In life you are the author of your own book. Writing in pen doesn't come out so easily. When you make a mistake you can't just erase it and pretend as if nothing happened. You can always try to cover it up with white out, but it's still there. Forget it, just turn the page over and have a fresh start. Remember your mistake from before, this is the time to make things right.

You and I were different. We came from different worlds, and
yet you were the one who taught me the value of love.

Be thankful for hard times in your life. Try not to look at them
as bad things, but as opportunities to grow and learn.

I know you're upset about him. It's okay, be upset, cry, scream into your pillow till you think you've lost your voice. But looking back on this stupid boy who broke your heart in the future, you'll laugh at him, Laugh because he thought he was doing the right thing at the right time. Turns out he wasn't because he lost something amazing. And you'll thank him. Thank him for making you stronger, and to say to hell with him, I'm great. But most importantly you'll appreciate what he did, because without him leaving you wouldn't have found the amazing boy you're with now.

You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.

When we first met, you were the sweetest boy i'd ever met. I was sure you'd treat me right. Now, i don't even know what i saw in you. Seriously, you are the biggest player at my school, but i didn't see it till now. Fuck that sparkle in your eye, you take advantage of it.

Maybe that’s my problem. I open up to too many people, expecting them
to do the same for me. And being crushed when i find out I’m just not worth it.

Don't keep the past in your mind. Don't stress over the future. Because if you're too worried about what has already happened and what might happen, you can't focus on what's right in front of you. The present is what makes the future and what helps you move on from the past

I want to be with you, I just want to be with you. If I could hold your hand for the rest of my life, I would never be scared again. I want to hold you tight and I want to tell you every second how much you mean to me because nobody has ever meant more. I want to be able to help you and make you smile, just like you make me smile.

“You're the first person I wanna look at when I wake up in the morning and the only one I want to kiss goodnight. Because the first time that I saw these hands, I couldn't imagine not being able to hold them” -Definitely, Maybe


I love the way you said you'd always love me and I love the way you looked at me with eyes that reassured every promise you made. It's not so often that you stumble upon someone who makes you feel on top of the world and it's even less often that you find a good way to hold onto them and keep them within your reach because once they're gone, you've lost them for good.

“To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams, to have goals in life and a drive to succeed, and to surround yourself with the things and the people that make you happy- this is success!” - Sasha Azevedo

Promise yourself to be strong, that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side as long as you are true to the best that is in you.

We spend half our life sleeping, but we spend our whole life waiting. Waiting in lines, waiting for times, waiting to be old enough, waiting for a call. We’re always waiting. We just don't always realize it. Waiting for someone to say something, waiting for them to notice you. Constantly waiting for that one person, and they have no idea you’re waiting for them

Never in a million years did I think I'd find someone so utterly and completely perfect. Someone who makes me happier than I have 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.

"Our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count."
-The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

Only you yourself can give you the best advice. It sounds oh so cliche, but follow your heart.

We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid, so are regrets

people spend their whole lives trying to live up to other people's expectations and being told what to do. i say screw that; be free. do what you want, go where you want, and reach for the sky because life has no limits or boundaries. boundaries are just other people's fears, and limits are just other people's expectations. you only get one chance to do all the things that life offers you. have no enemies, no regrets. no fears, and then you'll have really lived life.

Cinderella said to Snow White
How does love get so off course
All I wanted was a white knight
With a good heart, soft touch, fast horse
Ride me off into the sunset
-this kiss faith hill

You know when you are doing a math test, and you skip those really hard problems and save them for last because they are too complicated or you just don't get it? I am one of those problems and that is exactly how people treat me.

I'm not sad, mad, upset, depressed, or frustrated. I’m disappointed that you were exactly what everyone said you were. A player, jerk, and someone who will never understand what true love really means.

Believe, that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.

If he misses you, he’ll call just to hear your voice. If he wants you, he’ll say it. And if he cares, he’ll show it. If he has a thought about you, it will come out of his mouth. If you are on his mind non stop, he will do anything he can just to see you. If he truly likes you, he won’t let anything get in the way and fight back just to keep you in his arms. If not, he can’t be worth your time because you’re obviously not worth his.

You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.

A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep. In dreams you will lose your heartaches. Whatever you wish for, you keep. Have faith in your dreams, and someday, your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true.
[Cinderella]

You’re original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
Maybe you’re reason why all the doors are closed;
So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road
[Fireworks by Katy Perry]

I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of the same, people will never know how far a little kindness can go.
[Rachel Scott]

Sometimes things happen in our lives that tear us apart inside, but if we don’t learn to look past them and see the sun shining above the clouds, we will forever be standing in the rain.

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You closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see; you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too – even when you’re in the dark.
Even when you’re falling.

There are moments that mark your life, moments when you realize nothing will ever be the same again, and time is divided into two parts, before this and after this, now sometimes you can feel such a moment coming, that's the test, or so I tell myself at times like these: strong people keep moving forward anyway, no matter what they’re going to find.

You will look back on the times you laughed and you will cry. You will look back on the times you cried, and you will laugh. You will always remember close friends, and you will always keep memories of them in your heart. Life is hard, it’s tough, and it’s unfair, but everyone gets over the hurt and the pain, eventually. You always end up with a smile on your face, if you give it a chance.

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.
[Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love]

This is failure. It’s that moment when you realize that a choice you made, or something you did, has fully changed the course of your life. But what matters even more than this truth is what you do choose to do once you know it. The tendency may be to curl up in the fetal position and wait for things to improve. But if you can somehow manage to take a breath and look around you, you might just spot another path you hadn’t seen before. It may not be easy to walk, especially the beginning. But all that really matters is that it’s there.
[Sarah Dessen]

Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in the four C's. They are curiosity, confidence, courage and constancy, and the greatest of these is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.
[Walt Disney]

"Life is all about change. If it were static, think about how boring it would be. You can't be afraid of it, and you can't worry that you'll mess things up. You deserve good things, and I want to be one of them." -Ellen Hopkins

Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment, and making the best of it without knowing what will happen next. Be thankful for hard times in your life. Try not to look at them as bad things, but as opportunities to grow and learn.

What you think is what you are. What you peruse becomes your reality.

In a world of comparison and conformity, make your own statement.

throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

You know that feeling? That feeling as if youre on top of the world? The feeling you get after your first date. The feeling you get after you laugh with your best friend. The feeling you get when meeting your idol. That’s how life should feel everyday

Everything that happens to us, the good and the bad, is part of us. It took me a long time to realize that it doesn't have to define who we are. We get to decide.
[CSI]

So, we'll go our own ways, and hopefully you'll remember the things I've told you. Hopefully you'll understand that everything I said was in sincerity. A broken heart is not what I wanted from this, but I guess I've learned from it. But aren't you supposed to learn from your mistakes? I don't consider this a mistake, I just wish the story didn't end this way, cause I'm still in love with the person who helped me write it.

I traced our names on a foggy window, and I watched them fade away, just like we did.

