Chris Skinner - Ultimate Learning Exprience

So today we had the opportunity to have a motivational speaker known as Chris Skinner come talk to our school about his accident and alcohol. Now I knew it was going to be sad but can I just say it was way more powerful than sad It was like heartbreaking but also uplifting but devastating but also inspiring It was like all these emotions balled into one thing...I was hit really hard while I was listening to him talk. And the crazy thing is his personality and his energy was so positive and I honestly felt kinda bad because it's like if he can be positive when he's going through all this than why can't I? Hearing people's story like this literally makes every single thing I've ever worried about or cried about or had the "why me" feeling seem so insignificant and I also think that seeing him instead of just hearing about him actually seeing him in person made his speech so much more powerful
So this is a picture of him:

He's a good looking man and he really knows how to use his words to make high school students understand what he's trying to say!














It was so hard for me to even like think straight after he gave his speech today like I've literally been thinking about it since I walked out of that gym today and I probably will remember it for the rest of my life! It makes me extremely sad to think about it but it's really eye opening as well like just some of the things he was saying like how someone has to give him a shower and do all this stuff for him. Like his life is completely changed forever because of one decision...kinda crazy how that can happen...All it takes is one decision.
Anyone can go check out his website for more information on his accident and other stuff he's doing here: http://chrisskinner.org/

My Feelings: Virginia Tech Shooting in 2007

So today in government our teacher let the class watch a documentary about one of the survivors at the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. I know this happened 5 years ago and no this definitely isn't the first time I've heard about it of course but today this documentary hit me hard...It was literally bothering me all day...it just opened my eyes a little bit more and hearing his story made it so much more powerful. His name was Colin Goddard and he was shot 4 times...
This is a picture of him:

He looks like an everyday person that you might see walking down the street that you wouldn't think twice about.










32 or 33 people were victim that day, they didn't have a choice...they all went to school worrying about something like what they were going to learn that day or how they were going to catch up on notes they forgot to take...I feel so deeply for these people because college kids shouldn't have to worry about someone coming and shooting people at their school. No one should have to worry about it. Colin made so many good points in this documentary one of them being how students should feel "safe" in their environment.

Personally I don't believe in guns, I never have, and I never will. We can't handle that much power...

I feel so bad for all the families that were affected by this shooting

Seung-Hui Cho, This is a picture of him:

He also looks like an everyday person. He did the shooting and there is no justification for his actions...Yes, he was bullied and had some serious mental illnesses. We all have our issues but causing so much pain and suffering to other people is most certainly not the way to handle it...






Honestly this world is cruel and unpredictable and no one can prevent bad things from happening but that goes for things like cancer and sickness but for someone to purposely take the lives and injure innocent people is just so sickening...
I'm ashamed to be of the same species as someone like him because we all are capable of doing evil whether it's shooting or bullying...
I feel almost guilty that there's nothing I can do about it except sit here and feel bad but I think the the worst part about it all is that this isn't the first school shooting and it unfortunately will not be the last

Is Happiness Really A Choice?

Happiness. Just looking at that word makes you wonder, is it really a choice? Of course it is, we all make choices everyday. We choose what to wear, what to say, and how to act. But choosing happiness seems to be a harder choice to make. Especially everyday...I saw a quote from Miley Cyrus one time and she said something like "it's easy to be positive on a good day and it's hard to stay positive on a bad day". I believe in this so much because when you're having a good day you're feeling good and it's easy to be positive even for other people. But when you're having a bad day it's like a never ending negative feeling you can't shake. Now, it's hard but possible on your bad day to say no, i'm not going to gave a bad day. If any of you know a man named Shay Carl he does this ALL the time. He vlogs on youtube and he's always talking about happiness being a choice. We all know that someone has it worse than we do. There's always someone less fortunate. And let's be honest. Everyone has bad days and I like to think we have bad days so we can appreciate the good days. My goal this year is to stay positive, I've been doing alright but it's going to take some work!

So this is a more personal blog, I think I'll let my other one be a funny one cause I want to keep the two separated!