I am very emotional right now (emotional in a good way, though). Today at my high school we had a challenge day from 7:15 this morning to 2:15 in th evening. For those of you who have not heard of Challenge Day, Challenge Day is a program that helps to earase clique lines, sterotypes, and to get students from different peer groups reunite under different relations.

Now before you say that this sounds lie a cheesy campifire moment and everyone is going to burst out singing Kumbaya, The program had many revelations and numerous interesting points of views.  I am not going to go into great detail about the things revealed there by students, but I must say that I will never look at the same person that I may see in the hall in passing the same way again.

I have always prided myself for respecting other people and treating others how I would want to be treated (I have not ALWAYS been this way, but we all have our shameful pasts), being friendly to others, and geniunely being a person that many people could look up to.  But today broke down my emotional barriers and had me take a full scope outlook on my life.  Things that I would have never admited outloud to myself, I admitted to a room of 135 students, parents, and teachers alike.

I would be lying to say that it makes me feel better to know that I know what other people are going through the same things that I am.  Because it doesn’t make me feel good.  It makes me feel sad that other people are subjected to the same pain, discrimination, and depression that I am subjected to.  In this day and age, we should be imporiving in our relations in our lives but intstead, it seems like more and more people are failing, most specifically in the personal family life.

I admit that I broke down and cried during the most stressful and emotional parts, and I tried to shy my face from other people so they wouldn’t see me cry.  But I wasn’t alone.  And I was not ashamed of my tears afterward. I’m glad to know that I have other people that I can talk to that are going through the same things that I am, and together we can pull through the rough times.

All I want to do to wrap up this blog is to say that love the people dearly that are currently in your life.  Do not dwell on things in the past that you cannot change, but instead, shape your future.  Correct wrongs that still go unresolved and don’t ever assume judgement on people-whether they are strangers or they are you best friends-because you will be wrong.  I learned that today.

I hope that the people that attended Challenge day today keep the memories and revelations of the day in their hearts and their minds, and use today’s experiences to influence the shaping of their future.

 

I love you all,

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