i want you to make the effort
i want to be sought after, irresistably
i want to occupy your mind, as you do mine
People change,but so do you. Sometimes for the best, and sometimes for the worst. Bad things happen to everyone. You're not in it alone. People lie, and some people just dont care how you feel. Your heart beats, no matter how much pain you're in. Everything will be okay, eventually. There are always people in your life that just make your day,no matter the miles. Dont tell me its easy because its not- but it is worth it, I'd rather stay in touch with the people I love; than just drop it and forget about it. You forgive;but never forget, and you certanly dont forget about the ones you love. It doesnt work like that. Give it all you've got, and live your life to the fullest. People would kill to be you, have what you have, someone always has it worse than you, but that doesnt mean your pain doesn't count.
Memories hurt, the good ones the most.
they say time changes things
but you actually have to change them yourself
-andy warhol
hate is easy. love takes courage.
I don't know why I still get my hopes up every time I hear a car door slam. I don't knoow why I keep thinking you'll realize what you lost and come back again. Why do I still think that after all this time something is just going to click in your stupid, stubborn head. Every time i turn on my street I hope that you're waiting outside, in that stupid car with that silly smile. Everytime I check my phone I think there's going to be a text from you. I know full well even if you missed me, you wouldn't tell me. Keeping things in never helps anything, my dear.
One step at a time, there's no need to rush.
It's like learning to fly or falling in love.
It's gunna happen when it's supposed to happen.
We'll find the reasons why, one step at a time.
It's like once you've been hurt, You're so scared to get attached again. Like you have this fear that every person you start to fall for, Is gonna break your heart
Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our lives.
If we were to go through life without any obstacles, we would be crippled.
We would not be as strong as we could have been.
Give every opportunity a chance; Leave no room for regrets.
At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So this thing where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, it's usually a load of bull. So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we've chosen those people, we tend to stick close by. No matter how much we hurt them. The people that are still with you at the end of the day, those are the ones worth keeping. And sure, sometimes close can be too close. But sometimes, that invasion of personal space, it can be exactly what you need.
-Grey's Anatomy
I'm tired of people worrying about if they're going to hurt me or how I feel. I can handle my own fate. I've been heartbroken before & trust me, it’s not a fun road, but I don't think I'll ever be that heartbroken again. My theory is once your heart has been broken you will never feel that much pain again because once your heart breaks it will never be the same again. Your heart will heal, but there will always be missing pieces.
And that's how my heart is. It’s missing pieces.
Sure, I will get hurt, but I can handle it.
It's amazing how every girl has that one guy that could call
her up at 3 in the morning, and say 'Let's hang out, I'm
coming to get you.' And she'd put aside her show, her
excitement, her anger or hate for him. She'd only give
him 4 words. 'Give me 10 minutes
Anyone can be taken, at any time in our lives, but we always wait until they're gone to say the things we never had the courage to before.
you know the beautiful thing about love? It’s so powerful. Nothing else can make people do the things that love can make them do. It’s the only emotion that can make people fight, and give their all to something or someone. It’s the only thing that can make people hold on, when they otherwise would have given up. Love is strong, it’s powerful and it’s rare. So when people find it, they marvel at the power of it. And they keep holding on because it’s the truest form of ecstasy. The world cannot survive without love. It’s the only thing that can get people to hold on anymore.
I can't be with someone who has doubts,
no matter how small they are,
I need someone who wants to be with me
as much as I want to be with them,
I don't want just part of your heart, I want all of it,
& you can't promise me that.
i'm not afraid to piss you off anymore.
you mean the world to me & you know
that, but in order for this to work we've
got to be honest with each other, no
matter what that means.
You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter
After all is said & done,
I still think you're amazing.
I still cherish every
moment I spent with you,
every smile you brought to my face.
I'll be forever thankful that
someone like you was brought into my life,
even if you had to be
taken away too soon.
You were my miracle.
I love you. Not maybe, not tomorrow, not someday,
right now. At this very moment. I realized something.
I need you, I trust you, I admire you. I want you.
And you can be wrong a lot of the time, and we
can fight, and get mad at each other, but nothing,
nothing in this world can change the fact that I love you.
the way you hold me.
the way you look at me.
the way you kiss me.
the way I care about you.
the way I worry about you.
all the times I think about you.
the way my knees shake when I see you.
the way I get the butterflies.
the way I look at you.
this has to be something more than liking someone.
