Contemplation of the Damned
Ok, so being a teenager I'm assuming we can all come to a somewhat general consensus that most of the times, parents are just plain annoying...If you don't agree, then I am sorry.
But come on. Half the time, I have no the damnedest clue why the hell they do the things they do or say the things they say. I mean they're if not as bad, worse than us teenagers. Empty promises, pressure, unfounded anger, stress management problems, threats...I mean I could go on, but I know you get the drift. Our parents to us exactly what they say to avoid and all that other parental bullshit. I mean, yeah they need to be there for me, but to stand on me like I'm two is over stepping the line. It's one stupid vicious circle that will never f*cking end! We watch a dog chase its own fucking tail, and we laugh and call him stupid, but who are we to talk? We don't seem to learn from history or even remotely care that age doesn't always predict wisdom and common sense.
It almost seems inane to sit here and try and figure it all out. I mean so I figure out why I'm being ordered around and stepped on by these people who are like my intellectual counter part. What does it prove? Haha, that's the funny part. It proves nothing other than the fact that I hate it and really despise and feel sorry for some people more than twice my age. Yes, I grew up too fast and have a very opinionated view of the world, but I feel it only human instinct to not like being told what to do by someone who isn't smarter than me and is a near-smart. I mean come on! Our parents and adult-ish people were all our age once, and no one of them were ever perfect. We all make mistakes, so why when we make the same mistakes they did, we get grounded and screamed at and called irresponsible? Isn't it just exploring life and being human?
We all go through hard times, some of us raise our parents, others never go home and hate home, some just sit at home and enjoy family life, and then some just go with the flow...No matter which trend we seem to fit in best, we all eventually watch someone we love suffer; we all bury someone we hate and someone we hold near and dear; we all witness tragedies. How are we so different from them? They got more years on us for screwing up and failing, so then shouldn't they talk to us and help us instead of yelling and damning us to our mistakes? Yes...I can be very naive and utopian..Can you blame me?
Like you, I've lived and watched September 11th, I've buried someone close to me, watching someone I love more than anything give up on life and choose to sleep it away, I've watched emotion course through people in need of a warm embrace, I've been the core of hatred, I've hated others...We've all been there or will be there one day. I know things my grandparents will never understand...and they know things I can't comprehend...It's all a trade off of knowledge. They're older than me, commanding respect, but that doesn't mean they're better than me or know more...Too bad it takes us to the age of like 80 to realize that our younger generations know things that the older generations will never understand..and vice versa. Learn from history (the old) and let technology and modern traditions (the young) carry the lessons of past mistakes...Too bad it's only a dream...
But come on. Half the time, I have no the damnedest clue why the hell they do the things they do or say the things they say. I mean they're if not as bad, worse than us teenagers. Empty promises, pressure, unfounded anger, stress management problems, threats...I mean I could go on, but I know you get the drift. Our parents to us exactly what they say to avoid and all that other parental bullshit. I mean, yeah they need to be there for me, but to stand on me like I'm two is over stepping the line. It's one stupid vicious circle that will never f*cking end! We watch a dog chase its own fucking tail, and we laugh and call him stupid, but who are we to talk? We don't seem to learn from history or even remotely care that age doesn't always predict wisdom and common sense.
It almost seems inane to sit here and try and figure it all out. I mean so I figure out why I'm being ordered around and stepped on by these people who are like my intellectual counter part. What does it prove? Haha, that's the funny part. It proves nothing other than the fact that I hate it and really despise and feel sorry for some people more than twice my age. Yes, I grew up too fast and have a very opinionated view of the world, but I feel it only human instinct to not like being told what to do by someone who isn't smarter than me and is a near-smart. I mean come on! Our parents and adult-ish people were all our age once, and no one of them were ever perfect. We all make mistakes, so why when we make the same mistakes they did, we get grounded and screamed at and called irresponsible? Isn't it just exploring life and being human?
We all go through hard times, some of us raise our parents, others never go home and hate home, some just sit at home and enjoy family life, and then some just go with the flow...No matter which trend we seem to fit in best, we all eventually watch someone we love suffer; we all bury someone we hate and someone we hold near and dear; we all witness tragedies. How are we so different from them? They got more years on us for screwing up and failing, so then shouldn't they talk to us and help us instead of yelling and damning us to our mistakes? Yes...I can be very naive and utopian..Can you blame me?
Like you, I've lived and watched September 11th, I've buried someone close to me, watching someone I love more than anything give up on life and choose to sleep it away, I've watched emotion course through people in need of a warm embrace, I've been the core of hatred, I've hated others...We've all been there or will be there one day. I know things my grandparents will never understand...and they know things I can't comprehend...It's all a trade off of knowledge. They're older than me, commanding respect, but that doesn't mean they're better than me or know more...Too bad it takes us to the age of like 80 to realize that our younger generations know things that the older generations will never understand..and vice versa. Learn from history (the old) and let technology and modern traditions (the young) carry the lessons of past mistakes...Too bad it's only a dream...
posted by Lauren at 7:32 PM
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