Inside, Looking Out.

1.  Excuses aren't going to get you anywhere .   Stop talking yourself out of the opportunities just because you don't "feel" like you're ready yet.  It's time.  You're ready now. 2.   You can't help everyone .  No matter how kind you are, someone will always find a reason to dislike you - it isn't always about you.  Sometimes people don't know how to deal with or interact with kindness because they've never felt that before so they project.  This is a battle they have to fight themselves. 3.   Quality vs. quantity .   It's about those who push you beyond your limits.  The ones who notice that slight off -tone in your voice when something is wrong, because they just know.  The ones who bring you coffee or food not because you asked, but simply because they thought of you.  Those who send that "text me when you get home so I know you got home safely" text.  The ones who don't get upset with you for responding 3 hours l

When you get older, life seems to make a lot more sense more than ever.  The things that you want, the people you want to be around, the color that you love, or why he/ she wasn't meant for you —  basically almost everything that you worried about, smiled and laughed or even cried about before.  The things that made you uncomfortable happened to be the things that you enjoyed the most, and of course the things that you said you would and wouldn't do, turned out to be the opposite.   It's okay.  You're growing up.  You are growing beautifully despite and in spite of.   As you get older, the puzzle becomes clearer.  You find out what moves you, what encourages you, what you deeply crave from life — and you chase that.  You come to realize that you have that fire inside of you where you must never let convenience, comfort, or easiness of standing put it out.  You find acceptance within yourself while leaving those who don't accept you, because you come to real

Letting go is such a challenge in itself, but getting over it and healing from it could be just as challenging, if not harder.  People always say to keep yourself occupied to take your mind off the situation, but I personally think it’s so much more effective to just let it out as it comes.  Be down; be pathetic; be dismal; be angry; you have every right to.  You’re supposed to.  But through it all, just remember not to lose the inability to connect to the world.  The people in your life are your crutches. Let them be there - heck, it’s free haha. If you continue fighting to avoid the reality and tell yourself “time will heal it,” let me tell you now - it will only make it hurt longer.  Time will always heal, but might as well use your time efficiently.  Confronting it and dealing with it will only give you more time to start off that clean slate of yours.  So start taking those steps forward, but maybe take those bigger harder steps instead of the small easy steps. To anyone feel

I don't care if you cried yourself to sleep the last 4 nights, or finished a tub of ice cream while watching The Bachelor. I don't care if you drank until you blacked out not remembering a single thing and waking up at 8am hating every little thing about yourself. We all do dumb things, whether we intend to or not. But that doesn't make us a bad person. We're human.   You're not a bad person for the ways you tried to kill your sadness.  We all just want to feel alive again, and we're going to do whatever it takes to do that.

I can sit here and write whatever I want you to think of me to be. I can effectuate your hopes that I am some inspirational human being, who strives to make the world a better place.  As great as that sounds, I am really not. When I sit and think, I start to feel like our culture is simply being taken over by the  idea of what our parents want us to be, or our peers, or what God wants us to be.  Why?  Because we look up to them.  We worship the ground they walk on and we don't want to disappoint.  But what we don't quite realize is that we've developed this need to claim who we are, rather than just to be. I'll admit, I am guilty for those inspirational quote posting on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.  But I don't do it to try and make you believe I am something I am not. I am a very self-less, in the moment, expressive person.  I believe in energy and making a difference in people's lives.  I don't do it to impress others, it was just something I

“So it is up to you if you want to keep fighting everyday for an endless ride that will never reach its destination.”  -- I've decided my ride is over.