Borrowed...

What is life all about?

Life isn't about keeping score.

It's not about how many friends you have, And not about if you have plans this weekend or if you're alone.

It isn't about whom you're dating, whom you used to date, how many people you've dated, or if you haven't been with anyone at all.

It isn't about whom you have kissed,

It isn't about who your family is or how much money they have,

Or what kind of car you drive.

Or where you are sent to school.

It's not about how beautiful or ugly you are.

Or what clothes you wear, what shoes you have on, or what kind of music you listen to.

It's not about if your hair is blonde, red, black, or brown Or if your skin is too light or too dark.

Not about what grades you get, how smart you are, how smart everybody else thinks you are, or how smart standardized tests say you are.

It's not about what clubs you're in or how good you are at "your" sport.

But, life is about whom you love and whom you hurt.

It's about whom you make happy or unhappy.

It's about keeping or betraying trust.

It's about saying something and actually doing what you say. Actions speak louder than words.

It's about friendship, used as a sanctity or a weapon.

It's about what you say and mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.

About starting rumors and contributing to petty gossip.

It's about what judgments you pass and why.

And whom your judgments are spread to.

It's about whom you've ignored with full control and intention.

It's about jealousy, fear, ignorance, and revenge.

It's about carrying inner hate and love, letting it grow, and spreading it.

But most of all, it's about using your life to touch or poison other people's hearts in such a way that could have never occurred alone.

Only you choose the way those hearts are affected,

those choices are what life's all about.