Do it for yourself.

This is life. Strip away all of the people in your life. Let's pretend that you've fallen out of touch with old friends. That your new friends just don't make sense yet. Let's pretend that your heros have become let downs, that the things that you put your heart into start to fall apart. Would you be okay? Would you be able to get up and keep going in the morning?

My point here is are you doing things because you want to do them? Could you strip away everything else and still do what you are and be happy with it? People leave. They always will. If you disagree, remember that we all die. We can put our hearts out there, but we need to make sure that we are okay by ourselves. Somedays the only thing that can get us through the day is the hardest thing to come to terms with, that face staring back at us in the mirror. I lived today for me. Through that I also lived it for others. But I lived it for me. This is me putting up barriers, or maybe this is me being more honest and less hopeful. I'm watching a ship sink. I can't tell if I'm on it or off it, but this fucker is going down. It's time to get off.

How far can you push yourself? Far enough? Will you make it? Put your fucking textbooks down for a minute. Shut off your damn T.V.s. Stop read people's status updates on Facebook. There's no reason tonight shouldn't be about you. So make it about you. This is YOUR life. Are you who you want to be? Are you happy with how things are going? What do you want to change? How can you change it?

Are you going to wake up 10 years from now and wish you did more to feel alive? Plan a trip to Africa. Go help build a house. Work in a shop kitchen. Offer a stranger a friendly smile. Take a homeless person out to dinner. Go help terminally ill children. Do something that is giving back, but also allowing you to appreciate your own life more. Really think about things. Maybe good intentions aren't enough anymore. They were so 20th century. Now your intentions have to be better for the greater good.

I read a message today from a girl that told us everyday we (TWLOHA) are changing the world. I wanted to tell her that she is too.

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