“Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II” by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Kimberly Kirberger. Pages 36-63.

Summery:

One day, Mike Sanders’s girlfriend, Angie, told him “I do care about you, Mike, and I hope we can still be friends.” Angie and Mike had been going together since they were freshmen. They were a couple for three years. The thought of returning to those surroundings without Angie made him feel – empty. Only football practice could stop thinking anything about that. However, he did worse than before. So his football Coach wanted to talk to him. Mike told Coach that he broke up with his girlfriend and he felt so upset. He said he gave her all he had but what did it get him? And then Coach gave him some paper and a pen. Coach said “That is a really good question. What did it get you? OK. I want you to think about the time you spent with this girl, and list as many experiences, good and bad, that you can remember. Then I want you to write down the things that you learned from each other, I will be back in an hour.” With that, the coach left Mike by himself. Mike recalled everything about Angie and him. Line by line, he wrote of the experience they shared, and he realized how she had helped shape his life. He would have become a different person without her. When the coach returned, Mike was gone. He had left a note on the desk that simply read:

Coach,
Thanks for the lesson. I guess it’s true what they say about having loved and lost, after all. See you at the practice.


Opinion:

It is a really good story so I would like to share with you guys. From the story, I learned a lot. First, if you broke up with your girlfriend or boyfriend, don’t think who was wrong or who was right. That is not necessary to know. What you should know is, you should say thankyou to him/hers because you would have become a different person without him/hers. Secondly, if you broke up with your girlfriend or boyfriend, don’t think that you are alone. Everyone around you also wants to help you. Just open yourself and welcome them. Finally, if you feel so upset because of her/him, do as much as exercises you can. Or find something to do that can help you to stop thinking. Good luck!