Ths I Believe

For ENG-101 we are doing this essay about This I Believe. It is about a credo that we have used in our life's that helped us make it through hard tikes. A credo that has helped me a lot in my life is "I am what I am". To me it means always be what you want to be not what the world wants you to be. It has helped me with  a lot of problems in my life and it still does to with day and I think it always will no matter how old I get.

Do It For Me!!!!

Do it for me. That is soothing I need to work on. I have always had this problem with doing anything and everything for other people even if its something I don't want to do or Ike to do. It has got me in trouble a few times in life that I wish tat I could take back and do over again. On the other hand there as been times were I got something out of it I had no idea would happen and has been some of the best times of my life so far. I know that I will always do anything for my family no matter what it is. That is something I know I can't change and no sure that I would want to. I want to stop helping every single person that shows up in my life. One thing I heard somewhere but can't remember where is " Put everybody that comes into my life in the category of a tree. Some people are like leaves on a tree. When the wind blows, they're over there... wind blow that way they over here... they're unstable. When the seasons change they wither and die, they're gone. That's alright. Most people are like that, they're not there to do anything but take from the tree and give shade every now and then. That's all they can do. But don't get mad at people like that, that's who they are. That's all they were put on this earth to be. A leaf.

Some people are like a branch on that tree. You have to be careful with those branches too, cause they'll fool you. They'll make you think they're a good friend and they're real strong but the minute you step out there on them, they'll break and leave you high and dry.

But if you find 2 or 3 people in your life that's like the roots at the bottom of that tree you are blessed. Those are the kind of people that aren't going nowhere. They aren't worried about being seen, nobody has to know that they know you, they don't have to know what they're doing for you but if those roots weren't there, that tree couldn't live.

A tree could have a hundred million branches but it only takes a few roots down at the bottom to make sure that tree gets everything it needs. When you get some roots, hold on to them but the rest of it... just let it go. Let folks go." Its a great way to think of people.