Anonymous

Hey! This is for anyone that is having a hard time with friends! I am a freshman and have gone through my share of bad friends. I have learned that as Jim Valvano said, "A day is not complete until you laugh, cry, and think." So if your friends only making you cry, ditch them! If they don't appreciate you as the most amazing person you are, ditch them! If they are trying to "fix" you, ditch them! They are not the only people in the world that want to talk to you, and I promise you that you will look back to find that you weren't happy. People aren't perfect, so if they mess up once, don't jump to conclusions. If they don't listen to you and don't respect your boundaries, they aren't ever going to if you don't say something. If you have talked to them many times about it, just tell them that if they don't respect you and your boundaries, you can't hang out with them as much. You should never sacrifice your happiness and well-being for people that won't do the same! Love yourself first! There is a musical from the the 1940s called Oliver! based on a Charles Dickens Book about a boy who is lost and is working for a very bad person to earn money, but he doesn't want to work for him. There is a woman named Nancy who loves this man and is so loyal that she doesn't care is he is evil. She loves him no matter what. She sings this beautiful song called "As Long As He Needs Me" about how she will love him as long as he needs her. The problem is she doesn't like how Oliver is being treated and tries to help him, but Nancy gets caught and is killed by the man she thought loved her. Nancy was a loyal and wonderful woman. She would do anything to help others, but that made her forget herself and what she needs. I relate to Nancy in the way that I would die for a stranger if it means they are happy, but unlike Nancy, I know that being around people that don't care about me don't deserve to be around the wonderful person I call myself! I hope each and every one of you know you are loved and deserve to be loved!!!! "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value." -Thomas Paine