Hide everything or you won’t survive

September 21, 2007 at 5:49 pm (emotions, fears, life, opinion, social)

Today at school, I received a piece of paper titled, Ten Commandments of How to Get Along With People. Sounds like a good idea, but some of the commandments really bothered me. For example, number five says, “Be cheerful! Keep the corners of your mouth turned upward. Hide your pains, worries, and disappointments under a smile.”

In my opinion, this is not a way to live. Sure you shouldn’t unload all of your feelings onto someone when they only want to know how your day has been, but I don’t think you should be forced to hide your emotions. I think that this is part of what is wrong with society today. Teenagers and children seek rebellious ways in order let out there emotions because all of their lives they are expected to act a certain way or feel a certain way. I know that when I was younger I also thought it was wrong to show your emotions. The reason? My step dad would ground me if I cried over anything, so in response I became scared to cry in front of anyone. I was scared I would get in trouble. Now, I know emotions are a part of life. You shouldn’t be scared to reveal them. I’ve now come to the realization that emotions are actually really beautiful. So you shouldn’t be scared to show emotions, just don’t overdo it.

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So Much for the Afterglow…

September 9, 2007 at 5:19 pm (change, friends, life, opinion)

Why do people change?  I know it’s part of life to change, but what I mean is why do people change completely who they are?  From my experiences, people who normally hang out with me do nothing bad.  They don’t smoke, drink, or do drugs.  But all of those things change when we aren’t as close as we were.  They start hanging out with different people and begin doing things that they once said they would never do in their lives.  What they don’t understand is, that it kills me to see one of my best friends or ex-boyfriends going done the road to destruction.  It hurts.  Much more than they could ever understand.  Why change for the worst?  Why not change for the better?  I’ll never understand the need to change the way you are.  Especially when it involves doing things that you once vowed to yourself and to friends you would never do.

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Inspired by a friend

September 3, 2007 at 8:18 pm (broken hearts, friends, life, love, relationships)

I have this friend. He may be the saddest person I have ever met or ever will meet. He posts several blogs on myspace.com telling of how everyday that he lives, he wishes he were dead. His reason for wanting out of life? Love. Everyday he feels like he will never be loved or never have someone to love. This kid is only sixteen years old. He doesn’t even know what love is. I tell him time and time again, to give it time, someday you’ll find someone to love who will love you back the same way. Does he ever listen? No. So instead, we hear another story about how he wants to die and how he thinks no one will ever miss him. He has it so wrong though. He has no idea how much hurts me to hear him say these things. I just wish I knew what to do. I wish I knew how to fix his broken heart. But sadly, I cannot because I can hardly fix my own.

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