Let's Uplift Always

I’m the type of person that

Won’t be convinced that you’re helpless,

Hopeless, wretched, unfortunate, cursed,

A failure, stupid or poor

I exit a pity party conversation faster

Than pizza gets cleared out a kid’s party

It’s a disservice to let a friend

Go on a self-pity rant and it’s also

An emotional burden that quite

Honestly no one cares to carry

It’s so much more fun to uplift,

Celebrate, love, hope, embrace,

Accept, dream, and plan the

Awesome things that you really want

When a friend comes to me with

A self-pity-party I listen and once they’re done

I go into how awesome life is, how

Their experiences have prepared them

To create something amazing, how lucky

They are to still be able to make

Their dreams come true, and

How exciting it is to have experiences

That will be a huge contrast to the 

Awesomeness that is to come 

I affirm to them that what they want

Is theirs already and to be absolutely

Fearless in claiming it

Of course there are people

That will find me crazy, unrealistic, and insensitive

But I rather have people think that

Than become a soundboard to

Self-pity rants that ruin everyone’s energy