There is Nothing worse than a bully....Wrong!!

Very recently a young Canadian girl took her own life, she was bullied relentlessly for a stupid mistake. It’s very unfortunate. What happened should of happened. Everyone is taking storm about the Bullying end of this tragedy as they should, but I also think more lessons can be learned from this dark time for young kid’s coming up now.

A lot can be learned from this sad happening. The most obvious bullying isn’t cool. In fact it’s very mean, nasty and just plain wrong. I don’t care how crappy your personal life may or may not be, I don’t care about your religious beliefs or anything like that, Nothing gives you the right to be a bully. There is no constitutional right of freedom for that. I also understand that in life, young people are stupid. I’m 24, just recently turned so and I’m only now beginning to realize just how stupid we are. That is when maturity starts hitting, when your no longer stupid enough to think you knew it all.

Young people make mistakes. If any person reading this were to look back on their lives, they’ll notice they’ve done something that falls under the category of bullying. No one should be talking about how they never bully people, because everyone has at some point, some people just don’t form a habit out of it. 

The second, if your a young kid, Think about what your doing online. Nothing is sacred. Everything you type or show, won’t always stay hidden.  Remember that modest is honest. If somebody asks you to show something your bathing suit was meant to cover, DON’T. It won’t make you beautiful, popular or any other such thing.

Now a more important lesson that comes out of this. I was watching the news clips regarding Amanda Todd’s passing and hardships. I listened to kids talking to reports, kids who knew this young kid was being bullied, knew she made a mistake but I did not hear one single kid say ” I tried to intervine, I stepped up for her”  not once and that is the greater sin. They say there is nothing worse than being a bully, the truth is there is nothing, nothing worse than being a bystander.

I remember being bullied, I was bullied a lot simply for being different to the norm. I switched schools multiple times to escape it. Yes it hurt to be bullied it hurt so darn much and to this day I’m still putting together my personal Humpty Dumpty of a soul. But, you know what hurt the most? Seeing and knowing that other kids knew I was being tormented. Seeing them openly watch or pretend they were not seeing anything. Those bystanders they hurt me a heck of a lot more. It’s the bystanders that leave you feel totally alone, completely valueless because you were not worth it for something to stand up for. So next time you see somebody being bullied physically or verbally, stand up and say something. If your afraid of getting into a fight with the bully yourself, get a teacher or an older sibling for help, then tell the person being bullied what the bully(ies) were doing wasn’t cool and that they’re jerks.  Things like that make all the difference.

If your being bullied, always talk to somebody physical, somebody you can see, smell and feel in your personal life. That can be your gym teacher, den mother from scouts, Big Brother or Sister, Mom or Dad anybody you trust. So you’ll always know that you have at least one person who cares about you. 

If you ever get to the point where you want to take your own life, Stop, Be quiet….put your hand to your chest listen and feel it. Thats your heart beat, thats your purpose. Your heart with no purpose doesn’t beat, it has no will to live. Feel that beat and remember you have to live until you find your purpose in life and that purpose may just be to survive all this garbage and help someone younger than you survive it one day.  You have to fight it if you want to see just how awesome your life really is supposed to be. 

R.I.P Amanda

Be a Fighter and Not a

 Spectator.

R.I.P Amanda Todd and another other person who took their lives because of Bullying.

Your Deaths Won’t Be in Vein.

-H