I have someone who is protective, stable, strong, loving, kind, funny, and reliable. He’s everything any girl could ever ask for, and probably more than most girls ever dream of having in their life. But I’m in love with someone else. Someone who I’m not sure is any of those things, someone who I’m not even sure feels the same way. But the only difference is that I am truly in love with him.

I guess, if anything, it's about taking chances, even when you think you're all out of chances. It's about giving forgiveness and unconditional love, even when it seems like you should only do the opposite. It's about trusting that God puts people in your life at certain moments so that you can capitalize the opportunity. It's all about the possibility. It's all about what you do with those possibilities. Life is short, but it moves so fast. Hang on and enjoy the ride. And when someone comes along with whom you enjoy spending the ride with, hold on tight.

I feel like people get lost when they think of happiness as a destination. We’re always thinking that someday we’ll be happy. You know, we’ll get that car or that job or that person in our lives that fixes everything. But happiness is a mood and a condition, it’s not a destination. It’s like being tired or hungry; it’s not permanent, it comes and goes, and that’s okay. And I feel like if people thought of it that way, they’d find happiness a lot more often.
[One Tree Hill]

Don't find love, let love find you. That's why it's called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall.

Teenage passion. Childhood Sweethearts. Schoolgirl Crush. College Romance. The first person you gave a part of you too, be it your heart, or all of your emotions. Holding hands, butterflies and stolen glances. Don't forget your first love, they either make you or break you, and either way they made you strong. They set your standard of love, and possibly always will.

stars make me smile, because every time i see one i feel hope. hope that tomorrow is a new day with a new feeling. that something different, better, is out there waiting. everyone wishes on stars with the same hope.

Life changes. You get it all lined up just the way you like it and then something beyond your control comes along and bumps your off center. How nice it would be if you could get everything just the way you want it and say “okay, now.. stay!”. But nothing stays the same. You grow up, make friends, lose friends, go to college, lose track of people, meet new ones and sometimes you ask yourself why. But all I can tell you is that every single experience you go through changed you in some way. Every new person who comes into your life changes you. Every moral dilemma or emotional experience you come up against changes you. It’s your job to decide how.

Beauty comes from a life well lived. If you've lived well, your smile lines are in the right places, and your frown lines aren't too bad, what more do you need?
- Jennifer Garner

Amanda :) fifteen going on twenty. i love me some inspiring quotes & graphics. the ones that really touch you, or that you can relate to. or even ones that make you think. i live in the past, and i know i'm not easy to understand. i keep a lot inside, and i'm also not the easiest person to read. that's okay because even though there is a lot about me you will never know, there's surely a hell of a lot about me that you can learn to love. i hope this is enough to make the scroll box scroll. yeah, i'm pretty down to earth.

You spend a long enough time with someone and your bodies memorize each other.. the warmth of your back, the pace of your heartbeat, your tickly eyelashes and the way your fingers would curl in sequence when I used to play with your palm. Another person is like moving to a new country where you don’t know the language. It's a scary thing.

I believe in being strong,
when everything seems to be going wrong.
I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.
I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.
Audrey Hepburn

I'm learning to be brave in my beautiful mistakes.
I've felt the fire and I've been burned,
but I wouldn't trade the pain for what I've learned.

The greatest love story ever told,
is your own.
Letters to Juliet

The best love is the kind that
awakens the soul and makes us reach for more,
that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.
And that's what you've given me.
That's what I'd hoped to give you forever.
The Notebook

I wanted a perfect ending.
Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end.
Life is about not knowing, having to change,
taking the moment and making the best of it,
without knowing what’s going to happen next.
Gilda Radner

Never bend your head. Always hold it high.
Look the world straight in the eye.
Helen Keller

So sometimes it might hurt,
so you probably will cry,
but the worst pain of all,
is not giving love a try.

My boyfriend John. He may not be an actual "Super Hero", but he should be. He saved me from making so many mistakes. Whenever I need encouragement, he's there. Whenever I need anything, he's there. He brings me soup when I'm sick. He gives me flowers after I've had a long stress-filled week. He helps me with my homework, and comforts me when I'm feeling down. I'm so grateful to have someone like him in my life. He saved me from becoming majorly depressed after my mother passed away. I really feel like he came into my life at that time for a reason. I know he'll always be there for me, even if we were to breakup. That means more to me than anything in the world. I know this seems like anything a love-stricken teenage girl would write, but with John it's different. He can make me go from being cranky and moody to laughing till I cry and snort, and yes, I said snort. I just can't put it into words how much he means to me, and I hope and pray that we stay together for a long time <3.

You have a purpose. And I know you are young, but you really are meant to do something with your life. You may not realize it yet, but whatever happens now, no matter how difficult, things will be okay, and tomorrow will be better.
Melissa Ann Hoply

If you don't like the road you're walking,
start paving another one.
Dolly Parton

"Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking.
Loving might be a mistake, but it's worth making."
"I Hope You Dance" Leanne Womack

Lightning doesn't often strike twice. It's a once in a lifetime thing. Even if it feels like the shock is coming over and over again. Eventually the pain will go away, the shock will wear off. And you start to heal yourself. To recover from something you never saw coming. But, sometimes the odds are in your favor. If you're in just the right place at just the right time you can take a helluva hit. And still have a shot at surviving.

poem from zach?

You don't know how I'm feeling.
I have yet to vocalize
Desire deep inside me.
Can you see it in my eyes?

I tremble when I'm near you
Heat travels up my thighs
and I want you with an urgency
That I just can't describe.

Dare I reach out to touch you?
Do you think you'd realize
How much I want and need you?
Can you see it in my eyes?

I long to say, "I love you,"
But am scared of your reply.
Terrified like a child
I've become paralyzed.

The camouflaged emotions
Lead to pain and silent cries.
And yet I just can't tell you.
Don't you see it in my eyes?

Confessing through this poem
My dilemma summarized.
The feeling's quite cathartic,
But will lead to my demise.

life is simple…
you make choices and you don't look back.

people need to be more aware of
the need to work at learning how to
live, because life is so quick, and
sometimes, it goes away too quickly.

Don't find love, let love find you. That's why it's called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall.

Teenage passion. Childhood Sweethearts. Schoolgirl Crush. College Romance. The first person you gave a part of you too, be it your heart, or all of your emotions. Holding hands, butterflies and stolen glances. Don't forget your first love, they either make you or break you, and either way they made you strong. They set your standard of love, and possibly always will.

Love makes you feel like you're four years old at Disney World again

Don’t underestimate the power of an apology, a prayer or even a smile. People are in your life for a reason so don’t ever regret something if it once made you the happiest person in the world.

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I guess, if anything, it's about taking chances, even when you think you're all out of chances. It's about giving forgiveness and unconditional love, even when it seems like you should only do the opposite. It's about trusting that God puts people in your life at certain moments so that you can capitalize the opportunity. It's all about the possibility. It's all about what you do with those possibilities. Life is short, but it moves so fast. Hang on and enjoy the ride. And when someone comes along with whom you enjoy spending the ride with, hold on tight.

