The Perks of being a Wildflower
Most people growing up can to relate to what it feels like being an outsider and feeling like your don't have anyone to turn to. People don't realize of even think about what they might being doing to someone just by the words they say and the actions they do to someone. This book is just about that and telling people what it is like being on the other side of someone being bullied. People that have had a rough time growing up rather it maybe from being sick all the time to not having the money that people think you should have, and also to not being the weight everyone thinks someone should be at. They can all have people thinking and saying that your weird and that you don't fit in. The people that do that others need to take a step back and really look what might be going on in someone's life because all they really need is a friend that doesn't judge and might know where they are coming from.
When I was younger I went through the part of people making fun of me about my weight and I can tell you it's not a great place to be in life. When my whole life I have been up and down about my weight and for me it's not an easy thing to lose it's a struggle everyday for me. I have also been on the other side to where is was making fun of someone because they might be a little weird or that they just are not in the same group of friends that I was in. All of that was when I was a little kid and thought I wasn't hurting anyone's feelings until that one point it happened to me about my weight. That made me realize that everyone is different and amazing person in their own way.
When you are a little different from others and someone try's to bring you down don't look at it as you don't belong, but look at it as that you are one of a kind and they are just not good enough to be your friends if they say or do hurtful things. People can go through their whole life's and fall in love with the wrong people because "We get the love that we think we deserve!" but we all deserve the best out of life and it's up to you to make it that way. Then your can look about on your life and say I over came every bad thing that was thrown my way and I'm a stronger person for that. If anything in life feels like it's getting to hard for you the best thing is to go talk to someone about if because there are people out there that are wanting to help if you just open up and let them. It's not about where we have been but where we are going!
I find it very true that we all have experienced both sides of this problem. I believe none of us are innocent of judging a person who is different. It maybe the unfortunate truth that as adolescence we will all go through a stage of judging and being judged before we realize the fault in our ways. Were there any ways or strategy's to coping with these issues that you have used in your experiences ?
ReplyDelete"don't judge a book by it's cover"
ReplyDeleteI can completely relate to your blog, I think we've all been bullied or inaccurately judged by our peers. You never know what type of day that person is having, you could be the straw that broke the camels back.... or the person who made the cup look half full instead of half empty. Why do you think people initially judge others without trying to gain perspective on the certain individual or group of people?
I feel that some people why judge someone else because they feel that there is something wrong with them as well and they feel they only way to make them feel better is to put someone else down. They can also have a group of friends that they feel that you have to look or be a way that they think is cool for them to fit in. What is your out look on why people judge other people?
DeleteI agree with your comment, it is very interesting to sit and think of why it is so easy for people to judge. It is very accurate that who we are meeting or seeing could be having a bad day or just an off day all together so they aren't acting the way they normally would.
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DeleteI agree with you Madison,
DeleteI have been though a lot of things in my life that most women should never go through but because of that I so have my off days because it's always going to be apart of my life and no one knows about them. Everyone should love people for who they are.