Searching for Love in a Young Generation

High school relationships rarely make it past the double doors by graduation, early marriages are a rarity are aren’t expected to withstand the trials of time, and marriages due to an early, unexpected pregnancy are considered a faulty choice by those that watch.

Why is it so easy to fall in love as a young person, but so hard to make it last?

In the beginning, no one can separate you, in the end, no one can stand to be around you together.  You go asking for advice, should we stick it out? Something just isn’t there anymore… that spark seems to have an expiration date for most all teens and young-adult couples.

If you take a few steps back, it’s almost crazy NOT to see it:

Women of a younger age often walk around advertising everything the good lord gave them, and men can’t help but notice.  Girls at the beach lay and watch the shirt-less lifeguard from across the sand. 

When the ties are limited to titles such as “girlfriend” and “boyfriend,” the loyalty tends to wane here and there.  When you’re young and not completely committed, you can’t help but notice that there are just SO many choices out there. 

When there are two rings, four children, and sagging body parts involved, the effort to make things work becomes self-less.

Not everyone believes that there is only one other person out there for them anymore. 

Teens like to get wild, they indulge in clubbing, drinking, and as they come of age, their hormones are skyrocketing and physical appearance mean more than they really should, especially when it’s put out there so willingly.  Leaving very little to the imagination.

Others are so tempting, and you hear stories of cheating and disloyalty like people used to discuss the Sunday paper.

Some people just can’t handle being tied down, others give it a shot and still can’t help but notice the other options surrounding them.  Then there are the few that are devoted and dearly worth the risk.

Young life is the definition of drama, struggle, mistakes, and faulty judgment.

But it’s also the center of desire, risk, living, loving, and learning.

“You have to kiss a few frogs before you find your prince.”

I always hated those words.  But their more often true than not.  Being raised as I was and being the personality I do, I’ve always known what I’ve wanted from a relationship.  I’ve always had my beliefs as to how they should work, the behavior to have and the actions to take when in one. 

Finding someone who mimics your beliefs is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Maybe harder.

The only advice I have, is good luck.

Keep your eyes open and your heart slightly closed.

Protect everything you have, and choose wisely.

Then choose more wisely every time there is a next time.

Love is a beautiful thing, but often mistaken.

These Colors Don't Run the World.

The stars and stripes amid the American flag have always represented the most powerful country in the world, the United States of America.  On September 11^th, 2001 America was attacked by a group of terrorists whose schemes shook our country to the core, killing innocent people and putting fear on the screen of every television nation-wide.  Our President made a promise to this country that we would reek justice, by starting a war that was meant to find the perpetrators, create a working governmental system, un-hinge the bad guys, and make sure no more attempts could be made that could forfeit our people’s safety.  We had our reasons for starting this war, but now after years of needless fighting, destruction, and death, Americans are singing a new tune with rallies and protests telling us to bring our troops home.

           

“THESE COLORS DON”T RUN THE WORLD.”  This visual piece is sending a clear message to its onlookers; for many years now, America has been considered the most powerful country in the world.  But power can and has been abused.  The terrorist attacks on our country do not give us the right to barge into the Middle East and take out throngs of innocent people as we try to find the masterminds behind the chaos.  And where does messing with the governmental system in other countries become our duty or business?  What started out as a war in Iraq has spread to other neighboring countries such a Kuwait and Afghanistan, and has been out of our hands for years.

America truly has become the bully of the world.  We are no longer the most technologically advanced, with the biggest army, the most powerful leaders, and it scares us. It scares America that other countries are catching-up.  So we feel need to have some say and get involved in every other country’s affairs to prove our meaning and worth, our willingness to get our hands dirty.

 But at what cost?

Many of the signs in the protest picture are about peace and evil.  Our country was shocked by the terrorist’s actions, coming into our country and killing our people… but what are we doing over there?  Why can we wipe out entire cities, and consider it a victory versus an action of injustice and evil?  Why do their innocent people with no part in the attacks, seem to matter less than the innocent people we lost on 9/11 at ground zero?  How many people in those countries will have to die, before America feels that it has had its justice, and can again sleep soundly at night. 

Another sign in the picture reads “END THE WAR IN IRAQ: TAX CUTS, NOT BOMBS.”

Who are we, to tell a country how to run things, when our own governmental system is corrupt in itself.  Our politicians can’t even handle half of its own controversies, much less that of another country.  How about listening to the people of America about their needs, before telling someone else how to run it’s own people?  We are biting off more than we can chew, simply because the more we dip our fingers into other people’s business, the more control we feel like we have over the countries that have proved that they are perfectly capable of catching up to our standards all on their own.

Though the visual aid given obviously speaks of the war in Iraq, it branches out to many other meanings for me as well.  As the world continues to develop, and other countries start to loose the training wheels, America is going to have to for-fit its pedestal at the top, and learn to work with others and share the knowledge and wealth of being a successfully developed country. 

I am an American, and I love my country.  But I also love what it has, and should always stand for.  The Land of the free, and the home of the brave.  The land of milk and honey, the breeding ground for dreams, and the soil of success and opportunity. A country full of heros, with leaders that make choices that will benefit, not destroy and corrupt.  What happened to our country will forever leave a scar, and was complete injustice, but we have brought many of the perpetrators to justice.  It's not just their lives that are continuing to be lost, but our soldiers as well.  

I say, that we bring our troops home.