What do you do when someone you know is walking down the wrong path in life, but is too stubborn to admit that they are doing anything wrong? I am in that situation right now in life. One of my close friends is too blind to see that something is wrong with the way she is living her life.

I have chosen to distance myself from her, because I know that I personally do not want to be involved with whatever she might get in trouble with. It just hurts me that no matter what I say or do she won’t stop what she is doing. Within this past year she has changed so much that I don’t recognize her anymore. Sometimes I wish that I could do more but after sitting down and thinking about it I have realized that no matter what I do she is never going to listen to reason and that she is just going to have to make her own mistakes.

As mush as it hurts to see her mess up and get in trouble I know that that is what I will have to do. That is why I can’t be around her too much anymore. I know that if something was to happen, I, as her best friend, would automatically get involved in it and that is the last thing I want. I guess time really does reveal the person you really are.

Everyone should love everyone else. If only it was as easy as just saying those few words. Many people today feel that if they show love, compassion, or even a general fondness of people that they are somehow weak and vulnerable. If only everyone had the courage to show compassion towards the rest of humanity. So many problems could be solved if everyone would just get over their differences and love each other.

For our research projects one of my friends is writing about interracial relationships. I know for a fact that some people in her family are against her having a boyfriends of another race, but in all reality who cares? It is her life and that is her choice. I personally think that it shouldn’t matter the color of a person’s skin as long as they are the perfect match for you.

I can understand that the generations before us were raised with that hatred towards other races, but we are in the year 2007, things have changed. We no longer have so much hatred towards other races and I wish that the older generations could see that. We are far from the time when the civil rights movement was a hot topic. We have excepted the fact that everyone is created equal and that no one is better then another because of race, religion, color of skin or background.

The sad part is that those people who are extremely racist have kids, and are teaching them that it is okay for them to be judgmental of a person because of skin color. You can’t tell a person how to raise their children but you can hope that as the children grow they see the flaws in living life that way.

Hopefully, one day very soon, everybody will love everyone else and all the racial hatred will be gone.

Some of my closest friends have changed so much that I don’t recognize who they are anymore. Than again I am sure that I am the same way. We are all growing up and getting older, no matter how much we wish to deny it. Some people are able to deal with this change very easily, while others are unable to accept it. I envy those who are able to go with the flow. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I am a very laid back, easy going person, but change still scares me. To think that within the next 10 years almost every aspect about my life is liable to change, scares me.

We aren’t the same people we were 5, 10 years ago and we definitely won’t be the people we are today in 10 years. Events happen that are most likely going to change the person we are, and we have no control over them. A death in the family, a loss of a best friend or moving far away from everything that you have ever known are all examples of things that change, that mold us. Things that we can’t avoid.

Some people would love for change just not not to happen. They wish that their lives would always stay the same. But, where would that leave our world? We would all be in the dark as to new advancements in technology, in medical and in the way we live our lives. Things must keep moving forward. In our day and age we do not the the convince to just stomp on the breaks. We are forced to bond into the future, almost as though are eyes were covered. We don’t know what awaits us, but we know that if we stop, even for a moment, that we will be left behind.

Change is inevitable, and more of the time very daunting. But we must learn to cope with it, to accept it. We must change in order to survive in our era. Therefore, change, as intimidating as it may be, is necessary in order for us to continue living without major setbacks.

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