Today I listened to a couple of girls talking about how famous they were going to be when they grew up. They were going to be in movies and have people scream their name and want their autograph. They didn't have a doubt in their mind and there was nothing stopping them from acting like they were already famous. They didn't care who was watching or judging or being skeptical; they were going to be famous.
I remember when I was going to be famous. Back in the day, before algebra and six page essays, before the 'cool people' were there to judge, before life started showing its true colours, before things got tougher, before there was a need to fit in; back then, I was going to be famous too.
I don't understand when that dream faded. I don't know when but I'm sure the reason was because I thought I couldn't do it. I've realised that every single person will come to a stage where they have the choice to let go, to give up, to be ordinary, or to hang on, keep going and be so much more than just normal. When we become the victim of growing up and algebra and six page essays, when we notice the 'cool people' that judge and when life shows us its true colours, when things get tougher and we need to fit in; that's when we tell ourselves that we can't be famous.
Lately I've observed this lie that people so easily believe.We can't get away from it but we certainly can make ourselves believe otherwise- I've found that each and everyone of us find it so easy to believe that we are not good enough and that our dreams will not come true. Maybe it's because life can discourage us sometimes and people can say stuff that hurts, but I think that in our hearts we will always want to be famous, to be something, to be someone, to be a star.
So in the great words of Dr. Suess, "You're off to great places, today is your day, the mountain is waiting, get on your way."
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
If Mothers were flowers, I'd pick you...
Dear Mum,
Happy Mother's Day! You are the best, most beautiful and the lovliest lady to ever live. Thank you for being incredible.
Ever since I was little, I know I have looked up to you. You were, are and always will be my role model and somebody that I truly cherish. Thank you for being respectable and somebody that teaches me to live life to the best of my ability. You are amazing.
Thank you for being inspiring and being the most influential woman I will ever have the privilege to know. Thanks for all the important lessons you have taught me- from holding my hand as I learnt to walk, to teaching me life lessons I will never forget.
Thank you for being the best mother anyone could ever want- you are and always will be my biggest fan.
xoxoxoxo
I love you
Happy Mother's Day! You are the best, most beautiful and the lovliest lady to ever live. Thank you for being incredible.
Ever since I was little, I know I have looked up to you. You were, are and always will be my role model and somebody that I truly cherish. Thank you for being respectable and somebody that teaches me to live life to the best of my ability. You are amazing.
Thank you for being inspiring and being the most influential woman I will ever have the privilege to know. Thanks for all the important lessons you have taught me- from holding my hand as I learnt to walk, to teaching me life lessons I will never forget.
Thank you for being the best mother anyone could ever want- you are and always will be my biggest fan.
xoxoxoxo
I love you
Friday, May 11, 2012
YOLO
Live like you were to die tomorrow, love like you were to live forever.
In life we get one shot. We have one chance to live the best, to speak our mind, to influence, to serve, to reach and to make a difference; and it's never the things that we've done wrong that we regret, but the things we never did at all.
Sometimes we put the unimportant things before things that can truly make a difference. We choose the easiest thing over the right thing and we fail to remember that one chance is all we have. Sometimes things will come our way and we pass opportunity by because we think that someone else will do it instead. We need to stop and seize the day- make the most of every opportunity and make the right decision at every choice. Life is precious so live it well; do what is right, not what is easy.
Maybe the most important thing that life will ever teach, is to pay it forward. Paying it forward means blessing others when someone blesses you; paying it forward means helping others because someone helped you; paying it forward means putting others before yourself and going out of your way to do something for someone else. I've always wondered, what would happen if everyone did something for someone else for no particular reason at all? Truly then we would be loving like we were to live forever.
As people we need to learn to speak now, to act now, to love each other with unconditional and undying love. We need to be the best people that we possibly can be and leave a footprint on the world. We need to live the best because You Only Live Once.
In life we get one shot. We have one chance to live the best, to speak our mind, to influence, to serve, to reach and to make a difference; and it's never the things that we've done wrong that we regret, but the things we never did at all.
Sometimes we put the unimportant things before things that can truly make a difference. We choose the easiest thing over the right thing and we fail to remember that one chance is all we have. Sometimes things will come our way and we pass opportunity by because we think that someone else will do it instead. We need to stop and seize the day- make the most of every opportunity and make the right decision at every choice. Life is precious so live it well; do what is right, not what is easy.
Maybe the most important thing that life will ever teach, is to pay it forward. Paying it forward means blessing others when someone blesses you; paying it forward means helping others because someone helped you; paying it forward means putting others before yourself and going out of your way to do something for someone else. I've always wondered, what would happen if everyone did something for someone else for no particular reason at all? Truly then we would be loving like we were to live forever.
As people we need to learn to speak now, to act now, to love each other with unconditional and undying love. We need to be the best people that we possibly can be and leave a footprint on the world. We need to live the best because You Only Live Once.
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