We are different, and that's that. No there is no 'we' in this. There is no we in this unending cycle of life. There is only 'I', 'You' and the 'The Rest'. Life does not call for unity nor does it call for individuality. It calls for 'I', 'You' and 'The Rest'. Abbreviated Life calls for T.R.U.I.

'The Rest': the people who have left no stain or mark on my heart; the people who hold no true feelings for me nor I for them. The rest is the majority, people I have never heard of or seen; people I have seen walking through shopping malls, their faces only etched briefly in my mind; people whom I know and recognize, but whose comings and goings mean nothing in my life race. The Rest is a background to my life. Don't care, won't care. Yet they teach me and I learn, oblivious of who they are and what they teach.

'You', the ones who have left permanent marks and stains on my heart, I would grieve or rejoice at your departing. You have taught me to love, to hate, to envy, to be happy, to be angry, to rejoice, to grieve and to be. You have taught me, moulded me into the person I am, could be, and won't be. The people I hate and the people who cause my heart to flourish and glow. People, 'You' have taught me and I acknowledge your pressure and I learn to live through your teachings.

'I' the core of my being yet not the centre of my world. I teach myself through my own mistakes and experiences. I am the person I most loathe yet I will bear no harm to my person. I am my own worst enemy for if I fail in life it is because of my own laziness and lack of confidence in myself. There is no one else to blame not 'The Rest' or 'You', only 'I'.

There is no unity in life. People are in it for themselves and although they may love and hate, they live their lives as they see fit. There are no individuals in life, everybody learns from everybody else. There would be no 'I' if there were no 'You' or 'The Rest'.

I have not been long in this life, only seventeen years. Perhaps I won't live much longer. Whether that would be a blessing or not is dependent on me losing the battle against myself. Life has taught me that there is no 'we' in it. It is not 'we are different and that's that'. It should be 'I, You and The Rest are different, and THAT IS THAT!'

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