What Have We Learned About Life? ft. Summer Special Crew [Summer Special 2015]

Week 10 
Group Prompt No. 4 
Thursday
What have you learned about life so far?

"Just Keep Swimming"

While I haven't lived as long as most people in the world I do think I learned one fundamental secret to life that I believe everyone needs to know. Life is an uphill battle. Always. And when you hit rock bottom you just have to fight to climb back up. And no matter what, you cannot, under any circumstances, stop climbing up that hill. No matter how hard the wind pushes you back you just have to keep fighting, keep going. It's okay to hit rock bottom as long as you keep trying to climb you way back up.

This "That's How I Roll" picture is actually a shirt I have and it's a reference to my favorite Greek myth. One hundred point to Gryffindor to whoever can tell me what Greek myth.

I learned that life will be hard. People you thought would be there for you, are not. But you always have to look at the brighter side of everything.

I've learned that things can change in a short amount of time and a week is actually a long time

In life I've learned that keep your best friends close and keep the enemy out. Learning that your true friend that you thought you knew turns out to be the person you wish you haven't met. I had a best friend but she always hanged out with the wrong crowd. It's her lost that she lost one of the best people/ friend in the world. Also the world is expensive. How am I supposed to live in this world when everything is so damn expensive. I hate relying on my parents for stuff. There are probably many things that I learned in life already. But as life goes on, I learn everyday trying to keep up in the world and try to do my best.

What have I learned about life so far? Oh boy.  Well, I think the older I get, the less I know. Lol. I say this because when I was in my teens and 20's I thought I knew a lot. The older I get the more I have realized that my thoughts and opinions are not set in stone.  They are always evolving as I learn and grow.  And that is wonderful.  We should always be growing no matter how old we are.  I have said before-Mom's don't always have all the "right" answers.  I don't always know how to deal with every situation. I am just doing the best I can, with the information and experience I have at that moment.  And that's all anyone can do.  How I handled something today might not be how I would handle it. But no matter what I am doing the best I can with what I know at that moment, and that's ok. 

So far, this is what I’ve learned about life: there’s a lot of pressure out there to do things the way other people want you to do them. At times, we need to follow the rules. But other times, it’s important to try to figure out what you want, as opposed to what others want you to do. It’s important to give a lot of effort, but it’s okay to leave a situation (be it a relationship, a friendship, or a job, for example) if it’s causing you too much grief. If you’ve tried and tried and things aren’t going as you’d like, it’s okay to change your plan and to try something different. Don’t spend all your time or effort trying to get others’ approval. (That lesson has been one that has taken me soooo long to learn.) Love yourself for all the unique things that make you the person you are. Don’t spend a lot of time focusing on what you’re not because then you’ll never see the things you are.

What I learned about life is that it's always going to be how you want it to be. From my experience with life, it was hard for me to have to learn that, especially learning it the hard way. Life isn't always going to be a box of chocolates or getting Beyonce tickets, and it certainly isn't going to be like a standing in the eye of a hurricane or having to be with Justin Bieber for a whole day. There's got to be bad days for there to be good days, and vice versa.

Also, life is all about the people you associate yourself with. I can honestly say, that if I didn't meet Gabby or Kayla or Anita, I wouw probably be immensely closeted, and would be able to speak my mind as I do now. If I hadn't met my best friend Eric, I would be the damaged, tainted soul that I used to be. In other words, I wouldn't be the person I am today if it wasn't for the people I have in my life; despite how much of an impact they made to me.

Until next time,

(In order of the days of the week)