things happen to me that don't happen to anyone else. I swear every move that I make it's like I am suppose to be learning lessons from it all. I feel like some people wander around this world with out ever learning a life lesson, but me?! I learn like 3 or more a week. serious.
Want to hear my most recent one? Well, actually I will share with you two..
Life lesson number one: finding out that AGE DOESN'T MATTER.
Age is just a number, just like a name is just a name.. it doesn't define who you are at all. I have three personal examples to use for this:
Example one: If you give your baby the love and attention it deserves, if you provide for all his/her physical needs, If you are there for them emotionally, and provide them with warm welcoming environment to grow up in...then it doesn't matter what ethnicity you are, what religion you are, what your occupation is, or WHAT YOUR AGE IS.
Example two: I am 19, Live on my own, drive my own car, pay my own bills, take my daughter to daycare, buy groceries, go to school 48+ hours a week, clean my house, cook breakfast and dinner, maintain a long distance relationship with my 2 best friends, am a full time mother to a 21 month old, I recently met my biological father after 18 years of not knowing his name, my parents got married when I was 5, I have two younger brothers I struggle to get a long with, I have lost best friends, I have had my heart broken by someone I really really cared about, I graduated high school, etc.... honestly, most of those things that I listed someone in there upper 20's have not done, and some of it.. some people will never experience in there whole life. I have had more things happen in my short 19 years of life, then most people twice my age. Don't judge till you know, and age is not a measure of wisdom.
Don't let the number that your age says you are deter you from the things that you want to accomplish in your life. There is no better time then the present. Live your life.
I am going off on a limb now.. I just want to touch on the subject of accepting people for who they are on the inside not on the outside. Right now, answer the question "Who is the most beautiful person that you know?" Now list the reasons why they are beautiful. More then Likely you listed reasons that had NOTHING to do with what there face or body looked like. You listed reasons like, they make me laugh, they help out anyone that needs it, they are always there for me, they are never negative, they showed me what love really is, they are caring, and sweet, and take care of people in need.
Now, I don't want to offend anyone.. or for anyone to take this the wrong way.. but think about someone that is Gay. There is a good chance that you can't even think of someone you are close to that is Gay, because we live in North Dakota.. which is basically a little bubble of perfectness, but we won't talk about that... Since I have started school in September I have met one of the most beautiful people that I know and to be honest, I would NEVER have talked to them if I was not forced to because of school. I would have been shallow, and though eww gross, and wow, I could never have anything in common with someone like that, they must be really weird. WHY?! A gay person is still a person! It doesn't matter there sexual orientation, what does it matter to me what sex people are attracted to? that is there own business, not mine or anyone's for that matter. This person that I have gotten close to at school is my biggest mentor ever, I look up to him and respect him so much, he is a brilliant cosmetologist but even a more brilliant person from the inside out. He is caring a sweet and compassionate. He is always there for you, always ready to help, and can always make you laugh. He is one of my hero's and I owe a ton of thanks to him because he has helped me out with so much in such a short period of time. Now, think.. I would never have gotten to know him if I let other peoples stereotypes clog my vision of who he truly was on the inside. How many times has your vision been clogged by what other people have said causing you to miss out on meeting someone that will change your life?
..I am not talking about just Gay people either, I am talking about different races, different religions, different family backgrounds, different weights, different hair color.. just because someone is different then you doesn't mean they aren't beautiful...
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