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2/10/09, 9:59 PM
(Thanks JK for showing me this.)
I was just about to go to bed, when a thought came into my head.. How can someone feel like the whole world is crashing on their shoulders, when to the person next to you, it's hitting them 7X harder? We all kind of focus on us, think that it's all bad for us, believe that it's only us. Fact is we are selfish, even if you do so much for others, when times get rough, it's always bad for 'you'. It's crazy how being in such a community where standards are high, you always feel you have to impress others. We can't lie, we've all done it. Either it's a personal choice (because yeah, you love Basketball, so copping Jordan's just feels right, it's the style, it's the look you like.) or it's a choice thats thrown at us (Oh shoot, I just copped those Air Maxes to impress her.. and him.. and them, and man, maybe these look allllllright? I don't know. The price tag was big so it's worth it.). Get where I'm going?Anyway, I met this dude back in October, we've been friends up to today, through our friendship I've learned a lot about him. He comes from such a rough background, his household is always bubbling with trouble. It's not his fault. He make's bad choices to run away from all his mistakes, but indeed, he's only getting himself into a lot more trouble. He runs to me, to talk to me about his problems. I'm admitting, I've been pretty heartless, and cold, and always tell him to buck up, and change his ways. No advice given. Today, I realized it's not his fault. It really isn't. Here's my side, when my parent's got divorced, it made a huge tole in my life. I was depressed, never happy with anything I did, I blamed myself for a lot of things. Last semester I was failing five classes, I couldn't stand being at home, I couldn't study, I couldn't focus. Art was an escape for me. Being outside of my house was a get away. When I got on restriction two months ago, it all crashed on me. Knowing I'd be stuck in a home I couldn't stand. The atmosphere was always so tense. These past two months have shown me that if I stopped looking at everything so negatively, and opened my eyes to bigger things, I could've just focused on one thing. Back to my friend, he screwed up big time, he was on the verge to not graduating. He explained to me that it was his house that kept him away from doing his work. That's where I saw how our stories are so alike in such a different way. Once you truly connect with someone about how things really feel, then it's ok. I don't know if you guys see my point in this, but, looking at the person next to you, you would never know what their going through, why they might act a certain way (trying to fit in, anger, shy, quiet). I think the moment we all start getting along and being curtious (sp?!?) to others different from us, is when we'll truly find something a whole lot deeper within ourselves. Labels: Random
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Food for thought
2/10/09, 9:59 PM
(Thanks JK for showing me this.)
I was just about to go to bed, when a thought came into my head.. How can someone feel like the whole world is crashing on their shoulders, when to the person next to you, it's hitting them 7X harder? We all kind of focus on us, think that it's all bad for us, believe that it's only us. Fact is we are selfish, even if you do so much for others, when times get rough, it's always bad for 'you'. It's crazy how being in such a community where standards are high, you always feel you have to impress others. We can't lie, we've all done it. Either it's a personal choice (because yeah, you love Basketball, so copping Jordan's just feels right, it's the style, it's the look you like.) or it's a choice thats thrown at us (Oh shoot, I just copped those Air Maxes to impress her.. and him.. and them, and man, maybe these look allllllright? I don't know. The price tag was big so it's worth it.). Get where I'm going?Anyway, I met this dude back in October, we've been friends up to today, through our friendship I've learned a lot about him. He comes from such a rough background, his household is always bubbling with trouble. It's not his fault. He make's bad choices to run away from all his mistakes, but indeed, he's only getting himself into a lot more trouble. He runs to me, to talk to me about his problems. I'm admitting, I've been pretty heartless, and cold, and always tell him to buck up, and change his ways. No advice given. Today, I realized it's not his fault. It really isn't. Here's my side, when my parent's got divorced, it made a huge tole in my life. I was depressed, never happy with anything I did, I blamed myself for a lot of things. Last semester I was failing five classes, I couldn't stand being at home, I couldn't study, I couldn't focus. Art was an escape for me. Being outside of my house was a get away. When I got on restriction two months ago, it all crashed on me. Knowing I'd be stuck in a home I couldn't stand. The atmosphere was always so tense. These past two months have shown me that if I stopped looking at everything so negatively, and opened my eyes to bigger things, I could've just focused on one thing. Back to my friend, he screwed up big time, he was on the verge to not graduating. He explained to me that it was his house that kept him away from doing his work. That's where I saw how our stories are so alike in such a different way. Once you truly connect with someone about how things really feel, then it's ok. I don't know if you guys see my point in this, but, looking at the person next to you, you would never know what their going through, why they might act a certain way (trying to fit in, anger, shy, quiet). I think the moment we all start getting along and being curtious (sp?!?) to others different from us, is when we'll truly find something a whole lot deeper within ourselves. Labels: Random
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