Life lessons

I still can't believe thar we are in this day and age yet we will freely judge other people despite not knowing them well enough in the slightest. I will never understand whatsoever what gives us the right to sum up another human being based on pure assumption, yet not actually getting to know them as an individual firstly.
Everybody has a certain depth to them; an unknown, hidden demeanour which they may not necessarily want to be open about incase they feel too exposed. I understand that, why would you want to tell everybody you meet everything about yourself, it's just not realistic to most of us.
Anyway, my point is that i just do'nt believe that it is right to judge someone that you are yet to know, as i have learnt that there is a lot more to everyone than their outta personality, almost a hidden persona due to certain experiences they have faced.  

The future

Sitting through an industry talk tonight with a guest speaker, Andrew Harrison, editor of Esquire and Select magazines, is making me think twice about the future of journalism.
The negativity surrounding the dramatic change in the world of journalism is worrying to new, aspiring journalists such as myself. Is there a future in the industry for us?
These speakers have had the experience when print media boomed in society, and as its decline is now apparent, their honest is slightly worrying for someone like me - desperate to be a part of the journalism industry/cult that surrounds us.
You can only stay positive through these times, and although the prospects aren't great, only we can decide what we can be in the future. We set our own paths in life and our own personal boundaries that we can build and break through.

a loss

I can't help but think that everything happens for a reason, and that people are taken away from us to go to a better place and so eventually we can learn more about life - the good and the bad aspects.
Three years ago i experienced a loss that i thought was unbearable at the time, as my older brother Mark suddenly died aged 25. He was someone that was always there when i needed anything and i couldn't have valued him enough for that.
This loss left me and my family and his friends devastated of course. His name couldn't be mentioned in my house for a good year due to the overwhelming grief we all felt. The sympathy we get from others when we lose someone so valuable is a kind gesture, but its just not enough - it won't bring them back.
Today I no longer feel anger towards losing my brother so early in his life, i feel as though i am forever grateful to have had him in my life in the first place. I am able to appreciate everything about him, even though he wasn't on this earth for very long, he was a credit to everyone around him and I could not be happier that he was my only sibling - as I couldn't have wished for a better one.
So loss, it may be devastating and you may feel as though life is at a complete stand still, but people are right in the end when they say that 'life goes on'. Life has to go on, and my wish now is to make him proud of everything I do, as I know that he is watching over me somewhere.