Tomorrow (:

I choose to let go of the things of this world and look forward to tomorrow. Take those bad (or good) situations and no matter the issue, reflect on the good in it, whatever it is. Focus and meditate on those good things. Do NOT let the bad in them get you down or dwell in the negative! Because honestly, it just does not feel that great. Tomorrow is a new day, the past is behind me and the future is ahead of me, today is a gift from God (that is why we call it the present). Today is the tomorrow that I dreamed of yesterday. I have way too many things ahead of me to try and deal with this stuff. It does not do anything good for me. Maybe that is just it, take my life for how it is and everything it is going to be and LOVE it. LOVE it like it is the only thing that matters in this place, because it is. I have friends and family that I can love and care for and appreciate but there are more important things in life. And that is to love and care for and appreciate yourself. If I do not do that, I am living and breathing for nothing. Everything is happening around me, and to me, but what will I do when it is time to actually stand up for myself and put matters into my own hands. The essence of this may be to take care of yourself or do not let stupid stuff get to you, but I take it as loving me for who I am and not taking things for granted because there are billions of other people on this Earth and my focus should be to care for myself...

Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles :D

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
It's all right, it's all right

a little bird told me...

DAILY TRUTH FROM THE BRAVE GIRLS CLUB ONLINE SITE.


Dear Courageous Girl,

Some people might say that walking away from a battle is the cowardly thing to do, but very often, it is the best and bravest thing you could ever do.

How do we know when it’s time to walk away from a battle...whether it is a real human conflict in a relationship, or a battle that is going on inside of our souls that no one else can see ? Our gut usually knows when it’s time to walk away, but we can ask ourselves some important questions to get to the right answers.

When we are feeling tired of fighting and the fighting doesn’t feel right in any way, then we need to step away and at least think about why we are staying in the fight. What exactly is it that we are fighting for? Who or what are we fighting against? What will it mean to “win” the fight? Is the fight causing us to sacrifice things that are more important than the fight, or what “winning” the fight will mean?

A fight that will go on and on whether we are there or not might just be a good fight to walk away from. There are so many conflicts, so much drama and so much negativity in the world that will keep going no matter how hard we fight, or whether we are there or not -- and that damages our life if we stay in the fight. Sometimes it’s best to just smile, walk away, wish everyone the best and walk toward places that use our time, energy, and talents in productive and wonderful ways.

Don’t be afraid to walk away from a fight, a battle, or a conflict when it’s time to walk away, beautiful friend. Listen to your heart, and shut out all of the other voices.

Quiet bravery is sometimes the most noble bravery of all.

You are so very loved.
xoxo

Girl America by Mat Kearney

My girl America is just a youth in this world

Her smile is more precious than the sparkle of pearls

And though her age reads she's just a young girl

The age behind her eyes show the pain that she's swirled

Through the hand that's been dealt though it's quiet as kept

The weight that she felt last night when she slept

And as she crept into the dreams of the things of her past

Seems to have grown so fast, way beyond her own class

Though they're right there with her, her brothers and her sisters

A natural born leader even when her peers dis her

My girl, she's at a crossroads, people praying for her

Some are preying on her magazine ads, sex, drama

Smoking marijuana, longer for a father to call her, 'daughter'

She's part of a generation longing for reconciliation

And this future that they're facing and this poison that they're tasting

My girl, I know this love you're chasing

[chorus]

My girl America's crying when she's lying on her bed at night

I can see that she's screaming when she's dreaming for her freedom

My girl America's dying while she's trying just to stop this fight

Don't stop believing, my girl America

Boys with hungry eyes have been beating her door

Telling her that's what she's for, trying to rob at her core

Then leave calling her a whore, but still she knows there's more

I know she knows there's more because there is a voice she can't ignore

'Cause it was founded in the foundations, from the day of her creation

In God we trust engraved on the treasures of her nation

And the void that the boys can't fillWith the tipping of the bottle or the popping of the pill

But still most of her friends don't care as they glare

Ready to drown down the funnel as they frown down the tunnel

They stumble and they tumble breaking down into rubble

My girl America, stop can't you see

It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be

But how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way

It's for you that I pray with hope for a brighter day

And so I say, your deliverance is coming

[chorus]

Faith like a child from your first birth

You left it in the dirt on your worst hurt

And I see each tear and every scar

The hands that have held you where you are

And I can see we've strayed so far

A king born under that morning star

As a crown of thorns was placed to erase

Each tear that's touched your face

And his palms and sides were pierced with spears

He hung in love just to draw you nearMy girl, out of this whole world

Can't you see this is where we started?

[chorus] 

Book Review.

