Everyone Has A Story

“Everyone Has a Story”

Yesterday was life changing. I did this program at my school called “Breaking down the Walls”. It was so powerful, depressing, inspirational, and supportive that I even started crying. (You could say I am an emotional person, but never at school)

I learned so much about the people I go to school with, not knowing what challenges they face every day. I found out that so many people put on an act, acting like their lives are perfect, but they really aren’t. I even do it sometimes. I found out that friends I thought I knew were dealing with problems that I would have never guessed they were dealing with.

I found out that I’m not alone in the problems I deal with, there are others all around me that are going through the same exact thing I’m going through. Let’s just say, I wasn’t the only one who cried. We all really got a deeper respect for everyone, and we all understand each other so much better.

So the point of this blog entry? Well that you should all know, everyone has a story. Everyone has a challenge that they have to deal with.

It could be a death of a parent, sibling, family member or a close friend. It could be dealing with an eating disorder, cutting or thoughts of suicide. Or even with financial troubles and a risk of losing their home and become homeless. Teens have to deal with so much, and not to mention going to school and being judged by their classmates.

One of the most powerful moments throughout the whole day was when they had everyone step forward that had once in their life not be able to afford new clothes, and they had to wear the same thing over and over again. Then they had everyone raise their hands if they had ever judged someone by what they wore. It surprised me, not even realizing that some people don’t have a choice in what they wear and yet we judge them anyways. Of course I knew that, but sometimes we forget things like this.

We judge people without even thinking about it. But we really should be looking at the person for who they are. But judging people is what we do naturally; we don’t even have to intend to be mean. It’s just something that we need to break ourselves out of.

I know now I will never judge anyone again, at least not without knowing their story. I hope you all can do the same, not matter how hard of a challenge it is. I know we can do it.

I believe that everyone should go throught his program. As I said before, it was life changing. I also made a ton of friends that are going through some of the same challenges I am. Finding others like me makes me feel not so along. It makes it so much easier to talk, and everyone there, even if you I didnt' like them before, was so understanding and trustworthy.

One last thing,

Even if you don’t know someone’s story, there are so many ways you could help them. Just having someone trustworthy to listen to when you need someone to talk to, or having someone who has been though what you’re going through.

And if you can’t do that, how about just showing people respect? We all deserve respect. How about just smiling or saying hi when you walk past someone in the halls? Or opening the door for someone? A random act of kindness could greatly affect one’s day.

So remember that ‘Everyone has a Story’, you never know what could happen…

Peace out,

Rea

Regrets

“Never regret something that once made you smile”

This is one of my favorite quotes. What does this quote mean to you?

To me, this quote means that even if something hurts you, if it once made you happy, wasn’t it worth it? Yes, it hurts once its over, but that’s what you learn from. Everyone regret something in their life, sometimes for the rest of their lives. Regret is just a part of life. But it’s the things that once made us smile that we shouldn’t regret.

One way to look at it, relationships:

If you go out with someone, say for 3 months or even a year, and they really hurt you, well you’re going to cry and be sad for a while. But just think about the time you spent with that person, all the precious memories that you will carry with you for the rest of your life. Would you really choose to forget all of that just to get over your heartbreak? That’s what called learning and moving on.

Something I regret?

Once huge thing I regret, not staying friends with my best friend from my childhood. I swear, we probably hate each other now. But back when we were kids, we were so close. We would always say that we would be friends forever. But we grew up, she got an attitude, and we just grew apart. Yes, I’m sad about it, but I don’t ever regret our friendship, not for a second.

Otherwise:

Well, I don’t really know what else to say on the subject, so I’ll just say.

Enjoy what you have now, you never know what could happen…

Loves, Rea J

A Sad Thought

~ For Starters:

Has anyone ever been to a funeral? I swear they are the saddest things ever!

~ For Me:

I’m an emotional person; I’ve found that out recently. I cry at the littlest things, so for something as sad as this, I just start bawling. Today me and my family went to a Mass (Catholic Service), for an older man who died recently. It wasn’t like an actual funeral, but the casket was there. (Thankfully, it stayed closed, because dead things like that really creep me out) I barley knew the man, but my dad knew him.

~ Still…

It was super sad. As the Mass went on, and the family spoke, I couldn’t help but cry. Everything they said about their ‘husband’ ‘dad’ or ‘grandpa’ or just ‘friend’ was so special. He was a loved man. Sadly, I was the only one in my family who was crying, kind of awkward.

~ The Point?

Okay, Rea, is a point to this than besides making me cry? I know you are asking that, and yes, there is a point! It’s to say that each and everyone’s life is special. Instead of being sad when someone dies, we should be grateful for the time we had with them.

~ Also!

It made me thing about what would happen if I suddenly died. Everyone knew that this man’s death was coming; he lived a long, full life. But what about me? Just another random kid. What would my family do? How would my friends react? Would I be lucky enough to have a beautiful funeral and be laid to rest? Okay, to tell you the truth, like the human being I am, I wondered what photo’s of myself my mom would pick out to put on the pamphlet thing. A selfish thought, but its something I thought about. Almost made me want to go home and write my will.

~But Instead!

I’m just going to say again. Each and every life is special, even yours! Instead of worrying about when I may die, I think living my life to the fullest is a better thing to do. Why worry about something that’s bound to happen eventually? Why just enjoy the time until you get there!

So be thankful for every day that you get, you never know what could happen…

All my love, Rea J

Introduction

~ Hi There!

Everyone begins these things differently... I'll start the cliché way. Hi, I'm Rea. I could go on and say a lot about me, but really, you will get to know me in my following blog posts. All you need to know is I'm just another teenager who loves my life, but it isn't always perfect. That's what this blog is for, finding out how to make every moment special and to find a way through the hard times.

~Why read this?

So why should you read my blog? Who knows...cause you have nothing better to do? My blog about life. I guess that is a pretty general topic. Does this blog have purpose? It might, truthfully I'm not sure what this will turn out to be, but I intend to have fun trying to make this interesting. Can this blog make your life any better? Well, I sure hope it will help you in some way.

So stay tuned, you never know what could happen…

Loves, Rea. J