My Favorite Mistake

My friend and I were walking down the street, we had skipped school that day and were on our way to go kick it with our friends, next thing I know our school cop comes driving down the neighborhood. That was the day it all started. 

I've been in the system now for three years, and honestly it is one of my most well learned mistakes. In some ways I am grateful that i got caught, and the reason for that  is I wouldn't know half the things I know now, and I definitely wouldn't have figured out who I am. However,  there are still times when I wish I would have never got caught because I would have my freedom. I wouldn't have to deal with knowing that there is always someone watching, and if I do anything wrong they are right there to judge me.

I feel like I am the type of person that doesn't learn from one mistake, I have to keep on making mistakes and get in worse trouble before I actually decide to listen and change the things I'm doing. Even then, sometimes I really just didn't care. That is the reason I have been in the system for so long. I liked the way I was, I liked how I was living and there was no way someone was going to tell me how to live my life. So I rebelled, kept on doing what knew and what I was comfortable with. 

The last time I got in trouble, that was my favorite mistake. It opened up my eyes and I saw the damage I was really doing, not just to myself, but to my family also. At that time in my life, I knew something had to change. I was so done doing the stupid things I was doing and living the way I was. It got boring and I was getting no where.