Caution: Rant Ahead!

Here's the thing.... Everyone has their life story, their struggles, that's what makes people who they are. Somehow, though, that seems to be the leverage for a lot of the hate in this world these days.

In my own life, I've experienced jealousy and hatefulness that wasn't at all necessary. Just because you are jealous of someone's life does not give you the right to hate on them and spread crap around about them that you know isn't true. It's funny to me how when your life is at a rough spot people are so nice and kind to you, but when you start to succeed people all of the sudden become your worst enemies. I hate that. A LOT. Just because I'm finally equal with you doesn't give you the right to treat me bad, unless of course you think I'm a threat....which is the vibe I hate getting from people. I don't know if it was the way I was raised or where I'm from, but I have this knack for being able to see through people's crap, which I think annoys people. I'm sorry but I'm not just going to let you parade around here and pretend like you're someone you clearly aren't. You may have everyone else fooled but I'm not convinced and I will take you down a notch if you play victim again.

I don't really believe in Karma but I do believe that things happen for a reason. I love those good old success stories where the kid that everyone hated or picked on is now someone big and there you sit with your crappy job in retail telling everyone how you know them.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, to the kids that cry themselves to sleep at night, the one's that think they did something wrong to make everyone hate them, the one's who are way too hard on themselves - hang in there. It gets better, I promise. I'm living proof that no matter how bad it is right now, it will get better. The truth is, you're not alone. Everyone has struggles, it's how we handle them that makes us who we are in the end. And those other people that hate on you, they're just jealous. Jealous of your life, jealous of how you handle stuff, jealous of how gorgeous your are. There's always going to be someone that treats you badly. Here's what I want you to do, be nice to them....I'm serious, be so nice to them that their jaws drop. Just because their values are terrible, doesn't mean you need to lower yours to "get back at them."

Keep your head up kid, you got this.