Where do I belong?

 Have you ever stopped and wondered, “where do I belong?” I bet everyone has at least once in their life. They have this sort of...absent feeling within them that there's something more...something spectacular just waiting to grab them and bring them in.

 That's exactly how I feel. Like there's somewhere in the world I need to be, somewhere I belong. It kind of feels like I'm on the outside looking in...as if I'm sitting there, talking, but feels like I'm just watching the conversation.

 Know what this is called? Being unsure. A lot of people HATE being unsure I bet, but guess what? It's OKAY to be unsure about lots of things. We're still growing as people, we're still figuring things out. Whether we're unsure where our future will lead, or maybe what our grades will be, it's okay. It's completely fine to change your mind over and over and over again, because we're just teens making our way through this thing called life.

 There's going to be people that want to bring you down. They want you to fail. But stand up. Don't let them bring you down, because you're better than that, and most likely they'll be working for you one day. Life is full of surprises, one minute something could happen the next it can all fall apart...you never know. That's why I say live it to its fullest, don't worry about where you'll be in five years, just enjoy right now. Be unsure about your belonging, be sure about yourself, be who you want to be.

 Sit down and think to yourself:

• I won't be negative
• I'll find my place
• I won't give up
• I'll never say never
• I'm going to enjoy myself
• I'm not going to let what others say effect me.

  Plenty of people let words affect them, know what I say? Change your brain from an absorbing sponge that's keeping all the words, to a board with sticky notes, and only let what you allow to be written in there. Someone calls you a name? Cross it off and throw it out. Because you KNOW you're beautiful/handsome inside AND out.

Don't let negativity come between you and you're life, believe me I know. The past few weeks I've been gloomy, and not caring about school. Where did that get me? Adults concerned about me and lower marks. Slowly, I'm teaching myself that negativity is just a form of bullying myself. That I'm really beating myself up on the inside, and letting it effect me and everyone else.

 I also taught myself this; the sky is my limit. I won't back down to a task, and I'll never give up. I'm already raising money for charities and families that need it. I WANT to help out people, and nothing is going to stop me. I'll never say never.

 We have the world at our fingertips boys and girls, and we have to change it so it's in our hands. We have to all join together and work as hard as we can to make this world a better place. Because if we keep slacking off and letting people stand in our way, we'll never reach it. Working together could even bring us to finding out place where we belong...it can also help others find their place. It'll also make friendships that will last a life time. Friendship and Family are some of the most important things.

 So back to where I was, no teen knows where they belong. I don't even know. But to find out where we do, we can't let anyone step in our path. Everyone will get to their belonging spot, whether it be in the next town, next house, or another country, we'll find it. Like I said before, we'll all help each other.

 So let's all shove the negativity aside and think positive. It'll be hard at first, but remember, we’re all unique in amazing ways, and we can all make a change in someones life, even our own life. So put on a simple smile, and make someones day...even try to make YOUR day. Because life will throw things at us that we don't like, but we won't back down.