How do you want to be remembered?

I just got home from a 2 mile walk. On this walk I became enraged and aggravated. It started about a mile into my walk. Three kids were walking in front of me. Anywho, one drops his plastic cup two feet away from a trash can.

That’s when I got so annoyed. Then they started talking about if one would fight the other. They were talking loudly. Man, how kids think they are so tough… I was once them and thought I was invisible. Then I arrived at my destination and they low key said something to me.

As they said what they said they kept walking and crossed the street. I was pissed and on guard that I just kept staring at them. My face said exactly what I was feeling. It was saying - try to fuck with me right now and let’s see what happens?! Each of them looked back at me one at a time while they kept walking away.

I felt embarrassed to have almost started an argument with teenagers. But damn! No one dare talk to me that way. On top of it, I am a latina and they were three black kids. If they tried throwing the racist card on me, they would have been sorry. So it was smart that they kept walking. Because inside I was on fire and about to chew them out.

When the main reason I was mad at them was because one of those three kids threw a plastic cup on the floor. Why? Because he wants to show he doesn’t care. Like not caring is cool or some bullshit like that. Why is it that not only kids act like this but so do many adults? What are they trying to prove? Because all I see from people that continuously pollute our world with trash, hate, and violence is disrespect. To me that’s is a straight up “fuck you” to everyone who tries to make our world a better place.

When I die, I want to be remembered by the good I left behind in this world and not the trash. How do you want to be remembered? It’s our individual responsibility to make our world a better place to live in for each one of us. Remember that.