A Team of Your Own

    

 At the end of the day, only person you will be able to count on is yourself. With being an optimist, you try really hard to believe that you will be able to change that, and with all that I have been through I am here to tell you that sadly it is the truth. Now I don't know for sure if the people who mean the most to us mean to let us down, but it still doesn't change the fact that they do. Depending on people to be there and never leave is a big mistake to make, simply because life takes many turns and we can not tell the future.

      When it comes to family, I truly like to see things from a positive side and hope that all their intentions are good, but they just sometimes tend to do more bad than good. In the most confusing way, a parent may think that tearing their child down about their dreams will push them to do better, when in reality simply just being there and being encouraging no matter what the child decides to do is the way. As that child grows older and wiser, it will almost seem as though the more their family pushes them to the edge, the more they will also be the first ones to need them. Not to make anyone's family seem like gold diggers, but it isn't ironic that every time a successful child makes it and comes from a broken family, the family is the first ones to say what that child owes them or mention all the times they were there (even when it was very few). One thing I have already noticed in life, is never underestimate someones ability to hold something over your head, or have their hand out when you finally make it doing what you love in life.

     As an adult, you see more and more that following your heart and what you want is way more important than putting a smile on mom or dad's face. If you spend your life trying to please everyone around you, eventually they will suck all the life out of you. The minute you start to chase after your dreams and pursue what your heart really wants, everyone and I mean everyone will have something to say. Why? Simply because misery loves company. It is one thing to want to make your loved ones proud of you, but it is another thing to allow them to try and live life vicariously through you. Be your own person, live your own life, be everything thing you need on a team of our own.