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Not everything is awesome


Not everything is awesome

Nothing I can do is awesome 

Those test scores suck

Those grades are atrocious

That resume resembles a salted snail

These social skills are lackluster

This face embodies one of a blobfish

My self confidence is practically nonexistent 

This isn't awesome

Nothing is awesome

I'm not awesome

 

But hey

Look on the bright side

Those socks I own are awesome

The music that I listen to is awesome

Those musical skills are flourishing

The blobfish won't hit a tree when it decides to walk on the sidewalk

The family and friends I have are amazing

These eyes have seen amazing sights

What's not awesome about my life

If I look on the bright side

 

But I guess the not-so-awesome moments in life are awesome, too

Facing failure and rejection wasn't awesome

But growing from the failure was awesome

I've become a whole new person

Stronger and better than ever

False hope isn't awesome 

But I guess the sense of happiness I got from that was awesome

I've made myself happier from imagining myself with all those accolades

Making everyone I know proud

All that happiness went somewhere

It certainly didn't go to waste

 

Regardless of how I turn out in five

Ten

Fifteen years

I will know that I learned a very important lesson

Regardless of who I'm with

My occupation

My salary

My possessions

My location

My friends

My enemies

My death date

I will know

I will know how to stay optimistic in the worst times

 I will know how to make myself and others happy

And most importantly

I will know

Everything is awesome

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