How it All Began:
At school there's an event where you can write an inspirational speech and you record yourself speaking. If the school board chooses you then you get to speak in front of everyone in the school district. I thought of the idea, and I was all hyped up for it, until I realized 2 things: One, I'd probably pee my pants on stage if I had to speak in front of a crowd of people. And two, I am not inspirational. Well, not yet at least.Anyways, on Monday after a geometry quiz I had about 20 minutes left in class so I decided to try and write something of a speech, but it didn't turn out as inspirational as I had hoped for but it was more of me questioning the authenticity of people.
The Speech I Wrote in 20 Minutes:
"The truth is I cant write an inspirational speech when I haven't done anything that would inspire anyone. I'm still in high school trying to figure out the rest of my life, that hasn't even begun yet. I like to be honest and true to what I say. If you wanted an inspirational speech, it'll only be a "Copy & Paste" collage of used up motivational quotes and myself trying to make sense of it. But that isn't me, I'm no copy cat. Originality, honesty, and creativity are what matters to me; to be an individual over a carbon copy of everybody else.When I started at a new middle school, I wanted to fit in so I thought if I acted tough and cool, that I'd actually be cool. But I wasn't cool and it was terrible. I had the hardest time connecting with people and making new friends [and it is still pretty noticeable even to today]. It was because I acted like- and excuse my language- A snobby 6th grade bitch. But by the end of that year, I took a step forward to figuring out the rest of who I was. It wasn't easy but I broke out of my repetitive ideas and changed. I wasted a year being an arrogant person and it felt so wrong. I realized that I was better at being who I should be instead of who I'm not. And It really made all the difference the next year. I know now that I don't want to be a popular person, or the A+ student, or a normal, blending in the background kid- I want to be the weird, geeky me, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Some may not agree, but it all depends on what's important to you. At least I know I'm honest to myself, but the question of the matter is: Are you who you really are, or are you just pretending to be?"
The Over-Analysis On My Own Speech:
As I typed it all out, I won't lie, I tweaked it a bit. It wasn't that terrible, right? I had no transition from one topic to another, but I guess it's okay since they are relevant to each other. At least the speech gave it's point, which was being an individual and being yourself, which is what I wanted.Conclusion: Let's just say that I need to work on writing something inspirational other wise my presidential speech will suck like hell. I'm just kidding, I'm too liberal to be the president.
So if you read through and actually enjoyed it then I thank you for taking time out of your life to read what I had to say. It was really kind of you to do that. If you wanted to keep the kind acts going, maybe you can share it among your colleagues and friends, and even keep coming back to check out more of my blog. Once again I thank you so very much and I hope you a have a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious kind of a day or sweet dreams if you read this at night.
