Molly Louise
My future home after graduation. A customer at work today told me “Never lose sight of your dreams. You’ll get there if you don’t let go.” Well I’m holding on to this with dear life because in 20 months this is where I’ll be. Want to come ? New Zealand.
My favourite emotion
Hurling your body in to a pool on an insanely hot day
finding your debit card/car keys after an hour of frenzied searching
Having your tylenol 3s start taking effect
Locating your friend in a situation where you feel totally out of your element
Waking up exhausted at 7am and realizing you get to sleep in, it’s Saturday
Catching your cellphone just short of falling into the toilet
Realizing you have an extra day to finish your essay
My favourite emotion is Relief, what’s better? I guess maybe an orgasm.
I am currently living under the assumption that one day I’ll think to myself and say “Oh okay, I get it now”. Hopefully all of this is leading to something great.
Something to ponder about while procrastinating
A boy is bullying other children at school. This can be linked back to the child learning negative behaviors at home from an abusive father. A Husband leaves his family, loses his job and turns to alcohol and drugs. He was severely damaged from witnessing horrendous acts during his time spent serving in Iraq. A woman cheats on her boyfriend. She fails to accept commitment due to a childhood growing up with no father figure. The bully is sent to detention. The man is viewed as scum by society. The woman is considered a slut.
If people knew the circumstances, which caused the actions, would they think differently? Would the circumstances be seen as an excuse and therefore cause the infractions to be forgiven? People say there is a reason for everything. Behind each thing we do, negative or positive, there is a path that brought us there. Do the reasons behind our actions act as an excuse? The bully had no way of controlling how his father brought him up. Why should he be penalized for simply repeating what he saw?
But if that were the case, at what point would people be responsible for their own actions? We would have no jails if every abused child were forgiven of their crimes later in life. No one would strive for change or self-improvement if they knew that their troubled past would eliminate any wrong doings they might commit. The bully would continue to consider his actions acceptable if no one told him otherwise.
The only way to resolve these situations is to look at the big picture. To look at the larger issue at play and work to address that. What caused the circumstances? If we were able to pinpoint what caused the boys father to be abusive in the first place and implement programs to help him and others of his kind we could prevent another generation of similar situations. Easier said that done hey?
Something to think about
