The title explains pretty much this year in general so far. last week and the beginning of this week have changed a lot for me already. on Monday some guy committed suicide in my school in the middle of the school courtyard, both my sisters had hardcore fights with their hubbies, my dad might get a new house this year, I broke up with what's her face lol, and I've realized some things that have probably been lurking in my mind for some time, I might still be confused about them but I think I've uncovered something...at least I hope so... So that was last week by the way.
Last week, after so much stress of school and school and school and asking myself constantly why do I need to know so badly what it is I want to do with my life. I asked God to help me, for my whole life it has seemed that God, at least in my belief, has helped through many times. Believe or not he answers your prayers, if not soon, later in life but in such a way that only you can interpret the meaning of his answers. Some would say is it really God or just a coincedence?
But well, I asked him ever so carefully watching every word I say knowing that life has its ways of becoming ironic, I asked God to help me, to help me find what I should do, what is it that I want to do with my life? I know I am only 18, but for some reason I feel so rushed, as if something will happen soon that will prevent me from ever reaching my goal. Maybe its just me but I've been sensing that all last month, as if something huge was about to happen, maybe I'm just going crazy...
The day after I asked God to help me, I went to school, going into the building I realized how much this school can offer, awards, trophies, honors from high class companies...But I've never been one to be involved in such nonsense. I went to english class, the teacher gave me a look as if I hadn't been there for ages, and I haven't. We sat down, listened to the crappy announcements about how we should not have ipods, or cd players or what not in the school and they kept talking about much more they should imprison us in this facility, lol. Then the teacher told us to open our books.
Now in class I have always loved to read out loud, I read so good compared to the people that read so slow in class lol, and I like to show off that I'm not a retard. I've also found the stories in english class to be so interesting some not so much but lots of the stories in those books are definitely a good read. n e ways, ADD attacks! lol We opened our books to an excerpt from a book called "Self-Reliance" by: Ralph Waldo Emerson, he was a leader in the Transcendentalist movement (non-conformists). He wrote about how society has become so lazy in conforming with what everyone else is doing. Doctors, lawyers, nurses, all these high class jobs and people have all tried to become one thing that the world is becoming the same. I wish I could write the excerpt in the blog but I'm sure there are copyright issues involved lol, so I'm not planning on being sued, but if you want more info then read "Self-Reliance" anyways. He also says that people do not change the world by conforming, if the whole world was to conform and not at least try to be something different then the world would fall apart. As I read this, I realized that so many others that have tried to be "rebels" for lack of a better word, to society have had such a difficult and long road to become such great people in time.
But this whole excerpt explained so much about me, every single day I questioned why is it that I must do something that I hate so much? I go to school, I hate it, even the teachers hate it, ok maybe its because I'm a kid, but why is it when I write in class or read aloud in class that i love it so much, I mean the only reason I go to school, is because in my mind I think I must...I don't want to dissapoint you guys, I don't want my dad stressed out from him thinking that I will be nothing in my life, and all it takes is one little piece of paper that will take you beyond what you can accomplish in society, but what does that lead a person to? Sure, I may become a doctor, I may become a lawyer, some title by which society can call me a great person, but how often will I be with my family? Does money really make a person happy or things just easier? Truth is I go to school so everyone else can be happy, not me... But yet I want to see what's in store for me if I do follow this path, and yet I don't...
My dad must be so angry at me right now...I love him so much I really do, he has been nothing but an idol in my eyes my whole entire life, he comes home after a long day, takes care of his family even when he doesn't want to, he loves each and every one of us so much. And I can't help to think that maybe he is dissapointed in me lately, because he doesn't understand me as much as I want him to...he works and works and works, I never saw him for a longer time, and now i've just got used to him not being there so much. whenever he comes home I just enclose myself in my room, and he's in the living room tired as can be, and I want to connect with him so badly, I want to tell him so many things, I wish I could just open up to him and tell him what I think what I feel, but he has his own things to worry about, several times I've tried to talk to him, several times I've tried to tell him what's on my mind, and he just nods his head, and tells me about the car he wants to buy next...So I just gave up, he's mad at me right now for not going to school, it urks me to see his face when he picks up the phone and its my school telling him I didn't go. But truth is high school is pissing me off, i've just had it, i see nothing they can offer me at this school, I want to move on, see what I want to do in my life, and I sure as hell won't find it in that place.
And of course I'm scared of what might happen, one day I might look back and realize how much of a fool I really am for taking a certain path. In the future I might realize many other things, and it seems like when you are a teenager you constantly make mistakes no matter what the hell you are doing, but I've never felt so certain in my life then to take my GED and go to college. because this place has offered me nothing but anger and regret for a long time. And I'm sure you guys are reading this either shaking your head, or even rejoicing as you read it, whatever it is I hope you all realize that I go to school to make you guys happy, because if you guys were ever dissapointed or angry at me I would have nobody, no one. There is so much I can say about this right now, and it feels so good to finally release this on this here computer monitor. God only knows what will happen in this next few weeks or months, but then again who wants to know right?
I hope that you guys understand this post, I hope that you can understand what it is I'm thinking about everyday, I pray that my dad could just read this once, and understand what it is his son is doing, or thinking, instead of coming home and only seeing one side of him...I wish he could see the true me, but all he gets to see is the son that won't go to school simply because he doesn't care, I just hope that he can see past that...I hope all of you can. I might not be this great person the world has ever seen, I might not be rich or have an easy life, but all I need in life is my heart and my mind, because they will never judge or fail me, my eyes have seen so much already in this life, I wish I could see so much more, I wish I could share with the rest of the world the beauty I see in them all, when I see people I see how beautiful they really are inside, your eyes tell it all to me. I just wonder what everyone else sees in me.........
J.M.T.-END (first post of 2007)