First of all I assure you I'm ok. Had a rough month, but not as rough as things usually would go. If anything I've started to improve and unplugging for a while has been a big help.

Second I'd like to give a big Shout Out to @Mugsyman303 for requesting me to do music for his upcoming game. It will be a while before I come up with something that I hope can bring your vision to life, but I will not waste this opportunity. Once I saw what you were advertising though it made a lot of sense what you were looking for, so I'll do my best.

Third, regarding the title of this article. Over the years parents have often told their kids one way or another that they were special. In my adult life I thought it was just nothing but positive affirmation based bullshit. However, over the years I've often heard others say similar phrases including but not limited to Fred Rogers:

I often wondered that even if it is bullshit, why parents would truly say it other than simple words of encouragement. Even my family fought tooth and nail to keep my head above water. It wasn't easy for me and I never made it easy for them and while it took literally almost a lifetime to figure it out as I grow up, because I never stopped asking "Why?"

However think on this for a second. Why do parents try to encourage you even to the point where they have to downplay themselves to do it? Because much like us, they been through similar shit time gaps aside and they want us to lead a better example than they could ever. They try to teach us their way of it, but if we can do fine more on our own, they can only do what they can to support you even if it simply involves the occasional dinner. Same with friends and relatives. They sometimes act like our best friends one minute and stern parents the next much to our annoyances. But as long as their hearts are in the right place, then simply listening to them is the way to go if you're stuck on something. I myself often had trouble asking for help because I wanted people to help me in a way that didn't hinder their lives.

It's why my music is so cheap on bandcamp, I wasn't gonna ask what people couldn't afford to lose. But alas, everyone is either broke or too selfish or just plain uninterested to do anything depending on the person. However that doesn't make me give up. If anything it makes me appreciate what I have and while I may not reach the highest level or gain more than 220 fans, I do appreciate what I got and I want to try my hardest to give back one way or another.

But I ramble on. Point being is that us kids from our childhoods to our adulthoods, one way or another are our parents secret weapons. The only thing is and even I was no exception, not a lot of us know it, until we see the signs. In my case, in my personal life I realized how small my own world was as no matter where I went I somehow managed to meet people related to my life one way or another or at the very least knew a mutual friend or a relative back in the day.

But you're probably wondering how is that possible. Simple, we are us and they are them. We struggle and go through life to find our own purpose as well as help those in our respective circles, we be ourselves no matter what and as a result we have the power to shape the world as we see fit. To all the kids out on this site still growing up, those that have at the very least a stable enough family life. Case in point, much like a certain protagonist in two famous South Park Videogames, I have the uncanny ability to somehow make friends with everyone. Even if it's people I despise I somehow manage to find some common ground with them. If their negatives outweighed their positives, I'd write them out, violently if it came down to it. If their positives outweighed their negatives, they were worth sticking to. Anyone else with that ability could easily raise an army if they were so inclined, but I used it mostly because I wanted to see if the Good in humanity existed even in a fucked up world like this. However, once I realized that potential, life was a lot easy for me. For you guys it's simple, find what you're good at, use it to both help yourself and help others and see where life goes from there. I'm still on my own journey, so I may learn more new things as I go on, but I never move forward without leaving breadcrumbs for those to follow. This is one of them.

That said, take care, stay safe and stay tuned for more.