Man, I know exactly how that feels. I haven't exactly had any success myself with pretty much everything. My childhood sucked, I got bullied nearly everyday, got beat up twice, nearly got in trouble for defending myself, had my friends leave to go other places, and had other friends betray me, one even threatening to kill me. I'm not the best studious wise, yet my family expects a lot from me, I've never been in a single relationship, and the two times I've tried to start one, both girls have never talked to me again. Sometimes it feels like death follows me, as I've lost both grandfathers before I ever got truly know them, I lost my cousin before he was even born, my friend's mom died from cancer (I send my prays to your mother), and I lost a friend to a blood clot. I haven't exactly put full effort into looking for a job, but even when I apply to places with help wanted, I still can't find work. It's unfortunate that this stuff happens and it's even worst to know the full extent how it feels.
It's funny how even when you try to make things better or move on from it, it just lingers. I have gotten so many people who tell me I have to stop worrying about the past and move on, yet when the past follows you everywhere you go, no matter how much you try to escape it, you start to wonder if the people who tell you to move forward ever realize that what they tell you is exactly what you have been trying to do for a while now.
But we keep going. We power through because we can take it. That is our weakness, yet our greatest strength. While there are some who go through one moment of misfortune and that isn't worth living.
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This next part isn't meant to be a life lesson or anything, just how I get through it. The reason I continue on without hesitation is because I do it for my friends that I have had, currently have, and future ones I hope to make. I can't give up if there's still so much left that I can try to accomplish...even if I fail, I continue to pick myself up.
There will always be people who need you in life. Even if you don't realize it. There are some who count on you to keep going even if you have no other reasons to do so. Sometimes that's all the reasons you got.
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I don't know, maybe I just sound like some arrogant a-hole trying to make it out like bad stuff happens. I hope you don't take it that way, because all I really was really intending to do is say that I know the feeling and that we're friends, even though we sorta just began to talk to each other.
No, I don't take it that way. As I said, to share our trials is to show that everyone has them.