It's a sad reality to face, but people are always going to copy others. When I was a senior in high school, we had to write a short children's story for our English class. I always loved creative writing and had written several children's stories for different classes throughout high school. One of my stories was "A Hug from a Slug" that I wrote for my child development class. When our assignment was due for my senior English class, I overheard a girl sitting next to me bragging about how she stole a book from another class that someone else had written and it was about a bug that wanted a hug. I knew it was my book that she stole. I went to the teacher that I originally wrote the book for and asked if she still had it on the shelf. Of course it was missing. I didn't want to make a big deal about the book, so I asked her to kindly report the book missing. Needless to say, when the girl turned the book in she got a big fat ZERO and suspended for plagiarism.
There will be a time in your life where someone will copy something that you worked hard on. It's heartbreaking. I pray that you will use the talents God gave you to serve others and glorify him. Your talents are NOT about YOU! Don't try to be like other people. Strive to pursue a life that seeks after God. If you spend your life copying others to further yourself, what will you gain? Emptiness.
Matthew 16:26:Lillian, life is beautiful. Live it being a God-honoring person.
26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.
-Me
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