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The secret is, I trust people much too easily. When someone asks for my attention, I more than happily plunge into their gaze, smile too much & listen too much. I create a false image of someone else on my own, believe their sincerity with my whole heart. Therefore I am my own downfall, & there is not one person to blame besides myself.

God understands our prayers even when we can't find the words to say them.

Your friends are you release; they're who you have the most fun with. and yet when the going gets tough those people turn around & suddenly they're not just making you laugh; they're being this rock & giving you all their advice, even though you're so much your own person.  If you dissect yourself, I guarantee you your friends are in there. Their influence is incredible; best friends are what you need most.

We're not perfect, we laugh too hard

we are way too loud && we make

complete fools out ourselves but

doing it together is what makes us

Best friends forever

I'll always care & I'll always be there,

like you have from the start.

At one point in time, we'll say our goodbyes,

become adults, & live our separate lives.

But sun or rain, no matter what weather;

you're always my best friend, now & forever!

I want to thank you.

Thank you for always listening to me when

I just needed to vent.

Thank you for understanding what I needed,

for being my best friend.

And for not giving up on me when everyone else had.

I don't understand,
how just the touch of your hand
can make me feel invincible.
Do you know just where you take me?
Do you know how high you make me?

I do understand the impulse.
The impule to put your hand out and
want someone to be there at the end of your
reach. To want someone to be close to.
To want to kiss or touch, even if it's wrong.
The point is you can't control these feelings.
Even if they're wrong, they are still there.
They're always there.

It just bothers me because you never really do know
if he cares or if it's just a facade. He could tell you that
your his "only one," but how do you know he won't turn
around and say it to someone else too? Relationships
are hard and a lot of people say that it doesn't work
without trust, and yeah, that's true. But I think in order
to be compeletely head over heels, you have to be
willing to be stupid. You have to be willing to fall.
(c) xStillCaringx

Slip your hand in mine.
Don't worry about what they say

I talk way too much. I ramble on about nothing.
I have no self confidence. I can’t be mean.
I have no self control. I've been known to push people away
and my language is definitely not the greatest.
But I'm just a girl. And I want to feel loved and be told I'm pretty.
I'm me; plain and simple. Take it or leave it.

Shes never 'the one', just that girl left behind.
And she's confused at how everyone else can feel like that.
At least they belong somewhere.
At least their number one in someones heart.
Shes always been second best, never good enoughh.
And maybe, just maybe, shes sick of it.

I always avoided fights.
I make jokes instead.
I tell people what they want to hear in
order to avoid a confrontation. I pretend to want
things I don't want and I pretend not
to want things I do want. No one gets hurt.
Except me.

Times were tough, but memories remain.
Situations were rough but we overcame.
Side by side, together we grew.
When all is said & done I'll look back on friends like you.

admit it.
you only want me
when you can't have her

You find out who your friends are. Somebody who'll drop everything, run out and crank up their car, hit the gas, get there fast. Never stop to think, "What's in it for me?" or "That's way too far." Yeah, you find out who your friends are.

Surround yourself with people you love being yourself with.

"The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid." - Lady Bird Johnson

it's not who you spend the most time with,
it's who you have the best memories with.

Do not place your happiness in things outside of yourself;
people move on and cities burn.
Instead, try to find joy in yourself.
Find passion in simple things.
Look in the mirror and see the most beautiful human being of all staring back at you.
Do what you love and do not let another manipulate your peace of mind.
Above all, learn to love yourself.
Learn to be okay when you are alone.
Realize that nothing worthwhile comes overnight.

I'm not that good of a person. I make mistakes, I have regrets. I act a lot slower than I really am. I cry. I laugh way to loud when something isn't really that funny. And sometimes the mean things people say about me can really get to me. But, when I'm with you, I found none of that matters because you make me smile.

She's one of those girls who doesn't know what she's doing, but she wants to know everything will be worth it one day. She isn't amazing at one thing, she's just good at alot of things, and that's all she'll ever be. She wishes she could be different, but she still lives her life to the fullest anyway. All she truly needs is love to keep her sane. She looks at her world like it's a book, with pages being read everyday. She's her own worst enemy and hardest critic. She knows she has flaws and tries to accept them, even though she knows she never fully will. More than anything though, she just wants to make a difference one day, and she wants someone to remember her name.

I'm not that girl.
I'm not the girl who gets attached.
I don't like feelings, they're messy.
And I don't like being hurt.
Why did I let him get to me,
when I know that everyone always leaves?
Including me.

She's that shy, quiet girl, the one that everybody likes. She is beautiful, without trying. She's got the biggest heart, and alot of love to give, but no one to give it to. She is truly a nice girl, and she always wears the biggest smile. And every minute with her is worth its while. But on the inside she is filled with pain. She is far beyond lonely. For her, it seems to only rain. She really is a smart girl, but she can't understand why they all leave her for those other girls. She lies awake at night and asks herself, what is wrong with her, what did she do wrong? What do they have that she doesn't? But in reality, there is nothing wrong with her. No one has taken the time to just get to know her, to figure her out. She's real, she's deep and for that reason she has to suffer.

I’m finally realizing why God put me in so many tough spots in the past, it's all starting to pay off. I have great friends, with no drama going on at the moment. and I have one heck of an amazing guy. I think that God put me through all the crap with my ex's because he wanted to show me the way I shouldn't be treated. He wants me to realize that everyone else was right; none of them were good enough for me. now that I’ve found the guy of my dreams, it's all fitting into place. and for once, things are starting to be just fine.

I'm never going to talk to you first.
So if I mean anything, anything at all to you,
then you can talk to me because I give up.

What defines a best friend? What are the requirements to be a good best friend?
How many hours a week does it entail? Stupid questions that have no answers.
A best friend is not defined by how many times they talk on the phone,
or how many hours they hang out together.
It is not defined by how many sleepovers they gossip at, or how many inside jokes they have.
There are no requirements or laws that state that a good best friend must hang out with them every weekend,
or tell each other every little detail. A best friend is a matter of opinion.
It is the person who has been there for you through everything, not just through the fun things, or the little things.
It is the person that you call when you are at your absolute worst.
It is the person who saves you when you didn’t even notice that you needed saving.
Mostly it is the person who accepts you for who you are, and the person that you are becoming.

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

Forever never seemed so close as when
you put your hands in my pockets and said,
"I'm quite fond of you kid. I think we'll be just fine.
You keep the sky & I'll settle for that look in your eyes"

Laying there with your arms around me, I felt so comfortable and safe. My heart was beating a mile a minute having you so close to me. As you played with my hair and kissed me, I couldn't help but smile straight from my heart. I could see how much you cared from the look in your eyes. It made me never want to let you go, to just stay wrapped in your arms forever, where nothing else matters but you and me.

It's weird, you know the end of something that has taken so much time to get over is coming, and you're so relieved that it's finally here but you still, for some reason, still want to hold on. Just for one more second, just so it can hurt a little more. After all, this problem has been your life for so long, you're not sure if you'll be used to being free.

It's really difficult to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people's feelings and standing up for what you believe in

Sometimes you don't know you've crossed a line until you're already on the other side.

Sometimes instead of finding what you want, you have to find what you need and once you find what you need, what you want will find you.

Life was so much easier,
when the biggest problem
was the monster in your closet.

Something good will come from this.
I'll be alright.

i miss those summer nights when nothing
got in the way of our fun, and fun was
all we had.

I may only be able to count my true friends on one hand. That doesn't say a lot about me, but it says everything about them.

I don’t remember what made us stop talking, I don’t even remember when the last time we did but I just want to let you know that I miss the best friend in you and I hope that you miss me too.

nothing compares to the stomach aches you get
from laughing too hard with your best friends

Thanks for being the friend who`s
always believed in me, who`s always
understood, who`s always accepted me,
who`s always cared.

Memories are only as good
as the people you can
make them with.

I remember when I used to be the happiest, loudest,

spunkiest person alive. Nothing could get me down for

very long. I smiled all the time and laughed nonstop.

I still glimpses of that girl sometimes, but not much. I

miss her, she was a good kid.

Promise yourself to be strong, that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of eveything & make your optimism come true. Think only the best, work only for the best, & expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past & press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side as long as you are true to the best that`s in you.

I don’t know what I want to do with my life. I just know I want to do it. I want to see my world, I want to meet every single person breathing on this earth. I want to give everyone a hug or a handshake and I want to make someone’s life a little easier. I want to be different than the people I know because that’s what makes us beautiful. I want to be absolutely ridiculous before I die. I don’t want regrets.. I want to stand for something.

I think that the only reason why people
hold onto memories so tight, for so long
is cause memories are the only things that
don`t change when everything else does.

i used to have the most amazing friends.
i still have the same friends.
they just no longer amaze me.

Stop and make sure that everything you are doing right now is really what makes you happy. You can't just live for some goal in the future and have that be everything... have that be it. Because that is what some people do. They get on this road and there are all these signs saying, 'This way. That way.' But what if you get there, you get exactly what you wanted, like some people do, except all the things that were wrong, are still wrong. Then what?

You get a strange feeling when you're
about to leave a place, I told him. Like
you'll not only miss the people you love,
but you'll miss the person you are now
at this time and place, because you'll
never be this way ever again.

Times were tough,

but the memories remain.

Situations were rough,

but we overcame.

Side by side; together we grew.

Cause when it's said and done,

I'll look back on a friend like you.

you can find good in anybody if you give them a chance, benefit of a doubt. sometimes people disappoint you. sometimes they surprise you, but you never really get to know them until you listen to what’s in their hearts

i think about the person i used to be, & she seems so far away . she walked fast , i walk slow . she stayed up late & got up early , i sleep . i feel like if she gets any farther , i won't be connected to her at all anymore.

it's not who you knew the longest,
it's who never left your side.

years from now, i wont remember every friday night or the things that made us laugh so hard that our stomachs hurt. but i will always remember that they were the ones there

but the real secret to total gorgeousness
is to believe in yourself, have self confidence
and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts

i think change is a good thing. althought it may be terrifying to get out of your comfort zone, it's also very exciting to start a new chapter of your life.

Our memories of yesterday will
last a lifetime. We'll take the best,
forget the rest, and someday we'll
find these are the best of times

We're best friends forever. Our friendship is unlike any other. Sometimes you scare me, but you always make me laugh. Sometimes I piss you off, but we always make up right after. If you ever left me best friend-less, I don't know what I'd do with myself

If a man takes the risk to cheat
he's saying
'this is worth losing her'

Don't talk to me, don't look at me.
No we can't be friends.
This little game you have, has got to end.
You can't flirt with me like it's nothing.
Because you're breaking my heart,
my entire world is falling apart.
Go your own way, & I'll go mine.
I'm going to get over you,
just give me a little time.

Every one of our attempted conversations ends with me in your arms, our lips pressed together. Every one of our attempts at being friendly ends with us realizing that we can't be
"just friends."

I put on an act sometimes,

&& people think I'm insensitive. 

Really, it's like a kind of armor

 Because actually I'm too sensitive. 

If there are two hundred people

 In a room && one of them doesn't like me,

I've got to get out.

You've brought sunshine into my life
You've filled me with happiness I never knew
You gave me more joy than I ever dreamed of
And no one, no one can take the place of you.

Ten bucks says you'll be crawling into bed with me.
Putting your hands and lips where they don't belong.
But ten bucks says I won't say no.

i've made mistakes, i've let people take advantage of me, and I accepted way less than I deserve. But, I've learned from my bad choices and even though there are some things I can never get back and people who will never be sorry, I'll know better next time and I won't settle for anything less than I deserve.

The purpose of life, is to find something worth
dying for, and then living for it.

never let success get to your head
and never let failure get to your heart

I know I’m not easy to understand. I know I keep a lot inside and I know I’m not the easiest person to read, but that’s okay. Cause even though there’s a lot about me you’ll never know, there’s a hell of a lot more of me you can learn to love

hold on to a best friend when you find one
because i bet that in your entire lifetime,
you won't find anybody else like them.

Your character is based on what you stand for.
Your reputation is based on what you fall for.

Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

She tells herself that this summer will be different.
Somehow she'll makeover her soul
And when fall returns, no one will be able to recognize her.

