I think it commands space on my page!
LIFE
Life isn't about keeping score.
It's not about how many friends you have
Or how accepted you are.
Not about if you have plans this weekend
Or if you're alone.
It isn't about who you're dating,
Who you used to date,
How many people you've dated,
Or if you haven't been with anyone at all.
It isn't about who you have kissed,
It's not about sex.
It isn't about who your family is,
Or how much money they have,
Or what kind of car you drive,
Or where you are sent to school.
It's not about how beautiful or ugly you are,
Or what clothes you wear, what shoes you have on,
Or what kind of music you listen to.
It's not about if your hair is blonde,
Red, black or brown,
Or if your skin is too light or too dark.
Not about what grades you get, how smart you are,
How smart everybody else thinks your are,
Or how smart standardized tests say you are.
It's not about what clubs you're in
Or how good you are at "your" sport.
It's not about reprsenting your whole being
On a piece of paper and seeing who
Will "accept the written you."
LIFE JUST ISN'T.
But, life is about who you love and who you hurt.
It's about who you make happy or unhappy purposefully.
It's about keeping or betraying trust.
It's about friendshp, used as a sanctity or a weapon.
It's about what you say and mean,
Maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.
About starting rumors and contributing to petty gossip.
It's about what judgments you pass and why.
And who your judgments are spread to.
It's about who you've ignored
With full control and intention.
It's about jealousy, fear, ignorance, and revenge.
It's about carrying inner hate and love,
Letting it grow, and spreading it.
But most of all, it's about using your life
To touch or poison other people's hearts
In such a way that could have never occurred alone.
Only you choose the way those hearts are affected
And those choices are what life's all about.
(Author unknown)
At the conclusion of the chain letter were the instructions on scoring with 0 to 16 listed, "16 and up" indicating if the chain letter was passed on "You will have a successful life and all of your dreams will come true!"
While it is not totally realistic as a measure of success, ("success" and "dreams" do have different meanings in different cultures), to me it is refreshing to see that in our troubled world, youth can still have "dreams" and can try inspire each other.
On behalf of the youth of today - thank you for reading this.
Return to Home Page
E-mail to:
This page hosted by 
Get your own Free Home Page
Life isn't about keeping score.
It's not about how many friends you have
Or how accepted you are.
Not about if you have plans this weekend
Or if you're alone.
It isn't about who you're dating,
Who you used to date,
How many people you've dated,
Or if you haven't been with anyone at all.
It isn't about who you have kissed,
It's not about sex.
It isn't about who your family is,
Or how much money they have,
Or what kind of car you drive,
Or where you are sent to school.
It's not about how beautiful or ugly you are,
Or what clothes you wear, what shoes you have on,
Or what kind of music you listen to.
It's not about if your hair is blonde,
Red, black or brown,
Or if your skin is too light or too dark.
Not about what grades you get, how smart you are,
How smart everybody else thinks your are,
Or how smart standardized tests say you are.
It's not about what clubs you're in
Or how good you are at "your" sport.
It's not about reprsenting your whole being
On a piece of paper and seeing who
Will "accept the written you."
LIFE JUST ISN'T.
But, life is about who you love and who you hurt.
It's about who you make happy or unhappy purposefully.
It's about keeping or betraying trust.
It's about friendshp, used as a sanctity or a weapon.
It's about what you say and mean,
Maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.
About starting rumors and contributing to petty gossip.
It's about what judgments you pass and why.
And who your judgments are spread to.
It's about who you've ignored
With full control and intention.
It's about jealousy, fear, ignorance, and revenge.
It's about carrying inner hate and love,
Letting it grow, and spreading it.
But most of all, it's about using your life
To touch or poison other people's hearts
In such a way that could have never occurred alone.
Only you choose the way those hearts are affected
And those choices are what life's all about.
(Author unknown)
At the conclusion of the chain letter were the instructions on scoring with 0 to 16 listed, "16 and up" indicating if the chain letter was passed on "You will have a successful life and all of your dreams will come true!"
While it is not totally realistic as a measure of success, ("success" and "dreams" do have different meanings in different cultures), to me it is refreshing to see that in our troubled world, youth can still have "dreams" and can try inspire each other.
On behalf of the youth of today - thank you for reading this.
Return to Home Page
E-mail to:
This page hosted by
Get your own Free Home Page
At the conclusion of the chain letter were the instructions on scoring with 0 to 16 listed, "16 and up" indicating if the chain letter was passed on "You will have a successful life and all of your dreams will come true!"
While it is not totally realistic as a measure of success, ("success" and "dreams" do have different meanings in different cultures), to me it is refreshing to see that in our troubled world, youth can still have "dreams" and can try inspire each other.
On behalf of the youth of today - thank you for reading this.
Return to Home Page
E-mail to:
Get your own Free Home Page