Standing Up For What We Believe In!

Hey all!

Hope you're doing well and are saying safely indoors. I've just been getting used to all of my classes being online and everything like that, it's been a bit of a tough transition period for me but I am getting into the swing of things. But we do have to keep taking these social distancing precautions VERY seriously so that we can beat this virus for good!! I know that before we know it we will be back out there in the sunshine. :)

As a lead-in to this week's blog post,, I do have something of my own that I would like to share with all of you... and I need YOUR help with something very important! The administration of my school announced this week that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our graduation ceremony, which was scheduled for Friday, May 8th, will now be virtual only. This means it'll all (somehow) be online, no actual ceremony!! My classmates and I have worked extremely hard over the past four years, and we feel as though we deserve a ceremony so we can be celebrated and recognized just as every other class is! That's why I started an online petition to try to convince my school to postpone our ceremony until after the pandemic ends instead of cancelling it entirely. I need your help!

Here is the link to the petition: http://chng.it/t6s8VCvz

Please help us out by signing this and sharing it!! It would really mean a lot to me and all of my classmates to be able to walk at our graduation ceremony, and I truly believe that together we will be able to make this ceremony happen! :)

This announcement leads us into this week's main topic, which is all about standing up for what we believe in! I believe that I am setting a clear example of that through sharing this petition that I have started, because I am not content with accepting missing out on the tradition of my graduation ceremony, at least not without doing EVERYTHING I can do to try to change this situation and make it happen! I am doing this both for the good of myself and for my fellow classmates who deserve this just as much. What do YOU want to stand up for? What can you do to make a difference?

I guess throughout my life I've always been driven to make positive change by standing up for what I believe in in situations that I am not satisfied with. I've never really been happy with just sitting idly by and letting things happen that I don't agree with, even if it means going along with the crowd who is doing the same. And of course, that has meant setting myself apart from the crowd sometimes and doing what I feel is right even if it is not the "popular" thing to do. I'm sure that you don't need me to tell you that this is not always the easiest thing to do! Going against the crowd sometimes puts me at risk of being more isolated from my peers, which is never a good feeling.

But you know what I've come to learn and understand? All of that is okay. It's okay because when I am doing what I feel is right, when I am taking a stand, it doesn't really matter what others think of me in that moment or even if they don't understand me and choose to isolate or make fun of me for it. The feeling of putting myself out there, of doing something not because it's popular but because it is right, gives me a rush that I cannot get enough of. And I find that so often, all it takes is that one person to stand up and start the conversation or make that first little bit of change. And then everyone else seems to follow! And it just keeps going and growing from there! THIS is how positive change is made!!!! :)

So the next time you are faced with a situation that you are not quite happy with, think to yourself about all of the positive change that you have the potential to make! Remember that YOU CAN DO IT!! What is that you want to get out there and change? What do you want to stand up for? What do you BELIEVE IN?!?! Please share it with me, and let me know what you are doing to make a positive difference in your community!!

That's all I have for this week! Please be sure to subscribe to the Best Feeling Ever newsletter for lots more cool stuff! Sending you lots of love and hugs, hope you're all staying healthy and safe! Love you all so much! Keep being kind to yourselves and to others!! Have the BEST DAY EVER!!!! :) <3

Your friend forever,

Adam Silverstein :) <3