SO PROUD SO PROUD SO PROUD

THE SPRING STANDARDS ON LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN FRIDAY, AUGUST 29TH!!!!


never more proud in my life. love them so much.

EVERYONE WATCH!!!!

You're part of the skyline now

I love it. I love them. Every time I think it is impossible for me to love them more than I already do, they prove to me that the amount of love I have for them can never stop growing.




With the coming of summer, a new world is opening up in front of me and I am realizing many things.
I am changing. I am constantly changing and growing and learning. New things and people come in and out of my life. Everything is exciting and full of possibilities. It is also full of laughs, sadness, moments of being free, moments of just being, creation of memories, loss of the past....
I am not who I was a few months ago, but who is really? If we all continue to live and grow, we will change. I am seeing things about my past self that I dislike and I am learning what I love. The same goes for those around me.
I am taking time to really clear my head and let everything go and focus on what is real and what is now and just live.breathe.be.

Words cannot explain how much I love this show and how happy it makes me. It's such a brilliant show with such a traditional feel to it. Everything about it just moves me so much. Both nights I saw it, I was so excited and happy and moved that I punched Penski numerous times throughout the show. The finale... I can't even listen without being so unbelievably moved that I cry. Lin-Manuel Miranda is truly a genius and I think he is amazing for creating this show and giving one of the most touching performances I've ever seen. I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!

I haven't seen it since the last two days of previews and I wish I could just go right now because I miss it. :(

Cactus and Tomato

Dear people who read this,
Let me tell you about my friend Rachel. The whole 2 people that read this already know her, but I am going to tell you about her anyway. I miss Rachel a lot. (I miss everyone else a lot too so don't feel left out because I am singling out Rachel!) I feel so unbelievably blessed that she is my friend because she lets me whine and complain and cry and she doesn't care. I can say things to her that I am afraid to say to others because I know that Rachel understands and accepts it and most of the time agrees with me on my views on the world. She is kind and caring and has every quality that a good friend needs to have. She even accepts me when I take a picture like the one featured in this post. I have been feeling down lately, and I just picked up my phone sometime after 1 a.m. and called and Rachel not only answered, but she put off studying a little longer and spoke to me and was so understanding and I am so grateful to have her as my friend.

Thank you for always being there and always understanding. I miss you Rachel!!!!!!!

Old Springs Pike

Sometimes I think I have so much love for these three people that it can't be contained inside of me and I am going to burst. I don't think I have ever been so appreciative and so grateful to anyone for making music before, except maybe the Beatles. I think OSP will understand that The Beatles come first. Especially George. "SING LITTLE BUG WITH FOR YOU BLUE!" Proof right there.



They don't even know what it is to be a fan. Y'know? To truly love some silly little piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts.
~Sapphire, Almost Famous

SHE SAID IT'S ALRIGHT NOW!!!

http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.cfm?colid=27532&a=on

Just watching this makes my soul soar and just moves me completely. No piece has ever spoken to me so much before. Genius. Brilliant. See it.

Perfection

All things must pass

Sunrise doesnt last all morning
A cloudburst doesn't last all day
Seems my love is up and has left you with no warning
It's not always going to be this grey
All things must pass
All things must pass away
Sunset doesn't last all evening
A mind can blow those clouds away
After all this, my love is up and must be leaving
It's not always going to be this grey
All things must pass
All things must pass away
All things must pass
None of life's strings can last
So I must be on my way
And face another day
Now the darkness only stays the night time
In the morning it will fade away
Daylight is good at arriving at the right time
It's not always going to be this grey
All things must pass
All things must pass away
All things must pass
All things must pass away

Just breathe

Let your love flow outward through the universe,

To its height, its depth, its broad extent,

A limitless love, without hatred or enmity.

Then as you stand or walk,

Sit or lie down,

As long as you are awake,

Strive for this with a one-pointed mind;

Your life will bring heaven to earth.

~Sutta Nipata

Remember always that you are just a visitor here, a traveler passing through. Your stay is but short and the moment of your departure unknown.

None can live without toil and a craft that provides your needs is a blessing indeed. But if you toil without rest, fatigue and wearness will overtake you, and you will denied the joy that comes from labour's end.

Speak quietly and kindly and be not forward with either opinions or advice. If you talk much, this will make you deaf to what others say, and you should know that there are few so wise that they cannot learn from others.

Be near when help is needed, but far when praise and thanks are being offered.

Take small account of might, wealth and fame, for they soon pass and are forgotten. Instead, nurture love within you and and strive to be a friend to all. Truly, compassion is a balm for many wounds.

Treasure silence when you find it, and while being mindful of your duties, set time aside, to be alone with yourself. Cast off pretense and self-deception and see yourself as you really are.

Despite all appearances, no one is really evil. They are led astray by ignorance. If you ponder this truth always you will offer more light, rather then blame and condemnation.

You, no less than all beings have Buddha Nature within. Your essential Mind is pure. Therefore, when defilements cause you to stumble and fall, let not remose nor dark foreboding cast you down. Be of good cheer and with this understanding, summon strength and walk on.

Faith is like a lamp and wisdom makes the flame burn bright. Carry this lamp always and in good time the darkness will yield and you will abide in the Light.
~Dhammavadaka

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. ~Buddha

The greatest spiritual teacher in history said;
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
The words of Buddha are my life. I strive to live them every single day. I am not perfect and am still learning every single day, but I try to be the best person I can be.


~ As Jaymay so beautifully sings, "I am not an ill-willed person." I try my best to do things that will not hurt others. If someone is accidentally hurt or bothered by something I said or did, then I feel completely awful because I never want someone to hurt because of me.
~ I am not an innocent person, but I can definitely say that I never do things with intentions of hurting people. EVER. Sometimes things are said when they shouldn't be or things are stated incorrectly, but none of this has ever been done with intent to hurt people or cause any problems.
~ I care more about others than I care about myself. I want everyone to be happy and have spent much of my life being unhappy because I have given up so many things that bring me joy in my life just because it will make others around me happy. I have let so many friends go because I felt as if the problems I have suffered with since high school has negatively affected them and I didn't want my personal problems to bring them down. It wasn't until this past year that I have found friends that accept me, even when I have my breakdowns, and refuse to let me pull myself away from them. I had bouts of temporary insanity and they were the ones who would pull me back up and tell me it would all be okay. It killed me inside so much to know that there were times that people had to worry about me though because I would rather they have been enjoying life than thinking about whether I was okay or not.
~ I don't understand hate. I will never understand hate. Hate is something that I cannot find within myself and I am truly blessed that the universe has not touched me with that disease. I hate no one. I hate nothing.
~ I am not an angry person. If I am at a time when I lose myself, then I can find that anger and I have taken the hurt I was feeling out on others. This happens when I just snap and lose all sense of self, and instead of wanting to admit the problem is myself, I take it out on someone else. It is also a way to make that person back away from me so that they don't have to deal with me and instead can be happy and carefree and my struggle does not bring them down at all.
~ I am not mean to people. I cannot find it in myself to put someone down. It is not in my nature to speak negatively to someone. A person could be viewed as the most negative, horrible person in existence, and I still believe there is good in them that cannot be found by speaking harshly about their character, but rather by not reacting to the bad in the same fashion that could bring about that characterization of them.
~ I legit am this girl:





BUDDHA
Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.





None of us is better than the other. None of us is worse. We are all here. We are all now. The only thing you can do is love.
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