Day 26 by Patrick (in response to the latest Wild Card)

Hey, you. Yes, you. I know there’s a lot of you, but I’m talking to you, specifically. You know who you are. I want to tell you something.

You, there! This isn’t for you, specifically, but you look like you’re not paying attention. Pay attention, it’ll still affect you. I need to tell you some important things. They might not sound important, in fact, they’ll probably sound really cheesy, but they still might help you.

Firstly, you are amazing. That’s a fact. No matter what anyone else says. Don’t listen to them. They’re lying. Know how I can tell? Because, they’re threatened by your awesomeness, so they must put it down. Otherwise, you’ll simply prove yourself to be more awesome than they are.

Second is a piece of advice an acquaintance gave me. Life’s like the Wizard of Oz. You can hate it because the first few parts are black and white, or, you can love it because about 3/4 of it are in color.

Basically, you can live with hate because life isn’t exactly how you picture it, or you can wait it out until it gets better, and live it up. Sometimes, the darkest paths lead to the brightest clearings.

The last piece is probably the easiest to understand. No matter how futile it might all seem. No matter how messed up and worthless it might all look. Remember this:

While extremely amazing, you are not infallibly. There’s definitely something you’ve yet to try. So, get out, and ask for help. Someone will give you an idea you’ve never had. And it just might work.

And if you feel nervous someone might not help, here are two more things. One, people are naturally hardwired to be attracted and subservient to people with a lot of self confidence. So, get going,
and get confident. And two, if you can’t be confident, you can always ask me (or, my agent. He’s easier to get a hold of).

My name is Aidan Dellean, and I stand by and approve of this speech