Monday, May 14, 2012

Living with optimism: screwing the bastards who want to eat you for breakfast

Screw those people who tell you that you aren't capable.
Screw every single person that has ever told you no, ever called you something awful, ever insulted a talent you've felt passionately about.
Screw people who insult you in general, because you should believe what you truly believe about yourself and not what they're trying to make you believe.
Do you know how many times I've listened to people call me stupid, a failure, a bitch, a liar, a fake, someone who will "never make it in life," someone who is a follower?
Do you know how many times I've fallen for the same, boring lies?
I know I'm not any of those. Yet, when my mother would tell me those things, I would hate myself with so much anger and rage and depression that it would eat away at my self preservation and I would end up vulnerable to every single horrible thing that could ever be said or done to me, and I would lose all self-esteem in the process.
Sometimes, most often times, I believed I deserved those hurtful words.
But let me tell you, you can rise above every last one of those letters that makes up the screwed up language that is of hate. You can rise against the forces that want to hold you back.
And who really cares why they do those things to you?
You know why you shouldn't care?
Because fuck that.
It is so damn IMPORTANT to know that you can do ANYTHING if you have enough willpower to do so. (Speaking in terms of actual abilities, you cannot fly without any equipment, please do not go jump off of a building thinking you can. Let's be literal here).
You know what I have accomplished, despite the environment I have been submersed in my entire life?
I have accomplished the success of overcoming.
I have accomplished love, and refused to hate (though I have found I think I'm incapable of such a strong emotion towards other humans), and I regret nothing.
I have accomplished fulfilling my dreams, if not just starting out by creating them and hopefully continuing to progress.
I have accomplished living life the way a person should through difficult times.
And you know what that means?
You. Can. Too.
I just want to fucking SCREAM.
Scream and shout and tell you that you CAN. You can do what you WANT. Live in the boundary lines of right and stray far from the wrong side and you can accomplish so much, the very much you have planned throughout your childhood.
Because I know each and every one of you has a dream, a mapped out plan for life, that sweet, perfect life you've always wanted.
Nothing will ever always be given to you but you can earn a lot of it.
So, work for it.
And screw those assholes who are telling you no.

And you know what else?
For those of you who have sour attitudes and want to use the excuse that you have a horrible life,
stoppit.
You people make me sick because I KNOW you can do better, I KNOW you can be polite and nice and not awful and rude all of the time, because I do it. I've met other people who do it.
Take what has happened to you and turn it into something GOOD, turn it into life lessons that not many people can learn on their own, turn it into standards that you can set for yourself so you can never be like those people who bring others down, and come out knowing that you are a better person because of what has happened to you.
Stop ruining what you have left for yourself by making others feel awful, too.
If you want any chance at happiness, grasp it with WELCOMING arms and don't shove it back because you're afraid.
Go ahead and let people get close to you, I promise, it is SO much better to have loved and let go/lost rather than to have not loved at all.
It's apart of life.
Live it. Love it.
Stay beautiful.

-Kylie