20 years from now at our high school
reunion everyone will be catching up with
old time friends, and we will be laughing about
something that happened yesterday
I really missed you tonight.
I miss talking to you.
Knowing that you get me.
And every time I talk to someone else.
It just reminds me of how much they don't.
i don't have friends; i have enemies.
so if you roll with me, you're considered
family.
Have you ever looked at a picture & seen a stranger in the background. It makes you wonder, how many
have pictures of you? How many moments of other peoples lives have we been in? Were we a part of someone’s life when their dream came true? Or were we there when their dreams died. Did we keep trying to get in, as if we were somehow destined to be there? Or did the shot take us by surprise. Just think, you could be a big part of someone’s life, & not even know it.
We get in the biggest fights
With the people we care about most
Because those are the relationships
We are willing to fight for.
There's just something about him that made
me like him. Ever since the day I met him
there was something about him that made
me go absolutley crazy for him.
life is like a box of crayons. most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you're really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. i fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though i've got a few missing. it's okay though, because i've got some more vibrant colors like periwinkle at my disposal. i have a bit of a problem though in that i can only meet the 8-color boxes. does anyone else have that problem? i mean there are so many different colors of life, of feeling, of articulation..so when i meet someone who's an 8-color box type, i'm like, "hey girl, magenta!" and she's like, "oh, you mean purple!" and she goes off on her purple thing, and i'm like, "no- i want magenta!"
++John Mayer
I believe I'm falling in love with you.
if you wanna run I understand. but you better get
a good head start, cause I'm coming after you.
A husband asks: Why do you weep & cry over a TV program
& the imaginary sadness of people you have never met?
Wife: For the same reason you scream & yell when a man
you don`t know makes a touchdown.
a friend would lend you an umbrella
in the rain, but a best friend would
take yours & scream "RUN, BITCH, RUN!!"
when people don't laugh at our jokes, i don't think of
it as a "you had to be there" thing; just more like a
"you have to be mentally retarded like us" kinda thing.
It's those moments when you drive around in a car full of friends around a town too small for you. Where you gasp for breath between each laugh. It's those moments where you get high off just breathing in so deep, you feel your lungs getting cold. For a second, that split second, you don't care. You don't care about school, about parents, about money, about rules, or broken hearts. Who you care about are the kids sitting next to you. Cause it's all we really need isn't it? Those kids next to you. Yeah, the ones who make you feel invincible, even at your weakest points.
I want a boy...who would shove ice cream in my face.
Who will wrestle with me who shows me off to his
friends and family. Who treats me with respect.
Who will call me at four in the morning, to tell me he can't stop
thinking about me. Who could break my heart but wouldn't dream of it.
okay, here it goes: i know you've moved on, & moved on for good, but there are things you don't know, things i don't show, things that i hide.. i know to you it seems like i didn't care, seems like i was never really there, but there was never once a day that you didn't cross my mind a million times. & believe me- if i could go back, i would. but things are different now. time caught up with us, & broke us apart. you've found someone else.. but that's not what bothers me.. what bothers me is that you left me, & that i left you.. with words unspoken & a story unread. words that are still trying to escape my heart.. & reach out to you, words that don't notice that time has past; words that still have meaning. what bothers me is that you didn't see the tears i cried, & you didn't know that i lied when i told you i was happy. what bothers me is that you still cross my mind a million times a day, even when i'm sleeping. i can still hear your voice telling me how much you love me, or how much you miss me, & that's really the only time i'm ever happy.. it's when i'm reminiscing about you & dreaming about us. but when reality hits me, it just kills me. but the thing that bothers me most, is that all of this could've been prevented if i had just said something, or done something & the only thing that doesn't bother me, is that i've learned a valuable lesson: you really don't know what you've got until it's gone.
it's ok to need each other.
it's what makes us strong.
it's what makes us human.
We barely talk anymore
and so much has changed
over the past few months
but I guess that's what happens
when you grow up and grow apart.
now here I stand
and I'm still just that girl
I'm following my heart
in this amazing crazy world.
Life is too deep for words
so don't try to describe it, just live it.
