So, I’ve been doing some thinking and some music listening.
When combined, it’s a deadly weapon for someone like me. However, I think what
I’ve come upon is worth sharing. Tonight, as I was straightening my hair for
tomorrow, I stumbled upon the song “Hole in the World,” by the Eagles (I’m so
sorry for those who have no idea who the Eagles are…. Look ‘em up!). There’s a
line that particularly stood out to me: “Until we learn to love one another, we
will never reach the promise land.” This stood out to me because of all the
stuff going on with the LGBTQ community. Nobody will be able to “reach the
promise land” if we keep hating one another! And, I’m not just pointing out those
who are against gay rights, no. It goes both ways. What we need is a
compromise. Not these stupid laws that are put into effect. How could we
possibly “reach the promise land” if Governor’s and other political leaders
think it is okay to discriminate against other human beings? I know what I’m
saying seems impossible, especially in the society we live in, but the problem
is that we’re not trying. We’re not trying when it comes to gay rights; we’re
not trying when it comes to children who are molested or raped; we’re not
trying when it comes to children being bullied; we’re not trying when people
are getting shot; we’re not trying when race plays a factor; we’re not trying
when it comes to people taking their own lives because of the world we live in.
WE’RE NOT TRYING. And I truly believe that if we all try, and “learn to love
one another, we WILL reach the promise land.”
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Human Beings
I’m 20 years old; I’ll
be 21 in November.
I’ve been single my
whole life.
I’m a virgin.
I don’t smoke or do
drugs.
I’m a junior in
college.
I have red hair and
wear glasses.
I get my nails done
every two weeks.
I love One Direction.
I’m a writer and a
reader.
I don’t believe in
religion.
I believe in gay
rights, but I’m not gay.
I’m a 80s movies
buff.
I have a dark past
but a bright future.
I’m a human being,
but that doesn’t stop people from being hateful to me. I’ve come to the
conclusion that no matter who you are, what you believe in, who or what you love,
someone will always hate you for being the only person you know how to be: you.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Two Parts of My Life
“I bet you’re a great
writer. You probably have great stories to tell.”
Someone
said this to me while discussing what I do and don’t believe in when it comes
to religion (that’s a story for another day). I’ve been through some rough
times when I was younger. I won’t go into detail; no one needs to know what I’ve
been through. All you need to know is that it was bad enough to never wish it
upon my worst enemy.
I’m a
writer, if you couldn’t tell. But just because what happened to me, happened to
me, doesn’t mean I want to share it with everyone else through fiction. Granted,
it probably would make a great story, but I would never want to drag my readers
through the emotional ride my life has been. Not only that, but I feel like if
I wrote what happened to me into a story, I’m immortalizing those who did what
they did to me. They don’t deserve to make an appearance in my future after
what they did to me in my past.
I don’t
write stories to please my potential readers, I write because I have the gifts
of creativity and imagination. I write because it makes me happy. I write
because sometimes it takes the pain away. I write because there are lives I can
create, personalities I can choose, and characters I can love. I write because
I can create this imaginary life where nothing of what happened to me happened
to me.
So, no,
I don’t have great stories to tell, because those stories have already been
told. I tell the stories of the unknown parts of my existence. I tell the
stories of the life I wish I had, instead of the life I have. I create
characters based off of certain characteristics I lack, because it makes me
feel like I’m living both lives instead of just the one that didn’t go the way
I planned.
To sum
up my little rant, I’ll leave you with the wise words of Joss Whedon:
“I
write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I
write to explore all the things I’m afraid of.”
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