I’ve recently come to the realization that life is a series of connections and departures. I, myself, having to transfer schools in the middle of my high school career. My Father going through two different failed marriages. Soon to lose all the seniors from my school with whom I’ve just become acquainted with here recently (Sunny, Mallory, Shelby, so many others…). But with all those losses, there lies plenty of “scrap wood” around to build brand new connections with. Heck, I’ve already met the acquittance of so many different and lovable characters that I’m not even protesting the change. Its all kind of become a soundtrack to my life to say… cliche enough. Do not get me wrong, I love the living life out of every single one of my friends! But change was inevitable and still is, that’s not something you can stop. Life creeps up on you like that. One moment you’ll be with old friends eating steak and shake and in the next you’ll be watching the sunset with completely new amigos. I guess I’m rambling…oh well.
Okay so I’ve got to get this off my chest. Why is it that love has become so iconic that its turned almost the whole world against it? and also why does love solely have to be for marriage? I love life. I love sunsets. I love nature. I love my family. I love my brosifs and my brosisbros. I love the ocean. I love the world. I love…love! The thought of “no such thing as true love” really pushes me to the brink of screaming! You were put here on this big blue earth by whatever God you so posses to enjoy love, to enjoy life! I see you people as the most selfish of all. I used to be on of you; sitting around, eating, maybe hanging around friends, but never really understanding what I had. Hell, my old psychiatrist told me I was clinically depressed, but look at me now! Couldn’t love myself anymore. I guess that branches out to peace…even Walt Disney strove for it (EPCOT= Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow), but I’ll rant about that some other day.
The saying “Burning Briges” alone is pretty depressing…am I right? I mean to picture a bridge between two humanities is just cruel. But “Building Bridges” is the mirror to that, the polar opposite, the love to hate ratio! I guess I’m just stressing the need for love in one’s life no matter what the change, obstacle, or “diagnosis” may be.
“There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout:
This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me… or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don’t fit your idea of who I should be and don’t try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision.
When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.”
~Stacy Charter
