Monday, May 10, 2010
WARNING: An emotional life-related rant up ahead.
I'm a perfectionist, but not everything I do is perfect.
I want to be the best, but my pessimistic attitude and mood swings always tie me down.
I try to stand out in class; to get noticed by the teachers and to be accepted by my peers.
I'm usually around various people to avoid being alone.
I hate the fact that I'm too sensitive.
I envy many people.
I crave to be like them.
But I know I can't because everyone's different.
I always try to live up to my brothers' standards.
My first brother is a very smart student, a creative artist and an optimist.
My second brother is exceptionally good at writing and talented in music.
Both lead interesting lives.
Then, I look at myself.
I see a girl who's selfish, who tries too hard to be accepted, who's annoying, who envies her peers frequently, who treats her parents badly and who is too emotional that it makes people sick.
And I realise that those are the reasons why I can't be like all the people I admire.
I've had my fair share of up and downs.
I know what it's like to be isolated from a group of friends who you were once close with.
And I know what it feels like to be accepted.
I put up a cheery disposition whenever I meet new people and that intrigues them.
But once I know them enough, that facade dissolves and it leaves me with a quieter persona; which immediately draws away their fascination.
And it leaves me feeling so small and so uninteresting, that I decide to put up the cheery disposition once more and try to sneak my way into people's lives again.
But that's not really the real me.
The real me isn't always that cheery.
The real me is much more quieter, and only occasionally cheery.
Once again, I know what it feels like to be isolated.
It was a traumatic experience for me, and I have vowed to myself to never be like that again.
And so, the disposition came up ever since then.
But, it's not really an act, since I honestly smile and laugh when things amuse me.
I wouldn't ever fake a laugh or a smile just to avoid isolation.
The only thing which I admit is fake is my seemingly optimistic attitude at times.
Because frankly, I'm a pessimist.
All in all, I'm not a fake person.
I just try to act happier and cheerier than I actually am.
-Alisa
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