You can't fake an image of yourself, & be happy with it. No matter how the people around you see you , you'll never appreciate who you are until you give the people around you a chnace to appreciate that person too.
Be commited to who you truly are. Images are harder to change then you'd think.
There are very few people who appreciate you for being exactly who you are & completely being honest about how you see things. It's hard, & it's disappointing. But it's worth it for the feeling you get when you meet those select people who think the best things about you are the things no one would ever value.
"You have to learn that your body is the only thing you will have your entire life, and if you fuck it up.. you don't get another."
[I reached out to someone who i thought understood a problem enough to give me a solution. I'd love to do exactly what she told me to, because out of all the advice I'd been given, it was the most honest & useful. It's hard, but I'm trying.]
Whenever adults say that they are to make the choices in your life for you because you're not yet old enough to understand, they're right. We don't understand everything, we're still learning so, so much. But we need to make our own choices, make are own mistakes, so we can learn those lessons. It's just the way it's supposed to be.
Be nice to your parents, & honest. They love you. Yes, they can be mean. & completely messed up. They can be selfish, & they can hurt you. But imagine if you had someone in your life who you raised, & dedicated a part of your life to. The least you can do is show that you love them back, no matter what you've gone through.
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
-The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobosky
You have to define right vs. wrong for yourself. You have to set limits for yourself, but ones you believe in. It doesn't matter if the people around you think what you are doing is "wrong" as long it feels right to you.
Love is real. I don't care what anyone says. Romanticly or not, there are just people you can't help but be in awe over the fact that you get the privledge of even knowing them.
So many people are more focused on doing things to send a message, then doing it because they think it's right, or because it's the way they really feel. It's pathetic, & fake. & it really doesn't make you feel better about yourself.
[Inspired by a good talk I had today.]
Being kind, understanding & forgiving to someone is the best way to make an impact in someone's life. Everyone needs someone like that.
Another overrstated piece of advice, but what other people think really doesn't matter, as long you're happy. The people worth being in your life will stand by you, know matter what.
Do your best to appreciate everything. Your life is so much more worthwhile when you see beauty in everything.
Sometimes you like the idea of someone, more then the person themselves.
Don't waste yourself. I don't mean in the case of school, or work, I mean in general. So many people have an unlimited amount of unique traits, yet they hide them, or don't use them. Embrace it.
You never sop learning.
About Me
- Alex
- "Do you remember the night I told you I've never seen anything more perfect then snow/ falling in the glow of a streetlight/ electricity bowing to nature/ mind bowing to heartbeat/ this is gonna hurt/ bowing to I love you/ I still love you/ like moons love the planets they circle around/like children love recess bells/ I hear the sound of you I think of playgrounds/ where outcasts who stutter beneath braces & bruises & acne/ are finally learning that their handsome rich bullies are never going to grow up to be happy/ I think of happy when I think of you/ so wherever you are, I hope you're happy/ I really do."