I feel like people get lost when they think of happiness as a destination. We’re always thinking that someday we’ll be happy. You know, we’ll get that car or that job or that person in our lives that fixes everything. But happiness is a mood and a condition, it’s not a destination. It’s like being tired or hungry; it’s not permanent, it comes and goes, and that’s okay. And I feel like if people thought of it that way, they’d find happiness a lot more often.
[One Tree Hill]

Chris Lambton recently told Star why he turned down The Bachelor:
"When my kids are 20 years old and looking for love, I want to say, 'This is the amazing story of how I met your mom,' not, 'Oh, yeah, she was the best of 25.'"

And if it's going to end then let it end in flames. Let it burn all the way down. And if this is ever meant to end, then I hope it ends where it began. So hot with love, we burned our hands

"If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward your always in the same place." -Nora Roberts

"If you ever doubt the power of language, listen more closely. Witness the magic the first time someone whispers "I love you." Watch a woman put on head phones, close her eyes, and have her life changed by a lyric. See a bad moment flipped upside down by a well timed joke. Words propel us, empower us, make us human and more than human. We constantly struggle to say what we mean and mean what we say; to wrestle with words and meanings. But as we whisper and shout, stutter and spin, we create order out of the chaos around us. We are built of words, and we live by them, too."

"Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." -Mother Teresa

“It’s the possibility that keeps me going. And though you may call me a dreamer or fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible.”

"You couldn't have strength without weakness, you couldn't have light without dark, you couldn't have love without loss.

"Life flies by, so you have to embrace it. Forget the past, because you cannot erase it. So live the dream, and learn to chase it."

"The majority of us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we pass through this world. There will most likely be no ticker-tape parades for us, no monuments created in our honor; but that does not lessen our possible impact, for there are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along. People who will appreciate our compassion, our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring - all of which have a potential to turn a life around. It's overwhelming to consider the continuous opportunities there are to make our love felt."

Some of the best things in life are UNSEEN:
we close our eyes when we kiss, sleep and therefore dream.
love is not seen, it's felt.
you can't see the wind, but rather feel the breeze.

The past is all memories, some of them will fade.
The future is what we create, day by passing day.
The present is a gift we too often toss away.

“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else. And for everything you gain, you lose something else. It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice.”

I don't need a rose, I want a daisy you picked for my hair. I don't want a box of fancy chocolates, I want a burnt cookies you made just for me. I don't want to go to some upscale restaurant, let's just have a picnic in the park. We don't have to go to prom, we can just dance on my front porch until we fall asleep in each other's arms.

Cameron John

Cameron-
Since it's Christmas time I decided to write you a little something.
I guess I haven't tried to contact you these past six months is because I haven't had anything to say to you.
I still sorta don't,
all I have to say is that I still think about you from time to time and I think about all of the amazing times we had together,
but I really hope you are proud of who you have become, because when I see you at school, I don't even see the Cameron I used to be in love with, your like a shell of who you used to be, but it's your life to live, I'm not a part of it any longer.
I just wanted to say that all of the girls that you are talking to and then you don't talk to them at school, and you act like you don't know who they are, your breaking their hearts. It's heartbreaking for me to see, I have found 3 girls in the bathroom at school crying because you text them and facebook them and then you don't talk to them at school, or let alone acknowledge them. I've hugged them and told them that they deserve better.
I'm so disappointed with you you've become everything that you swore you would never become.
This letter is easy to write to you, because I am now over you and think of you as a chapter in my life that is now closed, never the less it was a fantastic chapter while it lasted.
Know that no matter what happens there will always be a part of my heart that belongs to you, and no one can ever have my whole heart.
And I'm sorry that I hurt you, that is my only regret in my life, I wish I could take it back because I know that things would be different between us and I'm positive that we'd still be together and happy, but everything in this life has a reason, and of that I am sure.
Thank you for teaching me everything, I know that I am a better and happier person because you were a part of my life. I know that a love like we shared doesn't come around too many times in a lifetime and consider myself an extremely lucky girl because for 3 years you were mine(:
That's all I have to say.
I hope you accomplish everything that you want to in your life,
and you get everything that you want because you truly deserve it.
I hope you wake up one day and have clarity and stop hurting so many people, because that's not who my camin was, and that's not who you are.
I'll always remember you.
Always
-Alex


As I look back on all that's happened...growing up, growing together, changing you, changing me there were times when we dreamed together, when we laughed and cried together. As I look back on those days, I realize how much I'll truly miss you and how much I truly loved you. The past may be gone forever...and what the future holds, our today’s make the memories of tomorrow. So, my lifetime friend, it is with all my heart that I send you my love, hoping that you'll always carry my smile with you, for all we have meant to each other and for what the future may hold.

Live your life from your heart.
-Melody Beattie

Stop hearing
and start listening.
Stop touching
and start feeling.
Stop looking
and start seeing.
Stop existing
and start living.

What makes life so wonderful
is that we're all given the opportunity
to have a wonderful life.

Letting go of your past is easier to do when you're focusing on a brighter future.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
-Helen Keller

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.
For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it.
For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.
Ivan Pain

You only have this day once,
You can make it wonderful and memorable;
or you can treat it just like any other ordinary day.
It's all up to you.

"Truth only means something when it's hard to admit."

"Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't mean you love them any less. Sometimes it makes you love them even more."

Jonah: "- Do you want a cookie?
Ronnie: What?
Jonah: - A cookie. Like an Oreo. Do you want one?
Ronnie:- No.
-Jonah: How can you not want a cookie?
-Ronnie: I just don't.
- JonahL Okay, fine,let's say you did want a cookie. Let's say you were dying for a cookie, and there were cookies in the cupboard. What would you do?
-Ronnie: I'd eat a cookie?
-Jonah: Exactly. That's all I'm saying.
-Ronnie: What are you saying?
- Jonah: That if people want cookies, they should get a cookie. It's what people do.
- Ronnie: Let me guess. Dad won't let you have a
cookie?
-Jonah: No. Even though I'm practically starving to death, he won't even consider it. He says I have to have a sandwich first.
- Ronnie: And you don't think that's fair.
- jonah: You just said you'd get a cookie if you wanted one. So why can't I? I'm not a little kid. I can make my own decisions.
- Ronnie: Hmm. I can see why this bothers you so
much.
- Jonah: It's not fair. If he wants a cookie, he can have one. If you want a cookie,
you can have one. But if I want a cookie, the rules don't count. Like you
said, it's not fair.
-Ronnie: So what are you going to do?
- Jonah: I'm going to eat a sandwich. Because I have to. Because the world isn't fair to ten-year-olds."


"Life, he realize, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile."

