Just Make It Better

This is for all you country girls and small town boys. And for anyone who is somewhere dreaming they could take the leap to make a change. If you dream of getting out from where you are but don’t believe you can, this post is for you.

I was raised in upstate New York, in a small town with two stoplights. The place consists of very little: mainly obese townies, neglected property and a large amount of livestock. It’s a safe, sheltered place to keep your kids simple and out of as much trouble as possible.

It’s also a huge sandbox in which to stick ones head into.

Now that I’ve escaped, I look back with appreciation, but when I was there I thought I’d never get out. I was terrified of becoming a local, in a dead-end job, squandering my dreams because of fear of what I’d never been shown.

It wasn’t until I left that I saw it was that very environment which made me aware I had the strength to get out.

Growing up in a secluded environment offers young minds a limited view of what makes up the world. These malleable children are disillusioned about what they could do, who they could be and what possibility lies before them. Similar to children raised in an inner city, information isn’t handed out like Halloween candy, with mentors offering up direction for misguided youth. The unknown is manipulated by media or parental driven portrayals. Growth and open-mindedness is then stifled, shortening an individual’s confidence to head out into the world. And with this brings a adulthood wrought with a mere existence.

Despite this, if you’re smart enough to dream bigger than where you are, then you’re strong enough to take it on.

If a person dreams of something bigger than where or what they are, they must believe that is something that exists for them. I don’t dream of becoming a man, because frankly I have no interest in it, but women that really do want a penis sure will find a way to get one.

When I was small I wished for culture and diversity and by doing so, I was creating that future for myself. Leaving my town of two thousand people wasn’t hard work. Years later, now being where I had dreamed I’d be, I understand dreaming it was all it took.

If you want to get out of your situation, whatever it may be, the fact that you have the strength to even wish for it is proof enough to know you’re smart enough to overcome it. Recognizing inferiority is enough evidence it can and should change.

Just do it.

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photo by Sir Merv’s

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