“Now tell me, does a machine like you ever experience fear?” I’ve always thought that I had a very exciting childhood. I’ve done things that I would kill for to do again. Watching my favourite TV shows all day or being outside exploring with your friends, it’s these kinds of moments that help shape up a good childhood. My friends however, tell me stories from their childhood and all I can think is how I missed out on such pivotal moments. It made me realize my childhood was quite boring after all in comparison to theirs. All my friends in their childhood would either go go-karting or play laser tag at Laser Quest. It was fun from my perspective but also safe. I’ve always had fears (and still do) that I felt really held me back. I’ve always wondered what kind of person I could’ve became without fear. I would probably end up getting myself killed. There’s this one moment in my life where everything changed. The aftermath …show more content…
I think my parents threw it out. What also left with it was the reckless version of myself. I started being more cautious in everyday life. I remember going to some orchard with my grandma and there were ponies there for people to ride and take pictures with. She insisted I get on a pony for a picture and I was never so scared of my life. I already had a fear of horses and after cutting my head open my fear was even stronger. My grandma asked, “Do you want to sit on a pony and I’ll take a picture?” I respectfully declined as the look of these animals instilled fear into my head. But my grandma insisted that I get on one of them and even go for a ride. Even one of the workers here tried to convince me. “Come on, it will be fun!” the worker told me as my entire face was red really not wanting to come close to one of these ponies. After all this commotion, we came to a compromise and I decided then to just stand beside the pony and unfortunately I did not have a good time