13 Little Blue Envelopes is the story of a teenage girl named Ginny who's aunt passes away unexpectedly. Ginny does not find out until months after her passing. Her very artistic aunt Peg spent 2 years traveling around Europe and having her own experiences. In return, aunt Peg left 13 little blue envelopes for Ginny. In each envelope contained a different task and lesson for Ginny to complete. For example, the first envelope had $1,000 to buy a passport and directions to a specific London flat. Once there she could open the next and so on. Ginny met many people along the way that summer and in the end it changed Ginny completely. When worst comes to worst and her backpack with her clothes and all the envelopes including the last envelope with the last task gets stolen, Ginny is at a hold and is forced to give up her journey and return home to New York.

The sequel, The Last Little Blue Envelope continues Ginny's story six months later around the Christmas holiday. Ginny receives an email from a mysterious man named Oliver who has found her backpack with most everything still inside of it. Ginny travels back to London to receive the letter. It contains the most important task yet: to collect different pieces of aunt Peg's art and put them in an auction and the money would belong to Ginny. But there is a catch: Oliver feels since Ginny would not have the letters back without him, he will not give her any of the letters or any or her belongings back until they find the last pieces together and then they split the profit from the auction 50/50. Ginny feels she is being blackmailed and forced into something that should be a personal matter. But if Ginny does not comply, Oliver will take back all the letters and disappear. It would all remain a mystery to Ginny. So this is the journey that Ginny takes to places both familiar and unfamiliar & uplifting and emotional.

This series is definitely worth the read with the creative mixture of tragedy, romance, drama and even more. I hope you consider reading and if you do, I hope you love it as much as I do! :)

I Will Survive by Stephanie Bentley

Growing Fatherless.

I am jealous of all my friends, cousins, and everyone else in the world who still has someone to call dad or say they even have a "worldly" father. Whether their parents are divorced or split up, they still have a father. There is no getting around that fact. For just about as long as I can remember, I have not been able to say that. Although I could for over four years of my life. People feel bad, or try to comfort me, or they don't care. But just about no one can relate. In reality it is really tough for a girl to grow up without a father. I cannot speak for a man like my brother. Speaking for myself, I hate it. When I think about it my throat feels like it is closing in on me and all my insides are tying together into huge knots. Then I try to cry but the feeling I have stops me. That is one of the weirdest feelings I ever have. It is hard to imagine. That is truly the only time I deal with that (I guess besides one other time). All those areas in life that a young girl must go through while she is coming of age, some of them just need a father involved. A daddy is there to spend quality time with her as she is little (before she becomes a teenager and will be embarrassed to anymore). A daddy is there to guide her through and give advice when she actually enters jr. high and high school as a teenager. A daddy is there to approve of the first guy she brings home and it does not turn out how she planned. A daddy is there to tell her to change her clothes and "cover up" when she comes down stairs in the morning. A daddy is there to prepare her to dance with her date at her senior prom. A daddy is there to accept that she is ready for college after graduating from high school. A daddy is there to miss her as she really begins a new life in college. Most importantly a daddy is there to walk her down the aisle at her wedding and give her away to the love of her life because he knows deep down she is truly ready. A list like this is never ever ending. For me, that is all I can think of. It starts with what I have seen and ends with what I can imagine because I will never be able to say my daddy was there for everything a daddy should. But I can say I imagined it..

If weakness is a wound that no one wants to speak of
Then "cool" is just how far we have to fall
I am not immune, I only want to be loved
But I feel safe behind the firewall

Can I lose my need impress?
If you want the truth I need to confess

I'm not alright, I'm broken inside
And all I go through, it leads me to you

Burn away the pride
Bring me to my weakness
Until everything I hide behind is gone
And when I'm open wide with nothing left to cling to
Only you are there to lead me on.

Honestly, I'm not that strong.

I'm not alright... that's why I need you.

Where to Go? ;)

The technology of today truly amazes me!!! Right now I am in the Apple Store, posting this from the apple store. What this single company can accomplish in my opinion is...out of this world!! Compared to what people knew of technology 30-40 years ago and then today is insane.

Now I am home and after the Apple Store I went to the Microsoft Store, not even knowing there was a Microsoft Store and I cannot really decide which one has the more technological stuff! I am still amazing. I feel the Microsoft Store definitely displays more that technically are not even a part of Microsoft, like the Kindle and I think the XBox with Kinect. And buying a laptop, computer, or anything at the Microsoft Store is hundreds of dollars cheaper according to what I saw!!

Side note.

Although my blog page may look very different and you may have second guesses if it is even mine, this is Kelsey's blog with a new display. I hope you like it.. :)