Independence

   Most of the people i know are given things on a silver spoon. They rather refer to mommy's money or daddy's money to live off, and look at me funny when i prefer to stand on my own two feet. I may not be able to handle all of my finances at age 17, but i handle most of them or meet my parents half way.
   Why run back to my parents when i have the ability to maintain independence? I don't want to have to depend on my parents when i go off to college, yes they're here for support mentally, but i don't feel comfortable always expecting them to do something that i can easily try to do myself.
    It's not a bash against those who need the help from their parents, it's just an urge for independence in my generation. I see people driving around in high luxury cars and don't have the gas money to fill up the tank. While I'm working hard for what i love to call mines, they just put their hands out and ask for money with only the labor of putting their hand out. When you use your parents money you have major limits on what you are spending it on rather than the freedom of holding your own. So boss up and make your own money and still get a little help at the same time because then you can learn how to be independent and learn how to start relying more on yourself.
    Like my grandmother always says " why by a $200 purse if you don't even have $50 to put in it?"

If not love, then what?

     I know a guy who dated this girl for the longest time. No matter the lies or bull thrown his way, he stuck by her side. One day she called him her world, the next day he was replaced with some girl, then next with some guy. The cycle was repetitive and all a while the guy still could not allow her to leave. He would always be in a relationship and if the girl wanted him back, the girl he was with would be dropped like a hot iron skillet. He claimed he could not let up on what they had because he believed deep inside she loved him. But last time i checked love didn't bring continuous pain. Yes there are obstacles, but when you truly want something you fight for it. 

     Most adults believe young adults don't even know what love is and believe we base it off the perception of what the television spins our way. The truth is love is something you feel and it causes you to go blind to the faults of the person which turn the person's faults into their best quality. Sometimes there are situations where feelings are one sided and before you declare your love, you should open your eyes and see the matter with true sight. Just because you may have a true understanding on what the four letter word means doesn't mean the one you choose to love can return the feeling because if it's not love then it's possibly just lust.