LIFE JUST ISN'T.

"Once in a while you meet someone,
and soon you both discover
the two of you are truly 
something special to each other
You share your thoughts
and feelings so relaxed, so openly,
and right away you know 
your friendship's truly meant to be." 

Life isn't about keeping score. 
It's not about how many friends you have 
Or how accepted you are.
Not about if you have plans
this weekend or if you're alone. 
It isn't about who you're dating, 
who you used to date, 
how many people you've dated, 
or if you haven't been with anyone at all.
It isn't about who you have kissed,
It's not about sex. 
It isn't about who your family is 
or how much money they have 
Or what kind of car you drive.
Or where you are sent to school.
It's not about how beautiful 
or ugly you are. 
Or what clothes you wear, 
what shoes you have on,
or what kind of music you listen to. 
It's not about if your hair is blonde, 
red, black, or brown 
Or if your skin is too light or too dark. 
Not about what grades you get, 
how smart you are,
how smart everybody else thinks you are,
or how smart standardized tests say you are.
It's not about what clubs you're in 
or how good you are at "your" sport.
It's not about representing your whole being 
on a piece of paper and seeing who will 
"accept the written you."

LIFE JUST ISN'T.

But, life is about 
who you love and who you hurt.
It's about who you make happy 
or unhappy purposefully.
It's about keeping 
or betraying trust. 
It's about friendship,
used as a sanctity or a weapon.
It's about what you say and mean,
maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.
About starting rumors and
contributing to petty gossip.
It's about what judgments you pass and why.
And who your judgments are spread to.
It's about who you've ignored
with full control and intention.
It's about jealousy, fear,
ignorance, and revenge.
It's about carrying inner hate and love,
letting it grow, and spreading it. 
But most of all, 
it's about using your life 
to touch or poison other people's hearts in
such a way that could have never occurred alone.
Only you choose the way those hearts are affected, 
and those choices are what life's all about.