What I live for:
for the feeling when you're 100% happy with your life
for a big bowl of my favorite ice cream
for pleasant surprises
for tears of joy
for making memories
for a warm breeze
for going barefoot
for silly pictures
for the beauty of flowers
for the sweetest good morning texts
for happy dawns and warm dusks
for really GOOD hot chocolate
for summer strawberries
for the sunshine beating down on your skin
for making homemade cards
for friends
for having a full day to myself
for green grass
for scarves
for wearing sundresses
for sprinklers
for sparklers
for post cards
for long night drives
for getting mail
for ice cream cake
for catching lightning bugs in the middle of the night
for people watching
for the future love of my life
for the current loves of my life
for beach days
for picnics
for holding a newborn baby
for thrift store shopping
for the kindness of strangers
for sleeping with my window open to the sound of rain
for the morning after camping when your clothes still smell of campfire
for feeling; whether sadness, or anger, or overwhelming joy
for heartfelt "i love you's"
for getting dressed up and feeling gorgeous
for moments right after waking up, with no make up, messy hair, and all - and you still feel totally gorgeous
for decorating the christmas tree, baking christmas cookies, listening to christmas music 24/7, and christmas present shopping
for giving
for my brothers
for watching sunsets..and sunrises
for waking up at 5 am every morning just to talk with my mom
for good songs with meaning
for smiling
for making other people smile
for singing
for best friends who know exactly how to cheer you up
for the smell of bonfires
for talking to random strangers
for going on long aimless walks
for listening to the waves
for anything chocolate!
for a good cry
for warm summer rain
for candles
for play-dough
for his goodnight kisses and perfect hugs
for his singing in the car
for jumping in puddles
for seeing old friends
for summer days when i can sit on my front porch swing, reading a good book and drinking green tea
for coloring books and 64 packs of crayloa crayons
for laughing til it hurts and you have tears streaming down your cheeks
for nights you want to never end
for the smell of a baking cake
for french vanilla, perfectly sharpened pencils and paint all over my hands
for friendship and quiet nights in
for music, movies, and little household chores
for thunder, stars, and sunny days
for summer, spring, and fall
for cuddles in winter, and warm hot chocolate
for homemade cookies, soft kleenex, and old teddy bears
for books
for everything
for nothing
to live
for driving without a destination
for trips to apple orchards and pumpkin patches
for apologies
for dimples
for sarcasm
for forehead kisses
for nachos
for warm blankets and lots of pillows
for french onion soup
for freckles
for my kitten
for the late afternoon sunshine streaming through the blinds
for fresh sheets
for guys driving trucks
for variation
for fireflies
for living up to your own expectations
for tan lines
for self-control
for unexpected hugs
for missed calls
for bouquets of flowers
a warm sunny day, laying in the grass
for the smell of autumn
for old couples still in love
for learning about the past
for following my heart
for spectacular dreams
for being brave
for people who love me for me
for unlimited texting
for the cheerful sound my phone makes when i get a message
for surprise presents
for crunchy apples
for finding heart-shaped rocks
for the changing of seasons
for feeling not alone
for anxiously awaiting the next month's issue of my favorite magazine subscription to come, finally getting it, reading it cover to cover like 3 times, and then ripping out all of my favorite photos and ads and quotes from it
for waking up to the sound of birds chirping
for an ice-cold glass of chocolate milk
for water rides
for movies that make me laugh
for movies that make me cry
for people who give more than they take
for warm towels or clothes right out of the dryer
for bonfires with marshmallows, hot dogs, and s'mores
for honest smiles
for an old, broken in, favorite pair of jeans
to touch other peoples' lives
for rainy days full of magical sounds & for inspiration
for brand new books
for the combination of wind and sun
for going places that have dippin' dots carts..just for the dippin' dots
for moments you realize how blessed you are
for connecting with others from all over the planet and learning that deep inside we're all the same
for the future
for sweet kisses
for long hugs
for trees
for clouds
for swimming
for photography
for contagious laughter
for puppies
...and kittens, and all other baby animals
for sunshine on your face
and sand between your toes
for sleeping late, and then making pancakes
(especially chocolate chip banana pancakes:))
for days when it feels like it will rain and it doesn't
for rainbows
for random smiles from strangers
for post-it notes
for SO SO much
for the people you'd trust with your life 200%
for honest talks with my mom
for the reality that everyday is a gift
for listening to kids splashing in the water
for waking up early and staying up late
for inspiring people
for cd mixes
for road trips and traveling
for discovering new things to fall in love with
for waking up everyday knowing that i have the world to be thankful for
for listening to other peoples' reasons to live
for loving and living and laughing and smiling and then waking up and doing it all over again

My mother taught me to focus on being myself and not to worry what other people think about you. I know that as long as Im a good person Ill stay on the right path. From my dad I learned that when someone tells you no its only the beginning of a conversation. They both have always let me know that I can do anything I want to do as long as I dont give up. They are the most important role models in my life because they are exactly who I want to be when I grow up. They are supportive and understanding and I try every day to remember what theyve taught me

Learn from your past, move on, grow stronger.
People are fake, but let your trust last longer.
Do what you got to do, but always stay true,
and never let anyone get the best of you.

You have to laugh,
love, and live everyday like it's your last

I want to meet good people with good in intentions, the open-minded,
the optimistic, the people that make an effort.

When you bring peace to the past,
you can move forward to the future.

Be careful not to confuse coincidence with fate.

I never understood the whole "opposites attract" phrase.
If two people are different and have different interests, why would
they get along so well? But then I thought about it. "I love you for
everything I'm not." So, basically, two opposite people come
together to fill in the missing parts of themselves.

Friends are like walls. Sometimes you lean on then, and sometimes
it's good just knowing they're there.


As I look back on all that's happened...growing up, growing together, changing you, changing me there were times when we dreamed together, when we laughed and cried together. As I look back on those days, I realize how much I'll truly miss you and how much I truly love you. The past may be gone forever...and what the future holds, our today’s make the memories of tomorrow. So, my lifetime friend, it is with all my heart that I send you my love, hoping that you'll always carry my smile with you, for all we have meant to each other and for what the future may hold.



I like not being a double zero in jeans unnaturally; Skeletons just aren't my thing.
So if I jiggle a bit, confidence will give me all the happiness I need.
It's okay if I'm not the hottest girl around, as long as I have decent personality,
I'll be fine. I've lived, I've laughed, I've loved. Maybe not in the ways people would appreciate, but it's been more than enough for me.

Just because the road ahead is long, is no reason to slow down.
Just because there is much work to be done, is no reason to get discouraged.
It is a reason to get started, to grow, to find new ways, to reach within
yourself and discover strength, commitment, determination, discipline.


I have been told that I have an amazing sense of humor.
I love this because I find it easy to have a laugh and joke with people,
I don't like to take things too seriously and believe that everyone should laugh as much as they can.
I love the fact that I can regularly make people laugh, when I see my friends laughing and know
it's because of me it makes me feel good that I could make their day enjoyable for a few
moments despite anything else going on in their lives.


Dif·fer·ent: [dif-er-uhnt, dif-ruhnt]
– Adjective
1. Not alike in character or quality; differing; dissimilar: The two are different.
2. Not identical; separate or distinct: three different answers.
3. Various; several: Different people told me the same story.
4. Not ordinary; unusual.


I got everything I need right here with me. I love waking up in the morning not knowing what's gonna happen or, who I'm gonna meet, where I'm gonna wind up. I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count.

I did not know i was on a search for passionate aliveness. I only knew i was lonely and lost and that something was drawing me deeper beneath the surface of my life in search of meaning. There is a hunger in people to go to those deep depths; to know that our lives are sacred; that our hearts are truly capable of love. It is a yearning to be all that we can be. A longing for what is real.

