Intro Five: One of the biggest issues for youth I’ve seen recently is prioritizing. Fun should never create more work for late, and work should always crate time for fun later. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ― Mae West

Fight, even when others claim the battle is won. Stand tall, even while others try to make u fall. Never stop pushing, or ur enemies have won.

“Everything happens for a reason” is a quote that youth and adults alike often hear. Still when face with adversity or faced with negative feelings or situations; “reason” can seem very hard to find and even if found, doesn’t seem to be enough. Why, because in situations we become blinded, unable to see anything beyond the scope of that situation. If the person you think is the love of your life leaves you, because you are engulfed in those feelings you cannot see or acknowledge the person that walks in to for life and is truly what you are looking for. If we don’t learn how to learn for life’s lessons and let go of negative thoughts and ideas, we will never be able to find worthy reason  for anything. Life lessons are only useful if USED as STEPPING STONES to the future, the future which we decide for ourselves and only we can control… if life’s lessons aren’t used as stepping stones they become nothing more then roadblocks and ditches that hold use back from what and who we are working for or to be.  

“Life is like a bicycle; to keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

-Albert Einstein

“Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

As youth the opportunities are endless, if presented the tools to go forth and find those opportunities. As hard as it seems to be for youth to find the doors to lead them to where they want to be, it becomes even harder when weighed down and held back by the wrong people being in your life. Even adults have issues combating this issue, because letting go tends to be difficult, ESPECIALLY when a large amount of time is involved or when a person you once knew has changed and you keep trying to get that old friend back. Sometimes it just best to take a minute and analyze where you are and where you want to be, what will it take for you to get there, whats you plan??? Then stick to it and decide who and what in your life will or is getting in the way of you being in the position you wish to be. Also think about who is your life that is helping you, who has your back, and will do everything they can to support and help you??? Hold on to them pull them close, surround yourself with the right people and things and you’ll be amazed at how much brighter and more warm life gets daily. Life difficult enough, why make it harder on yourself by holding extra negativity in your life? Think about this and analyze your life, and decide WHO’S GOT MY BACK and who’s just HOLDING ME BACK?

Signed,

     GreenButterfly.

“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” 
― May Sarton

We live in a world where youth think that expensive shoes and fancy cars and money are what life are about. but really stop and think if you were alone in the world none of that would matter. bc what truly matters is having people in ur life who to u matter PEOPLE MATTER! weather they are your brother or a stranger, they matter. JOSEPH KONY  is destroying people who matter, who in someway impact your life wither you take the time to realize it or not. we have to stop playing blind to these issues. bc if we dnt stop it it’ll destroy the world we live in. Not just Kony but the villains in our communities get smart stand up b4  there’s nothing left to stand up 4! 

“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”

Marilyn Monroe said this, and imagine what the world would be like if youth didn’t settle. What would the world be like if youth stepped up and said I deserve better and I won’t settle for less. Will you step up and choose friends, goals, mentors, and idols that helped better us, and supported us, not people who are good for moments but in the long run are just roadblocks, or down falls. Are YOU at your BEST?? And are the people in your life HELPING you or HURTING you???

Signed,

GreenButterfly. 

You win some you lose some, as youth that saying seeming to side with the latter more often than not. Why? Bad luck picking the their battles? Inabilities to look at or even notice the signs point to the right decision? It appears more so to me the lack of knowledge of how to look at situations differently. A moment can feel like it destroys a lifetime, and in that moment if feels like nothing can change things, nothing can make it better. When thinking about not how much worse things could be but rather, how much good each situation; even negative situations can take you one step closer to everything you may dream. Lessons learned become stepping-stones, but only when you LEARN. A single moment can change a lifetime that much is true. That doesn’t mean that negative moments cause negative changes. It’s all in what YOU do with the lessons that come with each negative situation.

            Getting dumped, falling out with a best friend, getting a bad grade, or even not making a team; all those things happen for a reason, and the all result in lessons. It’s about stopping, and looking at each situation, why did it happen that way, what can I do later to stop it from happening again?  Lesson learned become stepping-stones, but only when you first learn.

Signed,

            Green Butterfly.