Beautiful things come out of horrible situations. I know for a fact. Out of sadness you get a new found wisdom on how the world can look with a haze of gray clouds, how people can be senseless, how you can see the whole universe in a whole new way. And that may be hard to handle, hard to cope, hard to accept, but it is so damn beautiful if you really take the chance to realize. Out of anger, you can feel your heart beat race, with every beat it is shaking your whole being and not only the heavy steps you take. It is when you, your whole self and some power is telling you that you are alive. And that is amazing in every angle. Out of anything there is something in there that makes it incredible. Something that makes it shine. Whatever you feel is potent and it is such a blessing to be able to feel what you feel. You just have to think about it.
We're meant to lose the people we love,
How else would we know how much they mean to us
Just another step, til I reach the door. You'll never know the way it tears me up inside to see you this way. I wish I could tell you something to take it all away. Sometimes I wish I could save you.
How can you just walk away from me, when all I can do is watch you leave?
Cause we shared the laughter and the pain.
&& Even shared the tears.
You're the only one who really me at all.
So take a look at me now. There's just an empty space.
&& You coming back to me is against the odds,
&& that's what I've got to face.
Oh I wish I could just say no
& get you out of my heart
it must be nice to have some place to go
when your world falls apart.
sometimes i thank god for unanswered prayers
remember when you're talking to the man upstairs
just because he doesn't answer don't mean he doesn't care
some of god's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I,
not events, have the power to make me happy or
unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be.
Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.
I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
+ + Groucho Marx
You are where you are right now in your life because of
the choices you have made and the actions you have taken.
If you want to change your life, remember that change starts with you.
+ + Jeffrey Keller
The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding
the attitude we will embrace from that day. We cannot
change our past, we cannot change the fact that people
will act in certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing that we can do is play on the one string that
we have and this string is, Attitude. I am convinced that life
is ten percent what happens to me and ninety percent how I
react to it. And so it is with you....
We are in charge of our Attitudes.
+ + Charles Swindoll
Build up your weaknesses until
they become your strong points.
+ + Knute Rockne
My philosophy?
Simplicity plus variety.
+ + Hank Stram
Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we
should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable
hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time,
will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us
devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings,
to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.
+ + Andre Maurois
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.
Love them anyway. If you do good, people may accuse
you of selfish motives. Do good anyway. If you are
successful, you may win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway. The good you do today may be
forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and
transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and
transparent anyway. What you spend years building
may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. People
who really want help may attack you if you help them.
Help them anyway. Give the world the best you have
and you may get hurt. Give the world your best anyway.
+ + Mother Teresa
Never miss an opportunity to make others happy,
even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.
A day of worry is more exhausting
than a day of work.
+ + John Lubbock
Listen, girl :If you truly need him,
And he truly needs you,
Then fate won't let you lose him.
Somehow, some way Fate will bring him back.
It may not be exactly when you want,
or exactly the way you imagined,
Not your perfect fairy tale ending.
But he'll come back.
If you accept the expectations of others,
especially negitive expectations,
then you never will change the outcome...
That was the attitude I had ever since
I was cut from the varsity team in high school.
That attitude became a part of me.
+ + Michael Jordan
Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff.
Rule number two is, it's all small stuff.
+ + Robert Eliot
most girls say they want a fairy tale but you taught me that its not really what I want. I want someone who will make fun of me, laugh at my jokes even if they arent funny & someone that wrestles with me and doesnt let me win just because I'm a girl; yeah riding off into the sunset on a white horse would be nice but playing thumb war with you seems much better
honestly, i don't really think people can change. you know, at the
end of the day, you are who you are, and it's probably who you've
always been.
I definitely feel a lot more comfortable with myself & care a lot less about
what other people think of me because i've learned when you're in
the public eye, people will take every opportunity to criticize you, whether
you deserve it or not. every girl goes through that in one way or another.
it's just a part of life . i had every insecurity a high school girl faces & I'm
not saying i'm completely over all of that, but it's never as bad as we make
it . I have so much respect for girls who are totally happy with themselves.
-- lauren conrad
you slowly pushed me out of your life. I'm glad you're finally noticing.
I feel more comfortable talking to strangers than people I know.
I believe this is because chances are, I’ll never see them ever again.
