Tear it Down!

Hey guys! I've come to realize that so many people are worried about what people think of them. That's why girls are so afraid of just waking up and leaving the house-because girls are worried about their looks. That's why we only say, feel, be what people tells us to say, feel, and be. No one realizes that our differences is what sets us apart from other people. Our differences is not something that makes us weird, or odd. Our differences is something to celebrate not something to bash, and tear us down for. There are so many people in this world that are able to do some really great things, but people are so scared to live their dreams, and do their thing because of what people will say about them, and what people will think about us that we live in this little bubble and limit ourselves and what we can become because we're scared to be different, break the labels, and tear down the status quo. We don't realize that when we do that we'll be able to do some pretty amazing things.

I'm a high school student and high school is like the wild of Africa and a jail all at the same time. There's the girls that everyone aspires to be, and people that no one would be caught dead being seen with, and even though we don't want to admit it we are the best at labeling each other, and we know just what to say so that we can break people down the perfect amount that they will think they can build themselves back up but in all reality they can't. I am ashamed to be seen as one of those kids who are judgmental, rude, and frankly the worst but I can't say that I'm perfect, or that I'm the epitome of but what I can say is that I'm working on it, and so should you.

I have to be honest with you. If you knew who I was you would totally be saying that I am the exact person I described. In 8th grade I was exactly that! My best friend started dating a guy that I did NOT like. At all. I did everything to get him in trouble, and make his life the worst. I did it to say the least. I got him suspended a lot, and he didn't want anything to do with me. However, in the end we became friends, like REALLY GOOD friends, and now we're not even talking because we got into a really big fight and I said some things that I didn't mean to. I was mad because of something that happened that wasn't even related to him. I am so tired of people telling me what I need to do, what I should be, and what I should say and feel. I am my own person, I am me and that is not something that I am going to give up. That's not something that I am going to allow people to take away from me. Not today! Not ever!

So...it's about time to take control of your life. Don't let people take the opportunity to say what you really feel, and be who you really are away from you. You're not a mistake, all you have to do is not make the mistake of giving control to another person. Someone that has no say in how you live.

Be who you are, and you'll be a lot happier. Just try it. You'll find you'll love the feeling. I know I will. STANDing Up is one thing you must do, it's one thing that we all have to do to rise above the status quo and really show who we are because if we don't we're depriving people the right of knowing who we really are.

-Stand Up!