I will always be that girl wanting but never having.
I will always be that girl seeing but never feeling.
I will always be that girl who doesn't know the difference
Between dreams and reality.
I guess you can say I will always be that girl waiting.

Only the best of friends would know
That when you tell them you dont want to talk,
You really need someone to tell your problems to.

She's the kind of girl that's there for anyone.
The kind of girl that would put all her problems aside
Just to help someone else with theirs.
The kind of girl who cares about others and loves with all her heart.
The kind of girl that hide her pain behind make-up and fake smiles.
The kind of girl that won't even let you bring her down.

Sometimes I feel a little jealous inside,
Imagining someone can please you more than me.
I guess its just my insecurities acting up a bit,
Because I know I'm not the most beautiful,
Most fun, or even the most exciting person you'll ever meet.

God created men first because he needed a rough draft
Before creating a master piece.

She's classy, unlike all the other girls.
She knows herself and she knows she's not perfect,
But she spends her time having fun and doing the best she can with what she's got.

I fall back on the bed surrounded by laughter of newfound friends.  I realize sometimes happiness doesn't lies with those who know you best, but those who don't know you at all.

i'm at the point in my life where things are neither good or bad. they could be better, but they could be worse and i can't look at anything with a purely pessimistic or optimistic point of view. it's that point in life where you just have to forge foward and hope for the best. you keep your fingers crossed in hopes that someday catching that happiness you tried so hard to hold in your grasp. that's the thing about happiness, it is fleeting. like that firefly you try to capture and no matter how many times you waver, try to clasp it in your hands, but it never wants to be kept. keep on foot in front of the other and move along, because someday that firefly will find it's way back to you.

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted;
he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
-Psalm 34:18

You will be missed.
You were always here
to get me through times like this.
And I know if you were here,
you'd be laughing at me.
You would say
you're not as alone as you think.

Ok so I can’t take a compliment, I get mad way too easily and tend to talk down about myself. I cry over little things, and I let what people say get to me. I paint my nails obnoxious colors, and I wear flip-flops in the cold. I’m stubborn, annoying, & I’ll probably piss you off. But give me a chance.. I’ve been through a lot.

Everyone always looked at me as the girl who couldn't hold her own when trouble came.
Well I proved them all wrong when I let go of you.

it's that kind of friendship you can't put into
words, but it doesn't matter because you
don't need anyone else to understand.

She hasn't smiled much lately
and she doesn't know why.

your biggest challenge isn’t someone else;
it’s the ache in your lungs,
the burning in your legs,
and the voice inside you that yells "can’t !".
but you don’t listen,
you push harder.
you hear the voice whisper "can ",
and you discover that the person you thought you were,
is no match for the one you really are.

I'm the kind of girl who can talk to a
stranger about anything & everything,
but I can't tell my best friend how much
I'm hurting. I can let people know that
I'm young and not worry about it, but I
can't tell them how much I miss being
younger. I hate not being invited to parties
cause I feel so alone. And I can't understand
how I don't have many friends. I'm the
kind of girl that can be easy to fall for
and I'm the kind of girl who falls easily.

A true friend won't question your motives, will hug you just cause they can sense that you need it, will never fall for your famous false smile that fools everyone else, will let you listen to your favorite song over & over in the car even when they don't like the song, will tell you the truth even when you'd rather not hear it, & will never leave your side, in good times or in bad ones, now don't tell me you think you find people that are that special to your life everyday.

We talk like we know what's going on, but we don't. We don't know anything. We're young and we're gonna screw-up a lot. We're gonna keep changing our minds and even sometimes our hearts and through all that, the only real thing we can offer each other is forgiveness.

She’s the kind of girl who is constantly
making mistakes and always getting
them shoved back in her face.

i can tell she's my very best friend
'cause she's behind me even
when I'm nothing but a mess

I hate the girl staring back at me in the mirror. I wish that she would just leave. The sad part is, sometimes the only person who understands you is that pathetic reflection. She's the only person who feels the same pain you do. I almost feel sorry for her, but just like everyone else, there isn't anything I can do to comfort her. Oh well, at least I'm not alone.

Sometimes you have to be strong for yourself. You have to
know that you're a good person & a good friend. What is meant
to be will end up good & what isn’t, wont. Relationships are
worth fighting for, but sometimes you can’t be the only one
fighting. At times, people need to fight for you. If they don’t,
you must just move on & realize what you gave them was more than
they were willing to give you. Hopefully, people realize great
things when they come around & don’t lose something real. Always
fight until you cant anymore, and then be fought for.

Whenever you think
you're not cut out for this life,
remember, someone knows
you're going to make it.
Someone created these obstacles for you
because they know you can get over them.
You just have to have faith,
and keep trying.
You'll make it
because anything that doesn't kill you
can only make you stronger.

i used to be called a "good girl" no,
that never happens anymore.
its just a little hard to be a good girl,
when dating a bad boy.

sometimes you just gotta put your self out there
it might be awkward but in the long run
you'll be happy you did it.

Teachers never die. They live in your memory forever.
They were there when you arrived; they were there when you left.
Like fixtures. Once in a while they taught you something.
But not that often. And, you never really knew them,
any more than they knew you. Still, for awhile,
you believed in them. And, if you were lucky,
maybe there was one who believed in you.

my heart didn’t break into a thousand pieces after he left. Instead, I realized all the things he didn’t do. He didn’t want to hear my stories. He didn’t ask me questions. He didn’t smile when I was talking to him. He didn’t hug me out of the blue to make me feel good. His hugs were always a preamble to something else and after he was gone, I wondered if he ever knew me at all.

life is like an hourglass, sooner
or later, everything hits the bottom,
and all you have to do is be patient and
wait for someone to turn it around.

Be nice and smile to everyone you meet.
You don't know what they are going through, and they may need that smile, and treasure it.

The only thing better than the kiss itself, is the moment right before it,
when the look in his eyes leaves you breathless

If I could just lay with you, cuddle with you,
be held by you, that's all I need.
I'm not asking for commitment or kisses,
I've given up with that. All I need is just to
feel like someone loves me and cares about me,
even if it's just as a friend. cause quite honestly,
right now, I could really use a and a hug.

I want a boy who will tell me when i'm being stupid. who won't baby me with his words.
a boy who will still give time to his friends. a boy who will tell me no.
he would watch stupid movies with me but make me watch his favorites too.
a boy who's willing to drop everything for me, but knows when to let it be.
a boy who knows he's important to me, but won't mind when i change my plans to help someone.
a boy who won't mind my country urges, but will laugh at me when i pretend to be gangsta.
i want a boy who's enjoyable to look at, he doesn't have to be gorgeous,
i just want someone i can pay attention to.
a boy who can make jokes about me, a boy who i can laugh with,
someone who won't mind when i embarrass myself.
a boy who will buy me something i'll actually use, none of that jewelry crap.
a boy who has other girl friends, but i can trust him with them.
a boy who will know when to leave me alone when i have stupid fits.
i don't want the fairytale deal, i just want to feel comfortable.

and i'm not so sure how he does it
but when i'm in his arms
i feel like the prettiest girl on the planet.
it feels like everything is going
to be okay and there's nothing to worry
about at all.

I always hear girls talking about how
they would love to be kissed in the rain but
my fantasy has always been to be kissed in the snow.
It's just so pure, light, & flawless; a heaven on earth.
Besides, that way, if he decides to make you crash,
you have some extra padding on the ground.

i want to be the girl who he thinks is the cutest.
not necessarily the "hottest" or the "prettiest", but the cutest.
because hotness refers to the body, and god knows mine isn't perfect.
pretty refers to the face and i know plenty of girls prettier than me.
but cuteness is referring to every imperfection that he loves.
every weird little habit.
the funny little things that make me different from every other girl he could have.
like how i have a dorky laugh, or i can't watch gory movies,
or the way my hair smells.
all of the little things that he notices and adores.
i want to be that girl.

I love the way you look at me.
Especially when I say something really stupid.
You have this "why do I put up with you?" look.
But right after that is the "it's because I love you" look.
Then the "I must be insane to love you" look.
And finally the "I must be seriously insane" look.

i talked to your girlfriend today.
she seems pretty cool. but her taste in guys... sucks.

Girls have unique powers. They get wet without water, bleed without an injury and make boneless things get hard.

How do you go from seeing someone everyday To seeing them maybe once a week Without breaking down?

Have you ever thought`` When ever you get proposed to by the one you love who is the first friend that you'll call & tell.. If you were to move away; who is the friend that will always call you. If you had a wedding to go to & you didn't have a date.. Who is the first friend that you will call & see if they want to go with you. If you ever get bored one night.. Who is the first friend you talk to.. When you have a party to go to ` who is the first friend you want to crash it with.? & When you die.. What friends are going to be at your funeral

Just once I want someone to look at me & right away think I was beautiful. Not after they get to know me, or after they see inside my soul. Just once, I want to walk in a room, & light it up; Not blend in.

 I put on an act sometimes,

&& people think I'm insensitive. 

Really, it's like a kind of armor

 Because actually I'm too sensitive. 

If there are two hundred people

 In a room && one of them doesn't like me,

I've got to get out.

Sometimes I wonder

What my life looks like

Through everyone else’s eyes

today i looked in the mirror and realized i look prettier when i'm happy.

"Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?"

A person is never as quiet or unrestrained as they seem. Or as good, as bad, as vulnerable, as strong, or as sweet. We are thickly layered, page by page, behind a simple cover. And my love - it is not the book itself, but the binding. It can either rip us apart or hold us together.

There are some people who live in a dream world,
and there are some who face reality;
& then there are those who turn one into the other.

It's sad how you pass a girl in the hallway
at school, but nobody would ever know that
you spent every weekend & summer's never apart.
That you stayed up for hours on end talking about
boys, being crazy, and making a million different
memories. It's sad how you pass a girl in the hallway,
but nobody would ever have known you two were
once upon a time; best friends.
- peacelove_quotesx3

We used to be able to talk about everything,
but now it`s impossible to even start a decent
conversation with you. You can`t deny it, things
have changed . We`ve grown apart , & you have
to face the fact that I will no longer be there every
single time you need me, just like you`re not there
every single time I need you. The truth is what it is,
& that is I do not have any more respect for you as an
individual now.You`re just another face in the crowd

i love sleep.
my life has a tendency to
fall apart when i'm awake, you know?

We used to talk about everything.
Now its impossible to have a decent conversation with you.

I said yes to someone else because you didn't ask me.

She’s not like that now.  She knows better.  She knows now that people lie, and promises can be broken as quick as they’re made.  She understands that she might never be loved, and too quickly good things fly in front of your eyes before you can reach out and grab them. She knows that you can’t change or help time, so every now and then it will just run out.  There isn’t a place for everyone in the world, so if you’re standing alone for a while, that’s why.  Not everything in life comes easy, but when you work the hardest, that’s when it’s best.  You can’t always expect people to care, and even when you’re best friends stab you in the front, don’t think for one minute that they didn’t already aim for your back.  They missed for a reason.  She has found out too soon, that in this life you’re your own best friend.  Everyone will be broken at some point their life and more often than not, it’s gonna hurt like hell. But you can’t stop it.  You can’t change your fate. Some things are meant to be and all the pain you go through will end up resulting in something huge. You don’t know what it is and when it happens it will hit you like a ton of bricks.  At some point, when you have experienced everything you can, the words Life and Risk won’t mean anything to you anymore.  But don’t try and change that.  Stuff like that is meant to happen.  Over time, certain things no longer have an affect on you and that happens cause it’s the way it’s supposed to be.  But you’ll learn all that later in life when little things like a sunrise or a spring rain start to matter. But it might catch you off guard and happen sooner.  I mean, ask her.  She knows.

She's the girl that has a few best friends & doesn't
need anymore, the girl that laughs the hardest at her
own jokes. She's the girl that will hang up on you,
but then call you right back & say sorry. She's the girl
who will never leave your side when you need her,
the girl who will go out of her way to cheer you up.
She's the girl who never sleeps without her teddy bear
by her side, she's the girl who says she isn't ticklish,
but really is. She's the girl who will not give up on
you if she really believes in you. She's the girl
who believes in loving somebody forever.

Did you ever notice how clear

the sky gets before a big storm?

It's like God's warning us that good

things never last.

