I got this poem a long time ago. I believe it may have been a Nike commercial at one point, but it was sent to me by a relative at a time in my life when I needed it. I printed it out, and have kept it with me as a reminder of how, perhaps we should consider our actions.
And while I don't know who wrote it, or what it's been used for - I really do like it. So with further delay I'm going to post the rather famous poem "Life just isn't". If you know more about the poem, and it's positive, please feel free to post it. Please, no haters here please. There is so much negativity in the world - sometimes it really is better to not share it.
Quote:
Life isn't about keeping score.
It's not about how many friends you have.
Or how accepted you are.
Not about if you have plans this weekend or if you're alone.
It isn't about who you're dating, who you used to date, how many people you've dated
Or if you haven't been with anyone at all.
It isn't about who you have kissed.
It's not about sex.
It isn't about who your family is or how much money they have.
Or what kind of car you drive.
Or where you are sent to school.
It's not about how beautiful or ugly you are.
Or what clothes you wear, what shoes you have on, or what kind of music you listen to.
It's not about if your hair is blonde, red, black, or brown,
Or if your skin is too light or too dark.
Not about what grades you get, how smart you are, how smart everybody else thinks you are,
Or how smart standardized tests say you are..
It's not about what clubs you're in
Or how good you are at "your" sport.
It's not about representing your whole being on a piece of paper .
And seeing who will "accept the written you."
*LIFE JUST ISN'T*
But, life is about who you love and who you hurt.
It's about who you make happy or unhappy purposefully.
It's about keeping or betraying trust.
It's about friendship, used as a sanctity or a weapon.
It's about what you say and mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.
About starting rumors and contributing to petty gossip.
It's about what judgments you pass and why.
And who your judgments are spread to.
It's about who you've ignored with full control and intention.
It's about jealousy, fear, ignorance, and revenge.
It's about carrying inner hate and love, letting it grow, and spreading it.
But most of all, it's about using your life to touch or poison
other people's hearts in such a way that could have never occurred alone.
Only you choose the way those hearts are affected,
and those choices are what life's all about.
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from
http://ccrc.wustl.edu/~milind/LIFE.htm ... but you can find it a lot of places - I just didn't want to type it out .
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