I read this quote on a friend's Facebook profile status. I absolutely love it.
To me, this is such a -...what's the word for it... .it's on the tip of my tongue...- statement.
I clearly identify with this. I've seen so many stories of people who ruined their life by doing drugs. Not just in the most obvious way, (getting addicted, which has it's own trail of side effects) but in different ways as well. For instance, doing drugs just once can lower someone's sense of self-worth, A LOT, even if they hated it and swore never to do it again. Or, in the case of one athlete, drugs can put your life to a complete halt. A while ago I heard about a college basketball player who had just been drafted into a major NBA team. On his last night before he left home, he hosted a huge party to celebrate. Naturally, there was a ton of alcohol consumption, with some drugs mixed in. As a dedicated, clean athlete, this player had never tried drugs in his entire life. A "friend" of his convinced him to try just a little bit, just once, "it'll make you feel even more amazing than you do now". Moments after he gave in and tried some of the drug, he had an allergic reaction it, and he died before the paramedics could get there. Sad story, but even sadder is that this is not the only one of it's kind... First I wondered, how could he have listened to his friend's persuasion?? Why would he need to feel any more amazing after fulfilling every basketball players dream of being drafted to the NBA? I guess some things are unexplainable.
I think drugs are disgusting (obviously, excluding perscription or over the counter drugs used as intended). I understand that people get curious, but anyone who has ever seen the news or left their bedroom knows that the negative aspects of drugs are huge. I don't think it's worth it to risk everything for an hour or two of "ecstasy" (no pun intended).
I don't understand why people can't just "say no to drugs and get high on life". There are so many beautiful parts of our life, regardless of wealth or status. Just tweaking our attitude and our perception of our surroundings can do wonders. There's sunshine..good friends..clouds..rain... family..divorce... anger.. pain.. hate.. cold...heat.. love..laughter.. tears..wind..flowers..butterflies..disgu
sting things like spiders that really only make the world better for us.. the grass growing..water sparkling..winning a game or race.. congratulating the winner if it wasn't you, understanding that you need to work harder to get to the top..an ocean breeze.. a snowfall.
So many amazing things that we could consider miracles, even when it seems like the sky is crashing down around us are taken for granted. We can always find a way to make things better, whether it's writing in a journal, or running like there's no tomorrow. I don't see how drugs can make the bad times seem better, they only delay and prolong the pain. I certainly don't understand why people need more stimulation if they are already feeling good. I don't really make much sense right now, but maybe that's because it's hard to describe everything this world has to offer us.
If we could just learn how to take the good with the bad, the happy with the sad, if people could just understand that everything is just a sensation, thats it's up to us to put it into perspective, I think the makers of Prozac and the guys smoking&selling joints on street corners would be out of business.
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