Don't stop believing.

You know, it really bothers me that most of my friends are acting like it’s the end of the world because Obama supports gay rights… This is 2012 it’s about time someone shows a little acceptance in the damn world. I honestly don’t think gay people are going to hell. I think it’s actually really cruel to say that and be so close-minded, and take the Bible so literally. If people are happy like that then let them be happy. Don’t rain on someone else’s parade. Thank you.

Remember when we were little, and everything seemed to make sense while still making no sense at all? The kindergarten days, where everyone was friends with everyone else, and there was no judgment? I’ve been looking back on these past three years of high school and thinking about all of the people I’ve met, and how much they’ve changed over the years. There are some people, who never in a million years I would’ve thought that they’d do the types of things that they do. The nice girl I talked to occasionally ran off with some guy and got knocked up. The sweet boy turns to drugs. But I think the biggest issue with high school is one word, one word that cannot be described. Love. I guess after 15 years of living, and seeing other people find their “other half”, the yearning emerges within us teens. All of the sudden, all people seem to be interested about is relationships. If there’s ever anything a friend wants to talk about, it’s usually someone that they like or that they’re dating, right? It seems like the one thing on a teenager’s mind is relationships. But who can blame us? I mean, society and the media make the concept of love such a plausible idea that everyone ends up wanting to have someone in the end. So, we teens get all gushy and mushy and gossip about guys and girls like it’s the only thing that matters. Yes, having a boyfriend I love with all of my heart is a wonderful feeling I admit, but it’s not the only feeling I have. Relationships are great, and love is greater(I mean it’s the basis of [most] relationships), but as teenagers I believe most of us lose our way a little. I think the reason teens are so hard to deal with is because they’re dealing with the pressures that come with relationships and crushes. In the midst of all the lusting for love, I think most of us lose our focus. If one good thing happens relationship-wise, the whole day, even the whole week maybe, is instantaneously better than it would’ve been had it not been for the good thing happening. In contrast, if one bad thing happens relationship-wise, everyone is sure to hear about it. We toss, we turn at night, the one thing constantly bugging us. We scream in a pillow sometimes. We yell. We say things we don’t mean. We do things we don’t necessarily want to do just to get our mind off of it. Some of us write (myself included in this one) and let it all out. We’re upset, probably almost to the depressed phase even, when in a relationship rut. It’s all you can think about as a teenager. We sit here, talk about all of our relationship problems, because that’s what love and lust do to you. Instead of focusing on what really matters, love takes over. In almost every battle, love wins. It always conquers. In most cases, that’s a good thing. But when it comes down to it, romantic love should not be the center of your existance. Whether you believe in God or gods or no god at all, you should be able to be content with life when you’re alone. At this age, people cling so tightly to relationships, it sometimes is the literal death of teens. Honestly, we all need to just open our eyes and look at the bigger picture. Love is an incredible thing. It’s a mysterious thing. It’s a terrible thing, at times. But at the end of the day, love is love. At the end of the day, stripped down to nothing, all it is is you. You and nothing more. You came into the world this way, so you should still be happy and content with being alone. It’s not like you’re really alone anyway. There are always people out there that love you. There’s always people who brighten your day that you couldn’t live without. So next time you think “I am so alone”, just remember that you’re not. There is ALWAYS someone who cares. Whether you are aware of it or not.