July 5, 2009
Hey you
A lot of people get weighed down by things they've done or things that have happened to them. I know i have, and i've seen things happen to people. It's hard, but you only live once.. I hate it when people don't take control of their own lives. You always have a choice. You can forgive yourself, change your habits, get help, start working out, change your diet, stop talking to people who bring you down or try something new. I know I'm fortunate, my parents honestly made me believe that i can be anything i want to be. But I also think anyone can. The trick is discovering yourself, spending time with yourself, listening to yourself and believing in yourself. Logoff the computer and go outside, get a good night sleep, read a book, start a journal, do something you don't normally do because seriously, happiness is a choice, even when life sucks. Don't be afraid to go to a psychiatrist if you have to, the right one can really help you. You could've been born with AIDS in Africa. You're lucky.
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Thank you.
It's not always that easy. A lot of things you can't control. You can't control if your depressed. Or if you have eating problems. I can try to change all I want but I would be lying to myself. And I can't be anything I want to be. Maybe I can't talk to anyone. Maybe it would be better if I was that kid that was born with AIDS in Africa. I wish that it was that easy.
You don't always have a choice. I can't get a job because there are no jobs here. I can't move to an area with more jobs because I don't have the money to. I can't choose to stop having clinical depression, nor can I afford psychologists. Before I was old enough to move out, I couldn't choose to stop talking to everyone who brought me down, because that would have meant everyone, and that would have gotten me into worse trouble and more insults, if not physical injury. Yes, everyone has choices, but not everyone is privileged enough to have many. I am more privileged than people with AIDS or many of my friends -- or about half of the people that live around here, but I am not privileged enough to make my life everything I want it to be, or even close, at least at this point, and I cannot change something that has been in my family for generations and is now in me. I just have to live with it.
Thanks. Contentment comes from agency.
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