The Bad Seed

Demiro Ragil Syah
3 min readNov 4, 2022

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Image from: The New York Times

A baaaaaaaaaad seed.

Do you know how bad he is? He has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude. He’s been bad since he can remember! Ugh, such a bad seed.

Have you ever experienced the kind of thoughts where you think that everybody just always sees the bad version of you and often forgets the good things you did to them? That is what happened to the baaaad seed.

Well, he’s not exactly a 100% nice seed tho. But, people recognized him as he had a very bad thing to be remembered. He often gets angry with his friends, people never see him smile, he doesn’t really have a good attitude when helping others, and he is so judgmental about everything.

“People have more attention span the bad things that happened to them, especially when it is involving other people actions. Why? Because they are looking for someone to blame sometimes. Why? It is just like that.”

We all are the bad seed.

Something just happened with the life of the bad seed. He almost got swallowed by a big man, and he was at the edge of his end. Speaking about destiny, then the big man spits him out, and that is the moment when the bad seed realizes that he needs to change.

He looked in the mirror and said, “I know that I am not as good as how I looked before, but this is a miracle. This is a chance that I might never get again in the future. I SHOULD CHANGE”

We all are the bad seed.

We have that one or more turning points in life where we think it was the edge of our life, and we should change. Sometimes it is happened in the morning, at night, or in your dream, and suddenly you want to change yourself to be better.

Then, the bad seed changed himself. He is not 100% a good seed now, but he always tries his best not to give bad vibes to others. He smiles a lot, he takes care of himself and the people around him, he helps them, and he says sorry, thank you, and please. Well, not always, but sometimes. Because sometimes, we can do bad things, but we can also do good things.

We all are the bad seed.

  1. Try to remember what was the bad things you did in the past, as you might not realize that people remembered that.
  2. Find one turning points that have happened in your life, and you might miss it because you didn’t see it as something that big. But you can change your POV and make it bigger, as it might be your last chance.
  3. After that, look in the mirror and ask for a favor from your surrounding. “What can I improve from myself?”
  4. Try to change little by little, don’t be too burdened because of the progress but just enjoy the little victory you create by the changes made within yourself.
  5. Lastly, don’t forget to see something from others not only based on the bad things they did to others or to you. But also small kindness that they gave to you as well. By doing that, you can help them to improve.

We all are the bad seed, and that is okay. Life is about improving every day. People do bad and good things sometimes. — Demi

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Demiro Ragil Syah
Demiro Ragil Syah

Written by Demiro Ragil Syah

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