I'm mad at myself, not you. I'm mad for always being nice.
I'm mad for always apologizing for things I didn't do.
I'm mad for getting attached.
I'm mad for depending on you and wasting my time on you.
I'm mad for thinking about you, and most of all for not hating you when I should.

you might not notice, but i need a good friend
someone to talk to when i'm down..
there's so much on my mind that i want to get out
but there's no one around.

its that feeling you get, right in your core when you
look around, look at all the people you're surrounded
by, and realize that these people are home.

Worrying is a waste of time. It doesn't change
anything, it just messes with your mind and steals
your happiness.

he watched her fall to her knees so many times

but manage to pull herself up every time

one day she didnt get up

he asked why and she said

"my knees are sore, and i've lost the will

to keep getting up when i just fall again anyways."

i know i shouldn’t like him, cause i know

it’s not working, so i convince myself i don’t.

& then i see him and he’ll smile or put his arm

around me or just say anything and then all

that logic & convincing myself evaporates

Do you ever have the feeling of not measuring up?" they ask me. "do you feel like you're not good enough?" inside i say to them, "inadequacy is my life."

She's a summer girl. she likes things simple & she hates drama. she wishes that she could wear flip-flops year round & she hates being cold. she's moody during the winter because things are usually falling apart. but then summer comes, it always does & she realizes that she has true friends, & that nothing can beat those summer days & nights that are spent with the waves crashing & the sand between her toes.

you never know who your true friends are..
until tears are rolling down your cheeks;
the true friends are the ones,
who are there to wipe the tears
&& hold your hand;
when everybody else just stands around
wondering what happened to you.

Stay encouraged. If it was intended for you to be with someone or to do something at a certain time or in a certain way -
there's absolutely nothing in this world powerful enough to overpower it. God has a perfect will.
Just because He lets something happen doesn't mean it was or wasn't meant to be.
Sometimes we get so consumed about what`s in front of us that we don`t want to let it go in fear that something better may never come along.
Don't be greedy. We all have to give something up in order to make room for something new.

If someone wants to
be apart of your life,
they’ll try to make an effort.

she always wondered what she never had.
an ego? not enough confidence? or maybe
just that she wasn't just another heartless whore

My greatest fear in life

 is to not have a big enough impact on someone's life to always be remembered.

I'm just fifteen, but I'm slowly figuring out who I am and what I wanna be in life. I'm learning about what I need and beginning to know what I want. I have dreams and I want to accomplish them. I know how and I want many things to come true. In life, I don't want to be anyone else but me.

She’s only a teenager, just a typical fifteen year old that’s barely had her sweet sixteen yet. She hasn’t accomplished that much in her life but one day she plans to make her dreams come true. Her dreams are the size of the atlantic ocean, and if just a part of it comes true, it’s enough to last her a lifetime

If you look at me closely, right in the eyes,
you'll see this girl will always find her way.
Even if it might take a while longer than expected.

 I've spent too much time on the sidelines. I've spent too much time saying "Don't,
were gonna get in trouble" I've spent too much time being the good girl. I've spent too
much time keeping all my feeling inside. I've spent too much time wanting the love like in the movies. I've spent too much time second-guessing myself.  But now, I'm going to be the girl that other girls spend too much time wishing they were.

So I say a thousand stupid things & half the time I never mean them,
but this time I’m serious. I’m never going to talk to you first.
So If I mean anything, anything at all to you,
then you can talk to me because I give up.

There are these two sides of me constantly at war. One side wants to be happy and loving while the other wants to curl up and die. And they push each other and shove each other tearing me apart inside
and the sad part is no one will ever win."

Sometimes you don't want to know the truth,
you may think you do but once you know you'd give just about
anything to go back to being ignorant.

As I've grown, I've learned several things: life is full of disappointments and people you trusted will sooner or later let you down. I've learned that often those you love will love someone else and there's only one way to fall; fast and hard. I've learned that out of thousands of smiles, it takes one to touch your heart. I've found that words can be deceiving, but the truth always lies
in a person's eyes. I've learned that everything can change in the blink of an eye and tears often come without invitation. I've learned crying can make us stronger and there is never too much love to go around. I've learned that prejudice helps no one and that weapons don't hurt people, people hurt people. I've learned sticks and stones may leave cuts and bruises but harsh words leave scars. I've found that every time you give someone a piece of your heart, it's a piece that you will never get back. I've learned the past is meant to be put behind us and we can't dwell on regrets, for what's done is done. I've learned that trusting yourself is the first step and that forgiving is remembering that helps your own heart more then theirs. I've found that family isn't always blood and everyone is someone's hero. I've learned life is unexpected and that God can do anything. I've learned some things aren't meant to be understood and that only time
heals. I've found that imagination is our greatest gift and that we are meant to dream for a reason. I've learned it is never too late to fall in love and that being "beautiful" is all on the inside. Mistakes are our best teachers and everything happens for a reason. Only when you realize this, can you live life to it's full and true potential.

A wise man once said,
"You can have anything in life if you're willing sacrifice
everything else for it."
What he meant was nothing comes without a price.
So before you go into battle,
you better decide how much you're willing to lose.

say hello to the girl that i am
you're gonna have to see through my perspective
i need to make mistakes just to learn who i am
and i don't wanna be so damn protected.

You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.

all of us are stars and we all deserve to twinkle

“You can shed tears that he is gone, or you can smile because he has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that he'll come back, or you can open your eyes and see all he's left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see him, or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember him only that he is gone, or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what he'd want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on.”

The thing is, I don't care what people think about me. Because I believe in myself. And I know that things are going to be okay.

and sometimes things just have to fall apart ; so better things can fall together.

why is it that at all funerals people cry? Don’t they know your not there because someone died. your there because someone lived.

It takes courgae to grow up and become who you really are

-E.E. Cummings

Everyone has their fantasy world.
The one they go to when reality is too much to handle.
Where you're not fighting just to get through the day,
the hour, or the conversation.
Sometimes we all just like to stay there a while.

Once upon a time;
There was a girl
Who had no reason to fake a smile;
Who never cried.
Who was always strong.
Who never broke.
She loved to get up and go,
And loved when she came home
But now he smile is permanently fake
She cries herself to sleep every night
She’s no longer strong
And she finally broke
She hates getting up and going
But she hates coming home just as much
She hopes that the girl she once knew returns
Because being miserable is terrible
Trust me I know

Friendship is a blessing,
and love is a gift.
Do not let it go easily.

i guess i just have to accept that you aren't the person that i once knew. & that we aren't best friends that we once were.

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.

It's not who you are that holds you back,
it's who you think you are not.

"winning isn't everything,
but wanting to win is."
-Vince Lombardi-

Life's not a race, take it a little slower,
stop and hear the music before the song is over.

If everything happened when and how we wanted,
nothing would be worth waiting for.

Confidence is that inner voice that says
you're becoming what you're capable of.

Above all else, guard you heart, for it affects everything you do.
- Proverbs 4:23

Have the courage to fail big and stick around.
Make them wonder why you're still smiling.

After every dark night, there’s a bright day. So no matter how hard it gets, stick out your chest, & keep your head up.

Find peace with the past,
comfort in the present,
and hope for the future;
only then will you find happiness.

Maybe some people aren't
meant to be in our lives forever.
Maybe some are just passing
through to teach us a lesson.

Boredom is your mind's way of saying
that you aren't doing all that you can do with your life.

We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
 - William Shedd –

Don't let go too soon but don't hang on too long.
- Mitch Albom –

And don't be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else.
Where you are right now is God's place for you. Live and Obey and Love
and Believe right there.
- 1 Corinthians 7:17 –

Don't just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold
tightly to what is good. Love each other with genuine affection, and take
delight in honoring each other. Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the
Lord enthusiastically. Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble,
and keep on praying. When God's people are in need, be ready to help them.
Always be eager to practice hospitality.
- Romans 12:9-13 –

there are some people in life
that make you laugh a little louder
smile a little brighter
and live a little better

You either got it, or you dont. But we amigos.... we definitley got it.
++Happy Feet

you have three choices
you can give up. give in. or give it your all

The cracks in the concrete are just reminders
that you'll fall apart, no matter how strong you are

A dream is a wish your heart makes.

I know we've grown apart lately and I know we've got a lot ahead of us. But I just want you to know, I’m always gonna be here for you.

See how far you'll go, testing your fears. Doing things you want to do because calling it a dare makes it okay. At least for one night.

Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone, and do not be troubled about the future, for it has yet to come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering

Looking back on what i said all those years ago, all the hopes and dreams i had, I've come to the conclusion that if having things turn out the way you wanted them to is a measure of a sucessful life, then some would say I'm a failure. The important thing is not to be bitter over life's disappointments. Learn to let go of the past and recognize that every day wont be sunny. And when you find yourself lost in the darkness of despair remember its only in the black of night that you see the stars, and those stars lead you back home

So dont be afraid to make mistakes, to stumble and fall, beacuse most of the time the greatest rewards come from doing the things that scare you the most. Maybe you'll get everything you wish for. Maybe you'll get more than you could ever could have imagined. Who knows where life will take you. The road is long and in the end the journey is the destination.

And now I know what matters, it’s those nights,
when you and your best friends, sit there.
Holding hands. And crying your hearts out,
because for all this time you've been holding your emotions in,
and finally, you were able to let them out.
Able to tell the truth to them,
and to yourself.

“I was anchored to something once. But I never wanted to be anchored to someone. Maybe that makes me driftwood. But maybe it makes me my own person.”

“I know what its like to be sitting in your room, listening to all the doubts your parents have about you.”

We lose friends, we gain friends and along the road we find ourselves.

If I had to select one quality,
one personal characteristic that
I regard as being most highly
correlated with success, whatever
the field, I would pick the trait of
persistence, determination, the
will to endure to the end, to get
knocked down seventy times and
get up off the floor saying,
"Here comes number seventy-one!"
++ Richard M. DeVos

She’s not like every other girl. She doesn’t give a shit what she looks like and to her make-up is a waste of time. She will eat like a pig and not care if they make fun of her. She’ll be a dork and she’ll act stupid. And if you haven’t noticed, she probably has the best friends around. And it’s not because she a stupid fake teenage girl, its cause she’s herself

She's only 16. A young woman to the world but still a little girl at heart. She's stuck in the middle, trying to act her age & have fun at the same time. She's trying to achieve her goals but not get too stressed. She's trying to fall in love while trying to be independent at the same time. Learning to fly out into the world on her own while deep down inside she just wants her daddy's arms wrapped around her. She's trying to smile through it all, even through the pain. She's seen her friends & family get hurt & she's even seen some of them die but she keeps her faith in God. She can't wait to grow up but, in a way, she's already there. She's only 16. so young, but not.

i have always been a laugher; disturbing people who
are not laughers, upsetting whole audiences at theaters.
i laugh, that's all. i love to laugh. laughter to me, is being
alive. i have had rotten times, and i have laughed through
them. even in the midst of the very worst times i have laughed.

a broken heart can only mend

with Jesus as your closest friend

you wanna know why we can't be together?

because i don't trust myself with you

i want a guy that doesn't care about what i wear,
how i do my hair. who loves my smile & my goofy laugh
& how i get hyper when i'm tired. who would never want
to see me cry; at least not sad tears and who'd do those
small things that make my day just because he knows
it would make me happy.

I like people who have a sense of individuality.
I love expression and anything awkward and
imperfect, because that's natural and that's real.

The little girl you knew,
the one who never stood up to you.
Who kept her silence too long, well,
She's gone with the wind.

She's the kind of girl everyone wants to be like.
everything in her life is going perfect right now.
she knows everyone else envies her, and she,
still walks around with her head held high,
cause she lives her life for herself and only herself.

I’m the kind of person who will see all your defects
and learn to love you for them, who you could talk to for hours
on the phone, who will put herself in your situation and see the reason
behind what you do and why you do it, who will always be there
when you need her to be, who wont give up on you even
if you give up on yourself, who likes to look up at the sky
and watch the clouds pass by, who never lets you see her down,
who dances around in her underwear and a tank top
at night when no one is looking, who falls for lies and
excuses, who doesn’t question her judgment,
who enjoys eating cereal in the middle of the night,
who loves acting like a little kid, who says what she's
thinking no matter who's around, who doesn’t trust easily
and regrets without knowing, who loves her life and her
friends and will do anything for the people she cares for.
I’m the kind of person you won’t regret meeting, I promise<3

Maybe he's starting to see the real
girl. The one behind an ambitious,
quiet & self-concious girl. The one
who loves her friends more than life
itself & laughs about pretty much
everything, because she can & that's
what she thinks life is all about;
having the time of your life.

