The Pursuit of Happiness

Building on last week's post...

Good afternoon everyone! It's another beautiful day in Memphis. I'm going to do what I can to post a blog every 7-10 days, as long as people find what I have to say interesting. Hopefully they'll continue to get better as I start writing a little more. To myself, I'm still a little rusty. I haven't written for enjoyment in years, so excuse the rust for the time being. This blog, like me, is a work in progress. It's going to take some time to get it, and myself, where I want to be!

Anyway, on to the topic at hand. I wrote my first ever blog post last week on a subject I feel very strongly about. Bullying is a terrible thing, and there's no real way to end it. You just have to try and work around it, and vent to someone. I wasn't able to do that because my mother was working 3 jobs, and my father didn't care about that kind of thing. It's dumb to think that, but getting this stuff off my chest over the last couple of weeks has done me a world of good. Right now it's difficult to live with myself due to my past, and I'm taking steps in the right direction to fixing that. I'm trying to be more positive about things, and I've admitted that I have a problem. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow about that problem, so hopefully I can move on from this and get on with trying to live my life the way I want to live it.

I've been living my life lately trapped under what my tormenters did to me. Recently I've been slowly chipping away at that bubble I've been trapped under. I've started writing, both on here and in a journal. Some of my awesome coworkers recommended that, and I must say that it is helping me out more than I thought! Talking about my issues to friends has been another way to get this off my chest. I've been doing some "soul searching" the last few days. It's difficult to do that, but again other people's advice is proving to be spot on. I don't know why I doubt the advice I receive from friends and family, they're just trying to help me out in any way they can.

I've been more active this week. I picked up the idea from another blog I read last weekend about dealing with depression. Keeping my mind, and body, active is definitely going to help in the long run. I ran a little, biked a lot and hung out with friends. Oh yeah, the Grizzlies won against the Clippers and I got to go to that game. So that's also awesome. I'm going to continue to keep moving forward with this kind of stuff. It definitely helps me to keep my mind off of the things that are troubling.

One last thing I want to say before I end this week's post. I want to give a sincere thank you to everyone who reached out to me after my first post. It's an awesome feeling to know that friends and family have your back, no matter what. From the texts and posts, to the conversations I've had with family and friends, this week has been a reminder that I'm not alone in this. As a matter of fact the most amazing thing I've found in my short time on this earth is that the people in your life who have invested time in you will always be there. I've seen that in my family, close friends, old fraternity buddies, old coworkers and current coworkers. As bad as I might have had it in high school, I'm blessed to have so many uplifting people around me at this point in my life. Whether I talk to them everyday or not, it's pretty cool to know that I can reach out and find comfort in them.

I guess you have to look at life that way. There will always be people that will be out to hurt you and bring you down, but then there are your true friends and family who are there to bring you right back up. That's an extremely comforting thought. At the end of the day I know I have them to fall back on if times ever get really tough. I also always have hope. Hope is a wonderful thing to have, so don't ever lose that, because once you lose hope everything really comes crashing down. I think that's all for this week. Hopefully I come through this rough patch really soon!

From my computer desk,
Hunter