I'm a force to be reckoned with.

You take a born-pretty girl and you dress her up in pretty things, curl her pretty hair and she becomes empty, vacuous. The only thing she can claim as a self identity is her one dimensional beauty.
But take a pretty girl and throw some shit on her, and make her fight her way out of it and she’ll grow to be other-worldly radiant and a force to be reckoned with.

A newer, and bigger plate please...

Had my SOQ board today, and my Forensics class starts today as well. The demands of work continues to pile up, at the same time being pulled in different directions while fulfilling all my other duties and responsibilities.

Not only is my plate full, I'm pretty sure I'm going to need a serving plate or a platter here soon enough.

Bring it. ♥

It's all about FAITH....

On being overwhelmed & dissapointed with life, love, and the pursuit of happiness, my Mom simply had this to say to me....

"Anak, you just have to pray... Jesus is in YOUR boat, you just have to wake him up...."

That's a mother's wisdom right there.. and she is right...

The story of Jesus calming the storm teaches us not to be overwhelmed by the chaos that life is sometimes, nor to be burdened with the hurt and pain we experience ...
it teaches us not to be fearful, and to have FAITH that HE is in your boat, HE is in control, and no matter how strong the storm, it too shall pass.

And with life, you just have to believe and trust that no matter how strong the storm is, with faith, you can weather anything.

Anything.

My Friend....

"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place...."


Hang in there, VJ... ♥

To be REAL, one must go thru a lot... ♥

“What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?”

“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”

“Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.

“Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”

“Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,” he asked, “or bit by bit?”

“It doesn’t happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams

Things I Love: your arms around my waist when we sleep at night.. ♥

"What is happiness? It’s waking up in the middle of the night for no reason, shifting under the blankets and feeling the heat of the person next to you. You turn around and see them in their most peaceful, innocent, and vulnerable state. They breathe as though the weight of the world lays on anyone’s shoulder but their own. You smile and kiss their face gently before turning back around and somehow, an involuntary grin forms on your face. Just before you drift off to sleep, you feel an arm wrap around your waist and you know it doesn’t get any better than this."

I'm sorry

I feel sorry for people who have to lie, cheat and steal their way to love or to a relationship...
Have some dignity and self respect....
or better yet,
have some self worth.

You are not alone...

Sometimes it seems like you are the only one in the world who's struggling, who's frustrated, unsatisfied, barely getting by. But that feeling's a lie. And if you just hold on, just find the courage to face it all for another day, someone or something will find you and make it all okay. Because we all need is a little help sometimes. Someone to help us hear the music in the world, to remind us that it won't always be this way...

This you need to know

yes, You...


Don't rely on others to fix your mistakes. because in the end, you're all you've got.

Jealousy can't get you anywhere except nowhere.

Confidence is the key to life. Without confidence, there is no beauty... and without beauty, there is no happiness..

Inspired

A girl should have two things: A smile and a guy who inspires it. ♥

This...

"Its just.... its been a long time since anything as good as you has happened to my life…"

makes my heart stop. ♥

Unwinding...

Like a Boss!!

a very potent Irish Cream



awesome view



peace & quiet



Because it's worth it.. ♥

It’s work. The person you love is rarely worthy of how big your love is. Because no one is worthy of that and maybe no one deserves the burden of it, either. You’ll be let down. You’ll be disappointed and have your trust broken and have a lot of real sucky days. You lose more than you win. You hate the person you love as much as you love him. But, shit, you roll up your sleeves and work - at everything - because that’s what growing older is.

~d.l, mr

And so is mine...

Love is like a wild rose...  Beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense...

Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up, does rejoice.


--The Shawshank Redemption