There's a difference between dumb & ditzy.
Dumb is not knowing,
Ditzy is having the courage to ask.

i've given up on so many things, don't ask me to give up on you.

You grab my attention when you walk into the room.
It could be midnight and I'm still thinking of you.
I cannot control the feelings you got me going through.
I want to be yours but, that's up to you.

so what's it gonna take-
for a guy like you, to love a girl like me

have you seen her with her friends?
that's who she really is on the inside,
not the underconfident, self-concious,
quiet girl everyone pictures her to be

You read "sorry, try again" off the inside of a bottle cap; story of your life you never come first, you're never the winner, you're never the best. There's always someone better. Maybe next time; you did your best. At least you tried. All these things are supposed to make you feel better, but it just reminds you that no matter how hard you try, how you gave it your all, you failed. You'll never be good enough for him.

this is all i ever hear:
"be a good girl, just behave, whats wrong
with you? settle down, keep your two feet
on the ground, sit up straight, stand up tall,
never falter, never fall, stay in school, make
the grade, never fail, never fade, be a hero,
be a star, be everything but who you are."

it's usually the small things that make
you smile, like a hug goodmorning

I'm the type of girl who always gets what I want,
but I'd give it all away for everything to be
the way that it used to be.

She's not the kind of girl who likes to
tell the world about the way she feels about herself

She's just a southern girl lost in thought
& waiting for the one who loves her.

Life is but a brief moment. The years go by quickly and
old age arrives suddenly before we have an inkling. People
desire so many things and waste their days in vain. Some yearn
for gold, others for power, yet others for glory and a higher station.
But when death's moment nears and they look back at their lives
they've lived, they realize they've been happy only during those
moments when they've loved.

It's not who you spend the most time with
it's who you have the best memories with.

All I want to do is help.
I want to help because
I don't think people should suffer like they do
. Because if there is no bigger meaning
then the smallest act of kindness
 is the greatest thing in the world.

After all these months, all this time, so much has happened. The talks, the phone calls, the laughs and the feelings. If I were to look back on them, I would never have believed that, that person was once me. I wouldn't recognize that girl because she's so different from me. But I guess changing and moving on is growing up, I'm growing up and finding out what kind of person I want to be for the rest of my life. And maybe in the future, there are more changes to come, but as for right now, this is who I'm proud to be.

we’re only put through as much as we can handle.
so, the people who struggle the most have been chosen
by God to end up being the strongest people.

It's amazing how every girl has that one guy that could call
her up at 3 in the morning, and say 'Let's hang out, I'm
coming to get you.' And she'd put aside her show, her
excitement, her anger or hate for him. She'd only give
him 4 words. 'Give me 10 minutes.'

and this girl has seen a lot of pain, but this girls gonna smile again.
She knows a flower grows every time it rains.
-Nikki Flores

May those who love us ; love us. And those who do not love us ,
may God turn their hearts . And if he cannot turn their hearts ,
may he turn their ankles so that we may know them by their limping .
-Irish Prayer

i dont understand

is there something wrong with me?

am i just not good enough anymore?

you say one thing to me

and ignore the rest of the time

maybe its not me who changed

but you

There's moments in your life that make you...that set the course for
who you're gonna be. Sometimes they're little subtle moments.
Sometimes they're not. Bottom line is even when you see them coming,
you're not ready for the big moments. Nobody asks for their life to change.
Not really, but it does. So what are we helpless? Puppets? No, the big
moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards
that counts. Thats when you find out who you are.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the
most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice,
solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our
wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with
us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour
of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing,
not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a
friend who cares.

Here's the thing, I'm just trying to be a good friend
And right now that means not talking to you
because dispite the way I feel, I'm
not going to ruin what you two have.
Because that's what friends do.

A friend is someone you can get mad at, and stay mad at for a while. A best friend is someone you can get mad at, but the anger goes away as soon as something important comes up, because you have to tell them.

i thought you stopped liking me. why?
because i figured you would get sick
of me by now, just like the rest. but
then i realized your not like the rest.

The worst part about Friday was that, even though I knew he wasn’t going to be there, I still hoped.

reading gives us somewhere to go when we have to stay where we are.
-mason cooley.

you will be missed. you were always here to get me through times like this, and i know if you were here, you'd be laughing at me. you would say, "you're not as alone as you think."

I always avoided fights.
I make jokes instead.
I tell people what they want to hear in
order to avoid a confrontation. I pretend to want
things I don't want and I pretend not
to want things I do want. No one gets hurt.
Except me.

its hard for me to admit

but i dont like that your bestfriends with me

and my enemy. i know it shouldnt

change anything because i know your

a good friend but it seems like everything

i say will to told with her to

so who are you really

loyal too?

for the first time in my life

i finally know exactly what i want

and it is you

this girl has seen al of pain

but this girl is gonna smile again

and she knows that everything shes got

is all shes got to loose

breaking down can be a good thing

sometimes. you let out all of your

sadness and angers go away. once that is all

gone all you have left inside you are the

good memories. your the only person though

that can bring back the bad again but you

also are the only person to bring in happiness

so what will you choose to do?

Every now and then

I remeber the times

we shared. I always wonder

how things would have been

if you didnt leave that summer

day without saying goodbye

i think i figured out the real reason why girls fall for players

because when your around them they act like your there whole world

but the second you leave they become another girls world too

without you even know it, and yes its completly unexpected

unitll you see if for your self

I'm not the kind of girl who’s going to tell you how cute your eyes are, or how much I want a hug. I'm the kind of girl who will ignore you in the halls, until you talk to me or hit me to get my attention. I wont ask you out. It's up to you, idiot. Now you know how I am. So take me or leave

I'm not shy, I'm just afraid to

be bold and noticed

After hiding so long

Its hard to show yoru real self

To more than just your friends

So dont say I'm not outgoing

Because you have no idea

I’m not ready for change

The girl inside me doesn’t want to let go

Scared possibly her first everything’s would fade away

She doesn’t want to e forgotten by

Her first love, hoping he will one day

Be her special one again

Your suppose to be my friend

But ever since he came along

you have been so different.

The way you are treating me now

makes me wonder why i was friends with you?

Don't expect me to help you when he

breaks your heart, because I won't

Things need to change

I just want my best friend back

As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is  no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them,to your greatest delight and benefit.

-----Emmanuel Teney

Friends always say "You before him"

But what happens when that changes?

And they change and now you barely talk to each other?

Walking through the crowded halls but feel so alone

Because my Best Friend was gone with the person you already know

But once he breaks your heart

And you realizes he was nothing more then a knight in tinfoil

Just to let you know I might not be there for you

Because you weren't there when i needed you the most

What do you do when the one you care about is getting hurt?

And there is nothing you can do but listen to the stories

that hurts you the most in fear for them?

All because a promise to not say a word

People ask me all the time why she is my Best Friend and I say...

Because she is the only person that can get me on the floor laughing till my stomach hurts. The only one that can make me smile when I'm in tears. The only one that I can say anything to without it having to mean anything. The only one thats would call at midnight to say Merry Christmas. The only one that would be right there next to me in jail as partners in crime. The only one that is a true friend till the end no matter what. That's why shes my BEST FRIEND.

Well, he told me his problems.
It was about some other girl.
I told him if he liked her, go for it.
If it didn’t work, well he should
Know better than anyone how
Easy it is to get over someone.
That’s when he asked what I
Was going on about.
I reminded him that he got over me.
He laughed out loud and said,
Didn’t you wonder why we
Barely talk anymore?
I’m still crazy about you.

So play it innocent, girl.
Boys like it that way.
Sluts are overrated,
And they never find love.

Just because you know someone doesn't mean you love them, and just because you don't know people doesn't mean you can't love them. You can fall in love with a complete stranger in a heartbeat, if God planned that route for you. So open your heart to strangers more often. You never know when God will throw that pass at you

Look, I care about you a lot. But I`m just not in that kind of love anymore. We`ve been through so much, it`s like you`re my brother, you know? So it`s okay if we talk, you know you make me laugh. But don`t hold onto me because we both know I`m not coming back. I wish I could, but I just can`t. It`s always okay to move on, you know?

sometimes i really wonder how stupid it would seem to him. how i sit here with my eyes never leaving the screen of my phone waiting for his next text. or refreshing the screen until it says he's online. or how when i miss him i read the things he told me months and months ago. i really wonder what he would say if he knew he meant that much to me

Just once in my life I want someone else to
kiss first. I want someone else to lie awake
and wonder what the right words are,
if they'll be rejected, if they're ruining a great
friendship. I want him to want me so much
that he can't help himself, that he's willing to
risk everything for a chance to be with me.

& She is the smartest person I know. Not because she's school smart. Because she's not. She's barely passing her classes, yet she jokes about it with friends. But she KNOWS things. IMPORTANT things. She gets that she won't need to know calculus after she graduates. She fills her brain with things that MATTER. She's just.. smart. & It's because she understands things that no one else does. She's wise beyond her years and totally underrated. People cast her off as another dumb blond, but I know that she can take over the world if she really wanted.

Are you really not ready? Or are you just afraid?
Or maybe you sorta kinda believe in yourself,
but you have that guarantee from another person that you ARE good enough.
Well, take this as a sign. You CAN do it, and you WILL do it. And it will be amazing, and worth it.

I think the reason why our wishes never come true,
is because most of the time,
we wish for ourselves.
So tonight at 11:11,
wish for a friend or a family member.
or at least wish that someone is wishing for you.

i love people who make me laugh. i honestly

think it's the thing i like most, TO LAUGH. it

cures a multitude of ills. it's probably the

most important thing in a person.

I think I’m finally getting used to the sucky days caused by you, the fake smiles and good times, the glances over that now mean absolutely nothing, how whenever I get that one new text message, I’m always hoping it’s you, the plans that never really happen. I think I’m finally getting used to liking you and all that comes with it.

Dream with all your heart little girl. One day those dreams will turn into reality. Wish with all your might little girl. I swear those wishes will come true. Never stop believing little girl. For if you don't believe then who will give the other little girls hope?

And I wish you could see my now; I have lots of friends and I'm liked by many people; I'm even loved by a few. You see, all those years of putting me down didn't mess me up; they made me a stronger person

I`m the girl.
The one that`s always lost.
The one with the fake smile.
The girl who seems to be so strong
but daily continues to break.
That girl who`s always there
and seems to have no problems of her own.
The one who holds back tears.
until she`s off the phone.

She's the girl who's always
laughing her ass off with her friends.
You walk past her and you think,
"Wow she must really be over me."
But no, she's not over you,
she wants you, but you never gave her a shot.
She's not faking that smile.
She's happy, but with you,
she'd never stop smiling

We all have a godshaped hole in our hearts that can only be filled by god.
You can try filling it with drinking, partying, or lust;
But it will NEVER complete you.That is something only God can do.

i think about the person i used to be, & she seems so far away . she walked fast , i walk slow . she stayed up late & got up early , i sleep . i feel like if she gets any farther , i won't be connected to her at all anymore.

friends come & go. true friends go & come back.

when we were little we had dreams of being big rockstars & doctors. now life has changed & those dreams have faded. now we're just hoping we make it.

i usually don't like thinking about the future. i mean, let's face it, you can't predict what's gunna happen. but sometimes, the thing you didn't expect is what you really wanted after all. maybe the best thing to do is just stop trying to figure out where you're going, & enjoy where you're at.

when i pictured myself it was always like just an outline in a coloring book with the inside not yet completed. all the standard features were there but the colors, zigzags, the plaids, the bits & pieces that made up me weren't yet in place. i was still waiting.

the problem with coming clean was that you thought you were clearing the slate, starting over, but it never quite worked that way. you can't erase what you've done.

our best decisions, the ones we never regret, come from listening to ourselves.

i feel sometimes, that nobody has held me down & forced me to cry or made me hug them, or got to the inside of me. its like i say " oh, im fine. " & walk away. nobody has ever said, " no you're not. "

it's amazing how all this can be happening. i mean, my whole life is falling apart & yet, every time i talk to him, i stop feeling sorry for myself, & i begin to smile. he always has that effect over me.

