Private Tumblr.
Idk why I have a public and a private one.
I know why I have a private one (which I just used). But the purpose of a public tumblr has me at a loss right now haha.
Glorified Opinion…
I’m a little irresponsible most of the time
I’m a man of my word but only when I ain’t lying
I say I’m not a hater but I hate to see you shine
Especially if your shine is outshining mine
I wanna be faithful but I keep running into dimes
And they make it so easy so its hard to do right
The image I portray you making people judge a book
But if they really took the time to look
Then they would see the cracks in Mr. Perfect.
- Ne-Yo
My life has come to the point where everything I thought I knew, everything I hold on to, everything keeping me going… Is gone.
Nothing is right anymore.
Normal is gone.
I go around trying to keep my head up but I’m shattered already.
One small push can break me completely.
I’ve lost my structure, my base, my support. It’s so hard to stand tall when everything is pulling me down.
Idk what the fuck is going on but I’m not me right now…
I’m failing a crucial class. I’m auditing it so it doesn’t hurt my GPA but I have to retake it. This pushes my graduation back a semester.
I’m pushing all my friends away. I’ve honestly lost the ability to see the good in people. I’ve become a cynical and irritable person. The one thing I didn’t want to become.
My drive to succeed is completely gone. I just don’t care anymore I just want to be done with everything because I’m burnt the fuck out.
I’m letting myself go in all aspects of my health… Mentally, physically and emotionally & it’s ruining my life…
I don’t know who I am anymore or why I’ve become this way…
I’m so disappointed in myself it’s driving me deeper and deeper into this hell hole. My friends and health are extremely important to me… & my academics is even more important but I’m slipping… I’m fucking up on all points… & I can’t get back up.
All I know is this isn’t me… & no way in hell am I going to allow this to keep happening.
But the changes I need to make are huge for me… & its going to suck but I need to prioritize my life. I can’t let these temporary and mediocre things postpone my future… I can only hold on to certain things for so long.
An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.
I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.
She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”
“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.We became instant friends. Every day for the
next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine”
as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and
she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. She was
introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell
you what I know.”
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop
playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day.
You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.
We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!There is a huge difference between growing
older and growing up.
If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.
If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.
Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.
Have no regrets.
The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those
with regrets.”
She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.”
She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died
peacefully in her sleep.
Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s
never too late to be all you can possibly be .When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!
These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.
REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL.
We make a Living by what we get, We make a Life by what we give.
Rho Blooded! Rush Alpha Psi Rho Spring 2013. #rush #spring #2013 #UNLV #Brotherhood #alphapsirho #ΑΨΡ #gogreek #instagood #instadaily Props to @alecjansport for making our pictures.
