Roshika Rai, Staff Writer

November 28, 2024 

Everyone’s been embarrassed at some point in their lives. Whether it's when you walked into class late and everyone turned to look at you or if you spilled food on your clothes at lunch and everyone saw, we have all felt it. Embarrassment is one of the most nauseating and gut-wrenching feelings. The one that is constantly in control of your choices and body. It is the thing that holds you back.

 

Have you ever though of how many opportunities you have missed because of embarrassment? How many things you would have accomplished if you had just done it? How many happy moments never came to pass because you were scared of, or were embarrassed? 

 

Alice Kemper says, “Embarrassment lasts a moment, regret lasts a life time.” I love that statement because of how honest it is.

 

Because maybe you didn't wear some clothes or some shoes because they were old or ugly. But you know what? Who cares! No one is going to remember what you wore to school. No one is going to care if your hair was messy, because everyone is too busy worrying about what other people think of them. So much so that they aren’t paying attention to you. And that by far is one of the most important things I have learnt.

 

So live life to the fullest. Join that play or musical, even if you are scared to try and scared of embarrassing yourself. Go out for that sport, even if you will embarrass yourself. Because when you are older you will regret how you never went out for that sport, club or an opportunity that was given to you because you were too embarrassed to. And speak the opinions and the views you have even if no one else agrees with it or even if they laugh at you, because you will know in your heart that at least you didn’t let yourself down.

 

And that is the most important thing in life. Living for you! Doing the things you love because you love it! Not caring what others think because your opinion, you thoughts, and your feelings should be the things that matter to you the most!

 

So break through those chain of embarrassment that hold you back from living your life to the fullest! Because we only have one, so don’t waste it on the things you don’t want to live for, don't waste your life on embarrassment.