Moments

Moments pass us by … without a glance, without a notice …

They creep, they crawl, they unearth our inhibitions … Perhaps to be noticed, or maybe just to get our attention …

Whatever the reason, they bring life to us … they give us meaning … and somehow, they give us hope for yet another day …

Stop … Look … Cherish … those moments, whatever they are … because whatever they might be, they’re worth noticing …

... Just a Few Thoughts ...

I like to see people overcome obstacles in their lives. I like to see them challenge themselves and ultimately triumph …

I like a fantasy world, where there are mystical creatures; fairytales that come true, dreams that envelope a reality within a character…

I love places like Paris and London; places I’ve never seen before in real life; places that are beautiful because my imagination has painted a picture of them…

I love to do new things and experience new adventures, because after all, that’s what life is worth living for …

BREAK Already!

I love to write … it’s this innate passion in me … I can’t seem to remember, even when I was a kid, when I wasn’t writing. I mean, let’s be serious here … I haven’t made a career out of it, but I still love it …the thing of it is though … I’m at a loss of what to write about these days … I love the moments in time that have become inspiration for me, yet I’ve found as I’ve gotten older that inspiration is scarce … not sure why … maybe it’s a season in my life at present … whatever it is though … I want it to BREAK …

Stop and Stare...

I often think that life can sometimes pass me by … I spend so much time focusing on the things that I can’t do, than focusing on the things that are right in front of me … I’m not entirely sure why that is …

I think it just might be my undervaluing attitude … I get like that from time-to-time when I feel like I just might not be doing enough … or, when I fear ‘success’ for me has come and gone … I read this quote once and I have to wholeheartedly agree … it says, “...too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are …”

I say it so often that you should just be happy being yourself, yet I struggle with that daily. I wish sometimes that I could see where I’m at and look back from where I was and then realize that life has kept moving forward … life and the world have kept spinning round, at a rapid pace, yet I’ve just been stopping and staring at the ‘failures’ without even taking a glance at the successes …

Hmmm … I just don’t understand the thought process … I digress ….

Beauty in the Broken

There is beauty in the brokenness of someone ...

Sure, that might sound a bit morose, morbid … yet in that brokenness, in that despair something is realized … the admittance that they are in fact ‘out of order’ and need help ...

… the walls are broken and restoration can come … the healing process can begin …

Lost in Translation

You know, I’ve often thought that being myself would be easy…but have you found that sometimes who you are isn’t really who you are? I think so often we forget in translation…like the film, ‘Lost in Translation’; we lose it when life interrupts…when failure and insecurity creeps in…we lose a sense of ‘us’; who we REALLY are…we translate success and opportunity to what the world portrays that to be, when in reality, success is much more than what we have or what we do…it’s who we are and never losing that sense of ‘us’…

Sometimes it’s tough being ‘YOU’; but the truth is ‘YOU’ are exactly who you need to be and it really doesn’t matter what ANYONE else thinks…

eHow...What Would YOU Like to Know?

So, I was asked to write a few articles for eHow.com. Don't know if you've ever heard of it, but it's basically a website where people write about what they know.

So, with that said, if you were going to a site like this, what would YOU be looking for? Any ideas on what you'd like to know how to do?

Any feedback/ideas are MOST appreciated!

What's Holding YOU Back?

Just a thought for today...

Is there was one thing that you've always wanted to do, that you haven't done yet, because something is holding you back?

I talk about fear a lot, but what if we pushed that aside and conquered the very thing we never thought we could?

Here is something to chew on, and maybe could be a start to accomplish that 'thing': Do something EVERYDAY that scares you...

TRUE Friends...

Trustworthy, honest, and TRUE friends are hard to come by in this day and age. Most people either don't take the time to BE a friend, or don't wish to make friends because they are afraid of being hurt.

TRUE friends can be vulnerable with each other; they can be open and understanding...they can brighten your day, even when it's your worst. They care because they want to care, not because they have to. TRUE friends give, when the rest of the world takes.

One TRUE friend is better than having 50 acquaintances.

Hold onto your TRUE friends...respect, cherish, love them...

Leaps of Faith

Everyone gets scared…we all have inhibitions that keep us from something…maybe it’s fear, maybe it’s past failure, perhaps it’s someone...

Not sure what it is for you, but for me it’s failure…it’s rejection…it’s uncertainty at times as well…when I’m about to embark on a new journey, I find myself thinking that I just might not make it because of my inadequacies…I might just not make it because I fear that I can’t…I fear that all of my efforts, all of my ‘tries’ are just not good enough…

But then something happens; something that I’m unaware of…something that I know is the voice and touch of what I can’t see…it often surprises me…and opens my eyes to understand the step that is in front of me…it helps me to make leaps of faith that I never thought were possible…I’m reminded in those moments that I can do ANYTHING through the One who created me…

Be confident and know that all good things will indeed, come to pass…and that you can become the person you always KNEW you could be…and leave fear in the dust behind you…

My Mom...the Writer...

Hey everyone! Check out my mom's new blog! She just began her blogging debut a few days ago, so check it out! Just CLICK HERE to read! Thanks guys! ~Emily

Ahhh...the 80s...

I LOVE the 80s. If you haven’t come across my adoration for that decade, I’ll give you a few reasons…

Number One:
The Movies! Films like the Karate Kid, Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Weird Science, Stand by Me, the Goonies, Footloose…ok, I could go on forever! I’m not entirely sure why I LOVE the films so much in this decade, but I think it has to do with the sincerity in them. Sure, some of them are for fun, but movies like The Breakfast Club and the Karate Kid, helped us believe that maybe, we could conquer what struggles we experienced in our youth. The Karate Kid conquered his fear of the fight, where in The Breakfast Club, five teens found their way and understanding of those different from them…

Number Two:
The Music! Singers like Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, and groups like Tears for Fears and Erasure…each had their own way of expressing themselves and gave us all a glimpse of what was to come…

Number Three:
The Clothes! Whether it was tight-rolled jeans or leg warmers, a ‘sense of style’ was born when the 80s rolled around. It was ‘vintage’ at its best!

I could go on forever about this WONDERFUL decade…but I’ll spare you if you’re NOT a fan! Nonetheless, take some time out in the next few weekends, rent a few films from the 80s, grab a CD or tape cassette of your favorite rockers from that time, and enjoy the sincerity of the greatest decade yet!