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Learning to agree to disagree. -J

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Whenever I bring up some touchy topic, I’m asking for a debate. We have such hot-headed people in our society, they don’t know how to look at and appreciate someone else’s perspective. The problem is: no one knows how to agree to disagree. Agreeing to disagree has come in handy for me in many different instances, one being: politics. Yes, everyone knows that people are entitled to their own opinion. However, there is a certain way to go about giving an opinion other than automatically assuming you’re right. Political parties have had discrepancies for ages, that’s something that’ll never change. When going about giving an opinion, make sure people know why you have that opinion; the opinion needs to be backed up with facts. I have had my fair share of debates: with friends, family, and in the classroom. I understand why our society finds it pleasing to debate about issues; if you feel strongly about a topic, then your adrenaline will kick in and you’re going to argue your poin...
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A sleepless night. -L

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A sleepless night, I lay awake. A sleepless night, there is no break. A sleepless night, I toss and turn. A sleepless night, I wish I’d learn. A sleepless night, I stop and stare. A sleepless night, there is a glare. A sleepless night, I just can’t stop. A sleepless night, I wish it all would just drop. A sleepless night, I can’t focus. A sleepless night, it all feels hopeless. A sleepless night, I hope and pray. For tomorrow, a better day.
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Finding the bright side. -L

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As humans it is easy to dwell on the negative in life. It is who we are. We might not like it but it is. However, there is a better way to look at life but it’s a little more difficult to do. The positive way. Many people including myself at some point will find themselves upset or bothered by things in life. Even the best of us just look at our day and see every mistake we made, every time the teacher called on us and we didn’t know the answer, and every stupid, little thing you did. But why focus on that part? During all these bad things that made your day rough, I bet you shared a laugh with a friend. Maybe made someone smile or you got a good grade. There is always something, at least one moment or occurrence that made your day at least a little better. Even if you really did have this terrible, awful, no-good, very bad day and maybe there really wasn’t anything positive, there is always something to look forward to; something in the near future that can give you a rea...
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The fear of losing you... -L

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I don’t fear much in life. I don’t fear getting hurt. I don’t fear not being able to do something. I don’t fear the dark. I don’t fear much. I don’t fear losing my friends. I don’t fear people in a sense. I don’t fear dying. Again, I don’t fear much. However, there is one thing I fear. More than anything in my life. The fear that controls me. The fear of losing you... This fear came accompanied with bad thoughts. Plans falling through the cracks a couple times, less time seeing each other. Connection begins to feel flat. Others start peaking your interest, appearing better than me. I try my best to prove my worth but as time goes on my work shows nothing my greatest fear has come true. The fear of losing you... That being one of the many scenarios I fear they all follow that similar trend. So many different ways it could happen but the worst being when they are my fault. When I don’t appreciate enough. When I make a mistake. When I get mad. When I do anything. When som...
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Thank you, Carl. -J

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Thank you. Two words, eight letters. But why, why am I using them? Well, I’m thankful to you, that’s why. You walked into my life a year and four months ago to the day. We became best friends within the span of a week at camp. You looked after me, made sure I was safe. Thank you for making the first move. When you said that one sentence the first day of camp, I knew that was the start of us. A beginning to what would and will last forever. Thank you for your hugs. Have I ever told you that you give the most amazing hugs? Well, I tell a lot of people about how amazing your hugs are. The first hug we shared was in the hug line, you did one of those hugs where you picked me up just high enough so my feet were off the ground. The best hugs we’ve shared however, were at the altar call when you came right to me and pulled me tight for a hug as well as the night when you visited at camp, we hugged and said we loved each other for the first time. Thank you for making me smile and lau...
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Letters to anyone and everyone #1... -L

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A letter to the one who cares the most... Thank you. That’s all I have to say to start off. You hate when I say it, you tell me I don’t have to say it or you won’t accept it but I always say it anyway. You always say you wish you could do more for me but you’ve done more than you could ever imagine and more than I could ever explain to you. I know it might not always seem like it but you do help, I promise. There are moments where I have pushed you away and I never meant for it to hurt you. That isn’t what I wanted. I know you want to help and if I knew it wasn’t something that could be helped I didn’t want you worrying about me. Being with you always makes me happy no matter what else is going on. I know sometimes I might not be able to show that but I promise to you it does. You’ve always been like a shelter to me during the cold, winter nights, making me feel better and telling me that everything will be okay. The way you still care about me after every breakdown,...
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Life in the works. -J

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Life’s a mess, isn’t it? Well, now it seems that way. I assure you that everything will be alright, or at least that’s what everyone wants you to think. The hard truth is, life can be awful at times. You can feel like every little detail in your day is wrong. Maybe it is wrong, but you’ve got to deal with it in some way. I know, I know, dealing with it is hard. Well, you’re right. You can do one of two things: pretend everything is fine and dandy or you can admit to yourself that things are not going the way you planned. You’re going to experience struggle, you are going to be down, you are going to have a bad day here and there. Life is going to be a mess. When you feel at your lowest and like you’ve given it your all, that is only when you can finally understand how to make your life better. You’ve got to hit rock bottom before you can start to feel “normal” again. It’s when you realize that you can and will come out above the little hardships you’ve faced. Hardships. We...
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