Maybe It's Just Me

It’s so easy to get caught up speaking negatively about where we live. It’s so common to us and can get mundane and feel so much smaller than it really is at times. The urge to just run and go somewhere new and far until all the faces and signs and streets become unknown seems to always linger in the back of our minds. We all just want that thrill of fleeing the monotonous life we have lived for our entire lives and not stopping until we are surrounded by the unknown with new scenery and faces in a place that stirs emotions in us that we have never felt before. The important thing to realize is that no matter where u wander in life, you can never replace your home. Home will always be a place that no one can truly describe-you can only feel it. That feeling of belonging and knowing no one else understands what it’s like to live there except the people that you are surrounded by. Thinking that you are part of this unspoken secret. No one comes out to say it, but you know you live in the prescence of something unique. Home will never be comparable to the places you wander to. It may take time, but look around and realize that you only have one home-one that should be treasured and adored. I don’t know how and I don’t know when but the negativity towards your home seems to dissolve. It no longer becomes somewhere you want to flee, but somewhere you can’t imagine not living. No matter what light you choose to chase in life remember to always return to that place where the faces are familiar and the feelings are warm. Remember to return home.

Be young. Be young for as long as you can. Youth slips away quickly as you try to deny that adolescence. Don’t deny it. Bask in it. If you want to know what freedom is then keep the young blood that is ignited with passions and thrill within you always.

Life isn’t always simple but people insist on making it complicated. If your days are spent trapped in the depths of animosity and ignorance, the excitement and thrill of life quickly dissolves. Walk through life with a smile on your face and a genuine respect for all kinds of different people in your heart. Sometimes the people who can change your life the most are those whom you would least expect. Free yourself and be at peace with others but most importantly be at peace with yourself.

The saying goes that you don’t know what you got until it’s gone. And it’s true. When something or someone is gone or on the verge of being gone it makes you nostalgic to the times you had together wishing you appreciated them as mch as you do now. It’s as though your feelings are just finally being understood, but at a time that is too late. But what if thats the point? What if its the perfect time? It let’s you know to hold on to that person because you truly care about them and are sad to see them go. That feeling reminds you how good those people make you feel and therefore you should never forget them. You may have to let them go but never let them out of your heart and memory just because the are out of sight. Distance makes you know exactly what you have and reminds you to cherish it even though it becomes more difficult.

Looking up at the night summer sky at the beautiful light display of stars, satellites, and airplanes show us that there is so much more above this world that none of us know about. That’s why if anyone is having a hard time and has the feeling that they want to just ditch their life, just look up to the night sky and you will see that there is so much to be discovered beyond this world that we live in. That even if earth seems too small at times, if you look up you can see that life is just beginning. The stars are millions of years old but they still shine for us every night and when they do eventually die, people marvel at their journey across the sky. Whatever goes on in your life, there is always something beyond to keep reaching for . Or maybe it’s just me.