Fools have more fun...

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm"

-Colette

If Only...

"Real Leaders are ordinary people with extraordinatry determination."

-Cheer, A book of quotes

If only some of the leaders in our nation could be defined this way. I'm by far not a politicain nor am I a diehard certain party fan. But party's shouldn't matter; when it comes right down to it the people we elect should be because they were/are real people who really care and have worked for what they've accomplished. If only the politicans would read my blog...

Key to Happiness...

"Happiness depends on ourselves."

-Aristotle

The key to happines truly does depend on us. Events may happen to influence happiness but it is our choice on whether or not we want that to effect us. When my sisters and I are mad at each other, my grandmother has always said, that she didn't make you mad. You allowed yourself to get mad. If we allow ourselves to be unhappy we have no one to blame but ourselves.

Growing up...

  

    “Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves... for growing up.”

 -The Wonder Years quotes

Sweat...

"Both tears and sweat are salty and wet, but they render different results.

Tears will get you sympathy, but sweat will get you progress."

-Cheers, A book of quotes

There are two types of people in this world. Those who want things done for themselves and those who do things for themselves. And I think there's a huge difference between the two. I am sometimes accused of bein stubborn because I often do things for myself even if I do need help. It may be a good trait but at the same time I'm guilty of not asking for help when I need to. Both tears and sweat can be good each in their own way but sweat usually gets your further and keeps friends.

Sunshine On A Cloudy Day...

"Don't worry whether or not the sun will rise;

Be prepared to enjoy it."

-Cheers, A book of quotes

I love to find the positive in life. Why worry about what's going to happen or what might happen? Just enjoy what you've been given rain or shine. Sometimes thats the only way to get through things, to just find the sunshine in life.

Speak From The Heart...

"One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter."

-James Earl Jones

I've lost count of how many times I've I'm growing up and I like to think maturing, I've realized that what I have to say truly is important even if it does hurt to speak from the heart. It's best to not leave things unsaid. Take a chance and just go for it! What's the worst that could happen?

How To Be A Winner...

The Winner--

   is always part of the answer;

The Loser--

   is always part of the problem;

The Winner--

   always has a program;

The Loser--

   always has an excuse;

The Winner--

   says "Let me do it for you;"

The Loser--

   says "That's not my job;"

The Winner--

   sees an answer for every problem;

The Loser--

   sees a problem for every answer;

The Winner--

   sees a green near every sandtrap;

The Loser--

   sees two or three sand traps near every green;

The Winner--

   says, "It may be difficult be it's possible;"

The Loser--

   says, "It may be possible but it's too difficult."

BE A WINNER!

-Cheers quote book

Lions and Tigers and Bears... Oh My!...

"It's not the lions and tigers that'll get you...

It's the Mosquitoes!"

-Spurgeon Richardson

This is indeed a funny little quote from Richardson but it does have a deeper meaning. Those "lions and tigers" as he calls them, are the big things in life that come up that we think we are never going to get through. And those darn Mosquitos are the little things that we let worry us in life. And it's sometimes all the mosquitoe bites that drive us to insantiy. We all need to learn to let things go and just not worry at all about the lions and tigers or the mosquitoes. Just let life happen and work itself out.

The Purpose Of Life...

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to matter, to be productive, to make some difference you lived at all."

-Leo Rosten

This quote pretty much summarizes why I bother to keep up a pretty much daily blog. Maybe something I've said or a quote I've posted will help someone else down the road. Even when I'm dead and buried this website will still be here because the Internet doesn't "forget" anything. But if I live my life just trying to make ends meet and think I've never accomplished anything; I will consider myself rich if I can touch just 1 life.

Faith Like A Child...

"The great man is he who doesn not lose his child's heart."

-Mencius

Sometimes the best faith to have is that of a child's. So simple and trusting, never quesitoning, just believing; and yet we as adults usually have an extremly hard time doing just that. But think of the difference that would make if sometimes we did thrive in the child we used to be and use that to simply believe in what is and is to come. Can life truly be that simple? Lets make it!

Failure First...

"One who fears failure limits his worth.

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently."

- Henry Ford

We are human; therefore, we are bound to fail. But it is how we survive or persevere through those failures that shows who we really are. What better man to make this statement then Henry Ford? Someone who invented cars for a living through trial by error; in order to make a car you have to know how not to make it. Mr. Ford was a very smart man who realized through his failures that in order to suceed you may have to fail first.

Great Minds...

"Great minds discuss ideas;

Average minds discuss events;

small minds discuss people."

