This is Chris on Easy Prkwy
i know a lot of people have it easy and have things handed to them on a platter. i'd like to be the first to say that i have been very fortunate to have everything i have and to have experienced everything i have experienced. I can name people who have had much more difficult things hit them in life and mine suddenly seems stress-free. i don't think these people deserve pity. instead i respect them that much more for such strength. funny, i remember explaining to my sax section last year to respect every single person around them because you just might not know how hard a life they might have lead or what they will have to offer in the future.
i used my parents' divorce as an excuse to say my life was imperfect and that i did not ride the easy road of life. in reality there is a higher rate of divorces than the rates of married couples who stay together till death do they part. i am now no longer living a "harder" life than everyone else my age cuz statistically, i'm in the same boat as everyone else.
either way, i can't think of anything serious in my life that has been absolutely, positively horrendous. looking at the opposite end of the spectrum i feel i have lead such a blessed life evidenced by the people i trust so much. looking at the number of rumors that may have derived from me coming out of the closet, one can tell that i have trusted many people with personal information that many people would dare not share. i take risks nonstop. i put myself out on the line of getting hurt whenever i share something about myself that someone could easily turn around to use against me. it's okay. it's human nature to find negatives in a person...after having trusted my closest friends with so much i can say with such ease that i have nothing to hide and i have no weights on my back holding me down! i feel the quality of my closest friends is unmatched to that of anyone i know. i don't mean to offend anyone or sound like i'm bragging...instead i'm just trying to explain to all of you who have been there for me (u know who u r!) that i don't know exactly how to show my appreciation. thanks! if it weren't for u i wouldn't be able to feel so happy, so accepted, and so confident to actually do something with my life. i'm going to stop lecturing now since i know i have a tendency to do that! thanks again for everything and have a wonderful day!
i used my parents' divorce as an excuse to say my life was imperfect and that i did not ride the easy road of life. in reality there is a higher rate of divorces than the rates of married couples who stay together till death do they part. i am now no longer living a "harder" life than everyone else my age cuz statistically, i'm in the same boat as everyone else.
either way, i can't think of anything serious in my life that has been absolutely, positively horrendous. looking at the opposite end of the spectrum i feel i have lead such a blessed life evidenced by the people i trust so much. looking at the number of rumors that may have derived from me coming out of the closet, one can tell that i have trusted many people with personal information that many people would dare not share. i take risks nonstop. i put myself out on the line of getting hurt whenever i share something about myself that someone could easily turn around to use against me. it's okay. it's human nature to find negatives in a person...after having trusted my closest friends with so much i can say with such ease that i have nothing to hide and i have no weights on my back holding me down! i feel the quality of my closest friends is unmatched to that of anyone i know. i don't mean to offend anyone or sound like i'm bragging...instead i'm just trying to explain to all of you who have been there for me (u know who u r!) that i don't know exactly how to show my appreciation. thanks! if it weren't for u i wouldn't be able to feel so happy, so accepted, and so confident to actually do something with my life. i'm going to stop lecturing now since i know i have a tendency to do that! thanks again for everything and have a wonderful day!