The moon passes into and out of its phases, flowers bloom in spring and stars fall from the skies. Life simply goes on.

"You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." -Albus Dumbledore

To do!

Graduated High School.
Kissed someone.
Smoked cigarettes.
Got so drunk you passed out.
Rode every ride at an amusement park.
Collected something really stupid.
Gone to a rock concert.
Helped someone.
Gone fishing.
Watched four movies in one night.
Gone long periods of time with out sleep.
Lied to someone.
Been dumped.
Snorted cocaine.
Failed a class.
Smoked weed.
Dealt drugs.
Taken a college level course.
Been in a car accident.
Been in a tornado.
Done hard drugs (i.e. ecstasy, heroin, crack, meth, acid).
Watched someone die.
Been to a funeral.
Burned yourself. (accidentally)
Ran a marathon.
Your parents got divorced.
Cried yourself to sleep.
Spent over $200 in one day.
Flown on a plane.
Cheated on someone.
Been cheated on.
Written a 10 page letter.
Gone skiing.
Been sailing.
Cut yourself.
Had a best friend.
Lost someone you loved.
Shoplifted something.
Been to jail.
Had detention.
Skipped school.
Got in trouble for something you didn’t do.
Stolen books from the library.
Gone to a different country.
Dropped out of school.
Been in a mental hospital.
Watched the “Harry Potter” movies.
Had an online diary.
Fired a gun.
Gambled in a casino.
Had a yard sale.
And a lemonade stand.
Actually made money at the lemonade stand.
Been in a school play.
Been fired from a job.
Taken a lie detector test.
Swam with dolphins.
Gone to sea world.
Attempted suicide.
Voted for American/Australian Idol.
Written poetry.
Read more than 20 books a year.
Gone to Europe.
Loved someone you couldn’t have.
Wondered about your sexuality.
Used a coloring book over age 12.
Had surgery.
Had stitches.
Taken a taxi.
Seen the Washington Monument.
Had more than 5 IM’s/online conversations going at once.
Overdosed.
Had a drug or alcohol problem.
Been in a fist fight.
Suffered any form of abuse.
Had a hamster.
Petted a wild animal.
Used a credit card.
Gone surfing in California.
Did “spirit day” at school.
Dyed your hair.
Got a tattoo.
Had something pierced.
Got straight A’s.
Been on the Honor Roll.
Known someone with HIV or AIDS.
Taken pictures with a webcam.
Started a fire.
Had a party while your parents weren’t home.
Gotten caught having a party while they were gone.

believe it or not, you are in control of your own life. you are the reason why you’re sad. and you’re the reason why you’re happy. so don’t wait for happiness. go out and find it. right now. and don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise.

Even if you think the flame has died, there's a least one lyric that'll hit that last hot spot, and then you'll find yourself as fucked as you were the day you lied and said you never wanted to see him again.
- John Mayer

My heart? Yeah, it broke, I'm not gonna lie. For a minute I thought that I was gonna die. But then I stepped back and took a long look at who I gave my heart to, and what it took to make love last, what makes it true and baby you just don't have a clue. So thanks for setting me free. Now I can find somebody worthy of me.

life is the ability to feel so happy, you think your insides are going to explode. it's being so upset or disappointed, you feel as if your stomach just dropped ten feet out of place. it's running so hard, you can barely breathe. it's the feeling of panic when you know you've been caught doing something wrong. it's having that sudden rush before you kiss someone you care about. it's opening your eyes and feeling them sting because you spent the whole night crying. it's letting people go because new ones come in, and all the while realizing that life doesn't have a purpose unless you let it.


Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say "I am blessed to be stressed and too anointed to be disappointed. Winners make things happen; losers let things happen.



Just because the road ahead is long, is no reason to slow down. Just because there is much work to be done, is no reason to get discouraged. It is a reason to get started, to grow, to find new ways, to reach within yourself and discover strength, commitment, determination, discipline.



Not everything turns into what it's supposed to be. Not everybody is supposed to just walk out of your life. Sometimes surprises and second chances do happen, you just can't be afraid to let them happen.


My parents said that I was special, that I wear my heart on my sleeve. But really, I just trust people too easily. I usually create a false image of who I want them to be instead of who they really are. Soon, it's the fantasy person I trust. I believe it when they say, "i'm your friend" or "you can trust me" or "I truly care about you." I'm the cause of my own downfall. I trust people too easily.

Some things don't last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a good book, or a good memory you can take out and unfold in your darkest times, pressing down on the corners and peering in close, hoping you still recognize the person you see there.



The past year has been filled with tears, heartbreak and constant worrying. Just as i threw the towel in and walked away from love. Thats when you came in, you showed me that not all boys leave & that its okay to give your all to someone. For the first time in a while i feel like im on top of the world so please, i beg you..dont break my heart.

As long as you're enjoying life, and as long as you're happy, it doesn't matter what you're doing.


Next time you're stressed, take a step back, inhale & laugh. Remember who you are & why you are here. You're never given anything in this world that you cannot handle. Be strong, be flexible, love yourself & love others. Always remember, just keep moving forward.

Forgetting you will be impossible. You impacted my life in a way
no one
can describe. And I'll still love you, even though you're gone.

Life isn't about how many people call you and it's not about who you've dated, are dating, or haven't dated at all. It's not about grades, money, clothes, or colleges that accept you or not. Life isn't about if you have lots of friends, or if you are alone, and it's not about how accepted or unaccepted you are. Life just isn't about that. Life is about who you love and who you hurt. It's about how you feel about yourself. It's about trust, happiness, and compassion. It's about sticking up for your friends and replacing inner hate with love. Life is about avoiding jealousy, overcoming ignorance, and building confidence. It's about what you say and what you mean. It's about seeing people for who they are and not for what they have. Most of all, it is about living your life to touch someone Else's.


i believe being alone means you're free. that old lovers miss you and new lovers want you and the one you're with is the one you're meant to be with. that everything you want to happen, will happen. if you decide you want it enough. that every time you think a sad thought, you can think a happy one instead.

the best things in life aren’t things, they’re moments,
feelings, lessons, faith, emotions, discoveries, truths.

It’s hard when you miss people.
But you know if you miss someone,
that means you’re lucky.
It means you had someone special in your life,
someone worth missing.

"I was married, once. I married the first man I truly loved. Thought we had this whole fairy tale thing going on. It was, he was amazing. We were amazing. And then he did something, something stupid and thoughtless and mean. Kinda something I was not willing to forgive. So I left him and I left him behind and I went on and I live this whole other life now. And It’s good, it’s fine, I have a great guy, a doctor, my life is damn near perfect. But every once in a while I think about that guy and the fairy tale thing we had. I wonder if we’d still be amazing if we were together now. And I’ll never know. Cause the minute it got hard, the minute it stopped being a fairytale, I cut and ran. Real life is hard, real stuff takes work. Real life is sometimes heartless and mean. But that doesn’t cancel out the love. So if you don’t love this girl, walk away. But if you look at her and you know she’s the one, you owe it to yourself to give her a second chance."-Private Practice

Stuff your eyes with wonder. Live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees. Ask for no security. There never was such an animal and if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day, everyday, sleeping its life away. To hell with that. Shake the tree and knock the great sloth down on his ass.

