Benjamin

So we're in what, the third year of a global pandemic at this point? I know I don't need to tell anyone how much Covid has messed with everything because we're all in the same boat. The last few years have been hard, really hard. on top of trying to figure out life as a teenager, the world has been a complete mess. Everything is changing all the time, lockdowns and restrictions keep pushing back plans and halting normal life, and then there's the ever present stress of it all looming overhead. Which is a lot to add to life when it's already incredibly chaotic, it's hard and my heart truly goes out to those who have lost work, lost security in there lives, who have lost loved ones, or have been impacted in any other way in all this mess. Stay strong, and just focus on getting through today. And I'd like to say that I've kept my life together through all that and worked around all the chaos and mess to pull some structure and purpose into this, but that

 I've had a post that I've been sitting on for the last couple of months, but to be honest, I've been second guessing this whole thing since uploading that first post. So for now it'll just chill in a drawer somewhere until I build up the courage to actually do something with it. So instead today I have something different: today I have a plea, a plea to open our hearts to love those around us. There is so much pain in the world today. A constant hurting and suffering that we all deal with every day, and we live in a broken, messy world, so it's not exactly surprising. But so much of this personal pain that goes on is caused by simple things, a hurtful or careless word, an action that makes people feel unloved, or even a lack of actions that shows people we care. These things cut to the core. They hurt so much, and they stick with us, constantly causing pain and insecurity. And I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I don't say and do horrible things, be

Well here goes  I guess. I’ve wanted to start this blog for a while, but the idea of sharing my thoughts on the internet felt extremely daunting. And then one day my crazy and amazing best friend comes along talking about starting a music channel on YouTube, and so we made a deal: I’d start my blog if she starts her channel. And she did, so here’s my end of the deal.   I want to write about my life, to write about the adventures I have and the lessons I learn along the way. But the thing is I’m not good with words and I have no idea where on earth my life’s going to be in a few years or if it’ll even be worth writing about, but I want to be able to look back twenty years from now and be glad that I took the step to write about it and do something with these thoughts instead of letting them be lost to time. So, I’m going to try. I’m going to write about as much of my life as I think is worth writing about, whether it’s big or small, important or insignificant- because no matter how insi