There once was a young man who had troubles in his life. Some said it was because of bullying, others said he was unaccepted by his family, and some say he was depressed. One day he was gone from this Earth, and none of us will ever truly know what happened.
This story is a generalization, not a factual account. So many young men across the country seem to fit into this generalization, so instead of actually telling their stories, the media and both pro and anti gay rights activists have decided that its easier to lump these boys together as if they were all the same person. But they're not the same person. Not all gays who commit suicide are the same, not all gays are the same, no one is the same.
We are all struggling to find who we are and where we belong on this Earth. That's hard enough without the people in our lives telling us who we shouldn't be and the media telling us who we should be. We were all created as individuals. We were not meant to fit every positive or negative stereotype, we were meant to be ourselves, and no one, I repeat, NO ONE, has a right tell us who we are.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
My favoriote quotes on my facebook all could fit this just read them.- Sis
ReplyDelete" The thing that is really hard, and really amazing is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself." Anna Quindlen
"Grace means more than gifts. In grace something is transcended, once and for all overcome. Grace happens in spite of something; it happens in spite of separateness and alienation. Grace means that life is once again united with life, self is reconciled with self. Grace means accepting the abandoned one. Grace transforms fate into a meaningful vocation. It transforms guilt to trust and courage. The word grace has something triumphant in it." - Yrjo Kallinen
...As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit. ~Emmanuel
Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. ~Emory Austin
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. ~Eleanor Roosevelt