Diary of Goddess: Life Lessons Learned

I started this blog in HS, when I was this materialistic, but saying I wasn't materialistic first to start a blog and thought my life was so fab since all I did was school, shop, & friends. Fast forward 4 years later, I became this college student that realized that college life wasn't like the movies and MY struggle began...Some 10 years from HS and here I am, living my dream of going to law school, bringing a whole new meaning to MY struggle…

Saturday, December 15, 2001

No. 17

I just finished reading my guestbook and you may do so as well. So, referring to my post about my encounter of African Americans. This "unknown" says that I am young, I don't know any better, I am horrible and would not like to get to know me by that "unknown" person, says that I have only met a small percentage of African Americans. That's true, I've only met about twenty in my life and i'm 17 now, and my experiences with them have been far more horrible then beneficiary, yes I'm young and I don't see any problem with that, as do I not see a problem with people who are old. It's only society that says it's horrible to be old and it's horrible to be young and their all these age limits, but really those age limits are all about categorizing yourself with the majority of the population. "Unknown" says that other people are rude too, I would like to say that those people who are majorly rude are the people who don't have any manners, i.e. "unknown" referring to Chinese and White people or any other ethnicity. The percentage I have meet, they aren't rude, they pick on me. They actually make racist remarks upon me when I have done nothing to them, but walk by. Those people I may have not made clear in my ramblings are the people who aren't rude as in pushing me while they walk by, but they single me out and make some put down that actually hurts. I'd just like to clarify that, and the for "unknown," I appreciate your comments. It's great to hear about other people's perspectives. I know that there are better people in this world, but that day I just had it and couldn't take it anymore and decided to voice my opinion. My beliefs that people are born good not bad, so it really puzzles me when some people do that, and I've generalized that it was mainly African Americans. For the fact that you don't want to get to know me, it's just fine for me because you have no idea what type of person I am and you've just made a generalization about myself and saying that I shouldn't make generalizations about other people. It actually hurts me too, because I've never met you and it was just one of my opinions I have thought about, I've never voiced any of these opinions I have wrote in these ramblings. These ramblings are for anyone and myself to read, and ponder. REPEAT: Any of these thoughts, I'd never say out loud. You'd wonder why, well I'm really quite, and i'm shy and I wouldn't want to upset anyone, that's why I write, because it gets it off my shoulders or I would be still pondering it for a month or so. Everyone has their faults and everyone has their good qualities, we can't all be perfect, I learned that the hard way! I accept myself for who I am, in a society that says we should be perfect when knowing no one can be perfect in the eyes of society, but only in the eyes of yourself and only yourself and no one else.

Goddess_333