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"I am not alone. God is by my side."

Tell them

I want you to think of someone who makes you smile. Now go tell them how much they mean to you. 

Don't get bogged down with the people who make you mad or sad. Those people just need an extra sugar cube in their morning coffee. Instead of focusing your thoughts on the ones who make you unhappy, focus on the ones that make you happy. The ones who love you and you them. Those are the ones who matter. If they don't know that they make you happy, tell them. I'm sure it'll make them happy too. 

" I'm not a

stop along the way, I'm a destination"

- Blair Waldorf


       Yes this is a quote from Gossip Girl, don't judge. No one can deny that they want to matter to someone. And when I say that I don't mean in a "check list" kind of way. I mean the way that matters and will continue to matter forever. I have not met anyone who wants a drive by relationship. There might be those people who have been hurt in their lives that claim otherwise. They may live there life day by day, dumping the people in there life like last years shoes. But I tell you the truth, they want what everyone else wants. Love.

"When you have a bad day,...

a really bad day, treat the world better than it treated you."

- Patrick Stump

   I've come to realize that bad things happen in life. That bad days happen in life. That things won't always go my way. I've had to learn what the popular phrase "turn that frown upside down" actually meant. One cannot physically rotate their mouth into a smile. So what does this mean?

   For me it means that I must first change my heart. If I do not first step back and change my perspective of my current situation, I will get nothing accomplished that day. I must first change my heart to a willing heart. To a heart that understands every aspect. 

   From there I must change my attitude. I have to take all that negative energy coming from the world and channel it into something totally different, something positive. Smiling and being grumpy don't really go together. Try it now. Try and say "bubbles" in an angry voice. It is extremely difficult if not impossible. Same goes for life. You can say you're one way and continue living life in a dreary manor. You might be able to, for a little while, and then slowly but surely your smile turns back into a frown. This is where the attitude comes into play. An attitude is a decision. Once you make the decision to be happy and not just saying you're happy you are allowing that "willing heart" to take over. 

  Finally I act positively. I take my focus off of myself and project it onto some one else. For instance; I would compliment a stranger or start a friendly conversation with a friend. Anything that was working to make someone else's day a little better. And eventually my smile is back, and most importantly it's real. 

   I know this seems like a lot of work just to turn your frown upside down, in the end I've found that its either this chain of events or letting the world get me down. Which do you chose?

Flawfully Flawless

"I myself am made of flaws, stitched together by good intentions. "

We all make mistakes. There's no doubting it. Mistakes don't make you a mistake, they make you who you are.