Jesus says we should turn the other
cheek. He says if someone hurts us, we should not fight back. Even
if someone hurts us a lot of times, or steals our stuff, we should
only give them love and forgiveness. This is a problem, because the
kids that used to just yell insults once in a while, when I walked
past on my way to the bus stop, now are doing it every day. Then
they start throwing stones.
One day when I'm in Sixth Grade, I just
can't take any more of it. I go after the kid who was throwing the
stones, who's this little brat a couple years younger than me, named
Richie. I start hitting Richie. Then he starts hitting me back.
Then it's a real fight, and before I know it, I have Richie on the
ground and I am hitting him again and again.
“You can stop now,” says this other
kid from the neighborhood named Kevin. “You've won.”
I look down and he's right. Richie isn't fighting any more, he's just lying there crying. I turn around and walk the rest of the way to my bus stop, and it turns out the bus hasn't even come yet.
I look down and he's right. Richie isn't fighting any more, he's just lying there crying. I turn around and walk the rest of the way to my bus stop, and it turns out the bus hasn't even come yet.
