LIFE

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."

But, life is about who you love
and who you hurt.
It's about who you make happy or unhappy
It's about keeping or betraying trust.
It's about friendship
It's about what you say and mean
It's about what judgments you pass and why.
It's about carrying inner love,
letting it grow, and spreading it.
But most of all,
it's about using your life
to touch 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.
--Author Unknown

Contributed by: Darla Arnold. Love and hugs Darla.