Here's A Bright Idea!

Optimism in all its untapped glory is incredibly beneficial. To fully harness its benefits, I don't want to give up. I'm going to keep fighting for it. There were many times last year when I was hit hard by so much negativity that it would have been so easy to have just given up. But I didn't... I kept at it. I didn't want to be sad forever, so I fought it. But I wasn't always fighting.

In the beginning, I was so lost. Everything was like a dark tunnel that I was trecking through with one lamp. Then my flame just went out and I was on the verge of just giving up and letting myself become overwhelmed in my grief. But I have good people in my life. Really, really good people that care. They shared their light and guided me out of my tunnels of trials. I made it out alive and stronger through the help of good people, the right people. And it was then I realized who is right and who isn't.

We enter this life as blank slates, like John Locke says. The environment is what marks our slates and molds us. BUT, we are still the ones that have the final say in who we become. In my opinion, that's what he lacks in his thesis, that we have the final choice.
My environment isn't a good one, and I can't always change it. But I can change who I become, I have the final say. And I chooose to be happy.

So let it rain and let it pour,because I'm going to fight for it. IT won't be easy, I know, but I'll be strong.