Our Inspiration #5

Darren Criss

To me, Darren Criss is living proof that dreams really do come true. Darren Criss is such an inspiration to me and to many others and it's not so hard to see why. He's the man behind one of my favorite songs, Not Alone.

Not Alone is one of my favorite songs because it gives me so much hope. It's really a beautiful song. I fell in love with it immediately.

His songs, his voice, his persona, it's all very beautiful and inspiring. It's the kind of situation where just seeing someone's passion and happiness is enough to increase your happiness and warm your heart.

What I really love is that he fights for equality and human rights. When people fight for the people, you know that those are the people that support you. When someone's voice and persona and smile gives you so much hope, it's hard not to love them.

He reminds me to hold on to hope because I'm important, things get better and dreams really do come true.

Sources of inspiration: 2011

Well, some of them

• Born This Way by Lady Gaga


• Not Alone by Darren Criss


• Fuckin Perfect by P!nk


• Harry Potter!


• Demi Lovato


• Skyscraper by Demi Lovato


• Darren Criss


• Dianna Agron


• My fellow feminists


• The love of demoracy


• seeing people fight for what they believe in


• Self-love and body love campaigns


• Movements like SlutWalk and Walk a Mile in Her Shoes


• people who are dedicated to helping others recover and heal


• happy people


• people standing up for themselves


• Jordin Sparks


• Maya Angelou


• the poem Still I Rise


• Beautiful Flower by India Arie


• The Help (novel)


• Tales of the City (novel)


• Looking for Alaska by John Green


• Winnie the Pooh


• A Thousand Splendid Suns (novel)


• Neil Patrick Harris


• Pretty/Unpretty by Dianna Agron and Lea Michele


• Jesse Tyler Ferguson


• Quote Blogs


• Christmas


• Winter

This isn't a complete list but it's accurate to the things and people that I found inspiration in.

You're not alone.

My life is a whole lot brighter after watching the live stream of the red carpet at Trevor Live. The theme of the night is "You're not alone." I love it so much! There were so many sources of inspiration. Inspirational quotes, videos, people...it was so beautiful. I just loving seeing so many people who are getting together to end bullying. I'm going to post some of the inspirational stuff here.

Since the theme of the night is "You're not alone" and because this is something very near to my heart, I would like to let you know that You aren't alone. You are bigger and you are stronger than the rough times that you're going through. Your heart will heal beautiful. You deserve the love and happiness of this world. It is your birthright. Don't give up. Stay Strong. You're going to make it okay?

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You are not alone.

Recently in the news, the story broke of a 10 year old girl who committed suicide by hanging herself in her closet. She was only 10 years old and an honor student. Now she's gone. Like many others, she was bullied in school and it led her to take her own life. She felt alone, left out, and saw no other way out

Now listen to me, I want you to remember that you are not alone. Love is louder than the harsh things they say. Love is louder than hate, prejudice, ignorance, intolerance, and judgement. I'm so sorry for all the voices that are not heard but I will be standing up for you. This needs to stop. We need to stop losing lives like this. Stomp Out Bullying...it is not necessary and it's destroying us. Bullies: STOP IT.

We're stronger than bullying and we need to protect each other and ourselves. Remember please that you are a beautiful person. You are loved. You will make it. I believe in you.

Remember this quote, it's one of my favorites right now, "You are a child of the universe! No less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here."

You are not alone. Listen to the song below. It's one of my favorites. I can listen to it a million times. Remember that you're not alone. Love is louder.