I, myself, have many issues to deal with concerning my outlook on life and how I do certain things the way I do. One specific problem of mine is that it I have trouble finding a true, real friend who will be there from the start of my life to the end. That also incorporates with happiness and loneliness. With so many people living on this earth, there has to be someone who must also be searching for that everlasting friendship. I’ve gone through life meeting many friends, people who I’ve met through a friend or some complete stranger. I have no trouble meeting people for I am very social when it comes down to it, but I do have this tendency to remain quiet when I’m in certain surroundings.

Ever since I was a boy in elementar

One thing that got me thinking was that up here I’ve noticed kids younger than 16 are smoking. I see kids walking with their baby brothers or sisters while smoking. Even though it’s the same as down in the city, it’s just weird how it doesn’t seem like there would be that big an effect of peer pressure up here. I believe that smoking can cause depression. I used to be depressed and hated my life when I was smoking, but after quitting I feel as if I have a new life. I’ve never felt so refreshed and rejuvenated the way I did except for when I was a young boy full of energy.

There are many issues that need resolving with this society. But the two I have chosen are my top choices of problems with society and also with my personal life. They should make it harder for children to obtain cigarettes and other illegal substances. If everyone made an effort to perfect themselves in their own image, everything would be more peaceful instead of this everyday personal struggle.

y school, I’ve always had a best friend from elementary to junior high school. It’s been hard going from school to school losing a best friend but gaining a chance of a friendship with another. That’s how it went for me; I had a best friend throughout elementary school to the seventh grade. As we went to different schools, we lost touch and found new friends. Inevitably I

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, York City, seventh grade, peer pressure, friend throughout, elementary school,