Realization Narrative Draft Emotions. Those things that everybody experiences in every waking moment of life. The twist and turn of life bears the emotions associated with the situation. As a young child I didn’t want to show these feelings to the world. I would’ve rather kept them bottled up inside me and not let anyone penetrate my vonuralble skin to see inside my thoughts and heart. In particular, affection towards other was very arduous to exhibit to others. This is largely because I always admired the tough guys of the world and, as I saw it, they would never express their feelings especially if it was something that would contradict their “macho man” mentality. I always envisioned masculinity as a stoic, nonemotional figure and as a kid I desired to emulate their robust persona. As I look back on my nonsensical idea today, I realize how foolish my definition of masculinity was and how it lead me to hurt those I love most in my life. My elementary years were filled with ill-advised concepts of the world. Included, in these feebleminded thought, was the notion that I needed to distance myself from my parents to seem “cool”. As a young child, I recall either my father or mother driving me to school in the morning and I would refuse to thank them or say goodbye. They would have to force me to say …show more content…
My grandfather is normally a stoic and reserved man but even he began to tell me emotional stories of his mother during the commercial break. His stories resonated with me and recall him finishing his story telling by telling me to “always appreciate the love your parents have for you”. I sat in silence pondering all the times I didn’t appreciate their acts of kindness and at once felt guilty and selfish. After that moment of internally reflecting on my misconceptions, I never hid my affection