So I was sitting around today being a very lazy human being when I got to thinking about many things. I came across an old year book and started thumbing through the pages. I was saying things like, "I wonder what ever happened to so and so", and "That guy was a jackass."
What did high school mean besides book learning? It was a four year popularity contest. That is what it all boiled down to for me. Everyone tried to be more popular than the next person. Why was this so damned important? As a kid you want to be liked by as many people as you can. I admit, I was an outcast at school. I had two real good friends that I am still close to today. Although I loved my friends with all my heart I wanted more. Why do we feel this way as kids?
Now that I am an adult my views are different. I am not a popular person and it is not important to me. I have friends and that is all I want. If I were to gain popularity than that is fine but I would want to be popular because I am a good person. I would never want popularity under a false impression. If I became a great writer, I would want people to say hello to me because it is the thing to do. Not because I have a published book. I would be happy that they liked my work just not happy if that is all they knew me by.
What kind of legacy could I leave behind? A best selling Novel? A host of stage plays? Maybe the best legacy I can leave is to die knowing that I have given something of myself to those that needed a friend. That I have left a piece of my heart with those that know me. Popularity is OK. Just like here at this great forum. A handfull of you know me. I am not popular but I am known. That is important to me. I hope that those of you that know me understand that I am very humble. I enjoy having you as friends.
So in short, we should do everything we can to stress to our youth that being popular is not as good if you do not have true friends with you. You may be a good football player but will you have real friends when you leave high school? What will your legacy be? Thanks for listening to my latest ramble. I simply got to thinking today and you just can't stop my brain.
What did high school mean besides book learning? It was a four year popularity contest. That is what it all boiled down to for me. Everyone tried to be more popular than the next person. Why was this so damned important? As a kid you want to be liked by as many people as you can. I admit, I was an outcast at school. I had two real good friends that I am still close to today. Although I loved my friends with all my heart I wanted more. Why do we feel this way as kids?
Now that I am an adult my views are different. I am not a popular person and it is not important to me. I have friends and that is all I want. If I were to gain popularity than that is fine but I would want to be popular because I am a good person. I would never want popularity under a false impression. If I became a great writer, I would want people to say hello to me because it is the thing to do. Not because I have a published book. I would be happy that they liked my work just not happy if that is all they knew me by.
What kind of legacy could I leave behind? A best selling Novel? A host of stage plays? Maybe the best legacy I can leave is to die knowing that I have given something of myself to those that needed a friend. That I have left a piece of my heart with those that know me. Popularity is OK. Just like here at this great forum. A handfull of you know me. I am not popular but I am known. That is important to me. I hope that those of you that know me understand that I am very humble. I enjoy having you as friends.
So in short, we should do everything we can to stress to our youth that being popular is not as good if you do not have true friends with you. You may be a good football player but will you have real friends when you leave high school? What will your legacy be? Thanks for listening to my latest ramble. I simply got to thinking today and you just can't stop my brain.
