Anthems!

Check out these songs that have been keeping me going lately. I call them my anthems. I feel like you need different anthems for different moments and situations. There have been songs that were an anthem in a different part of my life when my experiences and challenges were different but they still sound perfect to me now. They still fit because they are reminders of my life and of the challenges I've overcome and the happy moments that I will cherish forever.


Fun- Some Nights

• This is my current anthem. It describes how I'm feeling right now. I'm stuck between the things I want to do to chase after what I'm passionate about and doing the things I need to do in order to graduate. This song can be interpreted in so many ways. I think that anyone can find an anthem in this. It really speaks to you.

India Arie- Beautiful Flower

•  This song is my forever anthem. I don't think that I'll ever grow out of it. The words are so beautiful. The song gives me power. It lifts me up. It reminds me that I am beautiful and special. I am important and I deserve to be here. I can't forget how important it is to believe in myself. Believe in yourself! There is nothing that you cannot do when you believe in yourself.

Nine Days- Absolutely(story of a girl) 

• This song never gets old. It was my anthem when I graduated from high school and was trying to heal. I had stop cutting for a while and things were looking up for me. I thought that depression was in the past. I know now that depression is much more than something I can just let go because I moved to another town. This song makes me smile.

These are just a few of the songs that have become my anthems. What songs speak to you? What songs make you feel special?

Dreams♥

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

-Langston Hughes

Dream huge!

I'm a loser for being a chronic dreamer? I think not. My dreams keep me going. They are what's keeping me focused. My never ending thinking tool of a brain keeps me researching and staying strong...most days anyways.

When we fight for what we believe in, change happens. We are powerful creatures as long as we embrace it and use our power to move on and move forward and be the amazing and wonderful people that we all know that we are. The people of the future who can continue to make differences.

It's clear that change can happen if we fight hard enough. There is no reason for it to feel like regressing times. Be strong in what you believe in and fight for the better good of the country. Fight for equality and peace and freedom.

happy song this week :)

smiling song this week :)

Love is on its way.

the song that has been in my head all day long

I'm not the average girl from your video and I ain't built like a supermodel, but I learn to love myself unconditionally, because I am a Queen.

They lyrics really touch me. They remind me that even though I don't look like the girls on the cover of the magazines I see, I'm still beautiful because I was wonderfully and beautifully made. People all over the world go through so much to be "beautiful." The play the waiting room and some of the art work inspired by the play emphasized how painful the quest for beauty can be for some women.

Feet binding and corsets do so much harm to the body but unfortunately, it was a just a step towards beauty and finding the perfect husband. That's one of the major topics of the play. I personally think that you should get married with someone because the love is there and it is real. If he can't love you for you then you shouldn't be there. It makes me sad to see people in unhappy relationships. I just hate to see people unhappy period. It makes my heart ache.

"Love is on its way."

I send you all my love!

songs I love

These are all songs are songs that I love that mean a lot to me. I love the lyrics and I can just listen to them when my heart needs to smile or when my mind is going crazy and I just need to relaaaaxxxx.

Princess :)

By now, I know that life isn't a fairytale but I still like to think of myself as a princess. I think princesses are awesome so I feel special knowing that I'm one too. A princess is a young woman with power and as a young lady, I have a lot of power.

I have the power of love. Love is really powerful. We're loving beings. We're made to love and be loved and having that love in us make us all really powerful. Even though we don't always see the love there, it's there making us stronger. I know a lot of people feel unloved at times or some times all of the time but it's there. It's all around you. you're really not alone. i promise. I really do.

With the power of love. We have the chance to learn. We can accept other cultures and love people for who they are. That's super amazing. We have the power to be open minded and accepting of the world around us. Not everyone uses that power but it's so cool when you do.

Another power that qualifies me for being a princess is the power of hope. I'm all about hope. Hope is believing that what you want can be had. It's believing, it's trusting, it's feeling strongly that something can/will happen. It's really powerful. We have the power to allow hope to come inside our hearts and that's when we start seeing things differently in a more positive light but not unrealistically which is very healthy.

There is also the power of using my own mind. Having opinions and views and sharing them. The power to seek knowledge and go on adventures through reading like my favorite disney princess, Belle. =] People don't always acknowledge the power and importance of knowledge but it really is important. It can take us anywhere and paired with hope, and all the other amazing qualities of a princess, it can help you to become what ever you want to be.

We have to be brave so that we can find the courage to learn about the world around us. To accept new things and to understand them. It takes a lot of courage to step out of your comfort zone but it's possible and with bravery, you can make it happen. I never thought I could do it but it happened and it worked for me.

Princesses are also beautiful and we are all beautiful so that's really the first and easiest qualification.

That's what makes me a princess, strength, love, hope, courage, beauty, bravery, and being myself. Who I am is someone amazing and who you are is someone phenomenal and we make the world a better place just by living in it. We're royalty you know =] ♥

everything is gonna be okay.

"something tells me you'll be fine. the strength inside of you is gonna shine."

stardust and sunshine

"There is already, inside of you, all the stardust you need...to do whatever you want to do...to be whatever you want to be!"

-Carrie Fralish

My Get Up and Go Playlist.

To go along with my new room and my happiness list, I've decided to make a series of CDs to play as I get ready in the morning. I've chosen upbeat songs that will hopefully pave the way for a great day. It's like a confidence boost in music form. I'm not finished yet. There are still some songs that I want to buy from iTunes like "Bennie and the Jets" by Elton John and Tom Cochrane's "Life Is A Highway" among others. I'm also taking suggestions. I think that any upbeat, feel good songs like these will really determine someone's outlook on the day ahead. Happy songs make people happy and happy people won't let negativity get to them.

"Before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who cannot speak."