Love has no age limit. It's not like alcohol or something. You don't have to be 21 to love. I mean, when I was three, I loved my teddy bear. The only difference now is my teddy bear is taller then 6 feet with blonde hair & blue eyes. He can walk, talk, & this teddy bear actually loves me back.

Maybe it’s true what they say. There are those people you encounter in life who you never really get over.
No matter how many other better people you meet, people who treat you better and love you better, in the back
of your mind, there is always that person you can’t quite completely forget.

The fact that you cannot kiss your elbow is enough to make you
realize that some things seem to be so close, yet they are bound to be beyond your reach.

Life has only three guarantees. Smiling will brighten your face,
laughing will enhance your eyes, and falling in love will change your life.

Love is fragile and we're not always it's best caretakers.
Even the best of us make mistakes.
We just muddle through and do the best we can to hope this fragile thing survives by all odds.
(The Last Song)


Living on nothing but love while you're still young.
Life is too short to put it off anymore. You gotta live it before it's too late.
I can't turn that clock back around. What you're dreaming about- you better do it now, don't wait.


Life's a roller coaster: you scream at the peaks, hold hands through the dips,
laugh through the loops, & enjoy every twist and turn along the way.


For those who have grown with me or watched me grow up, I have always been the same girl.
More mature, maybe. More wise. But my core has stayed the same.
The funky spun in my step is still there like it was from my childhood years.
My outright bluntness from my first sentence in meeting someone. Last, the choice to be different.
Yeah, sometimes I think to myself ‘Maybe I should be like all you out there.
Start dying my hair, waking up to straighten it everyday. Pounds of make-up, looking sexy 24/7.’
But, nah; I’ll stick to what I’ve got. Yes, you “super hot” girls make me feel pretty Plain Jane sometimes,
but for those who are understanding me right now, I’m better than you because, under all that make up,
who’s gonna want you now that everyone is so used to seeing you glammed up like a doll?
Do you have as much as ambition and drive as I do under all that make-up?


Follow your internal compass.
Steal a heart.
Lose track of time.
Live your life.


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 about those moments where you get high off of just breathing in so deep,
The ones who make you feel invincible, even at your weakest points.

You have to decide what’s most important to you: keeping your pride and getting nothing,
or taking a risk and maybe, maybe have everything.

You cannot put a price tag on love, no matter how hard you try.
Though some have tried and many will, it’s impossible.
By doing so it means one of two things; either you’ve underestimated the true value of love,
or you’ve failed to fully define what love really is.


I want to appreciate the times when moments are made into memories.
I want to embrace them, cherish them, and never forget that they come so few and far between.
I know that wherever life takes me, these moments will always follow.
They remind me of what's truly important. It's not just life, but living.
It's the journey, the destination and all the points in between. And I must admit, I like what I see.


The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for being.

There’s so much of the world to explore, and although I’m a small town girl at heart,
I have to get out there and see it for myself.

You take a while to fall in love with someone. Trust takes time.
You tend to give more than take in relationships. You need your space & privacy.
You don't like to be smothered. You're secretly hoping your partner will change for you.
You stay in love for a long time, even if you aren't loved back. When you fall, you fall hard.

Making a mistake doesn't matter; what matters is how determined you are to fix it.
But remember, a mistake is like writing on a foggy window, no matter how hard
you try to cover it up, if you look close enough.. it's still there.

Perfection is defined when your heart beats next to mine,
and time stands still for us. Your hand in my hair, and mine on your chest.
Moments with you are my life's best.

I’m a girl. I have feelings. I overreact. I underestimate. I overestimate.
I over think everything. I look too deep into everything’s meaning. I dream big.
My expectations are high. I can tell when I’m being lied to but sometimes I wish I didn’t.

There is and should not be one definite definition for beauty. It is everything.


I try my best for all friends.
My new thing is: If I'm presented with any decision,
try & do the best thing I can for humanity.


People say you have at least five dreams per night.
That's like 20 billion dreams a year.
One of those has got to be about me.


Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color.


Your fears are not walls, but hurdles.
Courage is not the absence of fear,
but the conquering of it.


A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg
even though she knows that you are slightly cracked.

He was my best friend. I would always love him, and it would never, ever be enough.


You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of.
You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Some pursue happiness – others create it.

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they
never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.


A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the
future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.


Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.

There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship.

www.instantsfun.es/

the butterflies never seem to accompany the right people. You know? The nice guys who are right for you, they never make your stomach queasy.

Because that's what you do when you're in love, you fucking stick it out.

Life is funny. It's funny how the simplest things can knock us off our feet - the perfect gust of wind, driving down country roads with the windows down, seeing someone you love smile, being where you feel right, skinny dipping at midnight while the moon shines, letters from old friends...and yet, these simple things, remind us why we live.

There are moments in your life that make you and sets the course of who you're going to be. Sometimes they're little, subtle moments. Sometimes they're big moments you never saw coming. No one asks for their life to change, but it does. It's what you do afterward that counts. That's when you find out who you are.

the answer is to live your life to fullest and never to take this beautiful world for granted.

Urban Dictionary defines Photobomb thusly: "Any time the background of a picture hijacks the original focus." It can also be a verb, "to drop in a photo unexpectedly...to hop in a picture right before it is taken.

Cap-a-Pie From head to foot.

You know, the right guy won't change you. He won't subtly pressure you. He won't tell you who you can and can't talk to about the two of you. He won't hide the fact that you're hanging out. He's not gonna tell you you're wrong for feeling... for being a girl. The right guy will show you off to his friends. He'll take it as slow as you want. He'll only go as far as you're comfortable with. He'll take you out to places, even if it's just a fast food place or the store. He'll actually sit through your stupid girly Disney movies with you because he wants to watch them with you. The right guy will come along someday, you just gotta tough it out and wait for him. But whatever you do, don't settle. You deserve so much more.

The best type of miracle a friendship can make is being able to grow up without growing apart.

Worry less, smile more, accept criticism, accept responsibility, listen and love, don’t hate, embrace change, and feel good anyway.

Sometimes, no matter how much faith we have, we lose people. But we never forget them. And sometimes, it's those memories that give us the faith to go on.

It's like you get this picture in your head of the way things should be, and you end up closing yourself off to some of the wonder and serendipity of the actual experience.

I know they say the first love is the sweetest, but that first cut is the deepest. I tried to keep us together, you were busy keeping secrets. Secrets, you were telling everybody but me.

And in some way, I recognize that I will never be fully over you, and that part of me will always love you. But most of me understands that this doesn't work, and I need to move on to be happy.

Sometimes you just want to put others happiness before yours. Because you love them, because they deserve it. Sometimes you want to go out of your way for people just because you know its important that they get a chance to smile once in a while.