There's nothing you can do about the past.
But you can do a great deal about your future.
You don't have to be the same person you were yesterday.
You can make changes in your life,
Absolutely startling changes, in a fairly short time.
You can make changes you can't even conceive of now,
If you give yourself a chance.

We don’t talk for days and I promise myself i’m
mad at you but then you call, or text, &just like that,
I don’t care how long its been as long as we're talking

It was cold. Your hands were shaking,
and I stepped in front of you just to wrap
my arms around you as I said,
"Let's pretend winter isn't here."
As you buried your head in my shoulder, you said,
"Let's pretend the snow isn't the only thing falling fast."

Maybe I'd get my morals back.
Sometimes I thought I'd only misplaced them.
Set them on top of the fridge, or some
other spot I never thought to look.

I tried so hard to save you, but eventually, I had to let go and let you save yourself. Not because I didn't love you, but because I loved you too much.

I hate it when a relationship starts losing its meaning. Words are carelessly thrown around, either being used too early or too often. Actions just lead & become all about sex. What makes a relationship special anymore? There is no more waiting; the mystery & simplicity of it all seem to have just disappeared

You never see the hard days in a photo album,

but those are the ones that get you from one

happy snapshot to the next.

It's those pills that you don't need to take,
medicating perfection, now that's a mistake.

he’s the only guy to look past what others think about me. To not care what I’m labeled. To look deeper than the designer clothes, makeup and hair perfectly done. If you’re going to mess with that, then I’m not going to sit back and let you. I’ll put up a fight for him. He’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me

And by the time our generation hits the age of 50,
we're all going to be deaf. The funny thing
is nobody even cares. For the truth is, we blast
our music to drown out today's psychotic society.

Change was coming. I could feel it. It wasn’t a pleasant prospect, not when life was perfect the way it was

he may not know it
but he granted her wish
with one small kiss

He was tall and she was short.
He was outgoing and she was shy.
He was handsome, but man, she was beautiful.
They were different in many ways,
but it was how they came together
when no one was looking that caught the two of them off guard.

Failure will never overtake me if my
determination to succeed is strong enough.
  + + Og Mandino

Boys make the best friends.
No hating, no drama... just brotherly love

i love it when your nice to me
and when you flirt a ton.
but then you just ignore me
and it hurts so much
i wish you would just
decide on one emotion
and then i wouldn't be so unsure
nothing was perfect, but everything was real.

God designed the human body so that we can neither
pat our backs nor kick ourselves too easily.

I should have run from you, but I was stupid.
I would have saved myself from being hurt everyday.
I woke up and find myself enclosed in pity and
self-conciousness. You didn't care about me, you never did.
But I was there for you, and I was stupid.

let's be honest.  sometimes there is nothing harder
in life than being happy for someone else.

She'll be the first to admit that she's not perfect.
Her life's a wreck, & the only thing holding her up is the hope that it'll get better
She's got some friends who would die for her, & she has friends that would kill her, given the chance.
She has the mental stability of a psychiatric patient, & the constant drama that surrounds her doesn't help.
 She's lost all of the people she depended on, whether it be death, or betrayal.
Despite everything that has happened to her,
the reason she keeps hanging on is the hope that it will all get better.

it's not that she's different or weird; she's unique,
she's special. don't take that for granted, because
it was that special something that caught your
eye in the first place.             

it's not that she's different or weird; she's unique,
she's special. don't take that for granted, because
it was that special something that caught your
eye in the first place.

ask anyone and theyll tell you how happy ive been lately.
i havent felt this amazing in a very long time.
a lot of this has to do with you walking into my life

 He would ask me why I was smiling and I would just laugh.
I could never admit that I was smiling because he was there

& sometimes i wish he would
just walk right up to me and kiss
me without a care in the world

when i dont see you in the halls
for those few minutes in between classes
it bums me out going to my next class
because those few minutes between class
are the best moments of my whole day

a real best friend never gets sick of you
they always want to hang out with each other
they have all the insiders in the world
no matter what happens or who comes along . . .
nothing gets in the way of their friendship

Have you ever thought`` When ever you get proposed to
by the one you love who is the first friend that you'll call
& tell.. If you were to move away; who is the friend
that will always call you. If you had a wedding to go
to & you didn't have a date.. Who is the first friend that
you will call & see if they want to go with you. If you
ever get bored one night.. Who is the first friend you talk to..
When you have a party to go to ` who is the first friend
you want to crash it with.? & When you die..
What friends are going to be at your funeral.

I hate how we never hang out anymore and how we were great friends. I hate how you’ll never talk to me, but then you’ll talk to my best friends. I hate how whenever I see you, you don’t see me. I hate when I have something to say online, your only response is “yeah.”

 actually, no, i am not okay;
what i really need is for you to give me a hug,
one like you used to.
i need you to tell me that i still mean something to you,
like you swore i always would.

She finally lets go of her fake smile & the tears
slowly roll down her face as
she whispers in the mirror,
"I don't want to be me"

I'm going somewhere in life, I've got dreams to reach & things to do. Don't bring your drama into my life because, shit, I got my own. I'm done with letting people bring me down, & I'm not taking any bullshit from anyone. I'm my own person, not no one else's bitch. I'm down for people who are down for me. If you don't know me, don't act like you do because I've got enough people in my life to keep me going. Don't go running your mouth about me because you don't know shit about me. Don't believe the shit others tell you, believe things you hear on your own. Be your own damn self & who cares what others say about you. It's not like they're living your life for you. Don't stand for peoples shit because they're just going to cause more pain in your life. I'm going to succeed because I don't stand for your shit; I got my best girls & they got my heart pumping.

shes just your normal teenage girl.
you know, the kind that dances in the rain, & sings as loud as she can
she'll takes silly pictures and posts them on myspace.
she loves the winter but she hates the cold.
she cant stand horror movies but shes always going to see one
her friends are her life, with out them you'll never see her smile
she tries to hard & never gets what she deserves but that doesnt bring her down
yep, it doesnt get any more average then that.

sometimes you have to run away
so you can see who will run after you.
sometimes you have to talk quieter,
just to see who's actually listening.
sometimes you have to take a step back,
just to see who's still standing by your side.
sometimes you have to make a wrong
decision, just to see who's there when it
all falls down. sometimes you have to let go
of the one you love, just to see if they love
you enough to come back.

Growing up. Moving on. Letting go. Living life the way she wants.
So what if you think she's being selfish? She's never done
anything for herself before. She's finally learning to live.

all her life, she's been told she has so much potential;
she's been pressured by the expectations of everyone around her,
but she doesn't know where to go anymore.
she doesn't know where her life is going, or what she wants to do with it.
all she knows is that she never wants this love to go away;
love is her only escape from the world,
and as long as she has love, she's free to go anywhere she wants.

honestly, i've never been this scared in my life.
everything is happening all at once;
the decisions i make now will stick with me forever,
and just one mistake could change so many things to come after.
so i'm just going to live my life to the fullest; no regrets,
and hope everything works out for the best.

after all these months, so much has changed;
if i were to look at us then, i wouldn't recognize us now.
we're growing up and finding out the people we are.
we're becoming who we're meant to be.
and if it wasn't for you, i wouldn't be the person i am today.
thank you for changing my life. <3

&& sometimes it just hits me out of nowhere;; all of a sudden this overwhelming sadness rushes over me and I get discouraged and I get upset and I feel hopeless, sad, and hurt;; once again, I become numb to the world.

Maybe she's not the most beautiful
girl in the world, & maybe she's not
the brightest crayon in the box. But she's
real, without even trying. And that right
there is natural beauty.

Over the past year, I've learned so much about love
& life. Even if I could, I would never take back all the
things I've done that brought me here, to this moment.

She was the quiet observant type.
She never said much with her mouth
but when she did, it was worth listening to.

All I'm asking for is one night together. Just you and me.
All alone. And if you can honestly say you don't feel anything
for me after that night, I will finally let you go.

i don't really want to fall in love yet.
i have plenty of time to find my soul mate.
i just want to have someone to hold me,
and who thinks i'm the cutest girl in the world.

You only find a few people in this world,
a few people who will tell you they love you & actually mean it with all their heart.
Don`t forget those people who stood by you through it all,
the special few that were there for you until the end.

it's actually pretty amazing when you love life.
it's something you look forward to and, suddenly,
who you are and who your friends are doesn't really matter.
it's what you do that makes the time special.

i saw you and your new girlfriend the other day. I expected her
to be so much more than she was. i checked out her style
and the way she smiled, the way she moved, and the things she said
and then i laughed.

there comes a time in life
when you have to let go of the drama
+ people who created it
+ surround yourself with people who make you laugh
so hard you forget he bad and focus on the good.

She's not the type to throw herself all over guys.
She's a plain girl, a wallflower.
But she might be able to give you more than you think.
You might want to give her a chance.

Only High School
Could change Daddy's Little Girl
Into Daddy's Little Skank.

these are the people you can just
start to crack up with and they know
what you are laughing about even though
everyone else around you thinks your h i g h
these are Best Friends.

i'm not his first, his last, or his only, but i'm praying that i'm his favorite. he might've cared for another girl before, and possibly will again, but i'm going to be the girl he cares for the most. he's not perfect and i'm not either, but i'm going to be the closest damn thing he finds to perfect. he can make me laugh, and i gave him the most i can. he might not be thinking about me every second of every day, but i know i'm always in his heart. he's gonna give me his heart, which i can break. and in return, i'm giving him my heart, that he can break. so i say, don't hurt him and he won't hurt you. don't change him and he won't change you, and don't expect me to give more then i can. don't over analyze, smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him whenever he's not there. because even though you're not his last, your going to be the most memorable girl he ever gets.

she's young but she's not naive. she's getting to know and accept herself. she likes to know peoples favorite things but also future goals and what they're passionate about. she'd rather listen than speak and she loves to see. she isn't amazing at just one thing but rather just good at many. she's girly but one of the guys, sometimes at the same time. she has stayed up all night to help a friend in need. she believes in everyone and she does her best to see the good. she doesn't know what love is and she's willing to wait. she loves not knowing what's going to happen in her life. she'd walk upon the stars if she could just to watch the world from above. she's patient with others but not with herself. she needs to be better with her words because she is never understood. she's waiting for someone who always gets her and whether she has found them or not, she doesn't know and maybe that's okay.

I'm the girl with the best intentions,
something I should probably mention.

I see you look at me. && i cant help but think is there something there. Are you seeing me as more than a friend, or just a girl in your path. Either way i gotta know

I’m tired of being this person, being expected to fall into the format, and twist into what everyone else expects me to be. I’ve changed so much in the past few years, jumping from one thing to another, making so many mistakes. Trying to grow up. I constantly remind myself of the past, and how I must change to keep the person who is my everything, my only safe haven. I’m scared of losing my imagination, because when life gets hard, and everyone’s against me, it’s all I can do is pretend. I’ve been lied to, betrayed, and backstabbed, by my best friends, and even my own family, I just can’t take it anymore. I miss being a kid, and wish I could turn back time. Looking back, things seemed so great then. I was actually happy with my life. I have flaws, I’m so unhappy with them, but I put up a front. Little things irritate me, and I’m so indecisive. I hate how I ramble on, about my weaknesses. If I’m happy, I’m automatically being fake, If I’m upset, I’m automatically too expressive. I have few legitimate reasons to hate the world, nothing ever seems to go my way. I used to be good at manipulating people, good at getting what I wanted. We only tend to see the hurt in our life, to hold on to the negative, but isn’t that all we can do? I have to keep fighting, have to keep letting the people I love, know that I’m willing to make sacrifices for them. I need to learn to accept that things aren’t all about me, that even if I’m not happy, then the happiness of the people i love is what counts. I need to continue to grow, to change, and mature. I hate being stuck in the middle, seeing everything only at eyelevel. I’m tired of wishing I was a character in a book, that the villan would get his payback, and everyone would live happily ever after. I miss the dream world I used to live in, and I regret waking up, regret being hurt, and hurting people in return. Ignorance is bliss, and sometimes, I really wish I didn’t know any better. I want to become religious again, to feel at one, and know that even if everyone on earth hates, me that God is right there by my side, guiding me. I want to feel the power of prayer, and cry from being happy, from knowing that things are always going to be okay. I’m done with drama, and lying and sin. I’m not trying to be perfect, I’m not trying to be something I’m not. I just want to live, and laugh, and be happy. I want to finish school, marry him, and start a family. I’m like an open book, my feelings are shown on my sleeves. I’m clumsy, and break things. I fall down, especially in front of people. I can be uptight, but my laugh is contagious. I want everyone to experience peace, know how good things can be, so they’ll strive harder for it. All is not fair, in love, it never will be.

