Be a Good Person and Do Good Things

They say you have to love yourself before anyone else can love you. They say you’re supposed to take care of yourself before you worry about others. They say you shouldn’t worry about what other people think about you. They say you should worry about yourself. They say to treat others how they treat you, but they also say to treat others the way you want to be treated. I think that is what gets us messed up the most in life, we listen to what other people say, to what social media and our schools say, to what society says. That’s everyone’s problem. We have so many ideas of what life is supposed to be like, and how we’re supposed to act. No one is accepted for who they are because no one fits anyone’s definition of how people are supposed to be. Everyone is too fat, too skinny, too dumb, too smart, too tall, or too short. They wear too much makeup or not enough. They show too much skin and they're attention seeking or they show not enough and they're too modest and insecure. They take care of themselves and treat people the way they’re treated, and they’re a selfish jerk. They don’t take care of themselves and they worry about other people and they’re opinions, and they’re self conscious and want attention. No one is accepted no matter what. Everyone says our generation and our society are screwed up, yet we are the ones making it that way. People are so harsh and so cruel that half of our society doesn't want to live through it. People would rather throw away their life than live it, and that’s not because they are looking for attention, or being dumb, or anything. That is because the world is such a messed up place people can barley stand to be a part of it. That is what’s messed up. People need to stop judging people left and right, people they don’t even know. People need to stop following the crowd and trying to be like everyone else. People need to stand up for themselves, and start making the world a place that people want to be in. Stop trying to look like that girl you saw on Instagram. Stop trying to impress that boy that won’t even give you the time of day. Stop trying to make the ‘cool group’ like you, and start being the cool group. Stop worrying about how you look, what you say, what you wear, what you eat, what your grades are, what you do in your free time, and go be whoever you want to be. Do whatever you want to do. Accept everyone and worry about yourself. Be a good person, and do good things.