I never asked for it to be over. Then again, I never asked for it to begin. That's the way it is with life, some of the most beautiful days come completely by chance. But even the most beautiful days have their sunsets.

You're better then the best, I'm lucky just to linger in your life.

Baby you make the sun shine down, you can paint the darkest clouds, and turn them into rainbows. You take your secret smile, that one that turns me on. Hey girl, you've been what I'm waiting for.

Yes I do dream of all we had together, guess it's true we lost it all forever. Do I pray anyway? Yes I do. I don't live in the past, wanting love that wouldn't last. And I don't ache like I used to. But yes I do dream of all we had together.

The things about life that I've learned is that you're going to get hurt. You're going to have emotional nights & cry yourself to sleep for hours. You're going to suffer some kind of heartbreak, some kind of loss. But you will also have those moments where you heal. Those moments are the best. You feel like you smile for the first time again. You feel like you're alive again. Life just kind of restarts.

I'm the kind of girl you can hear from miles away, the kind that if you're sad, it's her job to make you happy. The kind of girl who keeps messing up & saying, "Oops, sorry." I trip over everything. I'm such a klutz & get so mad at the simplest things

You can't friend a dream, you can't download your first kiss, you can't tag happiness or post the feeling you get from helping a total stranger. The only thing you can hope to do in your short life is live your dreams. - The Buried Life

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. -Oprah Winfrey

"Shit happens but, I'm going to keep forgiving, if you ain't laughing, you just ain't living, look up into to the skies and try to realize, that there's more to life than what meets the eyes."

Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they've been betrayed, to those who still love even though they've been hurt before.

All we ever have is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can’t relive it, and we can hope for the future, but we don’t know if there is one.

I am incredibly awkward and positive. I get attached easily, and I hold on for too long. I like opening up to people. I express myself like a five year old child I'm probably one of the most difficult and stubborn people you will ever meet. But I can be sweet. I'm a great listener. I'll guard your secrets with my life. I will never judge you based on your mistakes, and i'll love you as much as I can. I can be, if you let me, one of the best things in your life.

It occurred to me then that a lot of life was either about wanting and not having , or having and not wanting.

To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.

Because sometimes it’s easier to say, “I hate you,” than “I miss you, I wish we didn’t fight; I wish you would call me sometimes.” Because sometimes, it’s easier to think, screw life, screw work, screw everything, than admit that you’re overwhelmed and feel like you’re drowning. Because sometimes, it’s easier to admit the simple things than say the hard things and realize how much you’ve been struggling and how much you feel as if life has gone out of your control. things are just not meant to last forever. it might hurt to lose people, but maybe they just weren't supposed to stay. maybe the impact they have on your life is greater because they're gone. it gets tough, but life will give you a lot of people who are meant to stay, and even more who are not.

The only reason we hold back is because we think we have an endless amount of chances or that there will always be one more, but as time disappears into the past and life goes on, those chances will run out and you'll either live with eternal happiness for being brave, or eternal regret for holding back.

And I got so backwards, trying to make myself matter to him. All this time, there were real things to care about: real, good people who care about me and this place. It's so easy to get stuck. You just get caught up in being something, being special or cool or whatever, to the point where you don't even know why you need it; you just think you do.

Could it get any better?

I want people to feel an immediate happiness and cheerfulness when they are around me, to make a difference in someone’s life. I want to make an impression in someone’s life, so that even though I may be delicate and fragile, my footprints are permanent within the hearts of the ones I’ve touched

life is too short to be anything but happy.

5 Positive Thoughts:
1. Enjoy being alive. There's plenty of time to be dead.
2. Sometimes, nobody really cares if you are miserable, so you might as well be happy.
3. If you can't solve it, it's not a problem, it's reality.
4. Happiness is like perfume; you can't pour on others without getting few drops on yourself.
5. If all good things must come to an end, then don't worry. All bad things will eventually end too.

I guess the real fact of the matter is,
we don't know what tomorrow's going to bring.
And the only thing we really have is now. So, don't stay mad for too long.
Learn to forgive. Love with all your heart. Stay up all night. Have fun.
Live your life the way you want to live it.
Don't worry about people that don't like you. Enjoy the ones who do.
Have a crush. Kiss a boy.
Just live life the way you want & you'll be happy with & don't let anyone tell you you're doing it wrong.

i never thought I'd hear myself saying this,
but thank you. because if you hadn't of
come along, i never would have learned
that my worst day could also have been
my best. because when a heart breaks,
it also opens; and once a heart opens any
number of things can happen, and some of
them can be wonderful.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Live life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror.

I just wish I could tell you all the things I love about you. I love how dedicated you are and how no matter what's thrown at you, you don't give up. I love your smile. I love how no matter the amount of stupid things I do or say to you, you still want to be my friend. I love that you're not superficial and although you're pretty "popular" around school, you still hang around me. I love the close relationship you have with your sister and I love how happy you are when you get a new girlfriend. I love how well you treat her and I love how if I need you, I know I can count on you. I think these are all the reasons I love you so much. And these are also the reasons why I can't hate you or get over you.

Stop caring what other people think.
Wear what you want.
Say what you want.
Listen to the music you want to listen to. Play it loud and dance to it.
Go out for a drive at midnight and forget you have school the next day.
Stop waiting for Friday. Live now.
Do it now. Take risks.
Tell secrets. This life is yours.
When are you going to realize that you can do whatever you want?

i want to wear your sweatshirt to bed, watch scary movies with you, talk on the phone till sunrise, sneak out at night to look at the stars with you, play your favorite video game, make you watch chick flicks, kiss you in the rain, go on walks with you, laugh until i cant breathe, hold hands, build a fort and have a snowball fight. i want to fall hopelessly in love with you

I Never get tired of doing little things for others. Sometimes those little things occupy the biggest part of their hearts.

We are nothing with out our memories-David

It's not how you forget, but how you forgive. Not how you listen,
but how you understand. Not what you see, but how you feel.
It's not about how you let go, it's how you hold on.

I think we spend too much time wondering why we're not good enough.
we spend too much time over-analyzing, over-thinking, and overreacting.
we waste too much time putting ourselves down, so much that we don't
ever stop to see that well, we are good enough

We all have our time machines.
Some take us back, they're called memories.
Some take us forward, they're called dreams.


"There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.”

Just when you`ve had enough, life gives you more.
Just when you think it`s rained enough, it starts to pour.

The best feeling in the world is finally knowing you took a step in the right direction, a step towards the future where everything that you never though was possible is possible.

Some women choose to follow men and some women choose to follow their dreams.If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore.
-- Lady Gaga

there are four questions of value in life.what is sacred? of what is the spirit made? what is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? the answer to each is the same. only love.
-johnny depp

I cried today not because I missed you, or even wanted you.
But just because I realized, I'm going to be okay without you.

when you want something, go for it.
time passes too fast for hesitation.

passion is knowing what you want,
and never stopping until you have it.

If you're brave enough to say goodbye, you might just be lucky enough to get a new hello.

the reason people find it so hard to be happy
is that they always see their past better than what it was.

there is something beautiful in everything. you just have to find it.