I've come to realize that you can't get what you want usually. You can't just sit there waiting to be noticed. You can't sit there expecting someone to love you, because the person who feels the same way just may be waiting and sitting like you are. You need to find each other.

twenty years from now i'm gonna look back and remember that you were that one person who could turn every frown into a smile in a few simple words. that person who lifted my head when i was losing faith in myself. that one person who carried tears on her shoulders after every fight, every break-up, every death. that one person who always knew what i was by the look on my face. that one person who accepted every decision i made believing that i'd make the right decisions. that one person who knew who i really was. that one person that made the biggest difference in my life, my bestfriend.

People don’t play sports cause it’s fun.

Ask any athlete, most of them hate it,

but, they couldn’t imagine their life without it.

It’s part of them, the love/hate relationship

that was the thing; you never got used to it.

you never got used to the idea of someone being gone.

just when you think it's okay,

and you think you've accepted it,

someone points it out to you,

and it hits you all over again, and it's just as shocking as the first time.

"Your opponent, in the end, is never really the player on the other side of the net, or the swimmer in the next lane, or the team on the other side of the field, or even the bar you must high-jump. Your opponent is yourself, your negative internal voices, your level of determination"

She was so ready to give up,
but then he held her hands,
and with a reassuring smile,
he pulls her back up.

 A best friend is there for you, every second
of every day. There are is no questioning
of a true friend

Abre tus alas, deja tus suenos volar
(open your wings, let your dreams fly)

Your picture is up on my wall. It's not
even a good picture of you. I've seen
better looking boys, but there's just
something about that smile on your face
that makes my eyes fill with tears.
I've always loved that smile.

All my friends think

I’d make a cute couple with you

I think so too but I don’t think

Your girlfriend would agree

So I’m single
you will see me

Making the best of it
it doesn’t mean

 I’m not good enough
it means no one is

Good enough for me

Be happy

When God answers your prayers,
but be even more thankful when God
makes you the answer

 To someone else's prayer.

I just don’t know why he likes me. I mean, he’s way smarter, and we have like, less than nothing in common. He’s just going to get bored with me, because pretty much, all guys do

Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted.

If Being Fine Means Having Scars All Over Your Body;
Screaming Til Your Throat Bleeds; Lying Til You Don't
Even Know What The Truth Is Anymore; And Faking It
Til You Know How To Smile At The Right Times;
Then Yes; I'm Doing Just Wonderfully.

You're not friends because you sit together at lunch or talk on the phone or have matching flip-flops or can recite each other's wardrobe. You're best friends because when they smile, a grin forces itself across your face. no matter how mad you are. When they cry, you instantly feel their pain, and want to cry with them. When you look them in the eyes, you know there's no one you could ever trust more, regardless of how many broken hearts you've had. That's what it means to be best friends.

Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you, “What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?” Instead, they demand: “How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?” Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.

         She won't call you.
You have to call her.
She won't come talk to you,
you should go talk to her.
She's not going to let you
act stupid and pretend she likes it.
You should just be around her.
When you're with a group of friends,
she isn't going to run into your arms
no matter how much she wants to.
You need to come up behind her
and wrap your arms around her
and let her friends get jealous.
She loves you more than you can
imagine, no matter how much
she doesn't show it.
But you boy, you need to show her
how much you love her so she
isn't afraid to show it back.

So they'd lock themselves in the car
And get lost in each other's eyes.
They sang along with the radio.
He'd whisper in her ear & she'd laugh
At his silly jokes, even if they were pointless.
He'd grab her hand and not let go.
He had no idea how happy it made her.
She'd rest her head on his shoulder; close her eyes,
Listening to their song as he kissed her forehead.
She memorized the touch of his lips.
She didn't want to leave anytime soon.
& he'd give her his jacket when she was cold.
It'd be 3 in the morning, but they would still
Be tangled up in each other.
She knew he was something special.
It was different how he moved her.
Because when he told her, "Goodnight"
It felt like, "Hello

people stare upon each other
acting as if they know what’s on our mind.
if they only knew what went through our minds
the many hours of the day,
then they’d gain some perspective on us.
maybe then some of them would put down
their defenses and realize we all have the same problems,
and we wonder what the world thinks.

The last time we were all together was different then the first.
The last time we sat talking about nothing at all. We had so
much to say but we couldn't let it out. We were a family, and
we knew it then. We knew all there was possible to know about
each other. But most importantly, we knew it was the end.

I may not be the type of girl who gets whatever she
wants, I know I’m not the kind of girl who will
knock people down just to get where I want to be,
but someday I’ll have what it takes to get what I
want, no matter how I get there, I’ll get it. I’ll get
the guy,the friends, & finally, the happiness.

And I feel ashamed that I let my life turn into this. I used to be different. Nice to everyone, no matter how much they pissed me off. If they needed help, I gave it to them. I could give advice to anyone. And sex, psht. I wasn't going to have sex until I found someone I "loved". And I was never going to let boys get between me and my friends. Friends were for life, not just for answers to math homework. I think back to the way I used to be, the way I used to think -- yeah, I was the biggest goody-goody around. But I had something to be proud of. Now, it's nothing.

After all is said & done,
I still think you're amazing.
I still cherish every
moment I spent with you,
every smile you brought to my face.
I'll be forever thankful that
someone like you was brought into my life,
even if you had to be
taken away too soon.
You were my miracle.

its funny how best friends have this sense, like when they both look at each other they just know that they need to talk later & they know exactly what the other wants to talk about.

blood means you`re related ;it doesn`t
mean you`re family

last year, we were always together.
this year, everyones like, 'this is crazy,
i thought you were best friends? your never together.'
i just say- 'shes the crazy one.
she chose to walk away from it all.'

You know, I think a guy becomes friends with a girl and vice versa, because they are both attracted to each other when they first meet. & if they weren’t attracted to each other, they would never have given each other a second look.

when you lose a best friend,
it's worse than breaking up
with a boyfriend -
because you lose more than
a little bit of yourself.

 I want someone who won't care
that I hate wearing shoes
that I'm incapable of sitting still
&& I refuse to be ladylike.
Someone who realizes
that half the decisions I make
are usually the ones I regret.
&& I have the right to overreact.
I want someone
who know how completely insane I am
&& he wouldn't want me any other way.

we didn't make promises
that we'd be best friends forever
we didn't really need to
we just knew we'd always have each other

Sometimes I have doubt. I wonder why I am not one of those girls who attract all the guys. Am I doing something wrong? Is this is good as it’s gonna get for me? Well, to all those girls who feel the same, don’t go out of your way. And don’t think too much. Just sing your own song, dance your own dance. And remember that our first love will be a special one, even if we have to wait a while. Because he will be so amazing that he’ll be worth the wait.

i'm the type of girl who loves boys
but can't say the right thing to
make them love her back.

Sometimes the people you thought you clicked with
are the people that will let you down the most.
Sometimes you'll find a true friend in someone
that you thought you'd never talk to.
And sometimes you find friendships in other
friendships that ended poorly. And that is meant to be.

When you’re sleeping, you’re left in your most vulnerable state.
I’ve never been able to let anyone see me like that, until you.
Sleeping next to you, I feel so safe, so protected.
I feel comfortable with you seeing me vulnerable, because I know you wouldn’t
hurt me, even when you’d have the perfect opportunity to do so.

Looking at all of them, I realized that I could never be one of those girls.
The party girl, the pretty girl. The one with the perfect hair
& the dress that doesn't cover their asses, I'm not like that...
who says I need to expose my boobs that much,
that I need to slur my speech in front of that many people?
There are times & places for these things, & there are certain people
that you only allow yourself to be around when they do happen.
They are called friends, not audiences.

Her: Why are you holding me so tight?
Him: Oh, I am? My bad.
(he loosens his grip)
Him: Better?
Her: No. I liked it.

It's easier to go down a hill than up it,
but the view is much better at the top. <3 *

Sometimes I wonder if guys really do care.
If they really mean they love you when they say it.
If they really think of you when they aren`t
with you. I guess I`ll never know.

boy: So what are we?
girl: Idk. What do you want to be?
boy: Whatever makes you happy.
girl: I'm already happy. So what will
make you happy?
boy: Y0U :]<3

when a guy tells you you’re cute;
he’s looking at your attitude.
when a guy tells you you’re pretty;
he’s looking at your face.
when a guy tells you you’re hot;
he’s looking at your body.
but when a guy tells you you’re beautiful;
he’s looking past everything and at your heart.

best friend; he’ll break your heart.
her; i know.
best friend; again.
her; i know.
best friend; he doesn’t really love you.
her ;  I know.
best friend ; you’ll never give up, will you?

her ; [whispers] never…
best friend ; why? you’re only hurting yourself.
her ; because i love him.  </3

In life, we learn a lot of things
like which classmate is most reliable to help you
get an A
how to give advice and how to take advice
how to love and why to love
which roads harbor all the hidden cops
times to laugh or times to cry
but among the most important things we learn is this:
just because we argue, doesn't mean there's no love
and just because we aren't related doesn't mean
we're not family.

There weren't any fireworks.
or shining stars in our eyes.
Just a boy & a girl holding hands,
& that's all that they needed.

A hug can turn your day around,
it's like an emotional Heimlich.
Someone puts their arms around you,
and they give you a squeeze
and all your fear and anxiety
comes shooting out of your mouth,
and you can breathe again

she's so sick of never being beautiful enough, never being stronger, or better. she's sick of going home everyday, & wishing she was someone else. for once she wants to look in the mirror & be happy for what she sees back. she's so
sick of everyone telling her " you can do so
much better than that." well, maybe she cant. & people talking about her behind her back. yea well, she found out. she`s sick of people bringing her down & telling her that she isn`t good enough. but i guess all she really wants is somebody to look
her in her eyes & tell her, "i love you."

Cause when your hour glass runs out of sand
You can't flip it over and start again
Take every breath God gives you for what it's worth

if you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. if you really want to rebel against your parents: outlearn them, outlive them and know more than they

I just might be the most cliché girl you meet,
but that's okay with me.
I like old-fashioned things, like how I believe a guy should ask a girl out,
and how everything really does happen for a reason.
And I live my life by these rules,
and so far, I’ve been doing alright.

she seems so well liked.
but friends are few, and hardly friends at all.
and she's so sick of herself sometimes.
she leaves her stomach inside a bathroom stall.

If he misses you, he'll call.
If he wants you, he'll say it.
& if he cares, he'll show it.
If not, he can't be worth your time,
cause obviously your not worth his.

Ban fear.. sing in public.
Ban broken hearts.. tell him how you feel.
Ban peer pressure.. say no to drugs.
Ban labels.. be your self.
Ban your complex.. accept who you are.

