Mandala Essay

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Miranda

Period 8

Fire is a very unpredictable thing. Some people know fire as comforting from candles to fireplaces, maybe even bon fires. Other people however know fires as destructive and damaging from forest fires and burns. In many ways my personality is just like that of a fire. There’s a very calm and comforting side of me. Whenever any of my friends are feeling down or depressed I’m always there to comfort them. For example my friend, we will call her Sam, got dumped by her boyfriend. Sam called me at 6:00 am. Of course I answered my phone as I always do. She told me that she was out walking around thinking about things. So I got up at 6:00 am and went to find her. Once I found her we went to my house and I made breakfast and we just sat and talked about everything all day. Eventually she calmed down and we actually ended up having a really good day. Not all sides of me are nice and comforting though, like a fire, I can get angry very fast. For example, before my door had a lock on it my brothers would go in there all the time. One day I came home and noticed my bedroom door was open so I went in my room and my two little brothers had red nail polish all over everything! It was all over my white carpet and my newly painted walls. I can’t even explain how mad I was. They learned eventually not to go in there anymore after I got mad so many times.