It wasn't until recently (two summer ago) that I found purpose in my life. On July 12th 2014 I lost one of my best friends to a totally freak accident and I had no idea what to do with myself. Before then I had never lost anything as meaningful as someone like Mason. In the hospital, after i knew he was gone, I vividly remember looking out of the window and looking out at all the houses, the trees, and people and saying to myself, "he will never get to experience this again" and immediately breaking down into tears. The thought of Mason never being able to go to college or find a real girlfriend or have a child or become a happy and successful adult shook me up more than anything else except for his death itself. So, from that moment on I have made it my purpose, to live my life to the absolute fullest in honor of my late friend. I used to take life for granted, I used to think I was invincible and nothing could ever just end like it ended for Mason. Now I am beyond appreciative for the life I have and for everything and everyone in it. In the last one-and-a-half years I have had a better relationship with my parents, my friends, and I've even been putting in more effort and time into my schoolwork and extracurriculars. The way I see it, Mason was a good kid who had a lot going for him and a lot to look forward to and it would be unfair for me not to live my life to the fullest. So I guess what I'm trying to say is I want to live a life that Mason would be proud to live, and I want to experience the things that he doesn't have the chance to experience. It's unfortunate that it took death for me to find true life, but I'm glad I was able to pull something positive out of such a horrible situation. I feel like I owe it to him to make the best out of the life that I am so privileged to have, because the truth is, you never really know when things might come to a screeching halt. So, what is is the purpose of my life? Well, to put it in the words of rapper Felly, "when they ask me who I do it for, I do it for my Boy. Simple as it gets live life and enjoy".
