Hurt.

Oh, what can I say about this? I could rant and rage on about the sick and sadistic people that we have to co- exist with in this life. Yes, I could speak my mind and lash out on all those who are nasty but instead I'm going to stay reserved and write a post that readers will understand.

There are a lot of down right dirty people in this world, murders, rapists, pedophiles, backstabbers, manipulators and even bullies make the list because teenagers and even young adults have fallen to suicide all because some person thought that it would be fun to target the weak among them. What have we as a human existence become that we become killers and torture each other in ways that are unbearable. It turns my stomach because we were once a race of peace and had no mind to violence or the judgements of what's on the outside or the color of our skin. Even a sexual preferences. What makes us turn to the unpure and the hate in us. Is it too much to believe that we all can co- exist side by side no mind to looks or "accents" or personality and the matter of which we do things.

What is wrong with us. That we feel the need to fight and lash out if things go wrong? or manipulate others so we can feel better about ourselves because we don't get all the guy's like the girl next door.
Why even have to classify humans into category of who's who? Nerdy, dorky, jockey, beautiful? What is all that?
 I just don't understand how we were created in an image of love but have evolved into a world of hate. Christan's believe that it is the work of the devil and I happen to believe them.

So next time you think of being mean to someone or anything that shouldn't be taking place that you don't feel is right. Step up, have a voice and make a change.

We only have one life to live and would you want it to be filled with dirty UN natural things like violence and hatred???


thanks, Maddie

Family.

While searching for a definition of family I came across a few that seemed rather factual:
Family:
- a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household.

• a group of people related to one another by blood or marriage:
  "friends and family can provide support"

Both of these can be found on google but while searching I noticed on the second definition there is a statement "friends and family can provide support"

Which brings me to the topic of family, In no mention friends were not considered family, as that may have been true in the past. Today, we view those who SUPPORT us as family that can include blood family, friends and even those who are educators and have acted as an anchor to individuals.

Family should not be defined as a group of people living In a house together, or of blood or marriage but of the relationships that are developed with others.

I'm sure that more than 80%  of the world's population views friends and those who have provided support to us that we have formed some kind of bond with is our family.

The term should not be used to define those of blood, but of those with connection and unity to one another.

I've heard and read many articles and stories of heartache from people because their "blood" family left them or mistreated them in someway and they were in disbelief because it's not a normal thought that relatives would screw you over. But that is the sad cruel world we live in and is why many of us take comfort and warmth from friends and those who support us in the long run. They should be called family just as much as a brother, sister, mother or father.

I hope that this offers some outlook into the role of support that can come from those around us.

Thank you

<3

Acceptance.

What do you think about when you hear the word acceptance? Does your mind automatically jump to the conclusion of accepting different races, nationalities, religions or even sexual preference?

No, I'm talking about a much broader outlook on the term, the acceptance of us and others around us,  even situations that we can't control. I personally like to help even when I'm not asked and accepting the things that we can't control at face value can be a challenge for all of us.

In life, we are told to do this or to be that way and are molded by our parents to be either in their image in the image that sets us for the life that they want us to have. While we have to give them praise for trying because as a parent myself my own desire is that my kids always strive for greatness and never have to settle for anything less than the heights they hold themselves to. But, only we can give ourselves credit, we chose who we want to be, and what we want to do, our parents might be the sculptures but our expressions and personal drive are what fuels us into who we are.  Accepting ourselves for who we are is a major step in life and of that only we can bring ourselves to love ourselves. Sure, we have friends, peers, and our families to help guide our paths but at the end of the day, every decision that we make is ours. As we enter early adulthood from our teenage years we start to discover ourselves and who we want to be, but let me assure you that is a continued process even though our late years because as individuals we constantly expand our horizons and our personal meanings. So when we accept ourselves for every aspect that makes us happy we have to take into consideration that with the acceptance we must value the change in life. Whether that change brings us into a deeper mature version of ourselves or takes us down a path that expands our sense of self, change is not always a bad thing with a  one-eyed view. Accepting not only who we are, as people is great but having that deeper understanding and accepting others is brilliant. It does not matter who the person is or their backgrounds it should only matter about who that person is today, who do they strive to be in their future. I've seen so much hate and dislike, yes, usual racism because of a fear, a fear of what? I'll tell you humans are scared of what they do not know, the unknown is like stepping into freezing cold water. It;s an internalized fear that guess what you can get over, but the populace fuels the hate and the hate stirs war and violence because the color of one's skin is seen as just that, a color, it is not inspected for the story it tells, a face is not categorized by the number of laugh lines present showing the livelihood that a person has lived. It doesn't examine to show the happiness, the pain. It doesn't inspect the scars from the past that have led to that person's future.Instead.. I'll tell you it is blinded by the color, the color that is designed beautifully not to be discriminated but to take the meaning of beauty and expand it beyond any horizon. Simple minds lead to simple judgments and those judgments do not allow acceptance
Think about it.


Thanks,
Maddie