The Day Before You.
I had all but given up on finding
The one that I could fall into
On the day before you
I was ready to settle for
Less than love and not much more
There was no such thing as a dream come true
Oh, but that was all the day before you
Now you're here and everything's changing
Suddenly life means so much
I can't wait to wake up tomorrow
And find out this promise is true
I will never have to go back to
The day before you
In your eyes I see forever
Makes me wish that my life never knew
The day before you
Oh, but Heaven knows those years without you
Were shaping my heart for the that day I found you
If you're the reason for all that I've been through
Then I'm thankful for the day before you
Now you're here and everything's changing
Suddenly life means so much
I can't wait to wake up tomorrow
And find out this promise is true
I will never have to go back to
The day before you
Was the last day that I ever needed alone
And I'm never going back
No I'm never going back
Now you're here and everything's changing
Suddenly life means so much
I can't wait to wake up tomorrow
And find out this promise is true
No I'm never going back
I will never have to go back to
The day before you
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
Sometimes it just takes patience for everything to happen. You won't get respect in just one day, you can't be in love with someone that you just met and you won't be able to forgive yourself in a second. I've learned that helping people is good, but helping someone too much won't let them grow. You grow by making mistakes, getting hurt, and learning from your regrets. Thoughts are there to help guide you to your decision. It's you that have to take that first step into the pathway of happiness. It's your doing that makes you who you are. Don't assume; get your facts straight. That is what messes a lot of people up. There's always the true story and reasoning behind everything. We are all different, but have one thing in common; we all want happiness. It is like we're all trying to fight for it, trying to get what we want and it make us forget the whole reason why we wanted it in the first place. Nobody said life is going to be easy; life is what you make of it. Change for the better; don't change for someone else. Change for yourself. Don't be selfish. Don't limit yourself from doing things just because you don't think you can make it through. Remember -- time isn't going to wait for you, so make the best of it.
In life, we do things. Some, we wish we had never done and some we wish we could replay a million times, but they make us who we are and, in the end, they shape and detail us. If we were to reserve them, we wouldn't be the person we are today. So, just live. Make mistakes and have wonderful memories. But, never second guess who you are, where you've been and, most importantly, where you're going.
Happiness is a journey, and I know I'm on that road. I haven't been this happy in a long time.
What is life about, anyways?
Life isn't about keeping score. It's not about how many friends you have, or what group you hang out with. It's not about if you have plans this weekend or if your spending it alone. It's not about who you're going out with, or how many people you've gone out with. It's not about how many people you kissed, how far you've gone, or if you've kissed no one at all. It isn't about where you live and go to school, about how beautiful or ugly you are, how others see you. It doesn't matter what clothes you wear, the purses you own, the make-up. It doesn't matter what kind of music you listen to, or if your hair is black, red, brown or blonde. It doesn't matter how light or dark your skin is. It's not about what grades you get, how smart you are, how smart other people think you are, or even how smart a standardized test says you are. It's not about how good or bad you are at "your sport". It's not about trying to represent our whole being, our whole life on the internet or a piece of paper. It's not about getting accepted.
Life is about who you love and who you hurt. It's about making yourself happy or unhappy, on purpose. It's about how you see yourself. It's about keeping or betraying trust. It's about getting and giving second chances. It's about the things you say and the things you mean, every thing inspiring and everything hurtful. What your judgments are and why, and who your judgments are spread to. It's about anger, jealousy, fear, ignorance and revenge. It's about starting rumors and believing gossip. It's about having love in your life and being able to admit it. It's about sharing how you feel and why, but mostly, it's about using your life to touch another's in such a way that could have never occured alone.
Believe
I wanna make a difference in peoples lives. When someone needs help or when someone is down, I wanna be there for them. I already try and do this, try and help people whenever possible. I don't know that this is enough though. I wanna do something great. Something that people remember me for. Something that would really change things for the better.
I don't know what triggered me to think about this so much, but it's here now and maybe one day I could do it. Until then, I'll keep trying until this day comes.
Things have been going wrong in my life a lot lately. Some things that I can't fix, they just have to happen for things to be better in the future. I just want people to be happy, that's all I want. Even if I can't be, I still want that for everyone else.
"I want to be remembered as the girl who smiles even when her heart is broken, and the one who could always brighten up your day, even if she couldn't brighten up her own."
This is my dream. I have a lot of dreams, but this is a big one. I realized that in life you need dreams. No one could live without them. Having dreams is what makes like tolerable. But every dream has a price. This isn't a practice life, you only get one shot. So I'm gonna give it all I have to make it right.
When things were just easier.
I want to be six again. I want to go to McDonalds and think it's the best place to eat. I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make waves with rocks. I want to think M&M's are better than money because you can eat them. I want to play kickball during recess and stay up Christmas Eve waiting to hear Santa or Rudolph on the roof. I long for the days when life was simple. When all you knew were your colors, the addition tables, and simple nursery rhymes, but it didn't bother you because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care. I want to go to school and have snack time, recess, gym, and field trips. I want to be happy, because I don't know what should make me upset. I want to think the world is fair and everyone in it is great. I want to believe anything is possible.
