Im Just Sayin...

"Efforts of emulation should only be made in your best interest. However, the problem lies not within the act of emulation, but the lack of discernment for our own interest"

-E.Losophy # 1

All my life I looked up to someone, and it wasn't always because I was short. I guess I was just unsure about life or something, idk... But I've recently realized, that I don't always look up to the right people.

Everbody doesn't always have you best interest in mind, as you should. My mentor's name is Clarisse Frazier. She's fye. She's the one person I could steadily look up to for the past 7 years, and never once has she steered me wrong, unlike others I could but choose not to name. She leads by example, and not by tale. I see her mistakes, first hand, and no, she's nowhere near perfect. But perfection is not to be striven for in the act of emulation because no person exemplifies perfection. And neither shall I. But my point in saying is, watch who you emulate.

See there was this girl. She was about ehhhh, I'd say 14 years old. And then there was another girl. She was 16. 14 was a straight A student and the apple of her father's eye. 16 was a conniving little mastermind. 16 had created an entire imaginary life she lived and explained it to 14. 14 didn't know better, she was just trying to make friends at a new school. Everyone talked bad about 16, but 14 didn't understand and had to find out on her own. And so 14 and 16 became friends. In less than a year 14 was lying to her parents, sneaking out, failing in school, and had even lost it to a guy she barely even knew... 14 lacked discernment for her own best interest, and so she emulated 16. They both went down the drain, or so to speak. Clarisse was able to pull 14 out. But 16, who is now 21 had to get out on her own.

I left 16. Didn't mean to, but it had to be done. In my best interest right? Clarisse helped me get it together. Graduated high in my class, got into a good college, afforded me with an innumerable amount of opportunites, but every now and then, maybe every blue moon, I think about 16. Maybe I can still help her. I'm just sayin...