John Henderson:
CLASS OF 2006
Century High SchoolClass of 2006
Windsor, ON
John's Story
Would like to say I'm the same old me but that's not the case. Lol I have learned more about life out of highschool then I did while in high school. I have learned to be more respectful of time and how to use it more productivity then I ever have before. The importance of time is very important as we only have limited time here to spend with our loved ones. I went from spending all my time chasing money. Moving out west to have stuck gold but how good is that when your so far away from the people you loved. During that time over a decade spent away from my family and have created a family of my own. Trey Tristan and Tamia Henderson is where my heart beats. But what built my heart before them I left behind in search of finding out what being a man means and. Let me tell ya I was so wrong. Life's not about how much money you have or how big of a buisness you have built. It's not about the presents and the gifts you sent home to your loved ones while you were out chasing something you thought was important to have. "Money" let me tell u I was the most miserable person with more than one bank account full of money. Let me tell you why. Now I was gone for many years over a decade. Only seeing my family once during that time and rarly talking to my parents and siblings back home. Spending Christmas with my wife and later on with our first son if I wasnt out chasing the money. See I lived a busy life trying to find the person I wanted to be. But the person I became wasn't what I wanted. I was miserable ya we had more than everything we ever wanted.. but I sure as hell never used it. I enjoyed knowing my wife and son were living it but we're they really?? How would I know I was only there to lay my head at night when I was lucky. Anyways it wasn't til I got a call when my mother told me she had cancer and it was in her brain and bones when I realized the importance of time and where I should of been this while time. See to me it was never about the money or having the expensive things. Ya I was miserable but I didn't see why untill that phone call. I was devastated everything I did was to hear my mom say she was proud of me and now that thought of her being gone it.... Makes you grow up fast and understand all this crap about money and ranking who you are upone a dollar value isn't what makes us men a man. It's quite opposite of that , atleast for me I mean what's the point of having a crap ton of money when you can't spend it with the ppl you love. How good is a father that can throw money at any situation except the fact that he's never around to see his kids first foot steps or witness their first words. Or even misses a birthday. Those are things and memories money can't buy. Just like the missed time with my mother. I'm ashamed I missed over 10 years of her life. I mean I made her proud. But I know I could of found a way to do that and not sacrificed them 12 years...Expand for more
I spent away from her. That's 12 years of missed memories I now have to live with. So the point of all this. Time is all we have but it is limited. My mother always had a good way to teach me lessons. Life will happen with or without you so put your self in a place where u want to be. Some of you may be like me and want to be with family some may not and some of you may want to live our on some island but. Whatever you do just follow your heart. Time is all we have and we'll unfortunately it's limited and the older we get the faster that clock ticks so. Use every second wisely cuz you never know when it's cgonna be your last secound.
That's all .. I hope everyone is where they planned to be in this prime of your life. Just know I'm back home with my family spending and absorbing as much time with them untill they go off and learn life for themselves and I'm hoping that this city will have something to offer my offspring when that time comes cuz I hope they don't ever move away from me. So all in all whereever you guys are in life just make sure your your own definition of becoming a man or woman. Stay true to yourself and what your core values are. Always see your mistakes so you can learn from them and keep growing as an individual. Everybody has their own version of what it takes to be a man or a woman. But a smart person will tell ya that there is no right or wrong way to be that man or woman. Well unless your just some type of murderer but even then. See like my mother drilled into my head and I am doing the same to my kids. My mom's quote is my life and it's so simple. It goes " every man will make mistakes. It's not the mistake that defines the man. But what that man does after that mistake is what defines him"
No statement can be more true than this I mean. Y'all know I'm a man full of mistakes hell I make mistakes everyday. But I guess up to them mistakes I will take every one proudly and wear it on my sleave. And with showing my mistakes like that. Just shows that I have learned from them because I noticed them and that's all we can do right??? Shoot I was full of them in high school each and everyone of you know that. But that's life and the day you stop noticing your own mistakes. Is the day you just stopped learning and I will promise y'all like I promised my mom before she took her last breath. I'ma learn till the day I take my last breath cuz to me that's where my time is best spent that's where I find my self value as a man. It's not about money cars and cloths like I thought in high school. Life has way more to offer than the material things.
I'ma stop blabbing now class of 2005 and 2006:I miss y'all hope life's treating you well or should I say your treating it well lol just hope y'all are still learning way behind high school. Stay positive even in the dimist of light. Just remember the older you get the faster that clock ticks.. tick tick
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