2011 - A New Beginning

We have successfully made it to 2011. We have made it through the troubles with or without someone holding our hands to help us up in case we were to fall. We have made it through the most amazing times and allowed no one to get in our way. We made it to a place that, some people, don't even believe will be here within 2 years. December 2012; the end of the world. Yet there are still people out there who can't seem to just sit back and enjoy life the way that they should. People who have barely been 21 who won't even take one step in a bar. Partially, because they don't drink but mainly because their self-esteem is far too low for them to think that maybe, just maybe, someone will find them interesting when they finally let the words that they had to speak, fall from their lips.

But it's not just the self-esteem that makes them drop. Their pessimism seems to help feed into their fear of rejection. "All I want is a New Years Kiss...But I highly doubt that is going to happen" they plaster all over Facebook and Twitter, multiple times over the final night of 2010. They can't just sit and enjoy the memories of the past year. And when asked about them, they probably just shrug it off and throw the same question at someone else who is around them, even if they have fallen too far into a depression that hearing about how amazing someone else's year was could push them over the edge. They have fallen far too deep into a hole that they have no way of pulling themselves out anymore. They think about their past, failed relationships and wonder what they could have done differently. They listen to what their ex says when trying to get back with them and the ex's words just brushes them off, wanting to leave and be with someone else, someone who might not pull them under the water of life's vast ocean. They hold onto this rejection from the past and let it to grow, like bacteria on meat that's been left out for too long, causing it to take a new shape, a new shade, and take over. A new fear begins to grow, even. They stop knowing that there is more to life than someone that was in their life and then who bolted at the first gap that they saw.

But this year can be different. This year, we can try to put the past in the past, forgive and forget, and move on from whatever has been holding us back from reaching our full potential. Grown men can stop acting like little girls when they don't get what they want. And girls can stop spreading their legs for anyone that shows them even the slightest bit of attention. Life isn't all roses and smiles. You have to take what you can when you can and try best not to regret. You have to take the good with the bad and work harder on things. You have to keep trying for the things that will benefit you and let go of the things that won't and not even worry about how difficult trying could possibly be. This year, it doesn't have to be the same. It doesn't have to follow the same schedule and routine as the previous years. This year, we can remove the people who have harmed us beyond all repair and who continue to try to harm us. We can be different. We can change. It's never too late. Tomorrow, you can wake up and cut your hair all off in that look that you've been dying to try out but never though would work with your face. You can get a tattoo or piercing even though you know that your parents will hate it. You can change your appearance any way you want. You can get a new job. You can go to school. You can do so many different things. This is the beginning of a new year. This is a new start, a new beginning. The possibilities are endless!

So, lets make this year different. Lets make this year the best that we have lived through thus far. Lets make our resolutions and stick with them. One of mine is to actually keep up with this blog. Also, to try to stretch my legs more so I can have them back the way they were when I was still dancing. Maybe even work out more and try to get some nice looking abs before the summer. All I know as of now is that I am living in the present and the future. The only things I want to remember from my past are the events that got me to who I am today.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow.

Welcome, world, to 2011!