9 Things You Learn Growing Up In This Generation

     There is so much more to life than finding someone who will want you, or being sad over someone who doesn't. There is a lot of wonderful time to be spent discovering yourself without hoping someone will fall in love with you along the way, and it doesn't need to be painful or empty. You need to fill yourself up with love. Not anyone else. Become a whole being on your own. Go on adventures, fall asleep in the woods with friends, wander around the city at night, sit in a coffee shop on you own, write on bathroom stalls, leave notes in library books, dress up for yourself, give to others, smile a lot. Do all things with love, but do not romanticize life like you can't survived without it. Live for yourself and be happy on your own. It isn't any less beautiful, I promise.

-Emery Allen

    

     You can survive life without a boyfriend , you can live an extraordinary life without a true love. You are worth it, don't let anyone diminish your radiant flame that could light up

the entire sky. You were not meant to be just beautiful, do not let anyone bind you to simplicities. You are a galaxy, an array of mysteries, you are not meant to be tied down to just "beautiful".

     And it is totally okay to make mistakes. You were not created to be perfect, you were created to live, and making mistakes is a part of that.

     When you just can't take it anymore, it is more than okay to have a break down at 3 in the morning with tears streaming dow your face wondering why you are here. You are feeling, and that is okay.

      And when you feel the lowest , you have to remember to keep loving people. Not everyone will love you back, but do not ever stop. Even when your heart begins to ache and your eyes begin to tell nothing more than white noise, do not give up. Love comes when we lease expect it.

     Never in your life romanticize ruining yourself foe someone else out of heart break.

     I understand how hard it is, but even it you just try, love yourself. Whether you are size 00 or size 20, male, female, or everything yet nothing in between, you are worthy of self love. 

     It is totally okay to question your sexuality, gender, or religion. You will not grow up loving boys and you will not grow up loving girls. You will not always pray to the same god, that everyone else does.

     When you do things that are out of the norm, you will be scared. It is okay to be afraid, we don't always understand what we feel or what we think and it is okay to be afraid of that. But never let fear control you.

     Live. We never know when the world will take us and you do not want to leave with regrets when it does. Kiss that person you like even if they don't kiss back. But they might, you won't know until you try. Get into some trouble, it's okay. You need to live because only then will you be happy.