To the ones who have changed my life...
Posted: 05/07/2008 at 08:56AM |
There are many amazing people who have changed my life.
And there are many not-so-amazing people who have changed it also.
The amazing ones taught me to be more like them- to laugh and to love
The others taught me that i dont want to be as they are-backstabbing and hating
The amazing ones showed me which way i wanted to go
The others showed me which way i was definitly not going
The amazing ones have come and gone throughout the years, and i am thankful for every one
The others always seem to be there, though, dragging me down.
But thats when the amazing ones pick me up.
There will always be the not-so-amazing people in life,
The ones that only show you who you dont want to be
But, if we're lucky, we get some of the amazing people who laugh with us, love with us, and live with us.
And those are the people we call
friends?
To the one who especially changed my life recently:
To someone who has changed my life
I cant tell you how [relieved] this made me;
To be able to trust you with my soul,
My life, my secrets, my ev'rything.
When someone who i thought was my friend
Said ''no, you cannot tell me.''
You were the one who was there for me
Who said, ''of course,
We havent known each other
For long, but thats okay.
We still shared burdens more important
than others do today.
All i have to say to you now
Is thanks for being there for me.
I dont know what i'd do without you.
My friend, my sister, my B.
Dear Self....
Posted: 04/22/2008 at 06:21AM |
It comes down to one simple question, what do you want?
Believe in your heart because it has a lot to offer.
Focus on the things you love.
Have an open/changing heart.
Go the distance.
Do not let others tell you what you are worth.
You never know where the next miracle is going to come from.
Take a risk.
Do not build that wall around your heart.
Always be thankful for the simple things, because those are the things that will always be there.
Do not care what others think of you. You are still who you are. No one can change that.
Love always,
Yourself.
"Skyline Drive" -Mae
Shades of Gray
Posted: 03/24/2008 at 08:13AM |
Somtimes in life, it's easy to tell the difference between things.
Other times, however, it is not.
The difference of night and day.
but what about when the sun is setting?
The difference of sad and happy.
but what about when your mood is somewhere in between?
The difference of black and white.
but what about when it's somewhere in the middle?
The difference of people who know who they are and what they're about and people who don't.
but what about when you're still figuring that out?
thats where i am.
the sun is setting.
i don't know how im feeling.
things aren't clear.
im figuring out who i am
and what im about.
and everything seems to be in
shades of gray.
friends
Posted: 03/10/2008 at 12:25PM |
wyatt and clay
well, what can i say? they're my two bestest friends and my brothers. there is way too much about these two to put down =] lol, and maybe we dont tell each other EVERY little thing, im glad that we can talk about a lot of things. and im just glad that we are best friends and that, while we may disagree on somethings, that we hardly ever fight. love you both ???
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Brionna l
hee...arr arr flapping girl. hee. you make me giggle. and although you are usually quiet, you are so much fun!!! geez. and you make me laugh, especially in german class....wow. and you have GOT to come over soon!!! we would have SO much fun =] and you definitly made my day at the band lock in. i thought i might have to play video games and poker all evening. lol. thanks for actually being there for me to talk to ((even though someone else wasnt)). and thanks for talking to me about some of the stuff you went through. you are such an amazing and strong person!! i dont even think you realize that. and you HAVE to try to convince your dad to let you try out for the volleyball team!!! i cant believe you havent ever been on a team before! you are so amazing at it! lol. kudos to you for everything.
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lara
...oh gosh! we have so much fun!!! like at walmart....geez. WAYYY too much to write down. our video from walmart, playing tag in walmart, marco polo, asking the weirdest and most random questions, following ppl in walmart and asking for their numbers, following ppl at snowtrails and making friends!!!! attempting ski jumps and totally messing up! lol. oh goshh. but most of all, just being able to be real with you. you dont judge and i can be myself with you more than anyone else. because you respect everyone as they are and you are so much fun. =] thanks also for always letting me talk with you and never looking down on me for what i said. whenever i had a problem, you just listened and gave your advice. and when everyone else would judge me, you were actually there for me and listened. thanks and you are definitly my hero!!!! ??
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katy
hee. you are a silly muffin!!! you still hung out w/ me even tho like everytime last summer that we were to see each other, i would some how hurt you. lol. a bloody nose, a broken elbow, a punch to the head. =] and you make me laugh with your silliness.
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tosha
you always let me vent on you. and even though you are always busy with something ((sometimes family, work, friends, etc)), you always found time to talk. you are one amazing girl and your relationship with God is amazing!!! you are such a blessing and a good friend!
