In today’s society, there is so much negativity. So many people that spread around their opinion in places that maybe, it isn’t needed. Bullying, harassing, and things of the sort are such a common problem that it is kind of disgusting. Our teachers, parents, and peers preach the idea of ‘treating someone the way you would want to be treated’ but lets be honest, we all know that it doesn’t work. I would love to say that I could see a world in which bullying and such will end and we can all be one big happy family. But to be honest, I don’t believe we will ever see that day. Let me explain.

It is human nature. Everyone has an opinion and as long as we have social media, people will always have a way to voice that opinion with little to know backlash. And many of us know that social media is only becoming more popular. Remember? Your grandmother even called you wanting you to teach her how to use Facebook. Just wait, next she’ll want to know how to use twitter. Anyway, you understand the point that we will never get away from the negative comments from people. It’s so easy for people to attack people through social media because it isn’t face to face, but trust me there is still the face-to-face bullying as well. Right now, open up twitter, Facebook, Instagram I guarantee that there will at least be 1 or more negative post wither it be about someone, or a sad/angry comment about himself or herself or a situation that they are in. Go ahead and do it. If you have nothing but positive post on any of those, you must be following Gandhi or something. There is one thing we can do though.

While watching a snapchat story of an artist that I have been following and looking up to for years now, Andy Biersack, Andy talked about ‘taking the bullets’ of the people that talk down or badly of you. He stated “If your willing to stand up, you can make something of yourself. You can do something that other people can’t do. Having a sense of pride and not letting other people effect you and not letting other people make you feel bad makes you important”. He goes on to talk about how he himself has to live by these guidelines because he has to face seeing the negative comments/post that people make about him. He talks about having the feeling to say things like “that’s not true” “That’s not who I am” and “I wish they could meet me so they could understand”. He states “you can’t convince other people to not be rude or awful. What you have to do is go out there and say ‘I am something awesome I can make it through, I can take all the bullets”. This stuck with me. It is what led me to write this article. Because I don’t think that people understand this concept.

I don’t believe that the ‘treating others the way you would want to be treated’ is a concept that our generation can accept anymore. If we want to change the world and make it for the better, I believe that we need to stick to the concept of saying ‘I am something great’. We need to understand that we can’t make everyone else stop with the nasty comments, but we can go and show the world that we aren’t what everyone else says we are, but that we are great in our own ways. I believe that that can make the difference. If we try to better ourselves, then we will spend less time tearing each other down. I want to wake up everyday, and be better than I was the day before. I want to take the bullets as they come and prove them wrong. I will fight the battle and prove that I am worth something. I can make a difference. So what will you do? Will you stand up the bullets or will you give up the fight?