Everyday I'm Shufflin'!!

This is why I love Dance Company and they are forever my sisters.

They are more than I could ever ask for.

You see, there is this mutual understanding between us all. We are dancers and there is a passion there that only we can understand. I never thought I would make friends like these here at SVU. But I am right where I need to be and who I need in my life at these precious moments.

Here I am with Aleah, being the goofballs that we are, shufflin'.

We're crazy. We know that. That's why we're friends.

peace

Life is what we all have in common.

“As I look back on all that's happened..growing up, growing together, changing you, changing me -- there were times when we dreamed together, when we laughed and cried together. As I look back on those days, I realize how much I truly miss you and how much I truly love you. The past may be gone forever..and whatever the future holds, our todays make the memories of tomorrow. So, my lifetime friend, it is with all my heart that I send you my love, hoping that you'll always carry my smile with you, for all we have meant to each other and for whatever the future may hold.”

“If I never met you, I wouldn't like you. If I didn't like you, I wouldn't love you. If I didn't love you, I wouldn't miss you. But I did, I do, and I will.”

“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain”

“One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.”

“What makes life worth living is knowing that one day you'll wake up and find the person that makes you happier than anything in the whole world. So don't ever lose hope and give up, everything turns out okay and the good guy always wins.”

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away”

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou

“I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.” -Javan

“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours”

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.” -Neil Gaimen

“Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.” -Dr. Joyce Brothers

Goals

I've been feeling very 'bleh' lately, like I have no purpose. I'm not saying this in a negative my-life-sucks way. I have just felt like I have nothing to do, and nothing to offer. I am however really excited to get back into classes. I'm one of those freaks that LOVES to be busy but hates the stress that comes with it. But! Thanks to some amazing friends, I have made a goal list, of short term summer goals and I added some long term ones on there as well. Turns out I had a lot more to do than I thought! I'm excited to get started.
Some goals I have been doing for a while, but it's good to keep them up :)

Some of my goals with my friends are things like: Making up a dance, arts and crafts, reading the Hobbit and the Peacegiver, looking for opportunities of service, etc.

My personal goals are more around the self-improvement aisle.
- scripture study
- improving my dance technique
- breaking bad habits and forming new ones
- keeping a positive attitude
and my biggest one...

JUST DO ME.

For some odd reason I'm letting what other people think of me get to me. I don't do that. Normally. I mean once in a while, sure, no one's perfect. But it's really beginning to effect me and that's not fair to me, and to others. I gotta be me. So starting now, I'm pushing the negative out and taking in the good. And doing it as ME.





This should be engraved in my brain already for how much I read Dr. Seuss as a kid, but I'm living by it now! 


It's the best way to find out who really loves you for YOU. And all of you. Good, bad, annoying, or weird as you get there will always be someone who will look at you and will never want to change a thing about you.


peace

my favorite movie

"Have you ever heard a joke so many times you've forgotten why it's funny? And then you hear it again and suddenly it's new. You remember why you loved it in the first place."
"A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him. And in that way he becomes immortal."
"There comes a point when any reasonable man will swallow his pride and admit he made a mistake. The truth is... I was never a reasonable man."
"There are some fish that cannot be caught. It's not that they're faster or stronger than other fish. They're just touched by something extra."
"There's a time when a man needs to fight, and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny is lost... the ship has sailed and only a fool would continue. Truth is... I've always been a fool."
"The biggest fish in the river gets that way by never being caught."
-BIG FISH (Best. Movie. EVER!!!)

Missing people

I missing a lot of people right now but the people I really miss right now are my Dance Company Girls.

Just sayin.

I miss them a TON. And it doesn't help when I have these awesome ideas for Dance Co. and I don't know what to do with them without my girls! :(

They're also the chilliest girls I know.

Bleh.

I miss them...

peace

My past week..

This past week I went to Canada. YES. Canada.
My birthplace.
My mother's land.
And just a really awesome place.

You see, the reason why I went is because my great uncle, Uncle Bud, passed away in May. We finally had a memorial for him on Thursday. It was really simple, but very nice. people in his neighborhood came and just visited and chatted. We all just spoke of my Uncle. it was really great. And very peaceful.

My uncle would have liked it.

My uncle Bud was 65 when he passed. He was this tiny man, very kind, and a very generous man. I love him very much and I miss him a lot.

Here are some pics of pics him that I took at the memorial.

And here's me with my mom and dad on Canada Day.

peace