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Stand for something else you'll fall for everything. In the wake of people standing up for what they feel matters, from protests against police brutality to the mother land's disgruntled youths, I dared to evaluate what I really believe in. Can I fully knowing the consequences of what I stand for purposefully lead myself to the slaughter; accepting torture, beating, imprisonment and yes, even the cost of my life for the good of it? I, at this point in my life, can't say I've been faced with having to back my beliefs on the spot. But knowing myself, I probably would play the 'I'm here but if it gets hard I'll be in this corner' game. I'm grateful for the still in that we are finally being made to see our different situations raw. "Putting something on twitter is not a movement. You can inform people through Twitter. It is very useful for that. But you have to be present in the moment. You have to do something yourself. You have to be...

I am anxious. I want peace, hope and security. All the people and things I've based my trust on in the past destroyed it. I strive for a secure future in my own terms but slipped because I am not in control of my circumstances. We're all not strangers to anxiety aswell as worry due to internal and external factors alike. We aren't always in control and well frankly I guess that's the scary bit. Last week I came across a statement that reads; "I am convinced that this anxiety running through my life is the tension between what I 'should be' and what I am. My anxiety does not come from thinking about the future but from wanting to control it. It seems to begin whenever I smuggle an 'I what to become' into my mind. It is the tension between my desire to control what I will be and the recognition that I can't. -" I will be what I will be"- where is the anxiety in that? Anxiety is the realisation that I might not reach the rung on ...