One time…

Write about a time when you didn’t take action but wish you had. What would you do differently?

When I was a kid, about 7 or 8 my friend and I were at the grocery store with my mom and she wanted me to take a candy bar. I didn’t want to because I didn’t want to get in trouble but when she put a bag of m’n’ms in my pocket just before we were in front of the store clerk I got too scared to take it out of my pocket and tell him that I had the m’n’ms because ironically enough, I didn’t want him to think I was trying to steal anything (ah kid logic).

One think I wish is that I would have told the clerk right then and there that I had the candy. I may have gotten kicked out of the store or something, but whatever punishment I got wouldn’t have been as bad as I was afraid it would have been. I also would have kept my integrity in that moment and would have been able to hold my head high knowing I did the right thing and didn’t cave to peer pressure.