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Life
Life isn't about keeping score.
It's not about how many friends
you have,
Or how accepted you are.
Not about if you have plans
this weekend or if you're alone.
It isn't about who your family
is or how much money they have,
Or what kind of car you drive.
Or where you are sent to school.
It's not about how beautiful
or ugly you are.
Or what clothes you wear,
what shoes you have on, or what kind of music you listen to.
It's not about if your hair
is blonde, red, black, or brown,
Or if your skin is too light
or too dark.
Not about what grades you
get, how smart you are, how smart everybody else thinks you are, or how
smart standardized tests say you are.
It's not about what clubs
you're in or how good you are at "your" sport.
It's not about representing
your whole being on a piece of paper and seeing who will "accept the written
you."
LIFE JUST ISN'T
But, life is about who you
love and who you hurt.
It's about who you make happy
or unhappy purposefully.
It's about keeping or betraying
trust.
It's about friendship, used
as a sanctity or a weapon.
It's about what you say and
mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.
About starting rumours and
contributing to petty gossip.
It's about what judgments
you pass and why.
And who your judgments are
spread to.
It's about who you've ignored
with full control and intention.
It's about jealousy, fear,
ignorance, and revenge.
It's about carrying inner
hate and love, letting it grow, and spreading it.
But most of all, it's about
using your life to touch or poison other people's hearts in such a way
that could have never occurred alone.
Only you choose the way those
hearts are affected, and those choices are what life's all about.
by Amol
** Back to On Wings of Spirit **
First Opened: November 13, 2000