Thanksgiving Day!
Nothing like sitting out with the nice cool weather and stuffing myself with turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, green bean casseroll, dinner rolls, pie, wine, more turkey, more ham, cranberry sauce, pie. And then moving inside to watch Hangover again. That movie is soo good and soo funny.
Check these songs out:
Fireflies - owl city
She is love - Parachute
Hey soul sister - Train
Fallin for you - Colbie Calliet (or however you spell it)
A couple of days ago, a motivational speaker came to speak at school. His speech was about drugs and dreams, but i loved how he didnt talk about drugs too much. Too often, speakers stress "DONT DO DRUGS" or start to point fingers at people. He simple told us his story about his abusive past, and told us stories about other people who have been hurt, abused, emotionally and physically. Here's a couple of the stories he told us:
A football player who stood 6 ft 6 in, was a football player in 8th grade. He had quite the football team, and his friends had ditched him and started calling him names. In the hallways, people would call him a fag, a pussy, a pansy, an asshole, a retard, just because he had quite the football team. But he had his own reason for quiting the football team. It wasnt because he didnt want to play any longer, but it was because of family issues. Every day, he would come home from football practice just in time to feed his siblings because his mother was a drunkard. Every night his father would also come home and beat his mother. You see, he had no choice but to quit. He chose to leave the team to support his family and protect his mother. The team had judged him based on the surface, they didnt bother to learn about his life, they judged. In my opinion, even though he was 6"6', he was definitly the strongest person in his team.
A cheerleader confessed to the speaker that she was using her body to get closer to people. She was finding love in all the wrong places. In school people called her a slut, bitch...all kinds of bad names. But really, all she wanted was love because she didnt get it at home. She would rather hear, I love you fake, than not at all.
You are not emo, a slut, a bitch or any name some one gives you. You are who you are, because no one knows you better than you. In any situation you face, and hear someone call you a name. Dont let that bring you down, because all they know is....nothing. NEVER LET ANY PERSON STOP YOU FROM REALIZING YOUR DREAM. NEVER LET ANY PERSON BRING YOU DOWN.
Live a day in another person's shoe before you make any judgements. Ever wondered why that guy turned gay? Ever wondered why that person cut? Ever wondered why that person is who they are? If you dont know the reason, give that person a chance to live a life with one less person judging him.
Happy Thanksgiving :) Dont forget, a dream only dies if you let that star in you burn out.
