Floatin’

You should always enjoy the moment and be grateful for what you have. Everyone is their own person, we have our own fears, weaknesses, and strengths. We also have times when we feel the most happy and free from the world. Thinking back on all the times I’ve felt happy, there is always going to be a specific place where I feel the most free, with no worries in the world. That special place is in the ocean. Whether I am diving through the waves, feeling the water flow through my fingers, floating when it’s low tide, feeling the sand in-between my toes, seeing the fish swim past me, and feeling the glare from the sun hitting my face will always make me feel at peace. There is no other place I’d rather be than the ocean. Everyone has their “special space”, and I feel when there is worries and stress in your life, you should try to breathe and just take yourself there. As I said before, everyone has their own different worries and weaknesses, when feeling like this, take yourself to this special place and just think about yourself. It’s okay to be selfish sometimes.

Be Grateful for Every Moment

You never truly realize what you have until it’s gone. People take things for granted, until they realize it’s gone, they then cherish the moment after. Us, as humans, can be very ungrateful for many things. We don’t appreciate the things in life that matter the most to us. Being grateful, and recognizing what we have, can be the key to a happy life. Moments that I was ungrateful for in the moment was seeing my grandpa, when I would see him sometimes I would moan and groan. He wouldn’t come around too often, so I wouldn’t see him much. Now that I am older, I see that he would try to always take me out of the house, have fun with me, and overall how he supported me. I was too young to recognize those acts and be grateful for them. My grandpa unfortunately passed away a few years ago, knowing that he is gone and I won’t ever see him again makes me sad. I would just want to spend one more day with him, who knows maybe we have more in common now. I wasn’t appreciative in those moments, I wish I could go back and change that. When the passing occurred, it changed my perspective on life a little bit. I am much more grateful and appreciative as a person. You shouldn’t make the same mistake I did, and be grateful for everything, which includes every moment, person, laugh, smile. Always be grateful.

Arrested

Fortunately, Mary’s roommates promised to take her out. Unfortunately, she had nothing to wear. Fortunately, her best friend lent her a dress. Unfortunately, it was too loose. Fortunately, they pinned it together to make it tighter. Unfortunately, the pins weren’t very sturdy. Fortunately, they wouldn’t be out for very long. Unfortunately, the restaurant they were going to was fully booked. Fortunately, the new restaurant across the street had room. Unfortunately, you had to do a dance to enter. Fortunately, Mary had memorized a viral Tiktok dance. Unfortunately, none of her friends did. Fortunately, Mary is good at making friends. Unfortunately, whenever Mary tried to talk to someone they ran away. Fortunately, one man spoke to her. Unfortunately, she spilled her drink down his shirt. Fortunately, he didn’t mind. Unfortunately, Mary couldn’t stop apologizing. Fortunately, he asked Mary to dance to distract her. Unfortunately, he’s a horrible dancer. Fortunately, Mary started to teach him how to dance better. Unfortunately, he’s a slow learner. Fortunately, Mary has patience. Unfortunately, she had to leave. Fortunately, he asked her for her number. Unfortunately, he never called. Fortunately, Mary found him on Instagram. Unfortunately, she found out he never called because he got arrested. Fortunately, she avoided going out with a criminal.

Creatures

Fortunately, I went to Hawaii. Unfortunately, the weather was really bad. Fortunately, it cleared up overnight. Unfortunately, it was scorching hot. Fortunately, I went to the beach. Unfortunately, there were birds everywhere on the sand. Fortunately, I had snacks. Unfortunately, the birds tried to attack me. Fortunately, I threw my snacks so they could eat them. Unfortunately, I don’t have any more snacks. Fortunately, I can go in the ocean. Unfortunately, there were a lot of sea urchins. Fortunately, there were certain fish that could eat them. Unfortunately, they threw them up. Fortunately, I could avoid every single one. Unfortunately, there was a big wave. Fortunately, I swam under it. Unfortunately, there was a big shark in front of me. Fortunately, it didn’t hurt me. Unfortunately, more sharks came. Fortunately, they didn’t eat me.

Bones

Being a teenage girl going through these years can be hard, I mean very hard. Growing up as a child we had no worries, only worried about not having enough fun. When you hit middle school that’s when things start going downhill. Boys will call you names, girls who you thought were your friends will go behind your back. You start getting jealous over things you shouldn’t be jealous of. I struggled a lot with this in middle school, and so did many other girls. Probably almost every single one. You start to become more aware of yourself, every little “flaw”. A major thing girls compare themselves to is other girls’ bodies. We shouldn’t do it, but we just do. It’s always “I wish…” or “Why can’t I…”, almost every teenage girl does this, even the ones that say they don’t. I know this because I’ve been that girl, I would say that people’s words didn’t affect me but they did. All I ever am is in my head, it gets hard to control. I remember one day in 8th grade this annoying boy made fun of my teeth, so that became a big insecurity. I already had eating problems in 8th grade, because people would call me fat, I thought I got over it until this boy in freshman year called me fat. When he said that it started my cycle again, I know many other girls my age go through this, and it’s very hard. People need to learn to speak before their actions and words, because they don’t really know what effects and harm they could cause.