Monday, May 31, 2010

"VIRTUES THAT LEAD TO HAPPINESS"


---LOVE YOUR FAMILY
---SHOW GRATITUDE
---BE HUMBLE AND SHOW COMPASSION
---LOVE WHAT YOU DO
---BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
---SPEAK FAITH , SPEAK POSITIVELY
---LIVE WITH PASSION
---PURSUE KNOWLEDGE
---USE YOUR IMAGINATION
---SET REALISTIC GOALS
---TAKE ACTION
---COMMIT TO EXCELLENCE
---EMBRACE CHANGE
---FAIL FORWARD
---SEEK PEACE
---LIVE WITH INTEGRITY
---PERSEVERE

BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU. MATTHEW6:33

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

"LIVE YOUR DREAM"


A dream won't do much for you until you do something for it. Yet the moment you begin to take action, that dream starts to become real.

It may very well take years to accomplish. Long before it is accomplished, though, it is adding value to your life.

For the value of your dream is not in possessing whatever it brings. The value is in reaching for it.

The value is in what you do to get yourself there. Because in that process, you fulfill your own unique destiny.

Right this very moment, you can reach out and touch the reality of your most treasured dream. That's because right this moment, you can act on that dream.

If you've been waiting, you've waited long enough. Today is the day to truly live your dream."LIVE YOUR DREAM" =)

Monday, May 24, 2010

International Model "Tommy Cupples"


Dreams become reality when you want, its up to you and nobody else to make those dreams come true, don't ever let someone tell you that you can't do something, instead let that push you harder to accomplish that dream.-Tommy Cupples

Sunday, May 23, 2010

International Model "Vince Azzopardi"


Vince Azzopardi- im happy with my life, ive gone from a fat kid who was unpopular, living in Allenton without a penny to my name, to a international model living in milan working for armani... this status is a thanks to everyone who doubted me, as you spurred me on to succeed in my life.. the ones who supported me dont... need thanking, they already know i got mad love for them all....

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Things We Can't Control

The idea of trusting the universe is a popular one these days, but many of us don’t know what this really means and we often have a hard time doing it. This is partly because the story of humankind is most often presented as a story about struggle, control, and survival, instead of one of trust and collaboration with the universe. Yet, in truth, we need to adhere to both ideas in this life.

On the one hand, there is much to be said about exerting control over our environment. We created shelter to protect ourselves from the elements. We hunted for animals and invented agriculture to feed ourselves. We built social infrastructures to protect ourselves and create community. This is how we survive and grow as a civilization. However, it is also clear that there are plenty of things that we cannot control, no matter how hard we try, and we often receive support from an unseen force – a universe that provides us with what we cannot provide for ourselves.

It is a good idea to take responsibility for the things in life that we can control or create. We work so we can feed, clothe, and shelter our loved ones and ourselves. We manifest our dreams and visions in physical form with hard work and forethought. But at a certain point, when have done all that we can, we must let go and allow the universe to take over. This requires trust.

It requires a trust that runs deeper than just expecting things to turn out the way we want them to. Sometimes they will, and sometimes they won’t. We develop equanimity and grace as we learn to trust that, with the guiding hand of the universe, life will unfold exactly the way it should. We are engaged in an ongoing relationship with a universe that responds to our thoughts and actions.


Saturday, May 15, 2010

Honesty & Integrity

I want to talk for a minute; to be open with you. Something that is very important to me is integrity and honesty. I always strive to be as honest and open about myself as I can. Perhaps this is a throw-back to my Christian background and Jesus’ harsh stance against hypocrisy: the last thing I ever want is to be a hypocrite.

Anyone who has followed my blogs for a while has hopefully learned that each and every blog of mine is honest. It is a record of my honest opinions/thoughts/beliefs at the time of writing. I have never deleted a controversial blog, because I want to show that I have the integrity to stand by what I’ve written, and own any wrong calls I’ve made. I also don’t make a habit of deleting comments because I think that it also shows integrity that I allow opposing opinions to be there for all to see.

I’ve made a commitment to you and myself to try and write more positive and uplifting blogs. And I do want to do that, but I don’t want anyone thinking that I am always happy or that I put on a mask for the sake of proving a point. I’m sharing this with you because I want to continue to write whatever is on my mind and that includes when I am in a bad mood. I want you to know that I still stand by my commitment to spread positive ideas, but in order to show my integrity I feel it’s necessary for me to also show that I am human.

Plus, the greatest purpose my blogs serve is ultimately for my enjoyment. They are my therapy, my way of processing my thoughts and my way of providing further meaning to my life by spreading ideas I think will help make the world a better place. And I have learned so, so very much from the people who comment on my blogs. Thank you.

