As I write this, I am enraged by a number of events that have happened recently. These events have taught me so much about life, and now looking back at them, they all were learning experiences. However, I will not push them under the rug, but allow them to make me a stronger human being.

In the most recent days, I have unfortunately experienced the worst type of people in the world. I have had too many encounters, both personally and through others with the most low-life, selfish and truly nasty human beings. I knew there were these people out there, but never did I think that I would ever come into contact with them. I believed that I was invincible. I didn’t think that I could be touched, but I was wrong, and so were the others around me. After being down over things that are no longer in my control, I picked myself up. With the help of others around me, I realized that I, along with my closest family and friends who have been affected, are stronger together than any low-life human being. I realized that when the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Now looking back at a series of unfortunate events, I realized that I have learned so much. I have learned about myself, but most importantly, I have learned about other people. Unfortunately, not everyone is good in the world. There are good people, but trust me, there are bad people standing right next to the good. There are people who cannot be trusted, who pry on other’s weaknesses, who take advantage of people when they are in the most vulnerable of states. People who walk over someone when others are down and put their own selfish needs before the needs and well being of others. Initially, when something bad happens to someone, the normal feeling is that of upset and emotional. The negative overtakes the positive. After the initial reaction, I have learned to stand up and be stronger than that. I have learned that there is no time to be down and crying over spilled milk. Instead, it is important to stand up and take down those who took you down. Two wrongs certainly don’t make a right, but never will I let someone get away with hurting me or those important to me.

Together, the good can overtake the bad. When you fill the world with love, it will make the bad lessen. When times get tough, the only option is to be stronger. Life is too short to let things bring you down. If you fall down, get right back up and be stronger than you were. Be the person who no one can take down. Be the person that no one would ever try to cross. The strong will always overpower the situations that seem so hard to deal with. And with that, the strong people will always overpower the weak. And that is exactly who the bad are, weak human beings. After all, when the going gets tough, the tough get going.