Angelic's blog: "My thoughts"

On my way from Oregon to West Virginia I learned a very good lesson that I will never forget.

When I left Oregon to head to Bills house in West Virginia I was a different person in a way. I used to think everything bad was happening to me. I kept to myself and was afraid to even talk to anyone. Online I'm different because I can't see who I am talking to so it don't scare me but in real life I clam up and go into a shell in a sense. Anyways, I was on the bus and so many people tried talking to me and I just sat there and kept my head down. It took this one girl named Marley to finally get me to talk... by that time I was in Utah. She was very persistent but she was one of the nicest people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. She and these two other guys, one named Thomas and the other named Tim, sat there and got me to finally open up by just being themselves. They weren't afraid to act like smart asses or make fun of themselves which was a change for me. I used to be afraid of what people would think of me so I clam up and always go quiet, but once I saw that I started enjoying being myself again and I didn't care what people would say about me. it was sad when we parted ways in Kansas city, MO.

When I reached St. Louis, MO I thought it went back to normal because greyhound lost one of my bags. So I started clamming up again and kept that way until Columbus, OH. I found out when I got there my bus wasnt leaving out on its scheduled route until 2 days from then, so I started getting worse. I ended up sitting by myself for a while until this older guy named Steve came over and sat with me. He told me about his life and I realized my life sure in the hell wasn't half as bad as his had been. Everyone has problems in life and you have to see the good side of things instead of focusing on all the bad stuff.

When I was sitting there watching people coming and going though there was this one girl that kept her head down and kept crying and jumpin when people walked by. So I did something I don't normally do, I got up and went and started talking to her. At first she didn't want to talk then she just opened up and she reminded me of myself when i was younger. So I did the only thing I could think of and helped her. I helped her call her mom and got her some food and gave her some advice. She had a very bad experience on the bus with a guy so I comforted her. She had never been away from her family and was lost in a sense. I stayed with her until I made sure she was ok and Bill got there. I gave her some of my stuff before I left.

I don't usually do that but I figure everyone needs someone at one point of time in their life and I am glad I was the one that was there for her in her time of need. So my lesson was made all through my trip and it was the best experience of my life.