HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

don't waste the good times, enjoy them, remember them. happy holidays.

Obstacles

Obstacles come in many forms. physical, emotional etc. But with these obstacles most of us fail to remember that obstacles are given their name because there not meant to stop us but simply test us. Test our ablitly to recover from a loss, jump the highest hurtler and do anything else for that matter. But when most of us encounter even the smallest obstacle we feel doomed. We need to remember what a obstacle really is, a test. And we should never fail that test, because in realitly...every test can be Aced....if you try hard enough. So in the end...many obstacles may come your way...but don't let them stop you.

What is Seen...Isn't All Thats There.

We understand life as many things.....many things we simply don't understand. Most of us feel like were different from others in some way...don't think I don't know, I know that everyone feels they take in the weight of the world more than everyone else. But in reality, the weight of the world is divided. Though most of us living here in America might not be stuggling in physical needs as much as someone in Africa, that teenager in Africa might have to fight to feed his family, but they feel compasion and appriation in his/her family. And thats enough to get them though it all. Here, a teen could have everything they ever wanted, but their neglected. And being neglected is emtionally challenging, just as challenging as fighting for your family to have a good meal. This example works in many ways...love, friendship etc. Universal ideas that everyone around the world understands...as you can see, what was realesed in Pandoras box is evenly distributed all around the world...in one way or another, where you see one thing.......there is always another.

Work getting in the way of life?

Have you ever felt your life was surrounded by work and nothing else, the truth is...dont let work get in the way of your life...cause at the end of the day, its just work and living your life is more important. So if you have a paper to write so your about to tell your friends you can't go to the movies..DONT, go to the movies and have a good time. Even if you have to stay up all night writing the paper, the awesomeness of hanging with your friends will get you through it. Another reason is on Monday when people ask you what you did over the weekend do you want to say that you blew off your friends to write a paper or do you want to tell them something awesome that happend when you were hanging out and that you were strong enough to still write the paper. When you look back on your life, you dont want to be the person with no expierences because you spent too much time worrying about work. You want to be the person that did all the fun stuff as well as getting all your work done. Dont stress, just live.

Are we all intelligent?

The way modern society judges intelligence is only directed to one group of people, thats the people able to read and memorize a lot of crap. Im not saying that people who have high test scores are all fake, some are ligitametly intelligent, but there is a good number of people including myself that have a slight ablitity to memorize a lot of words, but most of them don't know what they mean or how to apply them. We forget about those people who have appitudes that are never tested on because no one cares, they will walk into the SAT's and get a low score but will be able to fix a car in a matter of minutes and know exactly what was wrong with it. The people who have the ablity to paint a picture that touches the hearts of so many but hey, there written off because on paper they don't look smart. They have unique ablities not regonized by many, no one that could help them be succussful in life. I based who I am off my ability to stlyle clothes, but of course..i have to study to get my test scores up so I can take the SAT's and get into a good college, but only the people in my life that bothered to regonized my unique ablity are the ones who appricate it. Though it would be hard to change the way the system works, i bet we could if we simply had more people regonizing the appitudes of others. But before we do that, take time to regonize a skill of someone around you that may be one of those people written off...they will appricate it.

Siblings

I know you have heard this a thousand times but though you can't stand your siblings sometimes, there the only people that are always gonna be on your side. My parents are rather strict people, my sister and I are forbidden to date, or do anything else for that matter. I wanted to go to a friend of mines pool party, this friend happened to be a guy. I figured I could simply tell them it was a friend and not tell them anything else, once my mother asked who's party it was i was toast. I told her and then she band me from going. My sister, the person who gets on my nerves sometimes and makes fun of me occasionally pulled through for me convincing my mother that I was a good kid and would never disobey her. How she did it i will never know, but I had a great time at that party, it was all because of her. The moral of the story is to never make your siblings your enemies......you'll regret it one day.

Boyfriends, Girlfriends......whats the point?

Everyone wants to be in a relationship, but its not necessary, in fact at a young age it will probably do worse than good. Relationships are a ridiculous amount of unnecessary work. Always having to make sure you look good, sound cool, stay fresh so the other person doesn't brake up with you. I understand if you want to find a soul mate. But if your just stringing someone along to have fun, well.....thats just plain stupid. The best things in life aren't that you get to make out with your girlfriend on a Friday night, but laugh at a silly movie with your family. Relationships are important, on some level but overall your better off without them because in the end......whats the point?

Global Warming

People of the world, its time that we out aside our own problems to help the Earth. I know that countries are at war and have hundreds of other problems, but at the end of the day were people. We are all people of the world. Global warming is on the rise, and its time we start preventing it. If we allow it to continue then not only will we being killing ourselves, but everything around us. Global warming will cause massive waves that will put new york under water and hurricanes that will destroy entire islands. We can all help by changing simple things in our daily lives, turn off the lights when you leave a room, don't leave the sink on when your brushing,buy energy efficient EVERYTHING. We the people can stop something as big as global warming, if we can change the small things.

Trying to Please Everyone?

Everyone once in a while i have a lot going on, trying to please everyone around me is a difficult task. My friends want me to hang out, my cousin wants me to see his baseball game, my sister wants to go shopping, my mom wants me to clean, my dad wants me to spend more time with him, my coach wants me to be more dedicated, my teacher wants me to work harder etc. etc. Its not like this all the time.....but most of the time. Sometimes the people in our lives forget about how crazy our lives get. I know mine do. If you are stuck in this situation simply prioritize, working on your school work is more important than hanging out with your friends. If you think that your friends will be angry with you for blowing them off to study. then there not very good friends. If you are picking between your family and friends......pick your family. Cause they are the people that going to stand by you your whole life. Friends come and go. But your family.....is your family. And if your picking between one family event and another, decide which one you would rather go to, which family member you haven't seen in a while. Lastly, between sports and school, its seems like a difficult choice, it entirely depends on your situation. But typically you should pick school. Because getting an education is forever, mastering a double back handspring is only temporary. In retrospect, you need to prioritize your busy life. Not try and handle it all.

The World Won't Stop

Have you felt the world simply won't stop. Your stuck when everyone else is moving. This sounds depressing. But i think everyone go's through it. I sure as hell go through it, sometimes i wish the world would just stop and let me catch up, let me think. But i think i found a solution to the world moving to fast. Forget the world. Focus on yourself, go back to the world later, because i think i can promise you that if you focus on yourself for a little while, the world will seem a lot simpler. Your probably thinking how this could ever work. But it will, so if your stress out about everything around you, focus on you.