raNdom thoUghts




"DaNcE as though no one is watching you.
LoVE as though you have never been hurt before.
SiNg as though no one can hear you.
LiVe~ as though heaven is on earth."





"To laugh often and much
to wind the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false
friends;
to appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch,
or a redeemedsocial condition;
to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded." --Thoreau





I guess i could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me...but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes i feel like i'm seeing it all at once, and its too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst...and then i remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and i can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life...
~ amErican bEauTy ~