I'd rather love than hate.

# January 31, 2012 / 8:09PM 351 notes

I’m really sick of seeing so many people so depressed and so upset. I’m so tired of seeing “no one loves me”, “no one will ever love me”, “my parents hate me and i have no friends”, and “no one cares about me”. It fucking upsets me because it’s undeserved. It’s completely undeserved, and it’s sad to see how many people have lost sight of what life really is. So many of you lose touch with who you are, and what your life really is. Maybe you don’t know who you are, maybe you do. It doesn’t matter, because your life is still your life. You can still be who you want to be. Do you know why you’re upset? Because, chances are, you’re trying to please someone who isn’t you. Chances are, you’re living your life for someone else. Chances are, you take the insults people throw at you to heart. Chances are, you let your parents get to you when they’re not so nice to you. Chances are, you don’t give yourself a break and realize that you’re simply a human being. Chances are, you don’t stop and take everything in once in awhile. When you wake up, do you understand how beautiful just that is? You woke up. You are alive. Every day is a new day, a clean slate. Every day is something to be cherished, simply because it is different than the day before. Every day is what you make of it. You can make it a challenge. You can let words get to you, you can let people get to you. You can have another bad day, you can keep telling yourself that you’re alone and that no one cares. Or you can realize that hey, maybe things aren’t as bad as I make them out to be. Maybe I’m alive, and maybe that’s good enough for once. Maybe I’ll stand up to the people who throw shit at me, maybe I’ll stand up for myself. Because maybe, I deserve that. Your life is your life. There’s always someone out there who loves you, or will love you. Things aren’t always sunny and beautiful, but they could always be ten times worse. Let go of everything that’s dragging you down. Let go of the person you give all your attention to. Give that attention, give the care, to yourself. Let people who want to care in. Wake up every morning and realize that your life is only as bad as you make it seem, and soon you’ll wake up realizing that there are plenty of reasons to be happy when life gives you a million to cry.