I Really Just Want Feedback- Derek B.

Ok so I wrote this a while ago just to get some of my thoughts on paper, and I realized that it is slightly deep/controversial so I wanted to post it on here to get your guys' feedback. I guess if I had to justify posting this, it does share some of my philosophy on life which ties to what we were doing in class. I also incorporated my OLW into it: pain. PS before I get started, this was inspired by the movie "A Cinderella Story" with Hilary Duff. Yeah, don't judge =P.

So here goes:

It seems that everyone's life sucks. Everyone has their drama or their conflict or their impossible desires. It seems that everyone wants their storybook ending. And there is nothing stopping them but them. I one read that writing history is easy; you simply record the facts. But writing fiction is so difficult because you have to make it believable. Anything can happen in real life; only a few things can happen in fiction. I have held this to be one of the truest quotes ever. No matter what fantasies we come up with, they are based on real life and do not even come close to the emotion and feel of reality. If you think about it that way, real life is the greatest story ever written. All things are possible in reality. Where/how else can you find the ups and downs, friendships and betrayals and rejections that happen in reality? We watch so many movies that we sometimes wish or expect our lifes to go that way. We take a normal situatiom ad turn it into a move and wait for our happily-ever-after. But it never comes.

No not "never." Sometimes life sucks. That is a fact. Sometimes life really suck and you feel like there is no hope. But there will ALWAYS be a happy ending if we are willing to keeep fighting and put things in perspective. Some things are not changeable. Some things are. To find happiness we need to change the things we can for the right. Even if that is painful. And sometime shtuff (the pg version of another sh-t word)and it feels like there is no escape. But put it in perspective. Are you completely worthless now that you are in this situation? You may suffer, but this falls into the category of things you cannot change. But what you do about it can. Somebody may have a horrible disease or have died. That will not change. But what you do about it can. You can choose to wallow in self-pity, or you can make the world better. Not only their life, but your own and others'. Help them. Help yourself. Change something. If you are not happy, it is your own fault.

Hope is the most powerful of human emotions. More powerful than pain or the fear of pain. We are willing to fall in love, go to war, kill, for the hope of a better life. There are some things we cannot change. There will always be hate. There will always be pain. There will always be breakup of family, relationships, friends. There will always be that one thing or that one person that you always hope for, knowing that it will never happen; but you hope for it anyways. There are some things you cannot change. There are some things you can. Keep fighting to make the things you can better, and you will get your fairytale ending. Sometimes your fairytale ending is just being content with what you have. Not settling. Never settle. But be content if you can.
Notice that no one ever gets a fairytale ending who had an easy life. We have to work for it, to earn it. Everyone has a fairytale ending if only they would fight to get it.

Sorry this turned out so long. If you actually read the whole thing, put a  +P in your comment so I can give you a huge hug later. Thanks for any feedback you give.

What book has stuck with you?

A book series that I will always remember is Captain Underpants. It has been over 7 years since I read the first one. These books were the only ones that I actually enjoyed reading. I liked them so much because the story was about kids my age, who always played pranks, and a superhero. It had alot of comedy in it which kept me from getting bored. It truely was a great series.

-Luc