When I am anxious it is because I am
living in the future. When I am depressed
it is because I am living in the past.
When I'm happy it's because I'm living for right now.

i wonder if you feel the stiffness in our hug, the tension in our gaze. something changed between us; don't even tell me that's not true. i know you feel it too.

girl: sometimes i just feel like i don't have a single friend in the world, you know? i mean, i know i do, but there's always those days where it feels like i'm completely alone.
boy: don't worry. i'll be there. always.

girl: i love hoodies. they're like my comfort clothes.
boy: comfort clothes?
girl: yeah. the things that always make you feel better. like comfort food and stuff. mine's chocolate. you know what i mean? stuff like that.
boy: does that make you my comfort person? 
<3

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

your friends are your release;
they're who you have the most fun with.
and yet when the going gets tough,
those people turn around and suddenly,
they're not just making you laugh.
they're being this rock and giving
you all their advice, even though
you're so much your own person.
if you dissect yourself, i guarantee you,
your friends are in there.
their influence is incredible.
they're the people whom
you need most in your life. <3

good girl reputation for your whole life,
and no one notices. one screw up and
it feels like the whole world is watching...

people can be more forgiving than
you can imagine. but you have to
forgive yourself. let go of
what's bitter and move on.

sometimes people are the
strongest when they have
no one to hold them up.

but then all they know is how to put you down.
when you're there, they're your friend.
but then when you're not around
they say, "oh, she's changed"

as long as you leave an imprint on someone's life,
as long as you altered that being.
as long as when they are 80 years old in a home,
they still think of you from time to time.
that matters

it's amazing because when you're a kid,
you see the life you want and it never
crosses your mind that it isn't going to
turn out that way.

i don't get many things right the first time, in fact,
i am told that a lot. but at least now i know all the wrong turns,
the stumbles and falls brought me here

When exactly we go from kids to people, I'm not certain. I do know that its not about turning a certain age or graduating from high school - it happens when you're not paying attention. We go from playing with our friends to playing with our friends feelings. Without our knowledge or consent, childhood slips away into the night and our innocence escapes us and we wake up one morning to find that we have become who we are.

So your day wasn't that great. Nothing went your way. You listen to music and try to relax yourself. People aren't always there for you, people aren't always what they seem. People lie, cheat, people aren't perfect. The One that will always be there for you, never lie to you, cheat, and loves you for what you are, is waiting for you. No matter what, He's true to you even in the hardest times. How crazy is that? He's waiting for you. Don't think you are so un-special. God thinks otherwise. None of us are great enough to even be loved by such an incredible Creator. The beauty of it is, that He does love us, more than we can imagine, and we don't deserve a speck of it. Through all our sins, God sent His only son to forgive them all. He stays beside us, listens to us, and protects us, No matter who you are.

Sometimes, you just feel like it's hopeless. There's no point in anything, you just want to give up. That, my friend, is Satan. Pure tricks of Satan making you feel down about life. As if there's no point to it. Satan puts obstacles and barriers in the path to make you feel like that. Don't let him. Hop over the barriers and ask Jesus to help you find your way through the obstacles. He will help you out, no matter how long it takes. Be patient.

There's a point in your life when you know who stays forever
and who's just around for a while. People change, but so do you.
Sometimes for the best and sometimes for the worst.
Bad things happen, to everyone. You're not in it alone.
People lie, and some people just don't care how you feel.
Your heart beats, no matter how much pain you're in.
Everything will be okay, eventually. 
There are always people in your life that just make your day,
no matter the miles. I know all about distance,
I've been dealing with it all my life.
So don't tell me it's easy - because it's not. 
But it is worth it, I'd rather stay in touch with the people I love
than just drop it and forget about it.
You don't forget about the ones you love.
It doesn't work like that. Give it all you've got,
and live your life to the fullest. People would kill to be you,
have what you have, someone always has it worse off than you,
but that doesn't mean your pain doesn't count.

Change is not always as simple as it sounds. You have to want it. You have to know how to change. You have to know the person you want to become. You have to desire it for yourself, not because of judgments.

she wants someone to call her angel;
someone to put the light back in her eyes.
she's looking through the faces, and
unfamiliar places; she needs someone
to hear her when she cries.

You look at me and think
innocence
but you have no clue what I've
experienced.

Sometimes my burdens get so heavy and they seem too hard to bear. Sometimes I feel so empty and it feels like no one's there. Somebody said that nothing lasts forever. Just a storm, so I've been told. But it seems that when it rains, it pours.

If you're convinced
that you're not good
enough, you'll have
a hard time letting
someone into your life
who thinks you are

When you don't fit in, you become superhuman.
You can feel everyone else's eyes on you, stuck
like Velcro. You can hear a whisper about you
from a mile away. You can disappear, even when
it looks like you're still standing right there. You can
scream, and nobody hears a sound. You become the
mutant who fell in the vat of acid, the Joker who can't
remove his mask, the bionic man who's missing his
limbs and none of his heart. You are the thing
that used to be normal, but that was so long ago,
you can't even remember what it was like.

There is said to be only two natural fears;
the fear of loud noises and the fear of falling,
all other fears are learned.

I will be who I want to be,
not who you think I should.
I am going to dress my own way,
Not the way you want me to.
I am going to listen to the music
that I want to listen to; watch what
I want to watch; read what I want to read.
I will not let you break me down, because
If Im not good enough for you, then you
Mean nothing to me.

There's nothing more valuable
than having someone in your life
that reminds you of who you are.

sometimes you just need someone;
someone to make you smile when your sad;
someone to tell you your beautiful;
someone to look forward to texting you everyday;
someone to talk to you every night;
someone to say i love you and mean it!;
sometimes you just need someone.

&& everytime I go out in public,
I try to look perfect.
not to impress any guy,
but just incase I run into him

You should see yourself for who you are.
You are the most critical person in your life.
You will choose to wake up one day and wear
what you think is the best on you.
You really shouldn't worry what others think of you
or worry how you look to others.
As long as you are confident within
yourself you will become the most successful person in the world.

I've never been anyone's first choice
Ever.
I’ve never been anyone's first choice for a best friend
I’ve never been anyone's first choice for a girlfriend
I’m always the second best, the backup choice
My parents treat me as the second best
I’m never anyone's first choice and im tired of it
It hurts

Just say what you mean and mean what you say. Don't expect someone to read your mind, and don't play games with heads or hearts. Don't tell half truths and expect trust when the full truth comes out.  Half truths are no better than lies. Don't be cold to someone you care about, indifference hurts more than angry words.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that there is nothing we can do to change it, look before they cross the street.

I think a person's life is supposed to be like a dvd.  You can see the version everyone else sees, or you
can choose the director's cut and see the way they wanted you to see it, before everything else got in
the way.  There are menus, probably, so you can start at the good spots and not have to relive the bad ones.  You can measure your life by the number of scenes you've survived, or the minutes you've been stuck there.

Every once in a while, people step up. They rise above themselves. Sometimes they surprise you. And sometimes they fall short. Life is funny sometimes. It can push pretty hard. But if you look close enough, you find hope in the words of children, in the bars of a song and in the eyes of someone you love. And if you're lucky, I mean if you're the luckiest person on this entire planet, the person you love decides to love you back.
-One Tree Hill

and so, while the rest of the world

went on unaware, drinking their

coffee, reading the sports page,

and picking up their dry cleaning,

i leaned forward and kissed him,

making a choice that would change

everything. maybe somewhere there

was a ripple, a bit of a jump, some small

shift in the universe, barely noticeable. i

didn't feel it then. i felt only him kissing me

back, easing into the sunlight as i lost myself

in the taste of him and felt the world go on,

just as it always had, all around us.

the most wasted day is one in which you didn't laugh until tears were streaming down your cheeks; or share a passionate kiss with a really cute guy; or drive around with your music cranked to your favorite song, singing at the top of your lungs, with the windows down && your hair blowing--even if it's the middle of winter. it’s the moments that make you feel alive that are the ones that matter in the end.<333

I know it seems like I'm this strong girl who can get through everything, but inside I'm pretty fragile. I've had so many things thrown at me, and each one has only made me crack. What I'm affraid of is that one of these days I'm going to shatter.

I'm doing everything I always told myself I wouldn't do. What in the hell is wrong with me? Am i just taking chances and testing the waters? Or am I throwing away my morals and feeding myself to the sharks?

Yeah she's bleeding, but dont blame it on the knife. The real thing that's cutting her is this little thing called life.

I enjoy sarcasm, cause it lets you say what you want to
say to someone, without them getting mad

you think seeing my scars is tough?
try being the one that makes them.

I'm a hopeless romantic. I believe in wishing on stars, soulmates,and love that never ends. But yet, sometimes I feel like the only single person alive. I feel so alone. No matter what I try to do, I'm left in solitude. Maybe I try too hard. Maybe I really am hopeless

I certainly didn’t tell anyone; I didn’t advertise that I was doing this, but I didn’t necessarily also make sure no one could see that I was injured. In fact, I felt proud of it; I felt good about it. It was like a battle scar: it proved that I had been grievously wounded and survived. When I hid my scars, I did so because I didn’t want anyone to think I was a basket case or a mental case and to look down on me or to pity me or to stop hanging out with me—leave me because they couldn’t handle me

"Some people wear their smiles like a disguise. Those people who smile a lot, watch their eyes. I know cause I'm like that a lot. You think everything's okay, and it is till it's not."

I want to live life with positive people who keep me positive.
I believe in forgetting and not holding onto grudges.
I believe that everybody needs love,
even to those who may seem they don't need it,
may need it most. I plan on moving to the next level.
I want to give rather than take. I am not the person I want to be,
but I plan on becoming and living how I strongly believe is right.
By the way, I plan on success.

She's almost sixteen years old. She's not perfect; never has been,  and never will be. She's emotional and she doesn't think about things before she says them. She'll say some things that will make you want to strangle her. She'll probably hurt you and make more mistakes than you can imagine. She doesn’t mean to, but she probably will.  However, she'll apologize. She’s still learning about everything, even if she thinks she already knows it.  She's been hurt; sometimes she feels so alone she can't stand it.  Other times she's so happy she can’t believe it. She's just trying  to figure out this twisted time in  her life when everything gets real  complicated real fast and everything  seems to spin out of control before  she ever begins to understand what's  going on. But she loves, laughs, and does her best and that's all you can ever ask of her.

I'm the kind of girl who doesn't say
much. Sometimes, I don't know what to
say at all, but when I do say something,
I mean every word. I don`t want to be
like every other teenage girl. I want to
be remembered; & I want my voice to
make a difference in someone else's life.

never underestimate a girl like me.
i'm like no one you've ever met, and i'm
stronger than i seem. you can't break me.

I swear, i am the biggest over
anaylizer that you will ever meet.I
think so much about the little things
that don't even mean anything.I
guess i'm just looking, looking
for something that isn't there.

she's amazing in her own way, always moving
to a better place. she's amazing in her own way,
laughing, you won't get to her weaker traits.

Maybe she's not the most beautiful
girl in the world, and maybe she's not
the brightest crayon in the box. But she's
real, without even trying. And that right
there is natural beauty.

What you see is only half of what
I am. I have a hundred different faces,
a million different personalities. Only a
part of me is what I show you. I display
a fraction of my true self. Everything is
just a facade. It's not the truth of me.
You don't know me. You never will.

people think i'm lying about being
hurt because they see me laughing.
little do they know i laugh to keep
myself from crying.

She's 15 and her lips are still unkissed,
her hands are still unheld and no guy has
ever told her he loved her and meant it.
She's beautiful, but she's losing confidence
cause no guy has ever taken the time to tell her.

Sometimes I do silly things;like bang
into walls, or have serious blonde moments,
but deep down inside, I'm just a regular girl
trying to find my place in this world.

She's a summer girl. She likes things
simple and she hates drama. She wishes
that she could wear flip-flops year round,
and she hates being cold. She's moody
during the winter, because things are
usually falling apart. But then summer comes,
it always does, and she realizes that she has
true friends, and that nothing can beat those
summer days and nights that are spent with
the waves crashing and the sand between her toes.

most of the time, i was a shy kid
and i was afraid what i said sounded
stupid, so i hardly ever said anything.
i was the third wheel. fifth wheel? i was
the fucking wheel you didn't really need
but i still hung around. i thought maybe
my silence would one day impress somebody.
as of yet, it hasn't done much for me."

she's classy, unlike other girls. she
knows herself and she knows that she's
not perfect, but she spends her time having
fun and doing the best with what she's got.

For those who have grown with me or watch me grow up, I have always been the same girl. More, maybe, more wise, but my core has stayed the same.  The funky spunk in my step is still there like it was from my childhood years. My outright bluntness from my first sentence in meeting someone. Last, the choice to be different. Yeah, sometimes I think to myself, maybe I should be like you all out  there, start dying my hair, waking up to  straighten it, pounds of makeup, looking sexy 24/7. But nah, I'll stick to what I've got. Yes, you super hot girls make me feel  pretty plain Jane sometimes, but for those who are understanding me right now; I'm  better than you. Because under all that makeup, who's gonna want to look at you now? Now that everyone is so used to seeing you glammed up like a doll? Do you have as much as ambition & drive as I do under all that makeup?

