If I Were In Your Shoes...

Many times people seem to have it all and they seem to be happy, but others don’t know how they really
feel. Sometimes the entertainers, or people with fame have this emptiness inside and are not happy with themselves. While they are making people laugh or feel good, behind the scenes they try to fill their own sadness with drugs, alcohol, etc. I take this as a cry out for help because they need to feel that real happiness and not just people who laugh when a joke is told.

If you watched the video above, you saw stand up comedian Mitch Hedberg. He threw out jokes on random topics and was original. Unfortunately, on March 29,2005, he died of a drug overdose at 37, a very young age. We are not supposed to die before our time. He could have done much more with his life, even though he was a funny comedian.

As teens, we may wish to be famous or have it all. But what good is it if we have hidden hurts and try to cover it up? Drugs and alcohol are never the answer. They don’t make you “grown up”. They don’t make you “cool”. Instead, you may end up 6 feet under, while others cry and wonder what happened, why such tragedy.