"Let people know what you stand for and you won't stand for"

H. Jackson Brown Jr.



Before you ever let anyone know what you stand for, figure it out what you stand for and stick to it. It is always good to know what you stand for because you don't know when you will be in a situation where you will need to stand up for your standards. I have been in situations where I have had to know what I stood for and what I didn't stand for. There were times that I had lost sight of those standards but you can always reevaluate where you are and what standards you need back in your life. It is never too late to let yourself and other people what you stand for. There are some people who can help you keep your standards. I know that there have been a few people in my life who have helped me keep my standards because they knew what they were.

"A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world."
                         Mohammed

I know that I have gone through my life always trying to get just a little bit richer or having all this money so I could do a lot of things or have a lot of things. It's okay to have some money but we dont need money to be running our lives. That will just make us greedy and become even more of the world. I like this quote because it's saying that we can be wealthy through the kindness or the good that we do in the world. If we spend a little bit less time worrying about things that we absolutely want or think that we need and spend more time helping others in their time of need then we become rich in a different way. I know that sometimes our day can be a little bit busy but do a little bit of service each day. If you see someone that has dropped their books at school stop and help pick their things up. The smallest kindness that anyone can do is say hi to someone as they walk by them. I know that has cheered me up. Volunteer at a local food bank, or at a library. I challenge you to do one act of kindness a day and that will help make your day so much better.
You will become so much wealthier through the good that you do. And remember there are more than one way to make your life wealthy.

A Quote a Day

I know that I havent written in over a year and a half. I dont have an other excuses to make than that I have forgotten since the last time I have written. My life really hasn't been that hectic or busy. I have just put the blogs on a backburner until today when I found my Quote Book that I started back when I was in 9th grade and I had an English teacher who had one of us put a quote on the board each class and we would discuss that quote for a few minutes. I have decided to do that with this blog. I am going to put up a quote each day and write what I think that quote means to me. If you follow this blog you are more than welcome to contribute to what you think that the quote means to you or if you have a quote that you want me to put on the blog then go ahead and contribute. I have counted all of the quotes that I have and I have enough quotes that it will take me close to two years to go through all of my quotes. I hope you enjoy.

     "Go cofidently in the direction of your dreams."
                      Henry David Thoreau

Find out what dreams you want to work for and go confidently in that direction. Sometimes you don't realize that something isnt a dream until it was thrusted into your arms from someone who you would never think would help make it a dream for you. That happened one day when I was junior in high school and I had gone to see the art teacher after school to see if my older sister was there visiting her. The art teacher then had me sign up for the Russia trip the following October. Going to Russia was never a dream for me until then. And when it did become a dream I went confidently toward that dream and I worked hard to make that dream come true. Two years later I had another dream to go on a Europe trip. I worked hard to make that dream to come true as well. Now I need to figure out what my new dream(s) should be and go confidently in the direction of those dreams. I am the person who can make my dreams come true. I need to be the one to work on the dreams. But it is okay to have a push from the right person to go in the right direction. There have been several people in my life who have pushed me in the right direction and there will be others as well.

The Adventure of Wyoming so far...

It has been 2 months since I have written on my blog. I have been in Wyoming since the middle of May. There have been things that I have certainly learned so far. There have been some adventures that I would love to forget and some that I would love to remember. There were also some adventures that have not happened yet that I would love to have happen. The adventures that haven't happened yet maybe will be the reasons why I should come back next year to work. I had a good 25th birthday. I went to Signal Mountain that night with a bunch of friends. There was a lot of conversations and laughter that night. I only wish that I had taken pictures that night to put up on the blog. Just about a week and a half ago I went to the Huckleberry Hot Springs with Chad, Raymond, and Heather. We had to cross a river to get to the hotsprings. It was definitely cold crossing the river but going to the hotsprings would have been worth it if there were not so many mosquitos there. None of us had thought about taking mosquito repellent because we didn't think that there would be so many mosquitos there. We had only stayed there for about 5 minutes and then we left. The last week of July was the Jackson Hole Fair and Rodeo. Melissa, Trevor and their little family were up for half of the week because of their snowie. I got to spend some time with them. Josh had even come to help. The second time I hung out with them, Easton and Josh had play guns. I had lost count of how many times I had "died" because of those two shooting me. We had gone to the shootout on the town square and they loved watching it. Even Macy liked the shootout. Last week was the Rendevous, the midsummer seasonal party. It was fun. I was able to hang out with a bunch of friends, had a really good dinner, played bingo, and danced with a few friends. Now that it is the middle of August people are getting ready to leave or have already left for school. There are only a few people my age who are still here for the rest of the season. So it has gotten more quiet than it has been the last few weeks. That is only to be expected though. I will probably be staying in my room at night the rest of the time that I am here. That is okay though. That only adds to the adventure.

Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are [Official Video]

I am beautiful the way I am

Today I was straightening my hair and I was looking at my face in the mirror. Looking at myself, I realized that I am beautiful the way I am. I am beautiful on the outside just as much as I am in the inside. If I think that I am beautiful and I show it, that is all that matters. I love myself the way that I am. I don't need to change anything about myself. I have accepted myself for my looks and for who I am. Nothing else matters. In the past I have not always felt comfortable and I have not always accepted the way that I looked because of my weight. When it came to high school dances and I wasn't asked to any of them I felt insecure because I thought guys didn't ask me because of the way that I looked. Maybe that was true, maybe it wasn't. I won't ever know. It has taken me years to finally feel comfortable with the way that I look and I accept it full heartedly. Someday there will be a guy in my life who will have accepted the way that I look on the outside and inside. Until that day I will be fine just as long as I know that I am beautiful just the way that I am.

Glee Cast - Born This Way (Glee Cast Version)

We were all born a certain way. God knew what he was doing when he created all things even us. We were born to become somebody important and to be on the right track. We don't need to have something like OCD, illnesses, health issues, blemishes, or anything else hold us back for becoming somebody important. We all are meant to do something and we can't let anything hold us back. We need to love everything about ourselves and continue on with our lives. We are who we are and we are perfect the way we are. We can't let certain things in our lives run our lives. It is only a small part of who we really are.