What it Means To Be Young- by Samuel Ullman

What It Means To Be Young
By Samuel Ullman

Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips, and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

Youth means the predominance of courage over timidity, of adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than in a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair - these bow the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the love of wonder, the sweet amazement at the stars and the starlike things, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing child-like appetite for what-next, and the joy of the game of living.

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt;
as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear;
as young as your hope, as old as your despair.

To Buy or Not to Buy

[ this was written for willette 4th hour. we had to rewrite the To be or Not to Be speech from Hamlet by Shakespeare and make it our own. Here's mine. Please take your time to read]



To buy, or not to buy: that is the question:
Whether 'tis more stunning than a sparkling diamond
The delicate silks and dashing designs of Alberta Ferretti ,
Or take a walk down the promenade of Champs-Elysees,
And say no to this paramount? To shop: to drop;
Keep looking; and don’t stop
Once you find that perfect fit for you, keep heads turning
That unforgettable lust for eyes fixed
Devouring your every step. To shop, to drop;
To drop: dead at the sight of the amount you spent;
For maybe it’s the one thing thou put to rest those sleepless nights.
When we look back at the time that was wasted,
Pause the time, we were young. We were restless.
We made the days envious of the nights
For we got wasted away with time and money,
The lasting memories would be lost at dusk,
The camera captured our life off guard,
The last light glistened, but time did not freeze
That look on your face, that dress that you wore,
When you look in a mirror you wonder
With a smile and a shine why spend so much? One wants,
To remember those vibrant smiles
But you cannot, the nights have been captured but you have forgotten,
The dress that you wore and the songs that you danced
No one questions what time left untold,
And why we spent so much of our youth wasting time.
Than to tell that untold story, return that unworn dress?
Thus conscience does remind us all;
And thus the reality comes forth to show us light
Is the present’s just a pleasant interruption to the past,
And now we’ve arrived here, the present
With this curious change of speed and time,
And forgive yourself. – But don’t forget!
That unforgettable night! You are remarkable enough.
Be all youth unwind.

What are you thankful for?

English journal topic- written on Nov 24- Kralik 6th hour
yeah I don't know if I make sense in parts of it... but..

"I am thankful for air. It gives us life. It lets us live each day. I am thankful for freedom of speech which allows us to to speak our mind without controversy. I am thankful for friends; those who I can share laughter and tears with I greatly appreciate. I am thankful for family who support me. I am thankful for a sister who obliges to being a good sister. I am thankful for love, the ability to love which can make us nervous but still feel safe and can bring smiles out and usually the best of all people. I am thankful for having confidence because it brings me to many different places that I would not cross if not being confident. I am thankful for people who can make me blush because it makes me feel innocent. I am thankful for forgiveness which let's people start over when times are hard. I am thankful for time and age, two things we cannot control in our life that we can cherish or attempt to work against. I am thankful for education which can help us all lead to success and help us achieve our goals. I am thankful for wishes and dreams that let us feel like kids. I am thankful for music which takes my heart to somewhere where expressions are easily accepted. Most of all I am thankful for perfection, something that is only an opinion in a place where we are all flawed."

I wanna add-
I am thankful for random acts of kindness that can make a bad day, a semi-decent day.
I am thankful for laughter which shows us more than just happiness.


Happy Thanksgiving everybody.
*yeah that's tmrw. iknow

No I am not avoiding you.

fuck you. you are really pissing me off. okay
YOU think that I'm just oh, not getting your calls, denying every time you want to hang out bc I don't want to?
Think again. I don't have time to.
well technically I do. But with everything
(piano, homework, reading, Other friends, family, and my own fucking health which is totally declining as well as personal time) I seem to be unable to.
You're fucking pissing me off.

so maybe i'll see you around.
and we'll chill or whatever.

wow i'm out.