And I feel like I can say anything I want. They don't know my past or
what I’ve done. They can only judge me on who they are seeing
right that second. I’m the person I am now, not then. People
I know don't see the difference.
I'm the type of girl who will fall for a guy she barely knows; who
will listen to a love song and see his face; who will look for him
wherever she goes. I'm the type of girl who doesn't get over
things easily; who will beat herself up when someone doesn't
love her back; who will cry herself to sleep because she feels
she's not good enough. But I'm also the type of girl who's strong; who
can cry her eyes out and then forbid them to come back the next
morning; who will blast some old pop song and sing it at the top
of her lungs because she feels like it; who will be no one but herself.
I remember when I used to be the happiest,
loudest, spunkiest person alive. Nothing could
get me down for very long. I smiled all the
time and laughed nonstop. I still see glimpses
of that girl sometimes, but not much. I haven't
seen her in a while. I miss her.
Ever had one of those days where you hate the world
and anything that happens. Even dropping your pen
makes you want to break down & cry.
when you reach into a box of cracker jacks, you know there's a prize in the bottom. when you miss the king of the world scene in titanic, you can rewind it. you can fast forward through when simba's dad dies in the lion king. but in life, if you miss something, you miss it. you can't go back. sometimes you take all the right chances, say all the right things, and you still end up right back where you started. happiness is not free, even though everyone says it is. really, think about it. something bad has to happen for you to realize how much you appreciate what you have now, to truly be happy. you won't know what the sunshine feels like unless you've been in the dark for a while. the people you love the most are the ones that end up hurting you the most. life bites, and there are no guarantees, but somehow it always ends up giving you this great feeling when everything's said and done.
eat that damn chocolate cake, get your hair wet, love someone, dance in those muddy puddles, tell someone off, draw a picture with crayons like you're still 6 years old and then give it to someone who is very important to you. take a nap, go on vacation, do a cartwheel, make your own recipe, dance like no one sees you, paint each nail a different color, take a bubble bath, laugh at a corny joke. get on that table and dance, pick strawberries, take a jog, plant a garden, make an ugly shirt and wear it all day, learn a new language, write a song, date someone you wouldn't usually go for, make a scrap book, go on a picnic, relax in the sun, make your own home video, kiss the un-kissed, hug the un-hugged, love the unloved, and live your life to the fullest. so when you're standing in front of heaven's gate that chosen day, you'll have no regrets, no sorrows, no disappointments.
i wanna feel reckless
i wanna live it up, just because
I was born to be stubborn, a little bit bossy. To push people, to push myself. I was taught to never take life for granted, to live a little, to love with everything I have. I learned to never give up, to believe in myself and most of all, to fight for myself.
I pinky promise when we're old we've gonna be best friends chasing each other in nursing homes with motor scooters.
There's a point in your life when you know who stays forever
and who's just around for a while. People change, but so do you.
Sometimes for the best and sometimes for the worst.
Bad things happen, to everyone. You're not in it alone.
People lie, and some people just don't care how you feel.
Your heart beats, no matter how much pain you're in.
Everything will be okay, eventually.
There are always people in your life that just make your day,
no matter the miles. I know all about distance,
I've been dealing with it all my life.
So don't tell me it's easy - because it's not.
But it is worth it, I'd rather stay in touch with the people I love
than just drop it and forget about it.
You don't forget about the ones you love.
It doesn't work like that. Give it all you've got,
and live your life to the fullest. People would kill to be you,
have what you have, someone always has it worse off than you,
but that doesn't mean your pain doesn't count
She was the girl who dreamed, the girl who saw things the way they were but never really let it get in the way of her wishful thinking. She laughed, she cried. She lived life to the fullest, with no intentions of ever turning back or regretting anything.
Im waiting, waiting, for the right boy to come along.
The one who will accept me for who I am.
The one who will respect me and my morals.
The one who will tease me when I say something stupid.
The one who won't be afraid to chase after me.
So, if I have to wait a little longer than most girls, it's okay.
I know he'll be worth the wait.
when something bad happens, you have three choices, you can either let it define you, destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you. It’s up to you.
Why is it that if a person tells
you there are a million stars in the
universe you believe them, but if
someone tells you there's wet paint
somewhere you have to touch it to make sure?
