DUI

It's three simple letters that's unfortunately ended the lives of thousands of people and continuously ends the lives of thousands of people on an annual bases. Why do people choose to drink and drive? Why aren't bars, clubs and even sporting events taking more measures to prevent a drunk driver from getting behind the wheel. I know that in baseball no one's allowed to purchase any alcoholic beverages after the seventh inning so what's to stop someone from drinking more than enough beers before the seventh inning even rolls around. Even some NFL venues stop serving beers after halftime but what's to stop someone from completely overdosing on alcohol before halftime even comes. The answer is nothing. Sure we all can say that it's the person's responsibility to limit their amount of alcohol and beer intake but when that person gets behind the steering wheel of a car and drives it becomes our issue. Men, women and children have all lost their lives due to the irresponsibility of a drunk driver. It's a fact that beer and alcohol impair your vision therefore impairing your ability to drive a car but people still get behind the wheel. In addition to that it impairs your judgement causing you to make out of the ordinary decisions that you wouldn't normally make if you weren't impaired. Anyone who puts alcohol or beer into their system knows the effects of these beverages so therefore they should plan accordingly to prevent them from getting behind the wheel. For example have a designated driver if you know there's a chance that you will drink. Not everyone drinks alcohol or beer plus not everyone feels the need to ever get drunk. Therefore bringing someone along with you who you know is that type of person is a necessity. The main reason is you won't put yourself in harms way but most importantly you won't put others in harms way. You know the innocent nurse who just got off of work from working a double shift who just wants to get home. Or that van filled with children and their parents who just got back from a long trip who just wants to make it home. These people don't want your horrible decision making to end their lives or change their lives for the worst. Be smart, think and plan ahead if you know you're going to drink. Hire a limo service to drop you off and pick you up from a club, bar or sporting event if you know you're going to drink. Or just take a taxi to and from your destination. Don't put innocent lives at risk due to your poor decision makings and make some better ones. Let's say no more to DRUNK DRIVING!

Suicide No more!

You're worth it! You deserve to live your life! You shouldn't allow anyone to get the best of you no matter how hard it is. Life's too short to give up on yourself even if others may have. Suicide shouldn't be an option. It should never run through your mind. There are plenty of people that love you for who you are. Additionally the problem exist for so many of our youth who feel bad about themselves for not fitting in with the popular crowd but it shouldn't be that way. There are suicide prevention programs in an area near you. There are people who have gone through what you're going through and you should know that. You're not alone. There are people out there that can help you get through the tough times life can put you through. You're worth it repeat that to yourself several times a day. Suicide no more. It's time we help those who feel that they can't help themselves. Suicide no more!

Safe Sex! Wrap it up because a few minutes of pleasure isn't worth a lifetime of pain!

We don't hear anything about safe sex anymore. Television continues to promote sex but they do not promote safe sex. We are no longer teaching are you to practice safe sex and abstinence is basically nonexistence nowadays. Why is that? Why aren't there shows promoting safe sex? Do we care to educate ourselves as well as our youth anymore? We must take action and step up. We must protest and make out voices be heard. We need to tell the owners of these television networks if you're continuously going to promote sex you must also promote safe sex. Everyone's sleeping with everyone but no one's talking about using condoms. Everyone's sleeping with multiple partners but no one's talking about safe sex. Do we care anymore? Or are we okay with television promoting safe sex as well as every other billboard we see while driving on the highway. For anyone out there that's not in a committed relationship with someone else you need to practice safe sex. You have no idea what that partner you are about to sleep with may have. To the people out there who continuously sleep with  different partners you need to practice safe sex as well. Let it be known that one night of pleasure can lead to a lifetime filled with pain if you contract and incurable STD. It's not worth it. Your life isn't worth wasting because you want to have sex with someone you just met. We should not only practice safe sex but we should all do ourselves as well as a next partner or our current partner a favor and get tested. If you're not going to remain monogamous, you must practice safe sex. Be smart and wrap it up!

Your goals aren't too big. They're more than conquerable!

Stop saying you can't when you know that you can. Stop saying I'm not good enough when you know that you're truly good enough to accomplish all of your dreams and all of your goals. Life is an obstacle course and it's our objective to make it to the end despite all of the bumps and bruises along with the ups and downs that we all will go through in order to get to where we want to be. Life will through potentially psychologically damaging stones at you that will mess you up mentally. However those mental hurdles you have to recover from but so few actually do. Life with put up a brick wall before you that you must find away through somehow and their are no short cuts. My goals to be a published and successful writer/musician/actor isn't unattainable I will attain it sooner rather than later. I will accomplish all of the goals that I have set out for myself no matter what. No one will get in my way that's why I refuse to bring another life into this world until I have my own life on the right track. That's a problem so many of us deal with we have children before we accomplish our goals and because of that so many of people's priorities changes and that's when you become miserable. That's when you start to treat those around you unfairly because you didn't do what you wanted to do and instead of being proud you have a child when so many can't. You begin to look at your child as a burden instead of encouragement. I don't want anyone to fail I would rather you succeed than fall flat on your face but in order to do so you must know that you can succeed.

High School Seniors it's decision time!

