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Hi. Okay, so admittedly today I don't look or feel, really, my best.
I was in the middle of getting ready to I had somewhere I needed to go and then I
was gonna film "The Best Music You Didn't Know
You Were Missing" part 8. But I'm not gonna do that today cause I'm
feeling kinda down and I don't feel like that would be me presenting
these artists that I have to present to you in the best light.
Today I just don't really have that in me.
So, I kind of just decided to do a vlog type thing instead.
What's got me kinda down is I got this message from someone that I
haven't seen or heard from in a very long time.
And they are someone in my family and This is kind of hard.
I don't know exactly what I want to tell you about the situation
because it's kinda personal, but they've been having some issues
and the message that they sent me was really like
a lot of not really hatred towards me, but towards other people that I feel
like don't really deserve it. And I completely disagree.
For one thing, I see both sides of it. Blaming someone else for
her mistakes and misfortunes and all of the repercussions of the things
that she has chosen to do, which were all very clear choices
But putting the blame onto someone else for
things that you have done is a normal human work of defense, I guess
I would call it. You know? It's kind of a way to protect yourself
from the way that you would feel if you could admit that
you did these things on your own free will and that things are your fault.
There was a few things that she said that I wanted to address.
Not to her, but to people in general. And how they relate to pretty much
anybody who is going through a tough time and the decisions that
we make as people. And one of those is to blame someone
else for our misfortune and sometimes others may have
a hand in it and you know what? Okay, but those other people
that you're blaming are not going to do anything to fix the problem.
You have to do it yourself. If it's your life, they're not gonna pick up the
pieces for you in most cases. You gotta do it for yourself. And, sure, if
they're to blame, blame them. But don't sit around and just waste your life
away saying, "Oh well. My life's crap because of so-and-so.It's their fault.
That's why I'm in such a crappy life." Everybody has things that they
need to work on. And, so work on them. If there is something about
yourself that you don't like or you feel like you have to hide from
somebody or the world, you know? If you're so ashamed of something
that you have done that you feel like you have to make up some kind of
lie or cover story for it, then you need to make a change. I mean, it's that
simple.If it's just you're ashamed to be who you are, then that's crap.
I'm sorry. But be yourself.You know? I mean, who really cares what other
people think? If people in your life love you, then they will accept you for
who you are as long as you're not harming other people. If you feel like
you have done something and it is shameful and you don't want anyone
else to know about it, then it's wrong. If you know in your heart that it's
not wrong, then you need to learn to accept it. What I'm saying in short
is: Be yourself and be comfortable with yourself and share yourself with
others. Because this world is a wonderful, magical place. Or it can be. It
really can be a great place if you're happy. And you're not going to be
able to be happy if you don't accept yourself. But as far as doing things
that you're shameful of, if you're ashamed of something and it's a
repetitive thing, then you need to make a change in your life. Really,
nobody's gonna do it for you. You've got to work on yourself. And
working on yourself isn't something that's exclusive to you. Everybody has things that they need to work on. Everybody
has their things. And those things will change. It's important to continually
work on yourself as a person. If you look at yourself as a being that can
always be improving, your life will be so great. It really makes a
difference in everything. If you feel like you need to blame someone then
blame them & move forward. Because they're not in control of your life.
You are in control of your life and you need to accept that and use it.
And if someone's done you wrong, then use that too. That can be
motivation. Prove people wrong. Anything, it can be something small.
It can be something gigantic. Be what you want to be, do what you want
to do, live how you want to live. And if you're shameful of something that
you're constantly doing then you're not living how you want to live.
And that's the truth.
I'm sorry. I didn't even get into the details yet and I'm already upset.
I guess what I want you to get out of this is...