The Real Beauty Tips

"Time Tested Beauty Tips"


For attractive lips, speak words of kindness
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry
For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day
For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone...
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed,
revived, reclaimed and redeemed...
Never throw out anybody.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand,
you'll find one at the end of your arm.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands.
One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.



True beauty comes from within". Such a cliche' quote, but isn't it true. Anyone who's ever worked in customer service could testify to the validity of that quote. There was a time when I worked the refund desk at a retail outlet, and let me tell you...someone could be drop dead gorgeous. I would be all excited to help this beautiful person...then her true self would rise up!

I don't care how beautiful she is on the outside, enduring five minutes of a haughty, arrogant, cursing prima donna is enough to make any fairy tale princess uglier than the proverbial frog that she kissed in the first place!



When you are truly beautiful on the outside and the inside...well, that's a combination that can't be beat!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

"The Best Revenge"

“The Best Revenge”


Unfinished,
As time goes on
(The business)
Will fade to black.
Heartbroken
(The Self) will mend.
Time still goes on, revenged or not~


Forgiveness,


The greatest key
To a heart
Broken in this


Reality,


Finally Free
Of chains that bind, a Release~


Love, kindness--
The best revenge.


Karma will
Be it's own fire,
Heaped upon
Their precious heads...


Moving forward- don't look back~

I'm Not That Girl


I won't be that girl



I don't want this to end.
This.
Whatever this is...



Everything happened exactly how it was supposed to.
Slowly.
Cautiously.
Moderately.
Safely.



I was so careful with you.
I followed all of the rules that society has set for us.
Tell me, where did I go wrong?
It isn't about the other girls.
I knew all along.
Just like you knew.
It was about being treated equally.
Having the same privileges.
Not having to hide my existance.
For once in my life, I stand up for myself.
What do I get?
"I'm upset for no reason."
"I'm being so immature."
"I'm acting like a child."
"I'm just so stupid."
Right?
Wrong.
I won't be that girl.
The girl that hides in the shadows.
Waiting...
Waiting...
Contemplating...

Wasting her life away waiting on you.
I won't be that girl.
I could very easily get you back.
You're only a phone call away.
But I refuse to do that.
I am not in the wrong here.
I've looked at it from every angle.
And...
I
didn't
do
this.



To say that my heart's broken would be an understatement.
Nothing can be healed if you keep it covered up.



Well, I let my wounds out in the open and now they're infected.
I've ripped off the bandaid and it's completely in your hands now.


I won't go back on the promise I made to myself.
I won't beg for you to fix me.
I won't change my mind.
I won't wait for you.
I won't be that girl.



The State Of Ignorance


Disclaimer: This is not directed at any one person. More like the human race as a whole.


I have no hope for the human race. Intellectualism is dying. Nobody thinks anymore, they just merely cry with outrage at anything that makes their lives even remotely uncomfortable. Pleasure, that’s all this generation cares about. Whatever can make their lives easier. They don’t pay attention to the issues of the world, just what’s going to make them the happiest.


Each generation seems to be less intelligent then the one before it, less able to think for itself, more ignorant of the world around it. You can see it every day. Each freshman class that has come after mine seems to be worse than the last.


For example, my AP Literature teacher also teaches normal freshman classes. Looking at the way they paraphrase the works of Shakespeare are simply embarrassing. It’s clear they gave no effort at all into the thought of the greatest literary genius of all time. One of them even spelt Shakespeare and person wrong. Then refused to correct it when they were told the right way to spell it.

Monday, May 10, 2010

A Recipe Of A New You

Many people claim that they have the key to success in life, and if you follow their simple formula your problems will just disappear. Yet how many of them actually give you the results you are looking for? Following a new path can lead you only as far as you're willing to go with it, but eventually if the underlying problem isn't corrected and instead masked by other things, you'll regress.

However, we all have what it takes to make a permanent change in our lives. The ingredients are inside us and accessible. Anyone is able to transform themselves with enough know-how.

Promises


Promises

At the waters edge,
she waits each day,

for the one she loved
and loves still to this day.

To give up hope of his return,
is to concede to death,

for to live without him,
would be a life of despair...
the darkness would engulf her.

The crashing waves below,
sometimes to her they beckon,
promising sleep below their surface.

The blackbird cries,
an invitation to death;
promising sweet relief
of her unending anguish.

She gives herself a shake,
and lifts her head up high,
reminds herself of his love,
and of his promise to return.