Some stuff I feel strongly about and try to live by:
1. Be yourself:
--if people tell you you're weird, simply reply with "would you rather me be boring?" they'll shut up after that.
--being yourself and doing what you want to do is MUCH more fun. Would you want to spoil a potential good time by trying to be what someone else wants you to be?
--if they are smart, people will respect you more
--if someone doesn't like you then thats COMPLETELY their problem. And there are going to be at LEAST a FEW people that dont like you in your lifetime. So get over it! It's the people that DO like you that really count.
--pretending is a lot more work.
I feel what only I can feel and if that don't appeal to you let me know and I'll go cuz I flow better when my colors show.....I'd throw it all away before I lie, don't call me with a compromise- hang up the phone! I got a backbone stronger than yours....You don't know, you think you know me like yourself but I fear that you're only telling me what I wanna hear....But do you give a damn? Understand that I can't not be what I am...Just try to figure out exactly what I'm all about...if it's with or without you I don't need you doubting me." ~Avril Lavigne, Nobody's Fool
2. dont be afraid to be afraid:
--everybody is afraid of something
3. don't believe stuff you see on TV:
--the majority of it is just trying to sell you stuff
--reality TV ISNT reality. Seriously.
4. Its ok to act crazy sometimes.
--as long as you even it out by being mellow the other ½ of the time
--it helps you vent, burn off some steam, and de-stress
"Sometimes I get so wierd, I even freak myself out. I laugh myself to sleep at night- it's my....lullabye. I'd rather be anything but ordinary please...." ~Avril Lavigne, Anything But Ordinary
5. Dont try to deal with other people's problems when you know you really cant help them:
--you already have enough problems of your own
--some people just cant be helped no matter how much support they have
6. Dont be fake:
--you'd be surprised how much people can tell
--it looks REALLY bad
7. Dont TRY to act stupid:
--thats just really.....well...stupid
--since when is stupid good?
8. if people judge you......
--how well do they know you anyway?
--does their opinion really matter all that much? Lets hope not.
--usually what they say will be false accusations. So just ignore them
9. if people talk about you behind their back.....
--its probably because they are insecure about themselves
--maybe they're jelous...wahaha
--you have to remember that YOU probably talk about THEM sometimes too.
10.If you're always trying to be in "style".....
--what the heck is style anyway?
--just because something costs more and is in a magazine doesnt mean it's better
11. if you can't do something.....
--don't sweat it because there are a bunch of people out there than can't do it either
--there will always be a bunch of people out there that can't do something YOU can do
12.if you think you're ugly....
--thats only your opinion
--someone else might think you look great
--there much uglier people than you
--to the more in-depth thinkers, it's what's on the inside that counts
"you are beautiful...no matter what they say. words can't bring you down....you are beautiful in every single way..." ~ christina aguleria, beautiful
"What is a face really? It's own photo? It's make-up? Or is a face painted by such a painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way?" ~Pablo Picasso
13. if you're not as good at something as somebody else......
--it just doesnt happen to be one of your gifts
--that doesnt mean youre not trying just as hard or harder than them
14.always try new things:
--you might regret it in the future if you dont
--you might find something you love that you never even thought about before.
--it's always ok if you haven't found your passion, just don't give up the search
"You wonder if i'll find my place- hey gypsy don't leave me lonely make my whole new one and only- you're waiting till i find my place- do you believe that those who wander are always lost....? ~Alathea, Gypsy
15.do stuff for other people every once in a while:
--it makes you feel good inside even if the experience wasnt pleasant.
--being selfish all the time isn't good
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefor, there can be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to a fellow being, let me do it now, and do not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"To the world you're just one person, but to one person you could mean the world." ~unknown
16.if you havent done something that everybody else has:
--most likely you'll do it eventually, you just have to wait it out
17.if you have nobody to love......
--remember somebody might be watching you and you just dont know it
--you can always give your love to everybody, even if you don't have that "special someone"
--hey...what about your friends and family?? you've got them!
--god loves you!
"I once was a slave, now i've been set free. From the bonds of hate now love is all I need, cause it overcomes and that is what I want inside of me....I'm taken by surprise when I look back to where I once was...I am alive because I'm loved! " ~Alathea, I am Loved
18. Nothing's Impossible:
--that is, as long as it's within reason
--....as long as you never give up the goal- sometime's you just have to inch toward it.
"Teach me to walk and I shall run. Teach me to look and I shall see. Teach me to bear and I shall listen. Teach me to sing and I shall rejoice. For you instructions are imprinted in my mind and your shared experiences I shall keep. What I have learned I shall treasure and by learning to fly I shall soar!" ~Donna L. Clovis
19. Not all things come easily:
--it wouldn't be an achievement if you didn't have to work your way toward the goal....and what would be the fun of that?
--not everybody is superman....
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved." ~William Jennings Bryan
"Reach for the moon- if you fall short you may land on a star." ~unknown
"Even though you just fell and ya ate it and you're bleedin', you better try it again or you're gonna walk away and kick yourself for the next year all about how ya should, woulda, coulda done that." ~Omar
"Life is like a bicycle- you only fall off when you stop peddling." ~unknown
20. You can always make it through the bad times:
--you always have your friends and family to help you
--if you can make it through 1 you can make it through 100
--you always have the good times to hold to
"I can make it through the rain I can stand up once again, on my own and i know that i'm strong enough to mend" ~Mariah Cary, Through the Rain
21. Money isn't everything:
--you can only buy Barbie friends
--WELL DUH!
"The man who knows right from wrong and good judgement and common sense is happier than the man who is immensly rich, for such wisdom is far more valuable than precious jewels." ~Proverbs 3:13-15
22. Be nice and considerate to everybody, even if you don't like them:
--it could come back to haunt you later on
--you never know when you're going to need them to do you a favor --don't be afraid to take risks
--they could end up being your boss....and that'd be embarassing
"The connection we have with people is necessary for your survival." ~Joel Walker
23: Live life to the fullest and don't be afraid to take risks:
--i think dying with lots of regrets would be a very painful thing to deal with
"Go for a walk, say a little prayer, take a deep breath of mountain air, put on my glove and play some catch- it's time that I make time for that- wade the shore and cast a line, pick up a long lost friend of mine sit on the porch and give my girl a kiss....Start livin'! that's the next thing on my list" ~Toby Keith, My List
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood. And sorry I could not travel both. And be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth. Then took the other, as just as fear, and having perhaps the better claim, because it was grassy and wanted wear; though as for that, the passing there had worn them really about the same. And both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads to way I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." ~Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken
"Courageous risks are life-giving; they help you grow, make you brave and better than you think you are." ~Joan L. Curcio
