(the opinions expressed in the following are from my own thoughts randomly coming out... take them for what they're worth and throw away what you believe is wrong. I am not all-knowing, but I am all-feeling. So I don’t want no junk mail in other words hahaha)

Nobody is forced to be alone... people make that choice... if you think this world sucks because you have no friends... or you just think you're better off alone... without love... I have a piece of truth for you that might be hard to swallow... you're a liar. You might be able to trick your mind into thinking you're ok if you don't get hurt... or a kiss is just a kiss and means nothing more... I'm sorry. But its just not true... you might find comfort in relationships that only last one or two weeks, but it just leads to a beautiful let-down... and you make it that way...

Love does exist. It is not a phantom of your imagination. It is real, it lives inside you and is dying to come out. The only one who makes it stay inside is yourself. You might think you’re invincible (and im mostly talking to the men, because well i'm one of them and I used to think that way...) being single is fun, being single rocks, there's no hurt, there's no down side... except you're alone... and it doesn't have to be that way...

Now i'm not saying go out and fall in love... first: to love someone you need - "NEED" - to know and love yourself! And to know yourself you have to live and be happy... happiness is the key. Now if you think drinking and drugs makes you happy and you are fine there... i'm sorry but you are wrong... now you might laugh at that and call me a liar. But i'm not. You are. You're lying to yourself in thinking to be happy you have to be someone else. And depend on that person, now i'm not saying drinking is wrong - that's another topic. What i'm saying is to define yourself and know yourself as someone you are not... that is wrong. And you will not figure out who you are.

What you are is a sinner. You were born that way, you know the difference between right and wrong and you have the choice to do either. God made it that way. And he wants you to choose Him. God knows what joy is like, knows what love is like... and wants to show you and share that with you... He doesn't want you to be alone, and without love, He wants you to know it. And love Him. Just as "He first loved" you (1 John 4:19). God is always there always listening. He knows. And if you think He doesn't... again you are wrong. So if you can live a life without depending on anything but God, then I would say that you are on the right track to figuring out who you are... and then you can work on the love bit.

1 John 4:7-21(that's first John, not the Gospel according to John... read it...)

(Derek Lyne is 20 from Hamilton, and played Jared in the drama.)