More than just a saying?

You've heard the sayings 'Boys will be boys' or 'kids will be kids' or 'it's high school, it happens' But when do you consider it more than just a saying? The link below is a new cover about a school in Ohio where 4 teen students were bullied up until they committed suicide. Was that just a 'it's high school, it happens' situations? When will it become a serious matter to everyone to take notice and actually do something to help prevent it more?

Since the 1970s there has been a steady increase in suicide rates.
* For 10- to-14-year-old females, the rate increased from 0.54 per 100,000 in 2003 to 0.95 per 100,000 in 2004
* For 15-to-19 year-old females the rate increased from 2.66 to 3.52 per 100,000
* For 15-to-19 year-old males, the rate increased from 11.61 to 12.65 per 100,000
(Source Science Daily)

There is a fine line between 'being teenagers' and doing the adolescent picking on people and 'being bullies' But when does picking on become something more? I was picked on in high school myself but it wasn't enough for me to consider suicide because of them. Yes, at one point I did consider suicide. I'm glad that I didn't.

Let's start taking notice and jump in to do what we can to notice signs of depression and possible suicidal thoughts. Pay attention to what's going on at the teens school. If the school won't do anything, try getting to someone higher up. If you have kids of your own who do bully, get down to the why. Maybe they need help themselves. Maybe the laughter of their friends gives them too much of a boost so they continue the way they do. I believe that there should be some reality check for everyone. I'm not sure what will trigger in their minds, everyones minds to help them realize that what's going on is not right. Everyone needs a helping hand, let's stick out our own.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39578548/ns/health-kids_and_parenting?GT1=43001

Make A Move

Lets make a change. Lets make a good change about ourselves.
Lets do something that's good. Something good that isn't
about us. Let it be about something else. Let us give something
away. Make an effort to see life in a new way, positive way.
Collide into the tough situations. Let go of your steering
wheel and let things happen. Take control once in awhile.
Drive under the speed limit and enjoy what you see in life.
Take notice in this life. Learn something you don't particularly
like. Check out another persons point of view. Who knows, you
may learn something about yourself you haven't discovered yet.
Don't resent just because someone may have ruined a subject for
you. Go out, start a journal, read a few verses in the Bible, pray.
Achieve to be something more spiritually. Laugh when you want to cry.
Cry when something great happens. Pick up your speed at work when
you've gotten caught texting.

All I'm trying to say is that you should do something! Good! Learn
about yourself but don't be selfish. Be a better version of yourself.

I've been gone for awhile and now I'm back. In that time that I've been
gone, I learned more. I have a co-worker who had been a great guide for
me. I started out lost. I felt that I wanted to do more, to be more. I
couldn't put it in words to make people understand exactly what I meant, so
I said something more like,"I want to a cloud, the rain, the breeze" because
they seem so pure. They're free. Its soft and gentle(I'm not talking about
storms). They aren't tied to this world of evil. I didn't know it then, but
I was looking for something higher. And who's higher than us? The Lord, Our
Savior himself. I asked, sought Him out, and I have a beginning
relationship with Him. Whether you believe in God or not, it's ok. If you don't
care to look or want to know, that's ok too. We do what we want in life, and for me, this is it.

Here's to making a move into something good, doing something good, anything that's good!