Optimism & Peaches

For The Bad School Days ♡

So I decided to create a message for you guys you could hopefully look at and feel better if you had a rough day at school:

Hello!! So today wasn't so well for you..you probably got scolded, whether it was something you did or did not do, you forgot a few important things to bring to class, or maybe you had a falling out w a friend and there has been tension between the two of you ever since. Maybe a few kids at your school have decided to make your life difficult by lowering your self-esteem, bullying you in all sorts of twisted ways.

But look where you are now!! You're out of school, you went through ALL that and you're still standing, you're still breathing, and you're still gonna continue persevering through all this negativity. It's soso important that you endured all of those, you are such a strong human being in my eyes. Even if you suffered emotional and/or physical scars, you are still here. You went through this day, and you will go through the many days to come.

Perhaps you have been feeling a sense of worthlessness, maybe it's cause your grades aren't up to the standard of your schoolmates or siblings. Maybe it's cause kids at school insult you for how you look. Maybe it's cause your parents and teachers, all they do is go on and on about your grades, your studies, how it needs to improve, comparing you to other students, not realising that you are just a mere human being who has their limits and struggles. Maybe it's the pressure education crushes you with to be the perfect student.

Your parents, teachers, schoolmates, they may not know the effort you put in when it comes to school. Your teachers forget that you are human too, and make mistakes, whether it's forgetting to bring a form to school or messing up on a quiz. Your schoolmates may judge you based on your grades. Your parents may agree with whatever bad impression your teacher has of you, as if your own words aren't genuine enough.

It's hard to carry on like that, day by day, to have people misjudge you, put you down, not letting you voice your own opinion. But you have to always remember one thing: you are so strong.

These people don't know that you battle through all the negativity they throw your way to do your best. They only judge you based on your outcome.

Your determination, your perseverance, your willpower, your strength....it transcends what the outcome of a test or exam can ever show. It transcends all the times you've forgotten to bring or do something. It transcends all the inaccurate judgement people have of you.

Let your efforts speak louder than the outcomes to yourself. You don't have to prove yourself to the people who don't even bother to know the real you before judging you, so why should what they say define you?

You fight back. When people say you're lazy, you look in the mirror and tell the person looking back at you that you most definitely aren't. You put in the hard work needed to complete a task, you take care of yourself when all people can do is nag at you. Because these judgemental schoolmates and teachers, they come and go, but you stick with yourself for life. So if there's anyone you need to prove yourself to, it's that person in the mirror.

Your parents might be a hard obstacle to overcome. It hurts knowing the people you grew up with don't support you as much as you would like them to. It's hard to block their negativity out when you live with them. But remember, if you yourself know how much of a hardworking, diligent person you are, no one can take that beautiful attitude away from you. That attitude is what makes you radiant, what makes you gorgeous, it is a beauty hard to find, but as long as you find it in yourself, no matter the outcome of an exam or days of studying, you will feel so accomplished knowing that you put your heart and soul into something.

The school year is starting, and I thought you all might need this. Don't let anyone belittle you or let you down. Realise that they have nothing on you and your motivation, because at the end of the day, everything you do in school is for yourself, not for others.

Stay healthy and happy, ily all soso much...goodnight!!(*¯︶¯*)