Sometimes when I read my friends' blogs I just can't believe it. It seems like everyone hates themselves or wants to die. If I knew how to help I would, but no one's ever going to learn anything, do anything, feel anything, unless they want to. For the past few months, in my group of friends there's been loads of drama and loads of bullshit. I contributed to it, and if I could I'd go back and change that. What I have learned, though, is that each one of us has a story that could break your heart. It's incredible! You see all these people at school laughing, smiling, talking to their friends, walking around... and you just think that nothing's wrong with them and they're just happy. Then you think about how everyone hurts, everyone's going through something, and then you realize - holy shit... I wonder what kind of pain they're going through and if anybody knows.
From now on, I'm not going to talk about people, judge people, think too much about people or purposely hurt people. If anyone wants to talk to me about something that's been bothering them or something they just need to get out, I'll listen closely, but I'll try to work things out and help.
We're all going through something... why do we all have to go through something? Whether a family member has cancer, you're depressed, someone broke up with you, you're failing, your parents fight, you don't have a good relationship with your parents... it's amazing what a teenager has to go through every day.
Amongst all these issues, there is almost always a bright side, no matter how many tears are clouding our vision. If you're depressed, spend lots of time with the people that make you laugh, and spend lots of time doing things that make you smile. If someone broke up with you, it wasn't meant to be, you can flirt with whoever you want, fall for whoever you want... it's a new beginning and one day everyone will find the guy or girl for them. If your parents fight, it's not your fault. They're probably going through tough times or they've fallen out of love, but there isn't anything you can do about it. If you don't have a good relationship with your parents, try helping them out around the house and doing little things like asking them how their day went. Hang in there, because high school won't last forever and you'll be a better person for sticking through it and graduating.
