I'm in a really... I don't know what adjective to use, but i'm in a mood. Not a bad one, but just.. a mood. You know? And this post will be really deep so be warned.. Sorry if it's awkward, but i have a lot to say. Basically, i've been doing an essay about judgements.. good and bad. And its just made me so inspired/ fired up about the whole prejudice judgement thing that I felt like I needed to write something. So, in advance, sorry for the awkward post, and sorry for posting twice in a row.. I'm such a hypocrite!
The first thing I want to say is, please be yourself. Don't be that fake smiley person who is friends with everyone and whose life is perfect; be realistic. Be as nice as you can, treat people with respect and you will be loved by those who matter. I want to get something into your heads; in 99.9 percent of cases, not everyone is going to like you. If you're wonderfully pretty and smart and nice, there will be at least one person who resents you for that. If you're angry or sad all the time, there will be at least one person who dislikes you for that. Do you see where I'm heading?
Please don't waste your life trying to be perfect. I'm only young, but I already know that there is so much more to people than being the prettiest, the skinniest, the smartest. You are who you are. I know that's lame, but it's so true.
I think good old Johnny is right. We need to celebrate our individuality! So what if Sally gets drunk on Saturday nights, if Rachel likes girls, if Lisa likes to study.. SO WHAT!! Let them be! Seriously, they are probably doing what they do for a reason. Unless you or anybody you know is being hurt or harmed, please leave these people alone. Don't spread rumours and don't pass judgements.
I love this quote.. It's true on so many levels. I don't like toying with peoples minds, so I don't personally do this, but one day I would love to meet some new people and act like a complete fool- like how I act when i'm alone with my friends, and see what they think of me. I think it'd be really interesting to see what they do. And the sad, sad thing about this is, if I met somebody who was just being super weird and uncool, although I wouldn't voice it, I would probably be a little weirded out. I would make judgements. The worst thing is, I don't think anybody can help but judge people based on first impressions. I think we all need to try a little harder to get to know people.
My English teacher to me is one of the most amazing women in the world. That sounds gay, but everyone in my class will agree, everything she says just makes sense.. She has the best opinions and gives us advice and see's all of our potential even though sometimes we fall behind. She said something to us a few weeks ago that really stuck with me.. She was talking about how in the summer when she was younger she went to the beach and every morning she would carefully pick out what swimmers to wear and think about her hair and her tan and all of these things, and then when she got to the beach she had an epiphany and realised... nobody cared. And we were all kind of like.. what? And then she elaborated. She said, and i know this will make some people angry, but she said that people are just so absorbed and wrapped up in thoughts about themselves that they actually don't have time to notice the things that you worry about in your head. Just think about it. How many times do you think, "wow, i look super ugly today". I personally do it all the time.. So i'll do my hair nice or something to disguise my "ugliness", but now i realise, everyone else probably has little worries like this every morning, and because we're all so worried about those little things, nobody gives a damn about anybody else's little worries.. Does this all make sense? So in the long run, it actually doesn't matter what you look like, or what you're wearing, because under our clothes we're all naked, and under our nakedness, we all have hearts and bones. We're all people, and we all have worries, but honestly, ninety percent of us are all going to look heinous when we're eight five, so why does it matter?
All in all; be yourself, don't judge unless somebody is genuinely just an asshole, and stop worrying about little things, because they just don't matter! Nothing actually matters except that you all need to be happy with yourself, because you all are wonderful, lovely, beautiful people :)
Harriet
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