Rodríguez Bedoya Juan José, Make A Mistake To Learn, Forgive To Be Forgiven

MAKE A MISTAKE TO LEARN FORGIVE TO BE FORGIVEN

Written By Juan José Rodríguez Bedoya

It’s Monday at six am and I started the same routine as always. I woke up, to take a shower, eat breakfast, and finally take the bus to school. When I arrived at my school it also was the same as every day. My friends told me “Hi” and talked about the different things we did on the weekend, adventures, go to the casino, to alfredo’s house, experiences with girls and a lot more. But the real reason why I like to go to school is my girlfriend.

She was the main reason for almost everything in my life. I knew her from when she was just a little girl and since the first day, I knew that she would be my future girlfriend. Her name was Eugenia, she was beautiful, respectful humble, and the kind of person that always sees the good aspects of the people that are around her. We had lovely memories in different ways and that was one of the main aspects why we were in love after four long years and the purpose of loving her each day more was one of my main priorities, and the reason why I smiled, why I am a good person and the thing that makes me conscious of my acts and help me in my life. And the only reason that was alright in my short life and the only factor that made me like Dimsdale, my city. Little did I know that none of these emotions were reciprocal or so I thought.

One regular day she started to become different. Our beautiful relationship was now gray. She didn’t like to spend time with me and our conversations were pretty simple. I was asking myself what the hell did I do wrong? After some months the bond was getting cooler and cooler. Finally, one weekend we hangout and the first thing my girlfriend told me was that she wanted to be alone but not because of me or another guy between us but because of herself. But Deep inside I knew that Eugenia was talking with another person but as a gentleman, I didn’t say a word, I kept my angry feelings deep in my heart. I was hurt, because, the person that I

believe was the best in the world and that was almost perfect was not who I thought she was.

It was a dark time for me. The moment I realized that I was no longer in a relationship with her, I almost killed myself. Well, I didn’t die but the feelings of sadness and depression were always present. I cried for weeks and I just couldn’t adapt to be without a girlfriend (we were together for four years) so when I went out to party I didn’t enjoy as much as the other people did or as I did before being with Eugenia.

In addition to these, my relationship with my parents was in bad terms. They punished me for every possible reason and they gave me a lot of pressure on different decisions that I needed to make about my future like in what university I was going to study and that I needed to study, study and only study to have a great grade in the state exam.

That’s why since that tragic day my mission was to finish school and then assist in a college in another country or city. I was not enjoying being in the city and I believe that my friends were betraying me and talking about bad things behind my back.

Finally, the last day of school arrived and I enjoyed a little the last moments I was going to have with friends from fourteen years ago until now. I took a lot of beautiful moments but the only one I erased utterly from my memories was Eugenia. Nevertheless, I started the trip for my next adventure.

Karlovico the city that received me. Spectacular with a lot of culture and different traditions than the ones I had on Dimsdale. I was very excited, to begin with, this next chapter of my life and learned a lot of things. My new classmates were excellent my teacher’s pretty professionals and the most important thing I felt comfortable after a long long time. In university, I had a lot of adventures. One of them was my initiation to apply to a group of friends. I had to do a list of things,

some very difficult and other ones that were a little disgusting or that I didn’t like.

A few days later, I met a girl at the university and we started to talk. Her face was beautiful, her voice was different, her eyes were like the sea. My heart started to feel the same way as I once felt for Eugenia. I started to date with this beautiful girl. Her name was Naomi and by her side, I felt excellent like ever before. She met my parents and they liked her. Thanks to Naomi my relationship with my family was getting better and I started to believe again in my friends and the people around me. The only thing that didn’t let me sleep was a nightmare in which Eugenia retired from her scholarly activities because she had drug problems. But every morning when I woke up I chilled up and realized that it was just a dream.

After five long years, I finally graduated and started to work there in Karlovico. I had a good job and all my things and happiness were in there with me. My relationship with Naomi was better than ever and because of these, I decided that I wanted to have a baby as soon as possible.

Everything was alright until one day I received a call from Dimsdale. It was Roberta a very close friend of mine. She told me that she needed to talk to me about something very important and that it needed to be private. At first, I thought that something might have happened to her so I told her that I was going to take the next flight back to Dimsdale and meet her in person.

When I landed back at Dimsdale I had a lot of feelings. My last memories in the city were not the ones I expected but I still remembered the good thing and experiences that I lived a few years ago. I met Roberta and we went to drink coffee in a good place in the north of the city.

I was very glad to see Roberta after a long time and we spoke about different aspects of our lives. About her family

and mine and how she was doing at the local university. The hard time came when she finally told me why she needed to talk to me urgently. She told me that was that she was very scared because her good friend Eugenia had left the university and her house. After all, she was now a drug-addict. Roberta thought that I was the only person that could talk to her out of it and make her return to her life and clean her organism was me.

Those words saddened me a lot because they brought back a lot of memories I had with her and a lot of experiences that we had together for a long time. Also, I was shocked by the notice. Because although by surprise, these events were familiar, As I had seen it in my dreams before, and finally that nightmare became a real situation that affected me a lot. I didn’t know what to answer to Roberta because I already had a new life in Karlovico, I had family and I was so in love with a very girl that principally made me happier than ever. I told her that I needed a few weeks to decide what to do.

After thinking a lot of what I should do and also what was better for me and my life I realized that even if I was having a great time with my girlfriend, family and friends in general and there a person that needed my help, it made me feel bad and sad at the same time, So I finally decided to help her and return the happiness to her life. A few weeks later, I searched for Eugenia to talk and make her feel better, I contacted her friends, her family, and everyone else who tell me anything helpful that I may use to find her. Finally, I found her and brought her into rehabilitation to free her from the bondage of drug abuse and alcoholism.

I started to visit her when she was recovering and we remembered the adventures that we had when we were younger in high school and I was glad that she was regaining her smile and skin looked better now.

When she was finally fully recovered, I told her I was going to return to Karlovico to see my family and girlfriend. She told me that she thought, we were going to be together again. I told her that even if I love her a lot now I was focused on my family and my life but we could be good friends and she finally accepted and she thanked me a lot for everything I had done for her. After 2 years I called her and made her a proposal. I wanted her to be my son’s godmother. Eugenia loved the idea and until today she has been an excellent friend and the most importantly an excellent godmother.