I like the idea of a fresh start. Starting over, getting a second chance. For a lot of people they think starting over involves moving to a new place but I don't. Each morning is a new beginning. Everyday there is something to learn and whatever we learn can be applied to the next day. Every morning I say to myself, "let's make today great". I do my best to start everyday with a new positive attitude because i am lucky enough to have another day to live. I am given the opportunity of a second chance and I am not going to waste it.
My mother, sister, dad and I went out to dinner late the other night and I saw this gentleman sitting at a table all by himself enjoying a birthday ice cream sundae. I just lost it. I started crying because it made so sad to see him all alone on his birthday yet he was so happy. All week I had been stressed with homework and I was really thinking about how much my ankle hurt. I was being so whiny and complaining a lot about little things but then I saw this man. He was all alone on his birthday yet he was completely content with everything. He made me realize nothing is ever really that bad because I am surrounded with people who love and support me. He also helped me learn that happiness is a choice. He could've been supper bummed and upset because he was alone but he chose to enjoy himself and have a little fun. We told our waitress to charge us for his sundae but it was on the house. When we were leaving I walked over to him and said happy birthday. Even though that is all I said his eyes filled with joy and he had they biggest smile. This was a little while ago but I still think about him. I will never forget this n I wish I knew his name. I hope to see him again someday. This dude rocks and I hope he had a great birthday. Jennifer Lawrence is a huge inspiration to me. It is hard to know what celebrities are like in real life but Jennifer Lawrence is honest and real. It amazes me how confident she is in herself in such a judgmental and competitive job. If she can take pride in who she is in Hollywood and I can be confident in who I am. I absolutely love her honesty and humor. She is such a funny person in all of her interviews and events but I obviously don't know her personally. I just hope she acts the same on and off screen. I also look up to Jennifer as a fashion icon. I love learning about her taste in clothing and her makeup is always amazing. Jennifer Lawrence seems like such an amazing person and I would love to meet her some day.
We had a class discussion about love. Some of the questions we talked about were, 1. is there such thing as love at first sight? 2. What is "love"? 3. Is it possible for a 13 year old to be in love? I found this questions very intriguing. We are reading Romeo and Juliet in class. I find it very interesting how Juliet is 13, almost fourteen and is getting married and has a very different relationship with Romeo than 13 year olds today. Juliet is much more mature than a lot of girls today. Romeo is also quite different from men today. He is very affectionate and puts his heart on the line which a lot of people don't. They have a very mature relationship for only knowing each other three days. Romeo and Juliet inspire me to love willingly. Even though they were married and I can love my friends and family more and express my gratitude of everything they do. Part of loving someone is putting someone else's needs before yours. I really want to work on that. I love my sister and my mom but I need to put their needs before mine and really care for them. Romeo and Juliet were truly in love and I want te
Our exhibition project is about finding the good in evil and even though we haven't started it yet, I have already been thinking about this. Today I had to go to three different stores all over the place to find a compass for my math homework. No doubt it irrated me. I was just frustrated but then I thought about the novel we were reading, Night. I found it hard to still complain about taking an 1 and a half to get a compass when Elie spent years in a concentration camp struggling to live and also the mass genocide going on today in syria. Driving around searching for something isn't even that big of a deal when you think about the bigger picture, the bigger problems, the real things people are dealing with effecting them for more than a day, even lifetimes. And when I think about that, I realize I am thanking I have a compass and the money and time to go buy one. I am thankful I am even to get an education and spend 2 hours doing homework because other women and men will never have that opportunity. I am thankful for everything that I have I just need to remind myself sometimes to give thanks. "We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything—death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth." - Elie Wiesel This is a quote from the novel Night by Elie Wiesel we are reading in class. When we were reading in class this quote really stuck me. I really like this quote because it shows how in their weakest time, they were actually stronger than ever. They overcame the constant struggle of death and fought. They fought for years in concentration camps before any liberation came. I find it very interesting how the novel is through Elie's eyes. It is everything he experienced. The novel demonstrates how little they jews knew. Hitler is barely spoken about and they know basically nothing. This quote reminds me I'm much stronger than I think. It is important to preserver threw the dark, the
I was scrolling through Pinterest and saw this image. I immediately agreed with it. My sister and I joke about my mom because we swear she is psychic or something. My mom always kinda sees who is going to be our good friends or who she gets a weird vibe from. I find it very interesting because it sometimes we are blinded by appearance so we can't truly tell that someone is completely fake. I think it's really good to have different perspectives on things. I really respect my mother's opinion. She is older and wiser than I am and I feel she has lot more experience dealing with life. I am blessed to have my mom. I love her very much. I appreciate everything she does for me and the advice she gives me, even if I don't want to accept it all the time. ;) Personally, I spend too much time and effort on what I wear. I think it is really fun though to look girly and feel cute. Even though it is fun, the MOST important thing I need to wear is a smile. A smile is the best curve on a women's body. I really like this quote. I like to look cute not for other people, but for myself. I want to be confident and feel comfortable with how I look. But when I look at other people, I notice their face first and I first see if they have a smile or not. I actually have been working on smiling more lately. My mom always tells me when I am happy I need to let my face know. Smiling is contagious and I want to spread it! Smiling is great. :)
On Tuesday, Kristen Paruginog, founder of Break the Silence organization against domestic violence. Kristen talked about how her person experiences lead her to where she is today. Kristen was in an abusive relationship for 3 years. I couldn't believe the things she said. It confuses me how a human could act so wild and uncontainable. Kristen shared the fact with us that every 1 in 4 women have been affected by domestic violence and every 1 in 7 men. Then she had every 4th girl in the class stand up. It gave us a visual of the intensity of domestic violence. It was so hard for me to comprehend this. I think part of that was because I have personally never been effected by domestic violence, I've never even been in a physical fight other than with my sister. I thought of domestic violence as just physical abuse but it is much more than that. There is physical, verbal, emotional, even financial abuse. Kristen really opened my eyes to a real world problem that needs more attention. I never really thought about domestic violence before. Kristen is an amazing women and she has inspired me to take my suffering and pain and channel that into helping others. She took the pain she felt from her relationship and used it to fuel her passion to run an outstanding organization that is changing the lives of many people all over the world. October is domestic violence awareness month. Help me spread the word by wearing purple. <3
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