The good outweighs the bad!

I thought once I left high school all the bitchy little comments and snide remarks would stop. I also thought the full blown verbal attacks would stop aswell. Aparently not, we live in a world that is so obsessed with popularity and acceptance. People attack those they see as lesser people to make themselves feel good. They look for flaws and imperfection in everyone, they find a weak spot and they attack. But they don’t stop there, they keep going. Get you while your down. They do as much damage as they possibly can. They don’t consider the emotional or psychological consequences of their words. “Fat slut” seems to be a pretty common one. ‘Ok cool, lets create some massive body image issues and do as much damade to a person and their self esteem as we can, whilst creating a social (stereotypical) reputation that sticks with them forever!’ Or you could just grow up and leave people alone to live their life? Nope, aparently that’s too difficult.

Cyberbullying seems to be pretty prominent this week. A friend of mine has been having some problems, and tonight I was commenting on a FB friends status when suddenly a wall of abuse exploded in my face. I’d been having a pretty good week, I was happy and finally felt like I wasn’t so alienated any more. Until tonight. But after venting to a friend, and then reading a blog with lists all the things which the author is thankful for I realised once again that there is always something good and special to outweigh the bad.
So in response to this blog entry: http://lifeinfullcolour.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/positives-5/ I’ve decided to create my own list of things that I am thankful for.

~Having such awesome friends who let me vent and rant and listen to me even though they have problems of their own. They really are angels, and I would be lost with out them! They most certainly have helped me more than I can explain. This song pretty much sums up how beautiful I think my friends are

~Milo!
~The opportunity to move on and start again this year
~My bed, with it’s big heavy doona and my new boomerang pillow
~My big white teddy bear
~Good books that let me escape my world
~Excitement about an upcoming holiday
~Blogs such as the one linked above that remind me that I need to appreciate the good things more often!
~My mum
~New friends
~Cuddles

There is always something good, no matter how tough things may seem. What do you have to be thankful for?

xxLucy