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Mattie
hee...wow. we've been friends since 7th grade. you always make me laugh!! =D so, even if im in class, and im just in a bad mood, you can always make me giggle. lol. and, i dont know if you remember this....its like from 7th grade, but when that kid was in the hallway with the books and then just dropped them and started spinning around screaming something about japenese bombs....lol. but, anyways, you're such a good friend, so thanks matt!
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josh
hahahaha. wow. we are so freaking amazing...or should i say so 'planerifically' phenomenal! =] hee. and choir is at its most boring time, you always make me laugh. even though you're obsessed with my 'emo' hair! lol. ha.....and what were you calling kim for the longest time? syeep? oh, and you can draw amazing dinosaurs!! =) i dont even know what else to say, but.....airplanes! vooooommmm...vooommm...AHH!!! TURN TURN!!!! NO, TO THE LEFT...hee. AHH DONT LOOK AT THE LIGHT. and in gym, i was always guarding you.... hee....you are definitly my best, planerific friend ever!!!
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xavier
hey, my choir buddy. you just make me laugh. you are so random and odd, but you make me giggle =]
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emily w
hahaha. there is waaayyyy too much to put here...hmm...the time you and ali walked down to my house randomly...hee. and then we all walked back to yours. your party was amazing, too. and watching odd movies and dancing like crazies. =] and gym class was so hilarious with you!! oh my gosh. hee. oh, and youre amazing at badmitten =] oh, and going to all the middle school dances with you. that was always dramaful and fun! hee. and there is just way too much to put, but you're just amazing!!! iloveyou!!!?
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lacey
we have so much fun with everything from scrabble, to dancing. lol. but hey! dont mess with us, because we can...tango!!! ooohhh!!! lol. and if you mess with us, we'll quex you!!! =] and from everything from running into walls at iceskating to taking pics at national missionary convention, its been fun. lol. and our amazing pictures of the bekkles!!! ahahhhhh!!!!!! lol. oh! and our story of the bekkles, that we'll have to tape eventually. =] woww....
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joel
i cant believe you moved!!!! but i also cant believe i found you again!!! and on here too!!! oh my gosh, wow. and we've had way too many jokes to write on here. but you're another best friend of mine. ?
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ashley k
haha....choir is such the boringness sometimes. but thats why you're there!!! lol. youve been an amazing friend throughout everything, but especially choir and science. ((even tho our science project sucked and we failed it =]))
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sarah f
although i dont know you very well, you seem like such an amazning person. and your party this year was so much fun. especially all the bubbles. and ppl running from the hot tub to outside...hee. wow. but i have to admit, all your swords kinda scare me =]
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bronson and spencer ((yes they go together))
although we fight a lot, you guys make me laugh!!! lol. your videos of walmart are so....odd and random and amusing. and, even though i think you guys can be pretty mean to others ((especially at lunch)), you guys are silly and make me giggle =]
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tj
im also upset with you for moving!!!! geez! you are also a very random person that makes me laugh =] i am very happy, though, that we got myspace so that we can still talk. otherwise, ! yeahh. you'd be so terribly loney without me to talk to =] lol. jk. well, you are a very amusing and entertaining person that is a very good friend of mine! =)
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nicole
hey! its my other loner! yeah, in those two classes where i didnt really have any other friends in the same class, you invited me to work with you and hang out. you have no idea what that meant to me. you are such an amazing person and i love that you never care what people think of you and it makes me laugh when you randomly start singing. =] hee...
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jordan b
yeah, i know we arent really good friends, but still, thanks for talking to me and working with me in health class, because i dont really have any other friends in there. oh, and if we were conjoined twins, you would NOT be allowed to work the gas pedal in the car! lol, so thanks =]
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tori
my gym buddy!!!!!! hee, yay!!! we had so much fun in gym class. ohmygosh!!!! thank you so much for hanging out with me in gym, it was so much fun!!!!! you make me laugh, especially when we listen to how emilys weekend went. lol =] youre so funny and im glad to have a few classes with you. =)
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logan m
hey, my other, super tall, gym buddy. hee, we had many great discussions about sporks....im still going to gouge your eyes out with a freaking spork. lol. well, hey, gym was fun.
