Deanna Flows: Tragedies Are Reminders...

Today I have been hearing heart breaking situations all day long. I sit back and listen with empathy, and give my honest advice after. This morning I got a text from my friend saying he got his heart broken. After he briefly explained to me what happened, I responded by telling him "The advice I'm going to give you is simple, stay positive and productive and keep on going. You are young, sexy, single, have no kids, aren't married, so now is the time to travel as much as possible. If love happens naturally along the journey, then enjoy it, but until then get on the go. You don't have time to stop for or even glance at bs. You are going places with your life, you have to keep rising... and doing everything you can do to get there. As Meryll Streep, who plays Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada says "go..."

I also received another text from my another friend saying that she recently found out that someone who is close to her is dying, and how she is shocked. My response, "Stay positive, as much as it hurts, it is better for her to not be in pain and safe in Heaven, then to slowly suffer and die on land. Which is one of the most painful experiences to see. When the natural time is right, her physical spirit will flow away, but she will remain by your side as your angel. Although you can no longer see her, she will guide and protect you, remember everything she taught you..."

In social psychology class, we watched a few video clips on how many people in metropolitan cities witness tragedies but don't know how to react. Only a few care to stop and reach out to help intervene, while most stop to look then keep on going. For example there was this one clip of a little girl and man who were undercover actors, in a crowded area on the street. The man pretended to harass the little girl, she continuously screamed for help. As most witnesses passed by, finally after a while a group of young men ran up to attack the man in attempt to save the little girl. This is so sad to see that this happens all over the World. And without knowing, if your at the wrong place at the wrong time, then it could be over. The people who do intervene are angels on Earth. Hopefully over time, this percentage will increase.

During break, my other friend also came to me saying that her boyfriend, who she is in a long distance relationship with, was rushed to the hospital to get surgery for an appendix failure. An how she felt helpless, that she couldn't physically be there in person. I told her similar words of wisdom that I said to the second tragedy I shared.

I'm currently sitting in my journalism class, we just finished watching a video clip on the past Colorado school shooting. It was so scary to see the different angles of the cameras, and the reactions of the different rooms filled with frightened students and teachers. The shooters shamelessly shot at innocent lives, which wasn't fair. Families of the victims suffered from their loss, and those who weren't shot at, were traumatized at what they witnessed.

Tragedies happen when you least expect it, they are reminders to show you to not take advantage of life, and to live every single day as if it was your last. This is the reason why I always tell everyone "We don't have time for bs..." The brief quote may sound abrupt, but its the straight forward truth.