Shining Raichu
Expect me like you expect Jesus.
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I saw this thread first yesterday morning, and it has taken me a long time to think out a worthwhile response, because I think it's a really good thread and I want to serve it well. There are five things that I've been able to think of that make my my life worthwhile, and keep me going through all the bad stuff:
Essentially while my life is acceptable for now, it's pretty much a house of cards. There are quite a few things that are threatening to change in a negative way and I have this cold dread that they'll all come true. Even though once again, they are just slightly worse first-world problems, they have the potential in synergy to make my life Hell. During this time, PokeCommunity is the one constant. It's the one place that I can come that will not change and I can pretty much seek asylum here. It's invaluable to me to be here because of that.
My friends
They mean more to me than my family. They keep me going in the sense that they understand me and who I am and when I'm around them I feel like I can breathe. I can be myself around them without fear that that's somehow abhorrent or not good enough. I spend as much time as I can with my friends because it takes me out of here and to a place where I have air. Somewhere where I don't have to fear every second that my parents and sister will judge me for who I am or the decisions I make (or even, perhaps more poignantly, the decisions I don't make). There is a high chance that my two best friends in the world are going to be moving away soon, which means I will appreciate what they've done for me more than ever. It also means I'll need to figure out a new gameplan for my day-to-day life.My future
A lot of people have said this, but really the promise that the future gets better - and sure, this may be youthful naivete, though I sincerely hope I'm correct in my feeling that it's not - drives me to carry on. I do have dreams of a life in love with a husband in a very large house with a couple of cats, going out for escapades in the various cities that we'll visit and living a fantastic adventure as we work our ways to the top of whatever we want to do. We will both be impressive people and forces to be reckoned with and in the end we'll be content with how we've spent our lives. I want that, I think I can make it happen, and the hope that that's true pushes me forward.Chelsea Handler
This woman (who you will find in my avatar and signature at the time of posting this), ugh. She sings to my soul, man. Just everything that comes out of her mouth and her views on just everything and her general essence of "ugh everybody just shut up and stop making a big deal out of everything" are really how I feel inside about my own life, and watching her show Chelsea Lately is more of a Godsend (lol) than anybody will ever know. No matter how good or bad I'm feeling on any given night, watching her show makes me feel better about myself and my life and life in general. And best of all, she makes me laugh!PokeCommunity
For all I've said in this post about how bad my home life is and how I'm suffocating here, I can live with it. I'm pretty happy most of the time, and I completely acknowledge that my life is really good. There are people out there who have it far worse than I do and I totally acknowledge that my problems are first-world problems. Life is good. For now.Essentially while my life is acceptable for now, it's pretty much a house of cards. There are quite a few things that are threatening to change in a negative way and I have this cold dread that they'll all come true. Even though once again, they are just slightly worse first-world problems, they have the potential in synergy to make my life Hell. During this time, PokeCommunity is the one constant. It's the one place that I can come that will not change and I can pretty much seek asylum here. It's invaluable to me to be here because of that.
