a guitar
isn't a guitar unless it is played.
a candle
isn't a candle unless it is lit.

and love
isn't love unless it is shown

"the best way to cheer yourself up...
is to try to cheer somelse up."
~mark twain

Ask most people what they want out of life and the answer's simple:

to be happy.

Maybe it's this expectation though, the wanting to be happy,

that keeps us from every actually getting there.

If guns kill people,
then pencils mispell words,
cars make people drive drunk,
and spoons make people fat.

Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world,

we all know that when the tears fall, or when the smile spreads across our face,

we'll come to eachother.. because no matter where this crazy world takes us,

nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends.

"Around here, however, we don't look backward for very long.

We keep moving forwar, opening up new doors and doing new things,

because we're curious... and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."

-Walt Disney

somewhere between heartaches && waiting,
comes the chance to be found by someone
who can show you that you don't have to be
just an option, but the only choice.

i'm just a girl.
i love being called pretty, but i'll never believe it.
i'm not always right, but hate admitting i'm wrong.
i'm almost always smiling, but its not always real.
i can be read like an open book, but hide so much.
i work hard at things, but don't always get what i deserve.
i'm just a girl.

if you look close enough

to the world around you,

you might find someone like you.

someone trying to find their way.

someone trying to find their self.

sometimes it seems like you are

the only one in the world

who's struggling,

who's frustrated,

unsatisfied,

barely getting by.

but that feelin's a lie.

and if you just hold on,

just find the courage to face it,

all for another day,

someone or something will find you

and make it all okay.

because we all need a little help sometimes.

we need someone to remind us

that it won't always be this way.

that someone is out there,

and that someone will find you.

i used to think
you took my breathe away
but then i realized 
i was just suffocated
by your bullshit.

be happy not because everything's perfect
nor because everythings goes your way.
be happy because everything sucks
but you are doing just fine.

butterflies don't know the color of their wings,

but human eyes know how beautiful it is.

likewise, you don't know how good you are,

but others can see that you are special.

you can say sorry a million times,

say i love you as much as you want,

say whatever you want, whenever you want.

but if you're not going to prove the things you say are true,

then don't say anything at all.

because if you can't show it,

your words don't mean a thing.

"what i've learned is not to change who you are,

because eventually you're going to run 

out of new things to become."

-taylor swift

this is for the girls who don't always win.

the girls who stay up all night listening to music that inspires them.

the girls that laugh, smile, cry, and think on a daily basis.

the girls who love, learn, and regret.

the girls who never have it easy.

the girls who learn the hard way to live and tell about it.

the real girls.

she believed in dreams all right,
but she also believed in doing something
about them..
when prince charming didn't come along,
she went over to the palace
and got him.

-walt disney

never get jealous when you see

your ex with someone else

because our parents always taught us

to give our used toys

to the less fortunate.

worrying does not
empty tomorrow
of its troubles
it empty's today
of its strengths.

sometimes we have to be broken down in order to be rebuilt into

what we're actually meant to be.



theres a huge difference

between getting over things

and just getting through them.

"whats the difference between promises and memories?"

"we break promises, but memories break us."

everything in life changes you in some way,
even the smallest things.
if you do not accept these changes,
you do not accept yourself.
for through these changes
brings new and greater things to you,
making you wiser as time progresses.
to avoid these changes is a loss.
you only live your life once.
do not waste a minute of it avoiding things.
let them come to you, and learn from them.
there is always tomorrow.

In our time together,
you claimed a special place in my heart,
one I'll carry with me forever
and that no one can ever replace.

- nicholas sparks -

dear john

Let those tears fall
You gave it your all
It's all you can do
I'll be here for you
And there goes your pride
Crushed on the ground
Sometimes it takes a wall to tumble down
For you to see who's gonna stick around

A friend is someone who will catch you when you fall,
dry your tears and tell you it will be all right,
pretend to be happy just to cheer you up,
never leave you by yourself, attempt to talk to you
at least once a day no matter what,
make you laugh when you're sad, call back if you hang up on them,
make everything you two do together into something
fun no matter how boring it is, always remind you of your inside jokes,
finish your sentences, think the same way you do,
follow you wherever you go, stop you from doing
something stupid or hurting yourself,
and they're always willing to give up something
that means a lot to them because they can be sure
you'll always be there in return, and because to
them you'll always mean more than you can imagine.