So to start this off this is going to be dedicated to a person who doesn’t exactly have dedications right now. Ms. Taylor Penshorn. Hey thanks for helping me realize what I wasn’t seeing. It really helped change the outlook on a couple things. I don’t know what you said but you triggered something.
Alright people. I’m going to tell you what I want you to know in the beginning of my paper rather than the last like normal. But you should still read the entire thing.
Life Is. There that’s what I want you guys to know. Life Is. Life is consisted of a lot of things. Life is unexplained on so many levels that it’s not even fathomable. It is so complex and consists of so many events, memories, feelings, wants, needs, thoughts, actions and obstacles that if you had them all at once you would feel so many things at once you would lose your mind. That’s why life is summed up so easy. Life Is. Life is what you make it people. Don’t keep blaming the hood, don’t keep blaming your dead end job, don’t keep blaming your ‘rents, don’t keep blaming God, don’t keep blaming anyone but yourself. You make and shape your life. Others can influence you, they can shape you a little but ultimately you are the one that makes the most of it. You are the only one that can feel what you are feeling. You are the only one that knows what you are thinking. You are the only one who controls your life. Sure there are rules set in place for you but are those really things that control you. You can always break the rules.
Life Is. Unexplained. But you can try to explain it as much as you want but you quickly realize what you think is a good way to describe it is thrown off by some event in your life. Although everyone knows something about life. Like I know that it’s not supposed to be wasted by chasing things that aren’t important. I know that I want to make the most of my life. Making the most of it meaning that I make it as good as possible. Spending as little time feeling bad and spend the most I can feeling really good. Alright guys I don’t know the original person who said this but in the movie “Kung Fu Panda” the master says this: “Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, But today is a gift, That’s why it’s called the Present.” I think that explains life as good as any one sentence can.
You can’t change or do anything about the stuff that happened yesterday. It’s basically set it stone. You never know what tomorrow is going to bring. Happiness? Sadness? Job offering? Death threats? New friendships? Heartbreak? A fight? You simply don’t know. It could throw anything your way. You just have to be ready. Every single day is a gift. Even if terrible stuff happens know that it wasn’t in vain. God was doing something in your life for your future. If you can point out the gift in every day and then thank Him, then your life will hardly ever feel really bad.
I write because I think a lot. I like to know everything I can about everything. When I don’t know something that I want to know then I usually try to find the answer. I’ll never know the answer to life and that’s why I write about it. I write on it because we all have it. We all have different outlooks on it. We all have different stories. We all have different memories and we all have different thoughts. That’s life. We are all unique but at the same time some of the things we have are the same. Some stories are scarily similar. Sometimes we think the same stuff. So we can help each other through things. Which is exactly what Taylor did. She helped me when no one else stepped to the plate to talk to me. To see what’s up. Why I feel like I feel. And I appreciate it. So what if we all stepped to the plate and made the world a simple and better place. Why are we as a society growing father apart from everyone else. How come we don’t want to talk to the stranger who might need a simple conversation. How come we don’t pull over to help the person with the broken down Mercedes. Is it because you think he has money and you don’t have enough? How come we don’t look for things to do to help people? I don’t know the answer but I do know that we should. I do know that we should be helping people in everyway possible.
Alright instead of telling you all my rants and raves there is something else I want to hit on. The things that make life Life. Ok? There are a few things that I have noticed make life worth living. That have the biggest impact upon a persons life. Firstly and probably the biggest is love. The four-lettered word that seals the fate of many. Good or bad. Love is an emotion that is easily capable of throwing your life in a upward OR downward spiral. Love is something that people feel but can’t accurately explain. Because that’s how it was designed by Him. Love is supposed to be something special between two people. Not something said just to say it. I encourage all of you to only say it if you mean it. And if you say it, don’t ever regret saying it. Don’t ever forget what you felt when you said it. Don’t ever forget why you said it. Alright so the second thing that I see effecting lives today is conformation. Everyone is wanting to fit it and conform to what society says is good or will make you better. People I tell you that you should be an individual who doesn’t conform. You don’t have to dress like the movie stars, buy the trash talking CD’s, do drugs, skip classes, or do everything everyone else tells you that you should do. It’s your life so live it like YOU want to. Something that I have been noticing a lot lately is that people are really insecure and far from courageous and/or confident. I have been seeing a lot of teens putting other teens names in their mouth. Talking bad about them, when the truth is they know nothing about them. I’m telling you about me. I’m the talk of the town where I walk around. I hear my name everywhere. Why? Because I’m different. Because I treat people like they should be. Because I don’t sag my pants pretending what I’m not. Because I get good grades to secure a good future. Because I’m successful and going to make my dreams come true? Guys when you see this going on. Just know you are doing something right. You should know that you aren’t conforming and others are noticing. Alright peeps, the third thing that I have noticed that effects life in a huge way is emotions. Have you noticed that what you are feeling on the inside and thinking on the inside can make your world seem so much different? I have. Recently I became oober angry at the world. And basically I saw the world as a stupid place that hated me as a person. And really 6.7 billion people don’t even know it. Stupid huh? And when I feel sad I feel like the world should be sad too. It’s dumb things like this that can effect you and everyone around you. So why wouldn’t you want to be as happy and clear thinking as you can all the time? You would want it all the time right? Well it starts now. Don’t let the weight of the world hold you down. You should be at the top of the world. Recently I started listening to a song called on top of the world. And I couldn’t stop listening to it. It is pretty much exactly what I’m trying to get across. Basically it talks about going from the bottom to the top and staying there. On Top of The World. Sounds great doesn’t it? Lets all go stand up there. All 6.7 billion people.
Life Is. Amazing. Summed up not by what we saw, what we felt and what we want. It’s summed up with the actions we take. Because it is what will define you through your ENTIRE life. We all flirt the tiniest notion, of self-conclusion in one simplified motion. It starts now with change. Together the world we have to take notice. Do it. Comment.
Pray for peace in the middle east, provide food to the hungry, give what you have and receive what you don’t, help to be helped, love to the loveless, be faithful to the faithless, show hope to the hopless for blessed will you be. Revolutions you’ll start. ~ Jay Parker
I love all the readers who actually read my posts. I thank all my friends and fam for inspiration. I love comments. A special thanks to you Tay. Don’t know what you said. But it was the right time.
Start living. Right now. Because Life Is.