-Eleanor Roosevelt

I randomly found this quote laying on my kitchen counter today and it's stuck with me. We should all strive to have "great minds" instead of the "small minds" Eleanor speaks of. Ponder on this quote and figure out what it means to you then try and apply it to your everday life. Hopefully you won't end up with a small mind...

Live For The Tomorrows...

    



  “Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.”

 -Bill Watterson

Some people may strongly agree with this quote. But, I however, strongly disagree. Everybody has bad days and bad moods but that doesn't mean you have to make everyone else around you miserable. Bad moods aren't fun so why should I or you want to wish that on our friends and family? As one of my previous quotes said, "All you've got is the future." So don't allow some smart elec comment or negative words to impact your mood. Just shake it off and live for the tomorrows.

Something To Look Forward To...

"All you got's the future."

-Horton Foote

Horton Foote was a play writer, script writer, in theatre and pretty much everything else. And according to Dr. Gerald Wood, who spoke in my Communications class taday, Foote wasn't a complainer either. Life happens but then you just have to pick yourself back up and carry on cause like he said, the future is all you've got to look forward to.

A Good Good Day...

"Look forward to each day for God has such great plans to prosper you and give you an Incredible Future!

-Unknown

Try to make every day a good day, even if that means you litterly have to make it a good day. You never know what God has in store for you.

Listen to the Music...

"If God is the DJ, then Life is the dance floor; Love is the rhythm, and You are the music."

-Unknown Author

Music can sometimes be the window into people's souls. You can pretty much tell what the songwriter is feeling just by looking at the lyrics. And music lyrics are kind of like these quotes, a lot of times I think 'hey when did they write that song about me?' or 'when did they quote me on that.' If you ever want to hear an inspiring story just listen to the music...

Stop and Smell the Roses...

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”

 -Frederick Keonig

I watch my 8 year old sister get upset and pout for hours when she doesn't get her way; when she doesn't get what she wants. I watch my 13 year old sister try to fit in with the "big kids" and be mature yet still suscumb to selfishness every now and then. And I've learned at the age of 18 that life isn't always about me, me, me. That it's ok to stop worrying about what will help me or make me happy and just look around. Take it all in and realize how great I truly do have life. And how grateful I am for the people and love in my life. So try and take time to just stop and smell the roses...

The Spirit of a man...

"The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

You Are Winner...

"You're a winner. The tests of life are not meant to break you, but to make you."

-Norman Vincent Peale

I love to reiterate that we learn the best lessons from the mistakes we make in life or by the trial we face. But none of that is meant to break us it's meant to build us up into the person we become

I'm a Survivor...

"Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed."

— R.S. Ingersoll

The test to see if you can survive life is if you can survive College. It's a place where those who think they know it all in high school quickly learn they know nothing. And it's also a place where the "losers" or unkown people in high school thrive, because in college is not about who has the most popular status it'w whether you can survive and come out ahead in the end.

Mr. Right...

    

“Watching you walk out of my life does not make me bitter or cynical about love. But rather makes me realize that if I wanted so much to be with the wrong person how beautiful it will be when the right one comes along.”

-Unknown

Enough said for today...

Give Your Burdens To Him...

"God tells us to burden him with whatever burdens us." 

-Author Unknown

This quote applys directly to my life. I had just started to stress out this morning about all I have to get done this week and all the different places I have to be. And I said a little prayer to God to help me just make it through this week. Then lo and behold my Psychology class was cancelled and my exam moved to next monday. That means I have about 3 extra hours to do homework and one less exam to worry about. Sometimes I catch myself wondering if God really does listen when I pray to him. And today I didn't have to wonder at all. Never doubt how great our God is!

Smile On...

"Sometimes the cards we are dealt are not always fair. However you must keep smiling & moving on"

 - Tom Jackson

This is actually my motto and outlook on life. Why make everyone miserable by being in a terrible mood and ranting when you can just smile and move on. If things don't go my way I'll deal with it so that it only effects me; no one else should have to suffer. So, even when you're feeling down just try to smile through it. You never know whose life you're effecting.

A True Friend...

“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”

-Thinkexist.com

We should all surround ourselves with people that don't judge and turn their noses up at our past. People who can honestly expcept you for who you are now are the kind of people I like to call my friends. So thanks guys! : )

Trial and Error...

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."

-Theodore Roosevelt

Trial and error seems to be the way we make it through life. But it is learning how not to do things that helps us succeed in life. My dad has always told me that the best lessons he learned in life and matured from were the obstacles and trials he faced. All that has made him the wise man he is today. I myself have found that if I got lost driving somewhere at least twice then I can get there again because I've learned how NOT to get there. Life is all about the lessons and what we take from them.