Sometimes loving someone means letting them go.
Bullshit. Love means holding on to someone as hard as you can because if you don't, one blink and they might disappear. Forever.
Twenty years from now, I'm going to look back and remember and that there were those few people who could turn every frown into a smile in a few simple words. Those people who lifted my head when I was losing faith in myself. Those few people who carried tears on their shoulders after every fight, every break up, every death. The people who always knew what I was feeling by the look on my face. The few who accepted who I was when everyone else laughed in my face. Those people that accepted every decision I made, believing that I'd make the right decision. The few who knew that I really was. Those people that made the biggest difference in my life. The ones who were my strength through hard times. My best friends.
Never in a million years did I think I'd find someone so utterly and completely perfect, someone who would make me happier than I ever dreamed I could be, someone that would touch my life so profoundly and just give me a whole new reason to breathe. But then I found you and realized that everything I anticipated you to be, doesn't even compare to what you are.
you probably won't remember the
test you failed, but you will never forget
the person you were with the night before,
when you decided not to study
so please just be patient. i'm so afraid to care about
someone. i know it seems like i'm this strong girl who
can get through everything but inside i'm very fragile.
i've had so many things thrown at me; and each one
has only made a crack. what i'm afraid of is shattering
be crazy, be outgoing, be original.
be your own person.
set your own standards.
be smart, don't hate anyone, be happy.
don't drink to fit in.
stand out.
be yourself; live your own life.
All a girl needs is love to make her weak, alcohol to make her strong, and friends to pick her up when both make her hit the floor.
Sometimes you've gotta get fucked up to feel sober, cry to see clearly, and fall down down enough to learn how to pick yourself back up
Sometimes we know we shouldn't and that's exactly why we do.
As I’ve grown, I’ve learned several things. Life is full of disappointments and people you trusted will sooner or later let you down. I’ve learned that often those you love will love someone else and there's only one way to fall- fast and hard. I’ve learned that out of thousands of smiles, it takes one to touch your heart. I’ve learned that everything can change in the blink of an eye and tears often come without invitation. I’ve learned crying can make us stronger and there is never too much love to go around. I’ve found that every time you give someone a piece of your heart, it's a piece that you will never get back. I’ve learned the past is meant to be put behind us and we can't dwell on regrets, for what is done is done. I’ve learned that trusting yourself is the first step and that forgiving is remembering that helps your own heart more than theirs. I’ve learned some things aren't meant to be understood and only time heals. I’ve found that imagination is our greatest gift and that we are meant to dream for a reason. I’ve learned it is never too late to fall in love and that being 'beautiful' is all on the inside.
To me, fearless is not the absence of fear.
It's not being completely unafraid.
To me, fearless is having fears.
Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them.
To me, fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.
Fearless is falling madly in love again, even though you've been hurt before.
Fearless if walking into your freshman year of highschool at fifteen.
Fearless is getting up and fighting for what you want over and over again...
even though every time you've tried before, you've lost.
It's fearless to have faith that someday things will change.
Fearless is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you,
even though you can't breathe without them.
I think it's fearless to fall for your best friend
even though he's in love with someone else.
And when someone apologizes to you enough times
for things they'll never stop doing,
I think it's fearless to stop believing them.
It's fearless to say "you're NOT sorry", and walk away.
I think loving someone despite what people think is fearless.
I think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is fearless.
Letting go is fearless. Then, moving on and being alright... that's fearless too.
But no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.
You have to believe in love stories and prince charmings and happily ever after.
That's why I write these songs. Because I think love is fearless.
Sometimes you need a breakdown.
One of those yell at everyone,
cry until you fall and can’t breathe
kind of breakdowns.
Then you feel better.
And if you don’t,
at least people will know your not okay.
at some point during almost every romantic comedy, the female lead suddenly trips and falls, stumbling helplessly over something ridiculous like a leaf. and then some matthew mcconaughey type either whips around the corner just in the nick of time to save her or is clumsily pulled down along with her. that event predictably leads to the magical moment of their first kiss. please. i fall all the time. you know who comes and gets me? the bouncer. -chelsea handler
Just because you've been exploring my mouth, doesn't mean you get to take an expedition to the south.
