Note To The Editor

As I sit here and listen to fireworks intertwined with gunshots through my shoddy one room apartment, I read something that makes me ponder.

Life is a story that we write page by page everyday. You never know when the editor will ask you to turn in your assignment.

Some of you may view that as a negative thing, I for one found that to be a total pick me up. The glass is always half full when you enjoy the beverage that is coming out of it.

There is alot of things, and people more so often that tend to almost go out of their way to bring us down. To ruin us, destroy our hopes, destroy our lives in some cases. Why? Was it something you did? Said? Most of the time no. It's for being who you are. Jealousy is so deeply rooted in humanity that it makes me choke.

For instance look at the Silverback Gorillas. They have one head leader in their pack. He is the one who teaches, helps, works, and loves. The rest of his pack would follow him to the ends of the Earth because he is a leader, a lover, someone who inspires. Why can't humans follow someone like that? Instead we all try to out do one another with the latest trend, style, material item, material girl...or boy depending on who you are.

We idolize people who have millions of dollars, have sex with hundreds of people, drive the fastest, sportiest cars, who have the nicest houses, butlers, maids and the whole nine yards. We idolize sports stars, movie stars, musicians and for what? Did we idolize them before they got big? Of course not. We don't idolize aspiration. You just get called a sell out once you make money.

No my dear readers, we should idolize the few in the generation below us who do have hopes, dreams, a future that is not yet written, but they decided to write their own. Those are the people we should love and support.