Face The Truth

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

-Katherine Mansfield

I always hear my friends complaining about situations in their lives-- they don't like the college they go to, their parents make them feel like shit (or their significant others). They are not happy with these things, or these things are hurting them; however, they continue to stay in these situations because of someone else. These stories always dishearten me. Don't get me wrong, I can feel sympathy and even empathy for my friends. It only makes me so angry after a while when they don't DO anything.

I understand that life is hard. I understand that some things happen that we cannot control, including other people. But I also understand that there is one thing we can always control-- ourselves.

We cannot expect our lives to change if we continue to do nothing. The same actions generate the same results. We need to push our limits, take risks, do things that are difficult for us. That is the only way we will ever learn about ourselves to live a life of happiness. Everyone deserves to be happy, but not everyone is because some people sit around waiting for it to fall into their laps.

Another thing is that we all worry about what others will think or how they will feel about the things that we do in our own lives-- or at least we have at some point. The truth is that sometimes we have to be selfish. And this connotation of the word is not the narcissistic, egotistic kind of selfishness…it's one that seeks personal happiness. Because that is the ultimate goal of life, right?

If you never try, you'll never know. A simple quote overflowing with truth. Life is a trial-and-error game chock-full of mistakes. From these mistakes come growth and experience. This is how we become who we are. Face the truth-- your own truth-- and live your own life.

Pete The Penguin

Hey guys I just wanted to let you know that I added a little gadget on the sidebar of the page…It's Pete the penguin! You can pet him and play with him. If you click "more," you can feed him a fish as well. Just wanted to add a little something to amuse you. Plus, penguins are pretty cool.

P.S. I want to start adding music on my page. I want to incorporate songs into posts, and also have a running playlist of songs that have been mentioned. Once I figure out how to do so, I will get right on it. If anyone knows how to do it, please let me know!

Don't Look Now

It's funny how easy it is to lie
To everyone around her
She swears, "I don't wanna die."
But just as the vampires cannot stand the sun,
She has to run and hide
And it's a show that she puts on
Like a player in a game
Using all her strength and power
Just to look like she's the same
To all her friends and family,
She's concealing her pain

Time to her is fatal
It is too fast or it's too slow
It is never how she wants it
And that she's come to know-- That there's not much in her life she is able to control
The past is constantly nipping at her heels
Her future looms above her and still
She can't admit to what she really feels

Don't look now
They've got you cornered
Forcing you to face yourself
Don't look now
They're holding your eyes open
So you have no choice but to watch your Hell

"I won't go back!" she cries
"I won't go back!"
Looking ahead now, away from her past
But all she can see is herself-- lost and lonely
As she stares into a future that is black
Her head spins in circles
She doesn't want anything anyway
So she closes her eyes tight and wishes it all away

Don't look now
They've got you cornered
Forcing you to face yourself
Don't look now
They're holding your eyes open
So you have no choice but to watch your Hell 

Help is GOOD

Most of the time we know what we need to do. We know the right choices. We know what is best for us. Yet we continue to fuck up. We keep on doing things that we know are stupid. We are constantly hurting ourselves. Why? Why do we choose to make careless decisions? We know what the outcome is. We always do. Sometimes we choose to ignore it. Sometimes we choose not to dig deep enough into our minds to find it. Sometimes we hear our conscience and we scream, “Go fuck yourself!” when all it’s trying to do is look out for us. We’re so stubborn and “proud” that we think we can do everything ourselves. We don’t need anybody. Well if we try to do everything on our own, it will bite us in the ass eventually--and we would have pushed away everyone that actually gave a shit. Then all we’re left with is ourselves. Too late we realize that it’s not all that fun being alone, and it certainly isn’t easy.

It's foolish not to seek help. You will get in over your head eventually. Asking for help means that you are smart enough to realize that you cannot carry the whole load by yourself or it will hurt you. Doing something as simple as talking to someone is helpful.

We become bitter and resentful towards people because they don't offer to help us. We cannot expect people to read our minds. Since when is asking for help considered a weakness? I used to think it was. I used to think that if I were strong enough, I could handle everything myself. Then I realized that I was just being stupid. Sometimes life can become too much for one person to handle by themselves; as if they were carrying a pile of stones and life just keeps adding more and more to the pile. So much so that the person collapses--not because they gave up, but because humans can only handle so much.

Everybody needs help sometimes. Don't be stupid--ask for it.