Sometimes young people believe they are immortal. They believe that life is long and that nothing bad will happen to them. Teenagers think that, since they are full of life, death will never come for them and that they don't have to worry about anything because they are young. I used to believe that, but I was very wrong.
             I used to believe that I had my whole life ahead of me and that I wouldn't die so young. I knew I wasn't going to die anytime soon because I still had to accomplish many goals and dreams. For me life was not a gift, it was something that was given to me by obligation and I never really appreciated it. Teenagers usually believe that old people are the ones that die and that they are the only ones that get sick. They believe, as I once did, that we won't die until we are at least fifty years old.
             I loved to get in my car and drive at great speed just for fun and be the first to get to different places. I used to go out with my friends not worrying about going home alone very late at night. I wasn't afraid to get in an accident or get killed because I believed I was too young to die. I thought bad things would not happen to me since I was just seventeen. I assumed I was exempt of many bad things, including death, because I was just starting my life. I had a bright future to look up to and nothing would get in the way of that.
             One day I received horrible news that changed my views on life completely; it was about a good friend of mine. I had this friend named Lefty who was only twenty-two years old. He was a really nice guy and was full of life. He was studying music and he played the piano in my church. He also played many other instruments and had even performed with well known Christian artists. I believed he had a great career ahead of him and I thought he would achieve all his goals. He lived in a public housing facility and people sometimes misjudged
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