Reality Check

Reality Check


I may be a big girl, but there are some who are bigger than me, and there are people struggling get up to a normal weight.

I may be the color I am, but there are some who wish to be lighter, and there are some who would do anything to be darker, even if it kills them.

I may be displeased with the way I look, but there are others who are so obsessed with beauty, they resort to desperate measures to feel beautiful...and even then, sometimes they feel it still isn't enough.

I may hate my hair, but some people have lost theirs...because they want to be healthy again.

I may not have a college degree, a car, or a lot of money...but some people are having their possessions taken away from them, leaving them homeless...and hopeless.

I'm polite most of the time...but there are others who do not care who they hurt as long as they get what they want.

I graduated from high school a year early, while others decided to give up...and there are others who have done it later in life.

My beliefs may be different, but I'm still open-minded...while others go as far as to kill those who don't believe like they do.

Some people fight within their families, while there are others who fight for their country and leave their families behind.

I'm lucky to have been alive this long, yet there are too many others who have died way too young...and some who never get the chance to breath their first breath.

I ask "Why am I still alive?" But there are those who ask why their loved ones aren't.

I may live in a very crazy world...but I'm doing the best I can. I know who I am and what I've had thrown at me.

And I've still made it this far.

So guess what?

I'm not going anywhere for a while.

I've got more lessons to learn, more people to meet and things I want to accomplish while I'm here.

The world still has a lot more to offer me, and I have more to give the world.

So bring it on, because here I come.

I'm going to take advantage of every chance I have.

Because I am me, and this is my reality.