Stress…It’s your Choice

The other day as I was walking to class, I saw Eric laying on the grass. I was wondering why he was doing that seeing as how the grass had just been watered, but that’s not the point. All of a sudden, I see an acorn (I’m pretty sure it was an acorn) fall on his head. I was wondering what he was thinking of and I remembered last year, how Eric used to talk about a kid who sat next to him in one of his classes. He said this kid would dress in the weirdest way and all he ever had on his mind was death. I’ve always wondered why these kids would think in those sort of ways, why they become angry and socially inept or the even bigger question, why they become Emo. I believe I came to a pretty reasonable conclusion. I think it’s because those kids are STUPID and IDIOTIC. They have nothing better to do in their lives than to think about death, hate and anger. Sure, some people may say it’s stress and that they have too much to do. Well thats one of the most retarded arguments I have ever heard! I am a very stressful person. I become so stressed over the dumbest things, but what I DON’T do is let that stress turn into hate or anger that slowly builds up over time until one day I go crazy and kill myself or blow up the school. It may be harder for some people to manage stress in their lives, but it’s YOUR CHOICE to take that stress and turn it into something negative. This is what I don’t understand about Emo kids. Most of them have completely normal lives with family’s that love them, yet they are the one’s that go around cutting themselves and being depressed because they think their lives are horrible. What I’ve noticed is that the majority of the people who lead the horrible and crappy lives are the people that learn to appreciate the good and beautiful in the world. Stress is something that we as humans need, but when we take it too far it can ruin our lives. This is Alex Barbarian, hoping you see the good in the world.