To Be Mean or Not To Be Mean?

"No! Do you know what people say about you behind your back? Hmm? They say you're a homeschooled jungle freak that's a less hott version of me! Yea, so you can take that fake apology and shove it up your hairy c...!"-Mean Girls

Caty is one of us many girls who try to fit into the, so called, girl world, which is not always the best thing. Being a girl is hard , and the pressures of today's society will sometimes make you do anything to fit in. Like Caty, one has seen what the combination of greed, jealousely, and just trying to fit in can do to oneself. There is much in common with Caty, but there are also some things that are different between us, such as, personality traits, the way she handles her friends, and our life lessons of girl world.

In the beginning Caty is a cultured, smart, nice, and very beautiful inside and out kind of girl. Then she starts going to public school and turns into something she thinks everyone will like. Caty is one of the smartest girls in her math class, until she meets a boy and dumbs herself down for his attention. She also makes friends and treats everyone with kindness, until she meets the clique. Wearing more provocative clothing and following certain rules of her new found clique Caty becomes the girl everyone loves to hate. Unlike Caty, one was not homeschooled, but when one went from middle school to high school one wanted to change so much. One was always good in school, but one would never dumb oneself down to get attention from any boy. Throughout highschool one did change and so did friends. Joining certain activities made one distant to the people one use to love to hangout with. One always remembered though to treat everyone with respect. Like Caty though, and every other girl, we always get those moments where we will talk bad about someone. Also, one did change the whole wardrobe thinking the more you show the more people will like you, but found out more people just tend to talk meanly about you.

If I had to create a bumpersticker that modeled my philosophy on life, it would be live, laugh, and love.

Everyday people use statements or slogans to describe what they believe or what they support. It's common to see bumper stickers on cars, slogans and during political elections, and common qoutes about life on the internet. If I could use one statement to describe my philosophy on life it would be live, laugh, and love. These three words may sound simple, but they are powerful to me.

Live well. This means live your life to the fullest and do not be afraid to take chances. Living well just does not have to do with yourself. It can mean spending time with your friends and family. One can never know when life is going to be over for themselves or some close to them. Also, some people do not have the luxury of living their life as we do in America, so why take life for granted?

Laugh often. Laughing heals the heart and makes people feel so much better. They say "do not cry over spilled milk." I say let the milk spill then laugh about it! It's so much better to laugh then to cry. Almost everytime something bad happens, a few days later one will look back and laugh about it.

Lastly, Love much. The best thing in the world is to love and to be loved in return. It's nice to wake up every morning knowing someone loves you. It does not have to be a boyfriend or a girldfriend. It can be your parents or a pet. Just knowing someone is there to give you a hug and you can do the same makes you feel better about yourself.

In conclusion, live, love, laugh is the best statments that describes ,my philsophy on life. I'm sure many people can relate to my statment of life. When I wake up I know to live well, laugh often, and to love much.