Use Your Words People!

    So for the sake of this post, I'm gonna call the people in it by different names so i don't get annihilated for putting this on the Internet. My friends who i shall refer to as Carla and Kimberly are fighting.
     Well, i think they're fighting. Its hard to tell because Carla wont talk to Kimberly. I mean, i know why but as most of you know, its never a good idea to get between two friends with information that you cant share. Anyway what I'm getting at is that there is a really simple solution to this problem. If Carla would just reply to the multiple texts that Kimberly has sent her, they would have this talked out by now. Carla is sick of getting text messages from Kimberly, but won't ever reply. They are both sick of the drama, and lord knows i am too.
     So now to the empowering and enlightening part of this post that i try to add so that i don't just bore you with my life story.
     Something that RYLA taught me was that words are the most powerful tool that anyone can possibly posses. And i don't mean via text. I mean the spoken word. I mean having a genuine conversation with someone face to face or even over the phone.
     Different words have different connotations depending on what mood a person is in when they hear or read them. in order to properly convey the message you want your words to have, you have to physically use your vocal chords and say each word with the proper tone. For example a text saying "omigod i hate you" could be intended to be joking and sarcastic, but when arguing with a person they're gonna think you actually hate them and don't ever want to talk to them.
     So please use your words. Use them wisely, and in person. Whatever God you believe in gave you vocal chords for a reason. It was so we didn't need a screen and keyboard in front of us to communicate, but more importantly it was so we could USE THEM to talk out our differences.
     Now I'm not saying that we should all sit down and talk about our feelings and the world would be rainbows and butterflies. I'm not that naive. While it would be nice, its unrealistic. People have their differences. And that's totally ok! But whether you like the person you aren't talking to, or you have no desire to be their friend anymore, talking it out for a bit at least allows both sides to know where they stand with each other.
   
Summary: Communication makes the world a better place.

Goodnight, and be kind to one another.

My Opinion on Opinions

     So I recently got into an argument with dad about politics, sexual orientation, and all sorts of other controversial issues that our world today faces. My dad seems to think that he is very informed and knowledgeable about, well, everything. So our heated argument helped me come to this conclusion: there is a difference between having an opinion and being a prick.
     Having an opinion means that you have done at least a little looking into the facts of the issue. Now I'm not saying that if you think a yo yo is cool, you meed to look up the consumer reports and see if you're opinion is indeed shared by the masses. What i am saying is that if you think abortion is wrong in every circumstance, or you think that people who like the same sex choose to live that way because they want attention, or you treat someone differently based on the color of their skin, your opinion is most likely deluded. I invite you to open up your mind, read a few UNBIASED news articles, look at some cold hard facts, or talk to experts in the field of study. And then if your opinion is still what it was, you now have facts to back up your opinion and you are no longer a prick. 
     Another thing that separates those that are opinionated from pricks is that opinionated people are 98% of the time willing to listen to other peoples opinions without shoving their own down any throats, or immediately denouncing the opinions of others as stupid, ridiculous, or wrong just because its a different way of seeing the issue. 
    So its time for a life lesson to come out of this. Here are my words of wisdom for the night: listen to each other, because you never know what someone has to offer until you truly and wholeheartedly listen to what they have to say. Maybe, just maybe, that person is the missing piece to your puzzle.

Goodnight, and as one of my idols, Ellen DeGeneres always says, 

be kind to one another!