| The Transcender |

“I would never be the kind of parent to force somebody to be something they are not. I think that is just bad parenting.

Children should be allowed to express themselves in whatever way they wish without anybody judging them because it is an important part of their growth. Society always has something to learn when it comes to the way we judge each other, label each other. We have far to go.”

via http://feministing.com/archives/021853.html

Dear Angelina and Brad, 

Please add me into your international family and adopt me, too! I swear I’ll be a good bro/uncle to Maddox. I’ll even teach him Khmer and be his Cambodian ambassador. I’ll get a long well with Shiloh cuz we’re both are similar in that we don’t follow the gender binary. If Shiloh does end up being trans, then no worries cuz big bro and uncle has been through it all before. We be who are are. And I’ll play around with Pax, Zahara and the twins all day long. And if you adopt me, you don’t even have to pay me babysitting money. Hahaha But for real though, stay true the way you guys are. I respect you guys so much for being able to battle all the criticism and what not, and still be such a great international family that you guys are.

Sincerely,

Roth 

I want to write out what’s been on my mind

I am getting ready for a big major event—the biggest life-changing event that has yet to happened to me.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people that has helped me, big or small, who has help me reach the places that I want to get to. I think we often take people for granted. We don’t realize how much they matters to us until they are gone. 

All I have to say is that I am grateful to know that I can rely on friends to be there for me, no matter how busy I know they are. I’m afraid that I would have had to cancel this event because this event cannot absolutely happen without them. I truly need someone to be there because I am at a point in my life where don’t have a lot of support right now and must through go a lot of obstacles by myself to be the person that I want to be. Through the courses of this event, I have come to find out the people that I can rely on and who I can count on to be there for me when I desperately need them most. No matter how much of a lone ranger fighter I am and I like to keep to my own battles, I know that the support of friends and loved one is something that that I could not gone without. I have to admit to myself as much as I don’t want to, sometimes, I can’t do it all alone. And sometimes when I feel that I am alone, I just have to look around and realize that I don’t have to be this hard on myself. After all that has happened, I feel fortunate to know that there are still people who are there for me. It feels good to know that there are still people that care of you after all that you’ve been through and to know that the same people will be as well true to their words when they promise to be there for you, as a friend or not, and that they can make you a priority in their busy lives. This is a once in a lifetime event…and I am really thankful that they understand how important this is for me. 

One day, I want to give back as much as I have been given. That’s a promise. 

What I want to say is…
From the bottom of my heart, thank you. You know who you are. I will never forget this gratitude.

Yours truly,

Roth

It does, however, buy materials that makes your life a lot more convenient and upgrade your lifestyle to be a lot more luxurious. 

People often confuse money with happiness…it’s as if that’s the route you must take to be happy—like a race to get to the finish line. Material girls/guys whatever…They all seem/look happy…but they are all empty inside, trying to empty that void with materials that they will never ever be satisfied with. They keep buying more to feel that fast high of emptiness. They confuse instant gratification with happiness. But hey—some people don’t mind that…as long as they are deluding themselves, they will keep lying to themselves that they are happy until they actually believe it. 

But happiness is something internal, something that is deep inside you. All the money in the world can’t buy you happiness if you are not at peace, or even at ease, within yourself. You can have more money than Donald Trump, but it doesn’t mean jack. Sometimes, ironically, money brings more complications than happiness. 

If you are a person who truly depends on money to be happy, then what does that say about YOU? 

If you are not happy with who you are now, and is not willing to change whatever it is that is not making you unhappy, what makes you think the future will be any different? Do you really think money will solve everything? If you believe so, then you are only setting yourself up for disappointments. 

Even other people can’t make you Happy. YOU and ONLY you have the power to be happy. 

Happiness, as cliche as hell, is not a destination but rather a journey.