Some people think they can wait until the last minute of high school to decide on their future. The problem is we're talking about reality and a person shouldn't ever make a last second decision when talking about their future. Becoming a high school senior is basically the time when reality truly sets in. It's the time when a person must decide to on their future. Sure there are plenty of other people who plan things out and just map out a plan for their future. On the other hand if you're anything like me or like I would say around my friends a human being you procrastinate about things. Sometimes you put the most important things in your life on hold to take care of the unimportant things in our lives. For instance sometimes we have an important essay or research paper to write but we put it on hold to talk to our friends about our teenage drama or just the drama that we're going through period whether it's with our parents or are friends or family members. We would rather go out and hangout them take care of the necessary things in our lives which leads us to rush to do the important things in our lives at the last minute. In one example my ex girlfriend waited until mid February to apply to a school she had set her heart on for years however she procrastinated. She chose to put the unimportant things first like going out and party just to have a good time and going on road trips just because she wanted to getaway for a weekend or two. Her goal originally was to apply to school in august the beginning of the school year but she allowed nonsense to clout her mind. With her waiting too long to apply she went on the schools waiting list hopeful her G.P.A. would be enough along with her test scores to get her into school by the next fall semester. Instead she stayed on the waiting list nearly a year forced to go to a community college for that year then she had to transfer to the school of her dreams. The point of this story is not to wait too long to take care of the important things. Homework get it done as soon as possible. If you know you have a quiz or exam coming up then study now instead of waiting until the last moment. As far as your senior year sure you love your friends and some of them love you back however they're not going to save you and pay your bills. You have to do that. Therefore you have to make decisions on time and not wait until the last minute. If you're applying to schools now or you're just taking your SAT or ACT then you've waited too long. I wish you luck and I hope the best for you but know this once your high school senior year begins so does your future. It's the year you make the tough decisions that will steer your life in the direction you want to be in. Don't take your senior year for granted because your future is counting on you to not to take it for granted.

Gun Violence in the USA

Another day with more violent acts committed. Innocent lives are being taken daily because of senseless acts by people with no conscience. I'm tired of watching the news and hearing about these crimes but there seems to be no actions done in order to stop these acts. The government still isn't taking any actions to stop gun violence. Of course we the people are responsible for our own selves however when will our government take greater action in cutting off loopholes that will prevent mentally challenged people along with people with a criminal pass from being able to purchase guns. Addition when will our government step up and take more action in cracking down on the black market dealing of guns. Fort Hood which is a United States military post located in Killeen, Texas once more witnessed tragedy when a gun man took the lives of four people and wounded more than a dozen others. The gunman himself suffered from mental health issues. How was this guy able to purchase a gun when he was being treated for his mental health issues? I'm not sure how or even why he was in possession of a gun but any person suffering with mental issues should not under any circumstance possess a gun in my opinion. They will not only put themselves in harms way but they can put innocent people in harms way as well because their mental state can change at anytime. Our government needs to step up and close these loopholes and stop being concerned with the NRA. It's sickening to know that there are people out there who have a deep rooted passion for guns that they're willing to sacrifice lives in order to ensure the universal background check does not go into affect. Why is this? Why wouldn't you want every potential gun owner to undergo the proper background checks in order to be sure they don't have a criminal pass or a mental illness that should prevent them from purchasing that gun in the first place? It's all about money and it will always be about money so unfortunately ladies and gentlemen gun violence will continue. We have the power to speak up and voice our concerns the problem is not enough of us are willing to speak up to be heard. Instead very few of us are speaking up but our voices are falling on deaf ears. Its like being at a rock concert in the nose bleed section and trying to get the attention of the band on stage performing. unfortunately they can't hear you. However when everyone in the nose bleed section speaks up and more people closer to the stage speak up that band can hear you now. Politicians and the NRA knows the problem we have in this country. They just don't care to listen because few of us actually care to speak up.

Self esteem issues

Too many people lack confidence. Why is that? Why do we root for others to succeed but we don't root for ourselves? I've never understood that and in my twenty seven years on this earth I still have no clue why people have self esteem issues. It's time that we stop looking at the models in magazines and think that we should look similar to them. It's time that we not pay attention to the opinions of others and worry about our own opinions of ourselves. We can't control what anyone thinks about us but we can control what we think about ourselves. If we spent half of the time building up our own self esteem that we spend on the time thinking about the people who try to shred our self esteem apart we would get more things accomplished in our lives. Why must we worry about the opinions of other people? Why must we continue to believe that if we're not perfect in the eyes of other people we aren't perfect. Enough is enough and it's time that we change that. It's time that we look at the person in the mirror and know that we are all great in our own special way. There's over seven billion people on planet earth which means there's over seven billion personalities. We're not all going to click heck we're not all going to like one another but that shouldn't stop us from loving the individuality that we all possess. Until we see the greatness within ourselves no one will ever know the great people that we all are. Something as simple as walking with your head held high shows confidence is instilled in a person. High school teens well teenagers period deal with self esteem issues perhaps more than any other age group because they're too focused on the opinions of others. Sure we all want to be accepted by others but it's not worth sacrificing who you are just to please other people. We must take a stand and take that stand today. Enough is a enough and it's time that we all change. We're all great in our own way and for those who do not like it well keep them out of your life because they don't see the special person that you are. Believe in yourself because no one can believe in you if you don't believe in you.