What Would You Say . . . . .

There’s a lot that the kids need to know. A letter to a person on their first day here. Today over 360,000 babies will be born and you are one of them. Welcome! This is the world. It’s a pretty cool place. There’s lots to see, smell. There’s corn dogs. Uh, I’m getting ahead of myself. There’s just so much to do, singing, dancing, oh and laughing. Laughing is the best. Especially great when you laugh and milk comes out of your nose, but only if you just had milk. Otherwise it’s just gross.

Some days gross things will happen. Some days awesome things will happen. Some days you’ll get ice cream. Some days you won’t. Some days your kite will fly high. Some days it gets stuck in a tree. That’s just how it is here.

There’s plenty of reasons to dance. You just got to look for them. Don’t worry though. You won’t be doing this alone. You’re going to meet lots of people here. Some of them will be really nice and some won’t be. It’s not that they can’t be. It’s just – maybe they’re just having a bad day.

Being a person is hard sometimes. You should give people high fives just for getting out of bed. Oh, high fives! I forgot to explain that. How do I explain this? Um…It’s kind of high fives are like hitting someone who is your friend. Uh, that’s really bad.

Just treat everybody like it’s their birthday even if they don’t deserve it, because we all mess up sometimes. The biggest mess up? Not forgiving each other’s mess ups.

Maybe you’ll be a teacher. Maybe you’ll be President. Maybe you’ll cure every disease ever. You might even see the Grand Canyon, swim in the ocean. Oh this is so, so much. It’s a lot. Try this, take a breath. Isn’t that amazing? It’s called breathing! You’re going to do it a lot. But nobody knows exactly how much. So enjoy it.

Pay attention. Take brain pictures, because amazing things will happen every day. You’re going to do so much. But it’s not about what you do. It’s about who you are.

You? You’re awesome. You were made that way. You were made from love, to be love, to spread love. Love is always louder, no matter what. Even if hate has a bullhorn, love is louder. So let your life be loud. Let’s shout to the world. Things can be better! It’s okay about all the mess ups! Corn dogs rule! Sorry, I just keep bringing that up.

I don’t think I told you this yet. We’re really glad you’re here. We don’t say that enough to each other here because, well, life gets busy.You’re going to be important and you’re going to do a lot and you’re going to smell great. But don’t get too busy.

Remember to let everybody know you’re glad they’re here. You don’t have to remember all of this right now. You’re going to need a pep talk sometimes. And that’s okay.

For now, remember this: You’re awake. You’re awesome. Live like it.

Gotta Love IKEA

You can always count on IKEA for 3 things - Inspiration, a feeling of wanting to have a house of your own and great food at a very cheap price 

What Will It Be

No one falls in love by choice, it is by chance

no one stays in love by chance, it is by work

no one falls out of love by chance, it is by choice

Just Do It

There will a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, 

something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. 

When that happens, you do it. 

 Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. 

 Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it

Time

Taken from The Gift written by Cecelia Ahern . . .

One thing of great importance can affect a small number of people. Equally so, a thing of little importance can affect a multitude. Either way, a happening – big or small – can affect an entire string of people. Occurrences can join us all together. You see, we’re all made up of all the same stuff. When something happens, it triggers something inside us that connects us to a situation, connects us to other people, lighting us up and linking us like little lights on a Christmas tree, twisted and turned but still connected on a wire. Some go out, others flicker, others burn strong and bright, yet we’re all on the same line. 

A lesson finds the common denominator and links us all together, like a chain. At the end of that chain dangles a clock, and on the face of the clock the passing of time is registered. We hear it, the hushed tick-tock sound that breaks any silence and we see it, but often we don’t feel it. Each second makes its mark on every single person’s life; comes and then goes, quietly disappearing without fanfare, evaporating into air like steam from a piping hot Christmas pudding. Enough time leaves us warm; when our time is gone, it too leaves us cold. Time is more precious than gold, more precious than diamonds, more precious than oil or any valuable treasures, it is time that we do not have enough of; it is time that causes the war within our hearts, and so we must spend time wisely. Time cannot be packaged and ribboned and left under trees for Christmas morning. 

Time can’t be given. But it can be shared

Someday

"it's not okay that you hurt me, but I am okay. 

I deserve more, I know that now. 

and maybe you knew that inside, that you couldn't give me that yet. 

so you set me free. 

we would've been so great. 

but you never gave it a chance. 

so now you'll never know what could have been. 

maybe someday you'll regret it, 

maybe someday you'll see me... 

walking, smiling and happy. 

alongside someone who's walking, smiling and happy because he has my heart. 

maybe then you'll stop and realize what you're missing, 

because someday, someone is going to thank you for letting me go."

Opposites

“We’re so different. We’re hot and cold, fire and water. I’m loud, you’re quiet. 

I talk, you listen. I’m crazy, you’re sane, but that’s why this works… 

You fill in my missing pieces and I complete you, and I guess that’s why, 

despite the questions and the challenges, I still believe in us and I still believe in this… 

and as long as we have each other, I think we’ll be alright.” 

-katrina.berning- 

Got To Love Audrey

"your heart just breaks, that's all. 

but you can't judge or point fingers. 

you just have to be lucky enough to find 

someone who appreciates you 

and loves you even more." 

-audrey.hepburn-

Laughter Is The Key

"among those I like, 

I can find no common trait; 

but among those I love, 

I can... 

all of them make me laugh." 

-w.h.auden-

Fragilty

"love is fragile, she was thinking. 

but perhaps the pieces are saved, 

the things that hovered on lips, 

that might have been said. 

the new-love words, 

the tenderness learned, 

and treasured up for the next lover." 

-f.scott.fitzgerald-

Maybe, Just Maybe

"and maybe, just maybe, her heart needed to be broken. 

broken and shattered and stomped into pieces. 

then she could finally look down at the pieces, 

study each one and spend some time getting 

to know the person she'd become. 

and when she finally had all the pieces back together again, 

a little crooked, a little jumbled but sealed firmly with love, 

she'd realized she was more beautiful than ever. 

because this time, she would love herself."

Truth Beckons

We have bigger houses, but smaller families;

More conveniences, but less time;

We have more degrees, but less sense;

More knowledge, but less judgement;

More experts, but more problems;

More medicines, but less healthiness;

We've been all the way to the moon and back,

But have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour.

We built more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but have less communications.

We have become long on quantity, but short on quality

These are times of fast food, but slow digestion;

Tall man but short character;

Steep profits but shallow relationships.

It is a time when there is much in the window, not nothing in the room.

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Love

No one falls in love by choice

it is by chance

no one stays in love by chance

it is by work

no one falls out of love by chance

it is by choice