Ringgren

In the quest for love, I believe that kindness is the biggest gift you can present to anyone. If for nothing else, just to see that smile reach across their features and it fills you with a sense of calm and gratitude. There is no reason not to be kind, because we have the capacity to impact everyone we come across in a positive way. Be it with courtesy towards a woman who is struggling with her groceries and you help her carry them or a child longing to belong. I believe that cruel actions are the easiest in the world. It takes a very small person with no sense of compassion to inflict pain on someone else. Every single day I am breathing, I see kids upon kids terrify each other. For whatever reason, we have an abundance of kids who grow up to be afraid of the world around them. I know that the many terrible tales of suicide we hear in the media, are just a fraction of what really goes on out in the world. From my own experience, I know that such a thing did not seem so far fetched.

Surrounded by a familiar theme of fighting against the current. I seem to be drawn to the everlasting struggle of keeping afloat. In many ways I know why this is. It's His way of telling me to fight back. Grow a backbone. To not let the negativity keep me from the things I want to attain. Someone told me not too long ago, that when one is on the cusp of something great, negativity will find you in any way it can. Be it friends that are disappointing you, family treating you differently because change is hard to deal with. Or the feeling of inadequacy in any and all things you once felt so confident about. It is a disease that can cripple you and interfere with all of your hopes and dreams. The trick is to look the other way. Forget the naysayers that said you could never amount to anything. The venomous tongues that try to slither their way into your heart and poison your spirit. They will only succeed if you let them... I used to tell myself that everyone was right. I woul