’s left of his day. We talked about our we do in our pastime, where he started to talk about martial arts, I was a layperson to what he seemed to talk about. Then, he asked me about what I do for fun. I was embarrassed to say what exactly I can do but I told him that I always wanted to practice martial arts since I was in middle school, but I had no time or knowledge to do so. He looked at me in a skeptical way and said, “Time is irrelevant to what you do in your day, time managements is the answer for all.” I guess that he meant to keep on doing what we want even if we think that we lack of time. At that time, he deemed me ready and I started to practice Karate while I was in college.
Couple of years later, he told me that I I was ready now to join tougher martial arts style. There was a fighting art called Muay Thai, which focused on body defence and attack rather than body attack endurance which Karate mainly was about. I started to practice that style and all what I was thinking about that time is that this martial arts is not only a fighting style of body, but also a style that helped me to change my attitude towards people and my mental health.Take my experience for example, I learned copious ways to manage my anger and uses my power into behaving and respecting others.
As much as I think that I knew a whole slew of techniques and experts. He seemed to knock my pride down. He is doing that lately a lot, not break me, but to keep me moving up. He think that pride is a dangerous thing. People must be down to earth to be considered as a ‘Good Person’. I guess that I had not fully understood what makes one a good guy or a bad guy. However, I know for sure that my friend is a good guy and he is making me to become one too.