I'm scared because I don't want anyone else to steal your heart; that's what I want to do
It's sad when people you know become people you knew. When you can walk right past someone like they were never a big part of your life. How you used to be able to talk for hours, and how now, you can barely even look at them.
i look back on us and how we called each other best friends,
funny cause in our situation the label was there but no promise attached to it's end.
our friendship was built up on a thousand lies, each of us with a good disguise.
i remember putting so much trust in you just to have you prove me wrong,
so many times you had me in tears, making up apologies cause i had no idea what i did wrong.
but i guess i should say thank you for showing me i deserve better,
and for the record i hope you know after this final goodbye you wont be receiving another three page apology letter.
fearless is having the courage to say goodbye to
someone who only hurts you, even if you can't breathe without them
part of me just wants to find the right words to hurt you. the same way you hurt me.
you know it truely takes a lot to call someone a best friend,
or even for that matter a true friend. there's a lot of time,
and a lot of trusting to be done. there has to be problems
in between to prove that you'll make it through.
sooner or later, friends who you thought would be around forever
will end up taking different paths in life.
but no matter where you go,
you'll take a piece of each one with you
i miss the past, and all the people who were apart of it.
i miss the people who claimed to care about me, when
deep down, i knew as well as them, that they didn't. i
miss the way things used to be. it's a known fact, which
i was aware of, but i didnt want to believe it, not like
how i do now, people always leave
i think sometimes you have to lose
someone completely before you figure
out what they really mean to you.
some people are easy to get over. they only take a day or two, but sooner or later, you'll find the one who has changed everything about you, and no matter how hard you try, you can't find the words to say goodbye.
and we know it's never simple, never easy
never a clean break, no one here to save me
you're the only thing i know like the back of my hand
i've been through so much with you, more than any other guy, and i still want you as much as i did the first time i laid eyes on you. every time i see you, it's like meeting you for the first time all over again. it's the butterflies in the stomach, the not knowing what to say, but out of all the things you've taught me, there's still one thing i don't know. i don't know how to fall out of love with you. i don't know how to let go and as i stand here looking at you, i wonder if there will ever be a day when i will get over your smile, when i will let go of the hugs you gave me that i continue to feel. a day when i forget the words you said to me, forget what you meant to me or forget how much i love you. but, no matter what you did to me or whatever happens to us, i know i could never get over, let go, or forget you. when you care about someone as much as i do you, being apart is the hardest thing to get used to. i thought i'd handle it just fine and that i'd be happy just to keep you on my mind. but it isn't always that easy. sometimes the one thing that would please me the most is simply seeing you. i knew that i'd miss you, i just didn't know i'd miss you as much as i do. i want to share my tears with you. i want to share my love with you. i want to share my happiness with you. i want to share my strength with you, my smiles, my frowns, my joy, my loss, my good days, my bad days, the rain, the sunshine, hot cocoa, and the snowflakes. i want to share my life with you. people can just be best friends, but at one point or another, one of them will fall for the other, maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe, just maybe, forever
I can't just sit here and have coffee with you. I love you. I know the other night didn't mean for you what it did for me, but I haven't stopped thinking about you since it happened, and not because it was great- which it was- but because it was right. It was so right, and you might not see that right now, but I do, and if I have to wait until we're both 80 years old for you to see it, then I'll wait. I'm not going anywhere. This is it for me. You're it for me, and I can't pretend to feel any less than I do, I just can't
"Tough girls come from New York. Sweet girls, they're from Georgia. But us Texas girls, we have fire and ice in our blood. We can ride horses, be a debutante, throw left hooks, and drink with the boys, all the while making sweet tea, darlin'. And if we have an opinion, you
know you're gonna hear it.”
if you learn to find joy in even the most unbearable things in life. you will never be un-happy.
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?"
-William A. Ward-
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others
as you’re reading this, your life’s getting shorter. it’s ticking away. i’m not saying this to frighten you. or even scare you. though it may. i’m saying this to awaken you. to inspire you. to rise you out of your deep slumber. to really know you won’t live forever.
you just have to go after what you want and if it doesn't want you back then so be it, it doesn't deserve you anyways.
During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely this was a joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving thelast question blank. Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade. "Absolutely," the professor said. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello." I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.
+ + Joann C. Jones
