LIFE ACCORDING TO VLADVAMPIRELORD

I saw something this morning that was both tragic and disturbing. It was another story about a young person comitting suicide. This time it was a young college student athlete who was also a beautiful young woman who apparently became overwhelmed and saw no other option. There is a lot of reckless behavior being perpetrated to gain notoriety, fame and fortune. We push children to win and succeed, but there is nobody teaching youth or even adults how to lose or deal with failure. Life is portreyed as a race that you show success by the win, but in reality life is not a race you win, but a long endurance run that you finish by dying. Along the way there will be ups and downs, but the true success is rising again when you fall and you will fall. The most successful people have dealt with failure many times in their lives. Life is an endurance run you don't want to end, but eventually and probably unexpectantly you will come to the end of your life. Find out what is truly meaningful and enjoyable in life and enjoy every moment you can, even when life kicks you over and you fall. Do not see yourself through others eyes, but enjoy the person you are and show love without being caught up in hatred, despair and trivia. And if you need help, get it. You are your best keeper. Do not be overcome by darkness, there is always light in the distance. Forgive yourself and others and do not waste your future due to failures that are inevitable, lack of success or mistakes. Remember, life is an endurance run that you do not want to end. A success or failure along the way DOES NOT define you. YOU define YOU. Mistakes and failure are a means to learn and gain knowledge as well as a way to determine your next move. Keep running and if you fall rise up. Find your happy place. And then you die.