Monday, November 3, 2014

Who I am: My standards, not society's

I don't really know how to explain who I am, or what I do,
Because in reality who I am and what I do are both closely related and quite frankly I'm not sure there is much of a difference in either concept. Except maybe the fact that, I am who I am, because of what I do, and I do what I do, because of who I am.

I am me.

Who is me? By society's standards, me is not a very appealing person, quite boring as a matter of fact. Me doesn't have much to present, but what does society know, right? Society looks at me and says "She's just a boring little girl with her whole life ahead of her, nothing worth anymore than a glance, she will never become something according to what I say, because what I want is perfection. And if your idea of perfection is different than mine, then you are wrong."

But society is wrong.

Because, I am me.

And because I am me, I am myself. I love the little things, and the big things as well. I know how to think, and I know how to live. I am a human just like every other person who has walked this earth. I have opinions, and I have feelings. Both which are very strong. I love to laugh, but I'm not naive to pain. I've been hurt very much, for just a young life. I know that at every waking moment pain surrounds me, but I have courage. I have strength. I've learned how to deal with pain, and how to allow pain to build me into a better, stronger person. I am perfect, because I have flaws.

To think that a person cannot be considered a person merely because of the fact that society says who a person is or isn't, is incredibly absurd.

Every single person, has the ability to make something of themselves. Better yet, every single person, is already making something of themselves just by simply being a human being.

Success is something that is so greatly taken for granted, because there can be success in every single situation, but is more often than not over looked if it's not a "huge success". It's just up to us as humans to take everything that life throws at us with gracious attitudes. If we have that attitude, then everything that we do that has a slightly positive outcome, can be counted as a success.

Everyone is a someone, I don't care what society says.

Skin color, age, weight, height, ethnicity, emotional state; none of that matters. If you are breathing, and if you are feeling, then you are a human. You are your own person.

In a world where society preaches originality, you would think that to be original, or to be yourself, would be okay.

And because I am my own person, and I am myself, I am originally not okay, because I'm not original in the way that society would like. However, because I am original,

I am me.

And that's it that really needs to be said to describe who I am.

I. AM. ME.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Love: A new perspective

Maybe it's not her that she's scared of,
And maybe it's not him that she's scared of.
But rather maybe it's that feeling that
so dangerously sneaks up on a
person and buries itself deep in their soul.
It's that four letter word that can just
as easily be the base as the break
of any given relationship.
That word that can scare so many
yet also attracts our deepest thoughts.
We lose our composure, and lose our thought process.
We experience unknown feelings with unknown causes,
Yet we never stop to think that
maybe the cause and the effect
are in fact the same seed sprouted into
a new tree with buds so different yet so same.
We are paralyzed by the idea of what this word can bring,
And confused when in fact every
single person creates a different, but
equally beautiful version of this word.
It's the fingerprint of the feeling world;
Unique and different every single time.
We call this unique fingerprint love.
And this love calls to us in our most
unexpected times
Sometimes bringing us great joy and
confidence,
And others bringing us great fear and
disappointment.
How scary to know that a single
person can make you go weak in the
knees and cause difficulties in your
usually normal flow of breathing; of life.
But oh how comforting it is to know
that they also can solely be your
whole world, making you forget
about the obnoxious world that still
surrounds you, that takes your
breathe away faster that any
magical moment with that single
person whom you so unwilling allow
to consume your life and lead you by the hand.
Therefore, love, is arguably the
greatest fears of all fears to be facing.
It's just a matter of choosing to allow
someone to point a gun right at you,
and undoubtedly expecting them
to not pull the trigger, 
Or putting the gun on yourself and
pulling the trigger, because
you thought the other person was going
to do it anyways.