Reasons to be Brilliant

According to my preschool journal, I wanted to be a dentist.  Sadly, I didn't remember that at all.  I always tell people that when I was little I wanted to be a vet, which is true, it's just apparently not my original dream job.  Then I think I narrowed it down to a famous dolphin trainer.  Somehow it turned into English teacher, then English professor, then famous novelist, then famous dancer, then famous actor, then famous costume designer (somehow the word "famous" made it into a lot of my dreams)... I finally spiraled into the frightening world of "who knows."  If you haven't noticed, the name of my blog is Word Words Words.  However, since that was already taken for the URL, I chose "reasons to be brilliant."  This is one of my reasons to be brilliant:  When you're brilliant, you don't have to chose one dream life - you can have it all.  So I recently decided that after graduation I will do anything and everything and it will bring me joy.

I wrote this little poem two years ago in a journal for a philosophy class that
was supposed to represent who I was at that time in my life.

This realization made me realize that I no longer agree with myself.  What would it mean to be the last person on earth?  I've finally been able to put my finger on the true source of joy in my life: people.  No matter how many times I say that I hate people, I can't convince myself that I really do.  I have this issue with humanity as a whole sometimes.  Sometimes I have doubts about whether humans are inherently good or not.  Sometimes I think we go about living in all the wrong ways.  Sometimes I think money is the worst invention in the history of the world.  But when push comes to shove, it's human interaction that creates beauty.  It's laughter that is the universal language.  It's compassion that helps me know that I'm no different than anyone else - even the people I know who drive me crazy.  I don't want to be alone.  Not really alone.  And the nice part is... I don't think I ever am.

So.  Let's add that little epiphany to my list of reasons to be brilliant.  Brilliance leads to happiness.  So do hedgehogs.

(and rainbows!)