Hey, I realized that I haven't written a journal in a while.

I kinda just wanted to give a shout out to my friends who are going through some tough times right now. Actually, the whole world is. We're in economic depression, people are stressed about finances, and we're in a tough part of our lives right now. That is, growing up and moving past our childhood dreams into reality.

This is reality: The world will not cater to every selfish little want you have. You need to wake up and realize that tiny little fights and immature grudges will only get you so far in this world. You always need to see the greater good and understand both sides of every story. You should never dwell in how "pathetic" your life is.

It could be worse.

Teens all have a bad habit of assuming that they're the most tragic person on the planet. I'm glad that I have friends who although they often fall into this, can eventually see past their immaturity and realize that friends are friends. People who act like your friend in order to have someone to hang out with, people who are only around to be petted and given sickly sweet attention, people who can only think of themselves and what they want aren't really your friends.

You should never ever waste time on someone who you don't really care for. I've learned from my own mistakes in the past. I have had friends (more than ONE, thank you very much) who I kept around because I could take out my own selfish insecurities on. The day I came to terms with that was the day I realized that I needed to end it as soon as I could. The only way I knew I could prevent it was to cut off those relationships entirely, because that's not what friendship is and I wasn't making anyone feel any better. I've never regretted that decision, no matter how many times people have called me mean or said it was uncalled for. I don't want to be the person I was then.

So to those of you who have just made the same choice I made, which you actually gave me hell for at the time, don't let the people bitching and crying over it get you down. You're just doing the mature thing. Sure, it's good to accept everybody and not be mean to anyone, but I at least understand that in this case it may not be so black and white. It's good for everyone's happiness in the long run to end all of the backtalk and trash talking between false friends.

There are two sides to every story. It's always easier to see one as a victim and the other as the victimizer, but just take a good hard look at what happened in the past before you take a side. You may actually find that the victimization has ended here.

One final piece of advice to everyone reading this, and I mean everyone (even you, Deep Emotive Guy): You're not the most tragic person on the planet. I am.

Just kidding.

Have a nice day!!

PS - [link]
Because the DEG says it better than I do.