just alyssa

In life, failing is inevitable.  Not everything is going to lead us into a perfect success story.  We're going to get knocked down and thrown under the bus many times before we feel like we've truly succeeded in something.  The problem is, those failures lead us to a fear of trying.  Rejection is a cold, evil feeling and rips you to pieces,  leaving you an empty vessel that you try so desperately to fill with something else.  Rejection comes in many forms and as we grow older, we'll continue to be rejected by life.  In fact, we are life's rejections.  We are not perfect nor is humanity.  We are flawed human beings trying to figure out what we want in life. Most of us hope our lives will look like the movies. That we'll all find love with that perfect someone and our lives will just fall into place. Unfortunately, life isn't the movies and we all don't just find love waiting around the corner. We have to go out and ...

Having been a girl my entire life, I can't help but notice the difficulties of being a female that the male gender just wouldn't understand. They will never face these challenges. Perhaps this will give them a new perspective. To all the men in our lives: Here are some problems that are 100% "Girl Problems" (To be clear, not EVERY woman is exactly like this and while this is a generalization to cover many women, it in no way is meant as a stereotype or to be generalized to all women.) **Bobby pins and hairbands --WHERE DO THEY GO?!?! **Need milk, bread, and makeup. Only enough money for one. Makeup it is. **Favorite bra is dirty......can't febreze it anymore **Bathing suits --HUGE issue 1. Bikini tops and bottoms must be bought separately --due to size differences 2. Expensive! 3. Busty girls cannot buy one-pieces :( 4. They leave you practically naked 5. We'll never look like that girl in the magazines **HAIR - Where to begin?? All o...

Have you ever wondered why all girl clothes and toys are pink? It's like it's literally the only acceptable color. It's that or a purple or lavender. Boys clothes and toys come in blues, reds, yellows, greens, even neutral shades. All of these colors are acceptable for boys OR girls, yet for girls you get pinkand some variation of purple or white. I was on buzzfeed one day and I discovered this letter a 7 year old had written to Lego.   She writes: "Dear Lego company: My name is Charlotte. I am 7 years old and I love legos but I don’t like that there are more Lego boy people and barely any Lego girls. Today I went to a store and saw legos in two sections the girls pink and the boys blue. All the girls did was sit at home, go to the beach, and shop, and they had no jobs but the boys went on adventures, worked, saved people, and had jobs, even swam with sharks. I want you to make more Lego girl people and let them go on adventures and have fun ...