A Crumpled Ball Of Paper

As a child, we never fully reacted to life. We lived our lives day to day not caring about anything except what kept us happy. A child’s day consists of only a few key events. He or she wakes up from a peaceful slumber, and he or she waits in the kitchen for breakfast. Later on, the child roams the house looking for toys to play with. As lunch time approaches, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich appears in the kitchen. After enjoying the delicious sandwich, the child watches cartoons till all family members come home. He or she listens to the outside events that happened outside of the home. The family sits down at the dinner table to enjoy a nutritious meal. The child is tucked into bed while he drifts off to sleep and the following morning will be the same as before. But is this the life of every child? According to childhelp.org, every year more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States involving more than 6 million children. These children may go without food for days. They may endure numerous beatings each day, or the children may even be exposed to rape. How do the children that survive the abuse continue to live each day? As said by some unknown soul, “One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time.” As individuals we need to think carefully about what we decide to do with our lives. Many of us live our lives as we did when we were children. We do what we can to make us happy. Yet many people live their lives by the power of survival. When I get overwhelmed with numerous struggles, I tend to either yell or write about each struggle. After I am done writing, I crumpled that piece of paper in my hand and throw the crumpled ball of paper on my floor. Once a couple of days go by, I read that piece of paper...

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...s of the trapped person. The person can let go of the struggle and move on with life.
As said by Friedrich Nietzsche, “That which no kills us makes us stronger.” Many people now a days tend to take the easy way out. Some just plainly do not take any effort to identify and conquer their struggle. The people who just sit on the side lines live a life with fear, hurt, and misery. On the contrary, the few people who do overcome their struggles, live a life with happiness, relaxation, and freedom. When the world seems to knock some down all they can do is dust themselves off and continue to walk on. In life we will have more failures, but will notice our long successes. Perhaps everyone needs a notebook and a pen to write down their struggles and crumple them up to feel a little sense of freedom. A crumpled ball of paper may be the key to opening the battle of freedom.