Sometime while I was maturing I learned too much. I learned of nuclear weapons, starving children, battered wives, death, unhappy marriages, and abused children. I learned of the unhappiness that exists and like my addition tables, I never forgot it. I want to be six and think that everyone I know including myself will live forever because I don't know the concept of death. I want to be oblivious to the complexity of life and be overly excited by the little things again. I want television to be something I watch for fun, not something I use for an escape from the things I should be doing. I want to think answering the phone is a privilege not a pain in the neck, and that the bus rides are fun regardless of where I am going, not an inconvenience because I could have driven there faster by car. I want to live not knowing the little things I find exciting will not always make me happy as when I first learned them.
I remember not seeing the world as a whole but rather being aware of things which directly concern me. I want to be looking at the picture of life so closely that I can only see the people directly around me--family and friends--as the people who concern me, unaware of the power of government and the possibility I have of being insignificant. I want to be naive enough to think that if I am happy so is everyone else. Because by being aware you take on responsibility, the responsibility to act, or to know you didn't, and live with the consequences.
I want to be six again, happy to be alive yet unaware of what life really is, for that matter unaware of what happiness really is. I want to spend my afternoons climbing trees and riding my bike, letting the grown ups worry about time, the dentist, and how to find the money to fix the car's battery. I want to wonder what I'll do when I grow up, not to worry about what I'm going to do after graduation. It's not that I want to live my life over again, I'm basically happy with how things turned out--so far. Rather I want to be able to escape but not have to pay for it later. I want to be able to visit my six year old state of mind, play in my six year old state of mind dirt and swim in my six year old state of mind water. Life was good then but I didn't know enough to realize it.
I was so anxious to grow up I spent time, I should have enjoyed being young, acting older. I want that time back. I want to use it now as an escape so that when I have a computer program, six reading assignments, two depressed friends, and second thoughts about my major I can travel back and build a snowman without thinking about anything except why the snow sticks together and what I could possibly use for the snowman's mouth.
Little kids and Love.
here's what little kids think love is..
1. when my grandma got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. so my grandpa does it for her now all the time. even when his hands got arthritis too. that's love.
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rebecca, age 82. when somone loves you, they way they say your name is different. you just know that your name is safe in their mouths.
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billy, age 43. love is when a girl puts on perfume, and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.
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kari, age 54. love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your french fries, without making them give you any of theirs.
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chrissy, age 65. love is what makes you smile when you're tired.
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terri, age 4 6. love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy, and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is okay.
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danny, age 57. love is when you kiss all the time. then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. my mommy and daddy are like that. they look gross when they kiss.
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emily, age 88. love is what's in the room with you at christmas, if you stop opening the presents and listen.
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bobby,age 79. if you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend you hate.
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nikki, age 8 10. love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, and then he wears it everyday.
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Noelle, age 711. love is like a little old woman and a little old man, who are still friends even after they know each other so well.
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tommy, age 612. during my piano recital, i was on stage and i was scared. i looked at all the people watching me, and i saw my daddy waving and smiling. he was the only one doing that, i wasnt scared anymore.
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cindy, age 813. love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty, and still says he's more handsom-er then robert redford.
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chris, age 714. love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.
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mary ann, age 415. when you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.
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karen, age 716. love is when my mommy sees my daddy on the toilet and doesn't think that it's gross.
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mark, age 617. you really shouldn't say "i love you" unless you mean it. but if you mean it, you should say it a lot. people forget.
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jessica, age 9
Live life.
You won't ever know when it'll be gone.
I just wanted to tell you all how much I really care about you guys. I have some of the best friends, and I wouldn't know what I would do if anything ever happend to any of you. You never know what will happen next or who will be gone unexpectedly, so I just wanted to let you all know that and make sure that you all knew how much I love you all.
I just.. I don't understand what's going on. This is the second person at our school that has passed in one week. Both great people. Both very much missed.
I really don't know what to say about it all except live life like there's no tomorrow. Love the people who treat you right, and realize that no matter what happens, they'll always love you. You can't change the past, so look forward to the future. Live every day to the fullest, and have no regrets. Know that everything has its purpose, and that everything happens for a reason.
If only the good things in life lasted longer. If only we didn't have to say goodbye.
I don't need second chances
I wrote this note about someone I used to know so I'd remember how life can be so short when your left alone to wonder how it is when someone opens and shuts the door.
I have come to the realization that life is more than what I have accomplished. And life is more then the realization that we have accomplished nothing at all. True success is so selfless so drown in the lyrics of your life and give up the air that you breathe. You don’t need anything. Sometimes you just have to realize that you cant have it all. You cant fix what you've done. You need to move on and try to be happy. Even if its the hardest thing you'll ever have to do.
This is the way that I know.
I would give everything for some hope.
At some point you learn to accept the fact that the people you wish wouldn’t change, do. Good byes hurt, but only mean forever if you let them, pictures never replace being there and nothing lasts forever, but you also learn to laugh until your stomach hurts. Act so crazy people think your high and live for the days with your best friends; and just having fun because life’s too short to worry about change.
Maybe the worst is behind.
Maybe the worst is yet to come.
Maybe the worst is right here now.
Face each day like its your last, and you will never need a second chance.
