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vignette

I used to talk a lot. I still talk a good amount but not like before. Before I thought about every little thing. I used to be a very curious person who thought about how everything would affect me. Now though, people say I’m shy, quiet, an introvert. Everyone used to bully me in some way, whether it was verbally or… physically. Not very many people who were close to me realized that I was being bullied. Only a friend or two, really. My best friend used to say something similar to a lyric Taylor Swift wrote: “People throw rocks at things that shine.”

You know, it’s hard to truly be yourself when you care so much about other people. My family and I were constantly trying to help other people. In fact, so much so that my friends now say I worry too much about everyone else and never enough about myself. I suppose this background began the habit of thinking of others’ habits and how they might affect the next generations. Are the decisions we are making today for the best or are we “building it up to burn it down(Burn it down, Linkin Park)?” Will any of the things we value now be valued 100 years from now? Or will our government, kids, and grandkids devalue them like so many other things have been?

It seems that while in the past there were so many things that were considered unacceptable. Making out in public, getting pregnant in high school, any kind of abusive relationship; all were considered wrong in a public eye. Now, though, it seems as if all of these things are more every day than ever before. So many people that I know have been in abusive relationships, as well as getting raped, molested, or pregnant. I, myself, was in a physically abusive relationship, three years ago. How is this acceptable now? Does humanity really not care about humanity anymore? Are we really so stuck on things that we ignore the people around us who matter so much more?