I make mistakes, over and over, that's
what i do.I'm not perfect and i don't live to be.
I can talk about my passions for hours and listen
to yours for just as long.I'm a fantastic lover though,
and an amazing friend.God knows i mean well.

I've always been the nice girl,
but after this year I've realized you
just have to go after what you want.

 She's not like that now. She knows better. She knows now that people lie & promises can be broken as quick as they are made. She understands that she might never be loved & too quickly, good things fly in front of your eyes before you can reach out & grab them. She knows that you can't change or help time, so every now & then, it'll just run out. There isn't a place for everyone in the world, so if you're standing alone for a while, that's why. Not everything in life comes easy, but when you work the hardest, that's when it's your best. you can't always expect people to care & even when your best friends stab you in the front, don't think for a minute they didn't already aim for your back. They missed for a reason. She has found out too soon, that in the end, you are your own best friend. Everyone will be broken at some point in their life, & more often then not. It's gonna hurt like hell, but you can't stop it. You can't change your own fate. Some things are meant to be & all the pain you go through will end up resulting in something huge. You don't know what it is & when it happens, it'll hit you like a ton of bricks. At some point, when you have experienced everything you can, the words "life" & "risk" won't mean anything to you anymore. But don't try & change that. stuff like that is meant to happen. Over time, certain things no longer have an affect on you, & that happens cause that's the way its suppose to be. But you'll learn all that later in life when little things like a sunrise or a spring rain start to matter. But it might catch you off guard & happen sooner. I mean, ask her. She knows.

There's a lot to have taken in over the years. All the smiles, the laughs, the tears, the frowns; they've all made us who we are today. The struggles only made us stronger, the despairs made us wiser. If there's one thing we should keep with us, is that life has it's purpose, and nothing was put on this planet to bring you down.

There are some memories that we will carry with us for the rest of our lives and some things that we choose to forget but when we look back at those experiences, we'll see our friends; the ones who got us through everything and we'll realize how lucky we are to have them.

"I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I

have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching

out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out

for me. Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means

do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've

got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us

onward to Jesus. I'm off and running, and I'm not

turning back." - Phillipians 3:12-13 (The Message)

She's got this subtle beauty,
where she knows what you're thinking.
But she doesn't let you know
she's got you figured out.

She's completely unexplainable. You think she's a good girl, but when you get to know her, she's everything. She's crazy. She's funny. She's honest. & you'll never know what she will do next.

she's got the eyes of innocence.
the face of an angel.
a personality of a dreamer.
and a smile that hides more pain
than you can ever imagine.

I am amazed by the people around me,
they seem so confident and collected.
They seem to know where they are going.
But then I realized that I fit neither one of these categories,
and I get scared shitless.

she's different from the rest of the

girls. she's not fake, she can tell you

good music. she likes to dance, sing and

act crazy with her friends. she will

overanaylze everything you can possibly

say, she can argue but she hates too. she

hates drama and can live without it and

the people that cause it

she always lived for tomorrow;
she's never learned to live for today.
she's dying to try something foolish,
do something crazy, or just get away.
something for herself for a change

you can put her down
you can laugh at her
you can point fingers
you can make jokes
you can do whatever
but just know,
she’s strong
she’s taken an emotional beating
you’re nothing compared to what she’s been through

strength does not come from winning.
your struggles develop your strengths.
when you go through hardships and
decide not to surrender, that is strength.

God doesn't give you the people you want.
He gives you the people you need. to help you,
hurt you, love you. to make you the person you
were meant to be.

she's finally accepted the changes and realizing nothing can be the same anymore but she's keeping her strength up and she's willing to try her best to never look back.

some people come into our lives and quickly go.
some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. and we are never, ever the same.

Think of a bad day as if it were a test God is giving you; testing you on your strength, knowledge, and capabilities. Whether you stand strong or break down, testing you to see how well you handle his missions of life. When it's over, sit for a minute, laugh,
and say to yourself, 'That was good.'

When God leads you to a cliff, trust Him fully because
either of two things will happen: He'll catch you when you fall or He'll teach you how to fly.

God can handle anything, if you just let Him take it.

She’s strong, because she knows what it’s like to be weak. She keeps a guard, because she knows what it’s like to cry herself to sleep.

Jesus will keep you strong until the
end so that there will be no wrong
in you on the day our Lord, Jesus
Christ comes again.
- 1 Corinthians 1:8

Things That Make Life Worth Living:
Falling in love.
Hearing your favorite song on the radio.
Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
Milkshakes. Bubble baths. Giggling.
Long conversations late at night.
The beach. Running through sprinklers.
Laughing at an inside joke. Laughing at yourself. Laughing so hard your stomach hurts.
Laughing for absolutely no reason at all. Just plain laughing.
Having someone tell you that you're beautiful. Friends.
Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.
First kisses. Making new friends or spending time with old ones.
Playing with a new puppy. Sweet dreams. Hot chocolate.
Road trips with friends. Making chocolate chip cookies.
Holding hands with someone you care about. Watching the sunrise.
Watching a sunset.
Getting out of bed in the morning after sleeping in and looking out the window to see its sunny, birds are chirping, and kids are playing.
Knowing that somebody misses you.

she moves with grace, yet she stumbles and trips.
you'll hear a break of laughter as she smiles, an
outburst of noise. the perfection is there if you crawl
underneath the first layer of mistakes and insecurities,
and there you'll see the person worth listening to,
the one that most people try to find in themselves,
the one that she never saw in herself.

i want someone who won't care that I’m incapable of sitting still. that i can't grasp the concept of cleaning. that i refuse to be ladylike. someone who realizes half the decision i make are usually ones i regret, and i have the right to over react at any given time. i want someone who knows how completely insane i am, and wouldn't want me any other way.

she's finally accepted the changes & realizing nothing can
be the same anymore but she's keeping her strength
up & she's willing to try her best to never look back.

Whatever you go through, it all makes your stronger.
No matter how many tears, or how many screams, or whines.
Even when you think, you're positive it's all making you weaker, &
tearing you down from the inside. But it never does.
It only prepares you for the future.

She's a little scared to get close to anyone
Because everyone that said 'I'll be there'
Has always left her

i'm a mess and my room usually is too. i laugh at the stupidest things and i'm known for saying the wrong things at the wrong times and sometimes i cry for no reason and yeah i get jealous sometimes but that's who i am - take it or leave it.

To get up in the morning only to know
that you will have to face another
obstacle takes strength. To smile when
the only thing you can do is cry takes bravery.
To act happy & laugh when you know
that times are at their worst takes courage.
To be joyous when the only good news is
best of the bad news takes support.
To be there & help others through
the roughest times in life takes love.

i was born to be stubborn, to be
a little bit bitchy, and to push people.
to push myself. I was taught never
to take life for granted, to live a
little, to love with everything i had
to never give up, to believe in
myself, but most of all, fight for myself

A best friend is someone who changes your life just by being part of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop. Someone who makes you believe that there is really good in the world. Someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. Someone that knows what you're saying when you don't say a word. Someone you can look to in a certain way, and they know exactly what you're thinking. Someone you find hardest to say goodbye to. Someone who knows all about you, and loves you anyway. Someone who helps you through thick and thin. The first person you go to when you need someone to talk to.  Someone you will call to talk about nothing, or the most important things in your life. They are the shoulder you cry on, because you know that they really care about you. Someone you would take a bullet for because it would be too painful to watch them get hurt. Someone that will risk their friendship with you, just to make sure you're safe and okay. Someone you can always be around, and never get sick of.

He was the first guy I was nervous to call
He was the first guy I ever went on a date with
The first guy I truly held hands with
The first guy I would stay on the phone for hours
He was my first true boyfriend
He was my first, second & third kiss
He was my first everything
& lets face it, he still is...

I've always been the nice girl,
but this year I learned that you
have to go after what you want

Memories are only as good as the people you make them with.

My heroes are the people who smile through it all, they don't tell you their problems, but listen intently to yours. They are broken inside, but still want to help.

Thank God for the friends who are willing to give up their whole day, just to make sure you get through yours okay.

And I’ve found, it's not where you are, but who you're with.

he was the first person other then family
i could honestly say i loved. i still love him,
and i probably always will.
your first love is someone you never get over,
no matter who else comes along.

She's got the eyes of innocence, the face of an angel,

personality of a dreamer and a smile that

has more pain than you can ever imagine.

she’s the kind of girl everyone wants to be like. everything in her life is going perfect right now. she knows everyone else envies her, and she still walks around with her head held high, cause she lives her life for herself and only herself

pile your troubles on God's shoulders -- He'll carry your load, He'll help you out. He'll never let good people topple into ruin.
psalm 55:22

for You created my inmost being;
You knit me together in my mother's womb.
i praise You because i am fearfully and wonderfully
made; Your works are wonderful, i know that full well.
- psalm 139:13 - 14

She's different from the rest of the girls. She's not a fake person. She can always suggest good music. She'll over analyze everything you ever possibly say. & honestly, she couldn't care less  about what most people think. She's beginning to learn that she can do just fine on her own.

I'm the kind of girl you can hear from miles away.
the kind that if you`re sad it`s her job to make you happy...
the kind of girl who keeps messing up & saying "sorry."
i trip over everything, i`m such a klutz & i get so mad at the simplest things,
but i`m also the girl who holds everything back.
if you ask me what`s wrong i`ll just lie & smile, saying, "oh nothing."
the girl who`s afraid to love, because she already lost so much.

He taught me how to trust myself..
he taught me to love every flaw.. he
doesnt see what i see but im starting
to believe that what he saw in me
is so much better. For that, I am thankful.

i'm sorry i'm not like those other girls
that just drop their dignity at your feet.

guess I'm learning, little by little, that we decide what our lives are going to be. Things happen to us, but it's our reactions that matter

As I've grown, I've learned several things. Life is full of disappointments & people you trusted will sooner or later let you down. I've learned that often those you love will love someone else & there's only one way to fall; fast & hard. I've learned that out of thousands of smiles, it takes one to touch your heart. I've found that words can be deceiving, but the truth always lies in a person's eyes. I've learned that everything can change in the blink of an eye & tears often come without invitation. I've learned crying can make us stronger & there is never too much love to go around. I've learned that prejudice helps no one & that weapons don't hurt people, people hurt people. I've learned sticks & stones may leave cuts and bruises but harsh words leave scars. I've found that every time you give someone a piece of your heart, it's a piece that you will never get back. I've learned the past is meant to be put behind us & we can't dwell on regrets, for what's done is done. I've learned that trusting yourself is the first step & that forgiving is remembering that helps your own heart more then theirs. I've found that family isn't always blood & everyone is someone's hero. I've learned life is unexpected & that God can do anything. I've learned some things aren't meant to be understood & that only time heals. I've found that imagination is our greatest gift & that we are meant to dream for a reason. I've learned it is never too late to fall in love & that being "beautiful" is all on the inside. Mistakes are our best teachers & everything happens for a reason. Only then can you live life to it's full & true potential.

Over the past year, I've learned so much about love and life. Even if I could, I would never take back all the things I've done that brought me here, to this moment.

i live the perfect life you think
the house the clothes the smiles
but in closed doors i cry and cry
something no one can understand
it's not perfect fighting to be one
when always you are last and
never can win

She's the self-preserved, pretty-but-doesn't-know-it kind of girl,
reading her books & day dreaming all day while he's the outgoing, spontaneous, good-looking boy with the most amazing eyes you'll ever see. They grew up from two different worlds & he'll teach her how to stand up to those who look down to her & she'll teach him how to love & know the true meaning of jealousy, while he teaches her the same
without knowing it. He'll teach her how to shout at the world without a wince because his hand is holding tightly around hers, letting her know he will never leave her, causing her to forget her fears for everything & just being able to live for once without any worries.

oh no i'm not even close to perfect;
i hate wearing shoes and i'm incapable of sitting still. i laugh at the wrong moments  and i never get jokes.  and i don't care if i look like an idiot. i forget things instantly and i freak out when i can't find something. i misspell things all the time. sometimes even my own name. i'm very gullable  and i don't think twice about what i'm saying. no i'm not perfect;