Cinderella's probaly the best Disney princess. She didn't have her perfect life handed to her on a freaking gold platter, no Cinderella fought like crazy to get what she deserved. Then, her life changed in that instant. Her fairy godmother arrived and got her read for a ball gown event. That's when Cinderella met her prince charming, unexpectedly in a surprising event. Love happens unexpectedly, to the people who deserve it the most.

But mostly I cried because my life had been going full speed for so long and now it had just stopped, like running right into a big brick wall. We are so busy watching out for what's in front of us that we don't take time to enjoy were we are sometimes

"The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you will see." -Winston Churchill

"Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?" -Rose Kennedy

"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world, remains and is immortal." -Albert Pine

"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."
-Sir Francis Bacon

Sometimes we expect more from others because we would be willing to do that much for them.

Life is a matter of choice. You can be a
doctor who saves life, a lawyer who defends
life, a soldier who protects life. Or just be
yourself, a person who touched my life.

Our days would be happier if
we gave people a little bit of our
hearts rather than a piece of our minds.

The beautiful thing about memories is that they are yours;
whether they are good, bad, or indifferent. They belong to
you, and no matter where life takes you, your memories
tie you to where you've been, and to where you are now.

This is our purpose: to make as
meaningful as possible this life that
has been bestowed upon us; to live
in such a way that we may be proud
of ourselves; to act in such a way

You very rarely get everything you want in life.
But when you don't fight for it, you have even less of a chance.
So here I am. Fighting for you.

Gravity is the only thing that could pull you down, the rest is in your hands

The best boyfriend you'll have
isn't the best looking, the funniest,
or the richest. It's the one that
makes you feel gorgeous, hilarious,
and like a million dollars. He makes
sure you know he loves you.

So smile, laugh, forgive, believe, and love all over again.

i am the luckiest girl, to call you mine.
you still give me that "school girl-kind-of-love" feeling,
where i daydream about you with butterflies in my stomach.
you are absolutely amazing in every possible way.
without you, i am not me at all.
but with you, i am everything and more than i expected.
the sound of your voice puts a smile on my face
and the thought of you puts a sparkle in my eyes.
you are my best friend who i trust with everything
and know that i can confide in you like no other.
baby, you truly are my other half.
i know without any sort of doubt that you love me
just as much as i love you,
that you care for me more than the world
and would do anything for me that you had too.
i know that you and i were made to be together,
to keep each other going, to love each other more than life itself,
and to grow old together in rocking chairs,
on the front porch with a old dog infront of us
and glass of sweet tea.
you are my rock, who i depend on for everything
in every aspect of life.
thank you for everything you do for me.
i love you unconditionally and will
for the rest of my life ♥

Smile. It makes a world of difference. Dance. Who knows when you won't be able to. Cry. Holding those emotions in is bad for you. Kiss. Kisses are the most wonderful things in the world. Laugh. Whats the point in hiding happiness ? Frown. Why not let him know you're unhappy ? Apologize. You don't wanna lose friends. Hug. Theres no better feeling being wrapped up close to someone you love. Live, because life is everything

believe being alone means you're free. that old lovers miss you and
new lovers want you and the one you're with is the one you're meant
to be with. that everything you want to happen, will happen. if you
decide you want it enough. that every time you think a sad thought,
you can think a happy one instead.

Next time you're stressed, take a step back, inhale & laugh. Remember who you are & why you are here. You're never given anything in this world that you cannot handle. Be strong, be flexible, love yourself & love others. Always remember, just keep moving forward.

If you find someone who can make you feel like the best goddamn thing on the planet just by calling you beautiful, don't let go of them. They're rare to find nowadays.

Life doesn't come with a handbook or road map, you have to figure out the rules, rights and responsibilities; you have to remember which routes are right, and which are wrong. But most importantly you don't necessarily have to know where you're going, but you should always remember where you've come from.

Throw away your problems and smile because honestly, this is the only life you've got and your problems won't matter when you're dead.

Pain throws your heart to the ground. Love turns the whole thing around. Fear is a friend who's missunderstood. But I know the heart of life is good

Even though I really love you
I'm gonna smile cause I deserve to
It'll all get better in time

Quickly I'm learning to love again
All that I know is I'mma be ok


I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you're on it.
It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'
Audrey Hepburn

Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.
Audrey Hepburn

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete

"There is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings."

men are like a deck of cards.
you'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks.

make foil stars

I've never wanted a perfect life, just one that's happy.

write a letter to:
Day 1 — Your Best Friend
Day 2 — Your Crush
Day 3 — Your parents
Day 4 — Your sibling (or closest relative)
Day 5 — Your dreams
Day 6 — A stranger
Day 7 — Your Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/love/crush
Day 8 — Your favorite internet friend
Day 9 — Someone you wish you could meet
Day 10 — Someone you don’t talk to as much as you’d like to
Day 11 — A Deceased person you wish you could talk to
Day 12 — The person you hate most/caused you a lot of pain
Day 13 — Someone you wish could forgive you
Day 14 — Someone you’ve drifted away from
Day 15 — The person you miss the most
Day 16 — Someone that’s not in your state/country
Day 17 — Someone from your childhood
Day 18 — The person that you wish you could be
Day 19 — Someone that pesters your mind—good or bad
Day 20 — The one that broke your heart the hardest
Day 21 — Someone you judged by their first impression
Day 22 — Someone you want to give a second chance to
Day 23 — The last person you kissed
Day 24 — The person that gave you your favorite memory
Day 25 — The person you know that is going through the worst of times
Day 26 — The last person you made a pinky promise to
Day 27 — The friendliest person you knew for only one day
Day 28 — Someone that changed your life
Day 29 — The person that you want tell everything to, but too afraid to
Day 30 — Your reflection in the mirror

something tells me we'll see
each other in the future.
we may be apart for now,
but soon you'll see
I'll be staring at you, and
you'll be staring at me.

So my feelings for you might have gone away, but that doesn’t mean I don't still think about you everyday.

I still manage to find it unbelievable, me and you. I left it all behind, all in the past. But that doesn't mean the memories don't catch up to me. I'm still finding it hard to believe, because every time I look back, I realize I don't even know who that is anymore. It's like you can't tell whether or not the past between you two is reality or your imagination.

Sometimes letting go is a way of saying I love you

The times I spent with you, were the happiest times of my life. We were perfect, you and I. Now we aren't, but those memories will be locked in my heart forever and always.

You want to see pretty? Look in a magazine. You want to see beautiful? Look in a mirror.

I love you, I really do. Not because you're gorgeous, or funny, or prince charming, or perfect, or whatever all those other girls imagine. I love you because you get me, you know me and you somehow still manage to be around me. You've never left me and you make me feel like I'm the only person in the world.

love love. I love being in love. I don't care what it does to me.

We only have 86,400 seconds in a day to turn it all around or throw it all away. We have to tell them that we love them while we got the chance to say it. We have to live like we’re dying. We never know a good thing until it’s gone. You never see a crash until it’s head on. All those people are right when we’re dead wrong, you never know a good thing until it’s gone.-kris Allen