@IEatDirt441 I’m growing plants for the first time in my life.
They’re only flowers and they haven’t bloomed yet. But they will. Day by day, drop of water by drop. They’ll bloom. Next year? Might try to grow vegetables or even more flowers.
There are beautiful things still growing.
@IEatDirt441 The sun will rise tomorrow. Plants still grow. And despite everything, life is good, even if the bad likes to try and drown it out. There are people who still care about and cherish you even if they can’t say the words right now.
There's a reason "redneck" is colloquial to the United States
And in all seriousness, if you decide to visit, say, the Mojave or other desert venues here, take sunscreen and PLENTY of water. It was just a few decades ago that a German family decided to drive out into the Mojave unprepared and they all ended up dead.
And if you decide to visit our forests, show up prepared with insect repellent especially in southeast forests. You don't want to be bitten by a Lone Star Tick. Also, keep in mind, unlike European forests, there isn't a village every few kilometers.
There isn't jack shit except for wildlife.
And for fuck's sakes, if you visit Yellowstone, DON'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR THE FUCKING BISON. THEY WILL FUCKING KILL YOU.
Time I address the elephant in the room…..There I was, trying to enjoy a Mets game like a normal American. And who shows up sitting behind me? THAT WALL-CRAWLING MENACE! And what is he doing? Save the city? OH NO!!! SITTING IN PREMIUM SEATS PROBABLY PAID FOR BY MY TAX DOLLARS!!!
The worst thing English teachers ever did was convince us that “great literature” is dull as hell. They put tedious, hard-to-parse works before us, and then graded us on the dumbest elitist analysis they could find.
Did we read Jane Austen? H.G.Wells? Alexander Dumas? No. We got stuck with tedious slogs like The Pearl, The Scarlet Letter, Tess of the D’Urbervilles, and The Great Gatsby. And they all had grimly negative endings!
Can’t a 15 year old kid be allowed to read something with a happy ending that won’t put him off books?
Yes the works I diss are “great books” but I think they lead a bad taste in your mouth if you’re a teen raging with hormones. Give them something to ENTICE them to read more. Don’t shove bitter herbs down their throat right away, just because you’ve been taught to prefer them.
Give them fun literature. There are entertaining books which are also great books. Stick to those.
“Santa Claus is real.”
“No, he’s not.”
“Yes he is, I've seen him.”
“You've seen him?”
“Yes.”
“You've seen a sleigh with eight tiny reindeer that's crewed by the elves, and captained by a man so jolly that Heaven itself sent him back down?”
“No.”
“No.”
“But I have seen a sleigh with reindeer.”
“Oh, and no sleigh that's not crewed by the elves and captained by a man so jolly that Heaven itself sent him back down could possibly have reindeer, therefore couldn't possibly be any other sleigh than Santa’s. Is that what you're telling me?”
“No.”
“Like I said, there's no real Santa that can deliver the presents.”
No it isn't.
People too often think success is a guaranteed result of effort. This causes two problems.
One, said people work harder instead of smarter when the reverse will more likely lead to success. Two, when these people put in a lot of effort to do something but still fail, their reality is shattered and they feel like there's no point in trying anymore.
Not trying can make you feel like you wasted your potential, but trying and failing makes you feel like you had no potential to begin with. Many people prefer the former feeling over the latter.
While it may hurt less to not try than it does to fail, when you try, there's at least a possibility of success. Having the mentality that success is impossible will be detrimental to any progress you want to make because people act how they believe.
Follow your dreams, or at least try to.