What's the trend of being green?

Ok... I pretty much declare myself facebook retired these days, but I checked mine today and I found a new email from one of my friends and we got to catch up. As the conversation went on we talked about an issue that she has with another friend. The more we chatted it appeared that there was underlying envy towards the other person. Immediately pause the conversation to simply state "What's the point of being green?" It seems that this problem is occuring with a lot of people who have underlying jealousy towards other people and sometimes ever their closest friends. Even I have found myself a victim of this epidemic at certain times. There are certain abilities and skills my friends have that I could only imagine myself having however that still leaves this one simple question "What causes this green envious feeling deep inside us that eats us away when we truly want something that someone else has?" Well I have discovered that this feeling can be multiple things: Lack of Confidence, Fear, Poor self image, or insecurities. (Pretty much all the same thing) They are all  nothing more than emotional disguises. We as humans are fearful of harsh judgement or being shunned for being different. In our minds we can sometimes see a talent so amazing in others around us we become overwhelmed and forget to FOCUS on finding our own special abilities this triggers envy. To prevent this you simply need to appreciate others talents and abilites and then research projects and try new things that will help you develop or discover your own hidden talent. Bottom line don't hate just appreciate because in the long run your friends will appreciate you more for the support rather than the neglect due to being green.

The Seeping Sand in the Hourglass

For many years the hourglass has been used for many purposes. Now known as a modern ornamental. However once upon a time these devices were used as a measurement of time. I recently encountered the issure of feeling like my time is running out. I know what some of you may be thinking "Your freaking 17 how is your time running out you've got plenty" and a lot of you can relate to what I'm saying about this issue of teens and feeling as if there wasn't or isn't enough time for you to be fulfilled within yourself. Some of you haven't recognized this feeling yet. Most of us go through this time in our life during our glorious High School to College transition. I know many of you who have gone through this like me are thinking and asking "Why does this happen and how do I get through it?" Well I think that I have found a simple solution to why some of us feel so unfulfilled during this time in our lives and it is due to the allusion of lack of time. I found that I wasn't unfulfilled with things I WASN'T getting the chance to do. It was what I was getting to do that didn't fulfill me. I was getting bored with my life and what I was doing yet I wondered "If I am so bored with this why do I keep doing it?" Sometimes what your doing everyday becomes such a routine its almost instinctive for us  to stay in this unfulfilling and repetitive cycle as what I have discovered is no more than a teenage security blanket. In every stage in our life we have something that keeps our lives grounded. As a baby it was your favorite bear or blanket. As a child it was our imaginary friends. As teens it becomes our everyday routines because they keep this safe feeling of constance in our lives. I've also discovered this shield is only here to protect us of things we are afraid to do. Those goals and dreams that we push to the back of our head and pretend like they don't matter or tell ourselves how unrealistic they are so that we don't dare attempt because we feel like they don't fit into the mold of what we think they should or what we have let someone else talk ourslelves out of. I have discovered that until we break our adaptive cycle of everyday boredom. You will constantly feel like your time is running out. Life is made of many opprotunities and chances of a lifetime if we keep our hourglass still and constant the time will pass us by, but here's my solution: If we take control, shake things up, and create a little disturbance in our lives we will find the sand in our hourglass will seep through a lot slower and we can enjoy our time a lot more along the way!