My Views On Life

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If I was the one that could shape this world

Every person would be granted the ability to be told

To tell a story we all see through

That will not be ended by people like you

We’ve all been given life

What is the meaning of this sacrifice?

Who obtained this power of the immoral law?

Dehumanizing a human body; a blatant flaw

We see in the papers the death toll rises

While the people and react with no surprises

We return to our minds for a reason that follows

But it seems our emotions have been condemned to the hollow

Honor those who give, take those who take?

Which side is the reality and defines mistake?

Absolute happiness is what we are after

But not everyone will live happily ever after

A harsh truth instills as the everyday norm

Even in moments when we allow our children to be born

We live to see, but we seem to forget

Life is not to be filled with the sense of regret

At the end of it all we are all the same

So, why do we speak each other’s names in vain?

Have we done so wrong that we are so deserving?

For this blade to enter and never stop turning?

I beg this generation to show us hope

We need a new way to live and cope

You sit there and read this; it makes no sense

This is because you have never seen such consequence

Consequence measures in more than a legal loss

But the hole that’s imbedded into each of our hearts

If we live to love, why do we deceive?

The many people that allow us to breathe?

Ghosts stay to haunt us and show us a time

That was once had before us but we cannot rewind

People claim to have power over each other

With the gift of life we are able to think whatever we want. Regardless of anyone else's opinion yours is what matters most. I don't care how cliche this sounds. It's true. The fact that this is looked at as corny or whatever you want to call it disgusts me. Anyone's opinion is no less than yours. You do not hold the power to determine right or wrong. If you did you would create law. Even then law is a poor excuse of a structured society. Even with law people commit "crimes". This shows that even law holds no power to a persons actions. It is morals that define us. If you want to kill someone and feel the urge inside of you enough you can do it. You will be penalized, yes, but it can still be done even with law in place. I do agree with most laws and the fact that anyone has the capacity to take a life is purely wrong.  We all follow morality in the end. Rather, have a conscience that helps guide us in a positive way. Those without a conscience have the ability to act with no remorse. This is a threat that should be assessed with a radical movement. Those who think that taking a life is justifiable maybe deserve to have their life taken. Then we come across the problem of hypocrisy. 

I've always been the kind of person to wonder what everyone is saying about me or what everyone is thinking about my actions. For one, what makes me so special to make me the center of attention in everyones conversation? I'm not. Two, who gives a shit what people think? If you're happy in your current situation and someone is going to be mad at you for you making a decision that does affect others but is justified in the reasons of benefiting yourself and them; they are not friends. Friends stand by you through thick and thin and honor your thoughts as real and true as theirs. I will always justify my friends actions as long as they are well thought and hold no ignorance. If someone has a problem with the way I lead my life, then you can get out because you are undeserving of the thoughts I have and the time I take having them. I can't stress enough how important time is. We say we have all the time in the world but, do we really know this? No one is a future teller and no one can tell you what will happen. If you are emotionally "forced" into making a decision that your "friends" want you to make, well; I call this being selfish. One of the biggest hidden flaws in an individual. We all do it. It's when we decide to put YOUR OWN wants aside for the sake of our friends justifiable wants that make us good friends. We have to learn to understand that not all of us work or think the same. We all have different ways of dealing with things and we always will. This world moves around the sun. Not you.

No one has the right to ask you for more of your life than you are willing to give. If someone wants something of you and you do not want to give, they should not receive. That is how this world should work. It seems to be a problem today, people are extremely unhappy with themselves and the life they are leading, myself included. I had plans 5 years ago to be in a completely different spot than I am in. Is that a bad thing? No, things just didn't go according to plan. Most of the time this is because there is more than one person aside from yourself in the ability for the plan to execute. I can not say I hate the position I am in. If anything went differently I may not have met my girlfriend, been in two bands that I am extremely proud of. This is truth but, truth is meant to change. The second you have found happiness as a fact you know you have found your calling.

To be miserable and unhappy is a pointless feeling. If you are upset, tell yourself "fuck it man, everything is going to be ok." Because it will be, as long as you are willing to take the steps to get there. Everyone has the ability to change their situation and the standards you are living in if you are unhappy with them. A lot of the time it seems impossible because of the required steps: Major sacrifice, relocation, banishing certain aspects of your life that you have believed to be "needed". These things present struggle in our minds that we can not commit to based on the comfort they bring, out of their normality. 

In order to break away from the norm one must be able to make these commitments and be mentally strong and capable to see the good of the outcome it will bring. You need to create a voice whispering in your ear, so when you are doubting yourself in a major productive change to just do it. Stick with it and allow yourself to see the change through. How can you know what lies on the other side if you have never brought yourself to the position to witness it? There is too much in this world beyond ourselves to explore to limit ourselves in a situation for an extended amount of time. Especially if it is something that is bringing you down personally in multiple aspects of your life.

Anything that is a detriment to your physical or mental health is an unworthy candidate of your happiness. You should be your number one priority and your happiness. Everything else comes second. Without you being completely content in your current situation you will never be able to offer yourself in a way of complete consistency and certainty of your ability to supply.