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Torch. The light at the end of the tunnel that is a moving target.
Pastel colors say i'm cute and quiet, but still beautiful in my own way. They don't scream at you and get in your face like neon colors. They don't hide in the corner or act like they're going to come at you like dark colors. They are just nice, kind, caring colors. It's just who they are.
Pattern. What a word! :) Like the weird pattern of life. It seems like I always have a pattern that I can't get out of! Let's say I have a test on Friday. I have all week to study for it but I only study Thursday night. I don't do well on the test. The next test I will study more, I say. The next time I have a test, I pull another Thursday-nighter. Or like when I have a boyfriend who is a lying jerk, and date another lying jerk after him. Or like when I wear a dress that annoys me because it always flies up and I wear it again. Or I tell myself I can get up in the morning if I go to bed at midnight and even though I don't, I stay up late again. You would think I would learn better.
I sign the petition because I believe. I believe that what is right should be now. Not later. I believe things happen only because we say they should. That is why I sign the petition. Nothing will happen unless you say something.
This one is a tough one. Belief. Beliefs are so hard, because they are just opinions. You can't prove them to be true, you can't prove them to be false. You can only bicker back and forth with nonsensical "facts" until someone gives up. Most usually, someone does not give up. Sometimes that's what it is about anyways. You don't want to be wrong, so you continue to support something you don't even believe in. Because if you stand down, who would you be anymore? What would define you? What would you have left? Religion is probably this way. If you were brought up into a strong religious lifestyle, would you think about changing it? Would you think about switching beliefs? Would you think about not being releigious? Probably not. Is your religion something you truly believe, or something you have been taught to believe? Some people don't know there is another option, they don't realize they don't have to believe something just because they have been taught to. This goes by a lot of things. Racism. Sexism. Stereotypes. If you grew up in a family that hated a certain race, you would learn to hate it too and you probably wouldn't think of changing the way you feel based on your own opinions. Because if you did leave behind what has been a part of you for as long as you can remember, who would you be? Maybe you would start to doubt what is real and what is not. You might realize you do not know the difference between who you are and who you think you are. For anyone who has stuck around to read this, that is a good lesson I believe. Be who you are, not who you think you are. Sometimes you are so much more than you think you are. Sometimes you can be someone great, if you put aside what you believe to be true about yourself.
Recycle. What do we think of when you hear recycle. I think of the Earth, I think of something we should all do more of, but don't. Some places seem to push it, some people don't really care about recycling. I think we should have some sort of awareness project about what the good of recycling really does. Otherwise no one will care, no one. I would care a lot more about recycling if there was something that pushed me towards it. Humans do things for one of two reasons. 1. To gain a reward or 2. To avoid a consequence. If the only reward of recycling is "the Earth will be healthier" or "it's better for the world" no one can take that seriously, it just isn't specific enough. I think if the head of recycling team whatever whatever that is getting all these funds and blah blah blah (if there is such a thing, which there very well may not be, but I am just assuming) should use their power to put a specific reward or consequence out there.
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