My Philosophy of Life

Growing up I believed that life was just time that is just spent on Earth. Life is taken for granted. People as well as my self, think that he or she are here alone and everyone is against them. As I get older I learn more and more each day. I learned life is what I make it and what I put into it. By saying that I mean that what ever my actions are I should be ready for my consequences. Many people try to figure life out, but I was once told, “You don’t figure out life but you take it.”

At times my perspective of life is messed up. I usually walk around with a serious face not talking much. I mainly stick to my self. I believe I am this way because I can not trust anyone. I hate to open up to people and let them in my mind. I rarely give my views on things unless I believe it is relevant and I need to speak on it. My whole life I have my mind set asking the question, “If someone doesn’t care about me, why should I care about them?” I base my whole life with that mentality. Many people classify me as a nonchalant person with not a care in the world and show no emotion. I figure why should I smile and be happy if I have nothing to be happy for. The only thing I am happy for is god waking me up every morning. I never even cared about myself. The things I use to do was not for me but for my family and people I cared for who I thought cared for me.

The hardest thing for me is to figure out why god placed me on this place called Earth. I really do not what to think about life; I just know that I am here. I believe at times I am here to play football. Going towards my senior year high school my life going downhill nothing was going my way, I even thought I was going to have to sit out my senior season because of a shoulder injury until my MRI results said I was good to play. At that point I took football serious and became one of the best linebackers that ever played for Ben. C. Rain High School. When I went through that it made me realize I was here for a purpose and no one or nothing can keep me from my goals but God.

In conclusion, I now know that life is not a pastime, but a gift. I realize everyone is here for a purpose but it is up to that person to find out what that purpose is. I spent seventeen years living life nonchalant without a care to save myself. I never even cared about my own well being. I would rather have other people happy than my self. I took a lot of speeches and introducing my self to older and wiser people to help me understand my life and the problems in it. My whole opinion on life has made a slight change, but there is still room for progress.