Thoughts of a Teenage Let-down

By Margaret Nicolas Decena Alpajora

 [Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 5:55am]

Don't blame other people for the stress you decide to put on yourself. 

Don't call people selfish when you don't know how to give selflessly. 

Don't call people ungrateful when you only ever see peoples flaws & ignore their merits & forget to apreciate them. 

Don't call people mean when you walk around with an angry face shouting at & scaring people then saying you don't care when somebody points it out. 

Don't tell anybody they will regret something when you neither know nor care about any of their hopes, their dreams, or their plans to acheive. 

Don't assume you know somebody enough to predict their thoughts & actions when you've never bothered to try to get to know them. 

Don't try to predict a persons thoughts & actions by generalising behavioural patterns of their age group, because everybody has different morals & personalities. 

Don't expect friendliness from somebody when all their attempts at closure are met with a scowl, suspicion, and an unfriendly tone when you speak. 

Lastly... 

NEVER try to stop somebody from making their own mistakes by forcing them to learn from yours; 

Lessons in life are meant to be learnt 1st hand. By learning the hard way, people are challenged to gather their own wisdom & grow. 

Sometimes when you think you know what's best for somebody else, you're only puting them in greater danger to crash & burn when you're gone. 

Always GUIDE, Never CARRY. 

It is difficult to trust the ones you love to experience the rocky roads of life, but slowly letting go of control over them is trusting that they were raised to be strong when the hard times must be theirs alone to face. 

Trust is key. Without it, there is nothing.