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jessica e
my other gym buddy!!!! hee, we had so much fun in gym. you make me giggle, thats all i can say =]
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my language arts buddy. youre so funny, oh my gosh. and, there is one baddddd thing about you...guess what that is??? oh yeah! that you wont let me see whats on the back of your language arts book. yeah, that thing that you wrote like in third grade....lol. hee. i shall know someday or it shall bother me for 8 years. =]
ali
you rock my sox!!! you are so amazing and i love that you truly dont care what ppl think of you. and that 'matching is overrated'. your outfits are so adorable and random. like that one day when you were 'stripped, pokadotted, skulled, yellowed, hearted, and fruited' =] you always make me smile and you actually make math class fun! hee. oh! and i better not make you angry b/c you copied the shape of my house key onto a piece of paper and you'll prolly somehow find a way to make a key and then get into my house...lol.oh, and remember when you and emily walked down to my house and i was out horseback riding and you wanted to ride joe?? hee, but you got to! yay!! you are such a unique and amazing person!!!!
garret
lol. my science buddy who somehow keeps breaking up with me and divorcing me even though we were never going out...wow. ha, you make me giggle =]
kate
you have such an amazing sense of style!!! goodness. i love your outfits and your hair! seriously, i think that if anyone else were to try to do that, it would look funny, but you can pull it off and look beautiful! you are so outgoing and random. i love your sense of humor! geez. you just make me laugh. =D
sam, matt f, kyle, ryan, and alex
my german buddies! you guys all make me laugh and make german entertaining.
haley
i totally miss you! and can not wait until you come to the high school. you are a silly person that always makes me giggle and you take amazing pics!!!
santanna
hahahaha! again, too much to put down. you were always there for me to talk to and you are such an amazing and outgoing and random person. and you, with your freaking ADD are going to try to become a counselor...i still cant believe it. =] but you do give great advice, even tho sometimes you do get off the subj-oh look a piece of toast...=] wow. but i am sad that i hardly ever see you and that you live so freaking far away. but i am very happy that you only live a couple hours away and not a couple of states away =] hope to see ya soon ?
taylor
oh gosh. what to put, what to put. we were such good friends, especially in elementary school. you made cheerleading so much fun!!! goodness. and we had so much fun with that. so many memories with you. you are such a fun and amazing person....freaking cow! iloveyou?
FAITH [vs] fear
Posted: 02/29/2008 at 06:25AM |
popular [.v.s.] truth
Posted: 02/29/2008 at 06:08AM |
Conforming. Changing to fit in to what’s popular. The Bible says, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”[Romans 12:2]. Jesus told us that He is the truth, not custom, and not what’s always popular. Ephesians 5:1a says, “Be imitators of God.” So, to be like God, we should share the truth, not just go with the flow and do what’s ‘cool’. God guarantees us 3 things: eternal life for those who confess, forgiveness for those who ask, and persecution in some degree. He never said that it would be easy; in fact He told us it would be hard. And it is hard. But having the religious freedom that we have in America makes it much less hard. Yes, there still are hardships, but compared to other countries, it’s not that horrible. Countries that do not have the freedom to worship in the ways that they want make it very difficult for the people there to learn about Christianity. Living in fear of major persecution by the government makes people hesitant to learn about God. Some people still take a leap of faith and learn about God. And the saddest part is, people in countries like China, where Christians are tortured and murdered, are sometimes more open and willing to preach about Jesus than many of our safe Americans. People in foreign countries are killed for praying over a meal. In America, how many times do we forget to pray over a meal? Or whenever we think about it, we don’t care because it’s “no big deal”? We should be thankful for being able to pray without the fear of torture or death. In other countries, people are thrown in jail for thanking God for the beautiful day just because they mentioned His name. How often do we not thank God for the little things in life, like the beautiful day and the sun? Or we complain because it’s just not the ‘perfect’ day. In some foreign countries, people watch in horror as their friends are burned at the stake for trying to share their Christian faith. How often are we embarrassed to even mention the name ‘God’ or ‘Jesus’ to our friends because we don’t want to be made fun of? The choice lies within each person – to live God’s way, or to live the popular way. ♥
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Posted: 02/27/2008 at 07:27AM |
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DANCE is music made visable.
DANCE is the worlds most famous metaphor.
DANCE is silent poetry.
DANCE is the mother of all arts.
DANCE is the hidden language of the soul.
DANCERS are the athletes of God.
Nothing is more revealing than DANCING.
DANCING is dreaming with your feet.
DANCING to express, not to impress.
DANCE like nobodys watching.
Let the music move your body.
All it takes is to convince your mind to move your feet.
No one can arrive from being talent alone. God gives talent, work trangresses talent.
To touch, to move, to inspire. This is the true gift of DANCE.
