Stranger Danger!

This I Believe

For a long time I wasn’t sure what I believed in. I believed in music, in happiness, in love, in a lot of clichés. So I went to my friends for help and I asked them what I believed in. I went to classmates and asked them what they believed in. I walked up to total strangers and asked even them “what do you believe in most?” Then I realized what I believe in. I believe in people, others, you, us, we, and even “them” the worst people phrase of them all connoting outsiders.

I believe that everyone truly is a good person at least somewhere or at sometime in their lives. That people just don’t want to be good people at times and I can understand that, I abide and just let people be who they are. Although I assume that everyone is just out to get me so that I don’t have to talk to anyone, because I’m pretty shy, it helps me get to sleep to think “yeah they’re not really all that bad, it’s just because they’re around people.” Even people who are jerks to everyone I think they’re just going about things in the wrong way, or even that they’re messing with their friend so it’s not my place to judge. Benefit of the doubt is a great gift that everyone should get.

The power of strangers is a strong thing. People you meet out there in the “real world” and/or outside school are changers and shapers of the world, but more importantly your world. I always try to treat complete strangers better than I treat most anyone else because a wave or a friendly smile from a stranger could brighten your day. But if you get a wave from a lot of people you don’t know and smiles from everyone you see walking to the mall or the park it could change your outlook on the world. Trying to make the world a happier place one, well it would be one people pat at a time but most people are like “ew don’t touch me!” so one smile at a time.

What confuses me most about people is how they indulge themselves in the creed of “no one is perfect.” Everyone is perfect! Perfection is not infallibility, that would be outrageous nothing is infallible. Perfection is having the power to make someone’s day better, and using it. Everyone has and does this; they just need to do it to more people. So next time someone spouts out “no one is perfect!” Tell them they’re doing it wrong; everyone is perfect.

It’s some sort of irony that I walk around talking about how I hate everyone (especially people) even though in my head I really have a respect for just about everyone and hope for the best for them. I believe in you.