I Just Don't Understand

how some people behave the way they do.

Immature.

Close-minded.

Unable to move on.

I just don't understand how people can think it's alright to take "sides" when they only know half a story (and the half they DO know is coming from someone who is renowned for emotional tugging)

I realize that I'm still just in college and only a year out of high school but every time I think I am finally getting away from that childish, silly behavior . . . once again, it hits me like a ton of bricks.

I see and hear it happening around me constantly. I have it happening to me.

Is this what human nature has come to?

Is it an inevitable future that we will always regress back to the days of gossip, slander, scheming, "sides," and the "mean girl" mentality?

It is becoming a bad thing for someone to stand up for themselves and for what they believe, even if it is different from everyone else.

People are shunned and looked upon with a sneer as if they have no right to voice their own opinion.

Is our species becoming so insecure that people aren't able to handle it when someone who may not be as intelligent, or beautiful, or tall, or rich as they are speaks out against them?

What gives some people the idea that they are so much better than everyone else and that the mousy wallflower has no right to speak at all?

I feel bad for people like that. One day they will realize that beauty and money can only get you so far and it's the mousy wallflower who finally decided to break out of her shell that will have the most success, be the happiest, and have the most fulfilling life possible.

I understand now . . . but will they ever learn?

For A Friend

Some things just make me sick. And not just in a figurative way . . . like in a woah nelly there are some seriously upset frogs jumping around in my stomach area right now.

People make mistakes all the time and the smart ones learn from them. It just takes some longer than others.

No one can ever possibly find out what they need to know about someone in ten, twenty, or even thirty minutes. They don't know how that person is on a daily basis.  They don't know their ability to commit to something wholeheartedly.  They can't possibly know their pure passion for something that is so incredibly clear if you see them doing it.

Just because someone makes a few silly decisions that harmed no one else but themselves is that really a good reason to take something so incredibly invaluable away from them? I can understand a minor punishment . . . but some people are just a bit too not understanding of the flaws in others.

I've made mistakes and I have made life-altering changes because of them.  But still, some people will only see the mistakes and ignore the changes, my love for what I want to do with my life, how committed I am to achieving my dreams, the type of person I am in my everyday life.

It's horrible that some people have to be that close-minded.

Passion is something that many people nowadays are losing in their lives for what they do as a profession or even in their general day to day lives.

Who cares if you were underage and drank in college!

What about in the future?  When we are past our crazy college years and ready to settle down with a career that we are truly and utterly PASSIONATE about?

Should those silly, minuscule mistakes we made take away from our chances of being able to do something we will love for the rest of our lives?  Take away from our chances of being able to give others the experiences that could change their lives?

If I can affect just one child in my lifetime of teaching I know that my life will be complete.

But what if I was prevented from fulfilling that one lifetime dream because of an unimportant teenage act?

it's heartbreaking.