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I was entering my senior year of high school and I had nothing but the highest of expectations. Coming out of my junior year was a little rough because it was not my year academically or socially. So for my senior year, I vowed that I would study hard and create friendships that I knew would last a lifetime. Being a volleyball player, I started my senior year earlier because of all the workouts, practices, scrimmages, and camps. There were five seniors on the team, including me. We are all practically best friends and hung out all the time. There was one girl who I specifically close with named Natalie and we have been friends since we were in the third grade. I honestly thought that Natalie and I were going to be great friends for our entire …show more content…

This is a retreat that really changes your outlook on life where you really earn respect for your peers. This retreat also helps one not to be so quick to judge people based on appearances or things that they have heard. Everyone that attends this retreat enjoys it that they recommend that everyone should receive the experience. When you attend the retreat, you are not allowed to have any electronic devises. So, you cannot talk to anyone who is not at the retreat or know what is going on outside of the `retreat. Some people may think that this is hard but in all honesty, it was one of the easiest things that I have ever done. You are so engaged in talking to your peers and learning different things about their lives you’ve never known before that you do not even miss anything else that is going on. One part of the retreat we received letters from our friends and family and they were showing us that we were loved. I did not receive one from Natalie and I was a little taken …show more content…

I was happy that I was finally letting her go because I was fed up with being treated as though I was not important enough for her. After a while of this going on I thought that it would be right of me to text Natalie and tell her exactly why I was keeping my distance. I explained how I felt ever since third grade when we became friends up till high school. She never replied to my message which I was really taken back by. I really thought that she would be understanding of my feelings but I was wrong. I guess I did the right thing by letting her go. This whole experience really showed me what a true friend was and how I need to let someone go based on how they treat me as a

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