Hey. I know I've been gone for a long time and I should return with one of your stories, but please, read all of this. I know you expect more life stories and I promise those will come soon, but I just want to get this off my chest for now.

I also want you to please either share this, or write about it on your own profile, because people need to realize that you can't just do anything you want in a negative way. Other words, don't be an asshole.

I'm turning eighteen soon, and yes I'm still young and I know I still need to experience a lot more, and I'm ready, but there are certain things that people don't quite understand. The need to address this has just been consuming me alive for days.

If there are any parents reading this (this is really for everyone), life is awesome. I know it has a lot of hard times, but it also has a lot of good times, and when things are bad, we teach children how to defend themselves, but has anyone ever thought of teaching them how to not hurt others in any way? Like, we get taught how to defend ourselves from bullies, but do they teach us not to be bullies? Why doesn't this happen at school? Why? I don't know about other countries, so don't attack me, but here, we just learn not to give into peer pressure, but we don't learn to not pressure our peers and that is honestly fucked up.

I have been on Wattpad for over 4 years now, and due to my writing, I've realized that there are tons of people spreading positivity and that's awesome, but there are also a lot of people spreading negativity.

1. “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.”
I don't know about you, but I personally don't believe that's true. What if your opinion is based on what you don't know? Like, you could literally look at a girl and say, “I don't like what she's wearing,” but you may not even know that the reason she's wearing that is because she has nothing else to wear. I get a lot of hate on my stories, even though I have put a countless amount of author's notes informing you about the flaws. You don't know me, I never wrote to get famous. I write to find myself, and if you have a problem with that, leaving the story with an unnecessary comment is just a fucking dick move and you need to get yourself checked. We are too quick to judge, and yes, I said we, because face it, we're all jerks. Stop using your opinion as an excuse to be a fucking jerk.

2. “It's human nature.”
If you have ever said this, chances are that I want to stab you in the neck. Why you ask? I'm glad you did. Because no, it is not just human nature. Why would you ever blame it on human nature? Because last time I checked, I wouldn't want to film someone in pain, and if you do, then there is really something fucking wrong with you. Blaming human nature for being a shitty human being is just plain stupidity. Don't hate on others and then just say, “Oh, it's just cause I'm human.”
Otherwise I'll fucking stab you in your neck until you die and then be like, “Oh, sorry. It's just human nature. We like killing.”
STOP IT.

3. You can't please everyone. Stop crushing yourself and your loved ones in attempt to please someone who is not worth the effort.
We've all had these kinds of people in our lives. They just don't give a crap about us, but we ruin ourselves to make them happy anyways. Yes, people change. A change is always fine, but just don't change so much, that you lose yourself. I actually learned this from someone very special. This person taught me, “So what of they don't like the way you are? Look around you, open your eyes. There are a list of people who admire you. People whom you don't even know the existence of. Shiwii, there will always be people who are willing to go an extra mile for you, sometimes it takes time to realize that, but slowly, but surely, you come along and you'll see how much we all can do for you.”
And you know what? He was right. I do have people who love me and I don't even need to try to please them, because they're already happy with the way I am.

I still have a lot of insecurities, but the day we all just open our eyes, take a deep breath, and choose to acknowledge all the people who care about us, life will be a little bit easier. And if you feel like you have no one else, look at yourself in the mirror. You know yourself better than anyone.

You are your closest friend.