With everything I've ever done
I'd give it all to everyone
For one more day
Another night I'm waking through
Another door I walk into I can't break
And it's a winding road
And it's a long way home
So don't wait
For someone to tell you it's too late
Cause these are the best days
There's always something tomorrow
So I say let's make the best of tonight
Here comes the rest of our lives
I count the steps
The distance to
The time when it was me and you
It's so far gone
Another face,
Another friend,
Another place,
Another end,
But I'll hang on
And it's a winding road
And it's a long way home
So don't wait
For someone to tell you it's too late
Cause these are the best days
There's always something tomorrow
So I say let's make the best of tonight
Yeah, let's make the best of tonight
Here comes the rest of our lives
Rest of our lives
And it's a winding road
It's a long way home
So don't wait
For someone to tell you it's too late
Cause these are the best days
There's always something tomorrow
So I say let's make the best of it
Don't wait
Cause no one can tell you it's too late
Cause these are the best days
There's always something tomorrow
So I say let's make the best of tonight
Yeah, let's make the best of tonight
We'll make the best of tonight
Here comes the rest of our lives
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Sometimes I think I pass you walking on the street and i believe it
Sometimes I think I see you looking back at me.. now i see it
everything you feel
saying what is real
Don't go away
say you'll stay until the morning light
Don't fade away into gray
standing in the light
I lie awake at night and never sleep to watch you breathing
I tried to smile and laugh as you turned away but I was bleeding
Everything I feel
I make believe is real
Don't go away
say you'll stay until the morning light
Don't fade away into gray
standing in the light
sometimes I think I pass you walking on the street and I believe it
sometimes I think I see you looking back at me.. now I see it
Don't go away
say you'll stay until the morning light
and Don't fade away into gray
standing in the light
Don't go awaysay you'll stay until the morning light
and Don't fade away into gray
standing in the light...
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Yeah, I'm doing okay.
I'm getting by.
I'm having fun and meeting new people.
I'm eating, working out, and saving money.
I'm smiling and laughing.
I'm writing a lot and finding myself.
I'm getting really excited about the upcoming month :)
And the rest of my future for that matter.
I've found someone that right now that makes me smile.
Makes me laugh.
Makes me happy.
But she's too far away.
And as of now, I'm still alone.
I'm learning new things.
I'm making people smile again.
I'm doing things for other people.
I'm making a name for myself.
I'm feeling attractive again.
I'm liking myself again.
But the bottom line is, I miss you and my best friend.
And always will...
I always will...
I'm getting by.
I'm having fun and meeting new people.
I'm eating, working out, and saving money.
I'm smiling and laughing.
I'm writing a lot and finding myself.
I'm getting really excited about the upcoming month :)
And the rest of my future for that matter.
I've found someone that right now that makes me smile.
Makes me laugh.
Makes me happy.
But she's too far away.
And as of now, I'm still alone.
I'm learning new things.
I'm making people smile again.
I'm doing things for other people.
I'm making a name for myself.
I'm feeling attractive again.
I'm liking myself again.
But the bottom line is, I miss you and my best friend.
And always will...
I always will...
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Re: To be a kid again...(three posts down)/ Part Three..
Read the previous three posts or so, starting with the one titled "To be a kid again..." before you read this...
Re reading this post, I think I finally put a finger on what the point to it was.
This little boy went out of his way to give me a piece of garbage really. But in his eyes it was a masterpiece. Thus, it was in my mind too.
Point is, if none of us really grew up at heart and still drew pictures for other people and went out of our way to make another person smile but just once a day, what kind of world would that create? (Quite the run-on huh Britt?)
Throw out all of the fears in everyday life that the media has created.
If you sit down and think about the effect that one smile can do, its almost mind boggling.
If one boy went out of his way to draw pictures on a place mat for a complete stranger, just to give him something to show that they have the same name, think about the possibilities that grown adults would be able to conceive.
Paying for someones dry cleaning, or stopping to say Hi to one person you see everyday but never talk to.
This past Christmas, one man, ONE, bought the coffee of the person behind him at a starbucks and set off a chain reaction of the next 350 people doing the same gesture. ONE person, created a dinner time story that brightened the day of not only the direct 350 people, but everyone person connected to one of the 350 who got a free cup of coffee.
The real point is, that if one person sets off the reaction, ultimately millions of people will unknowingly produce and spread smiles to those around them.
If someone went out of their way to make you smile, it will be with you the rest of the day. And since it's always with you, you may very well be smiling the rest of the day because of it. If you are smiling you are automatically giving the people around you, not only a reason but, the permission to do the same. So, unknowingly, you have liberated the souls of others who will unknowingly spread the same seed to others. It's an unstoppable, uncontrollable, unexplainable phenomenon
Make someone smile today..
Re reading this post, I think I finally put a finger on what the point to it was.
This little boy went out of his way to give me a piece of garbage really. But in his eyes it was a masterpiece. Thus, it was in my mind too.
Point is, if none of us really grew up at heart and still drew pictures for other people and went out of our way to make another person smile but just once a day, what kind of world would that create? (Quite the run-on huh Britt?)
Throw out all of the fears in everyday life that the media has created.
If you sit down and think about the effect that one smile can do, its almost mind boggling.
If one boy went out of his way to draw pictures on a place mat for a complete stranger, just to give him something to show that they have the same name, think about the possibilities that grown adults would be able to conceive.
Paying for someones dry cleaning, or stopping to say Hi to one person you see everyday but never talk to.
This past Christmas, one man, ONE, bought the coffee of the person behind him at a starbucks and set off a chain reaction of the next 350 people doing the same gesture. ONE person, created a dinner time story that brightened the day of not only the direct 350 people, but everyone person connected to one of the 350 who got a free cup of coffee.
The real point is, that if one person sets off the reaction, ultimately millions of people will unknowingly produce and spread smiles to those around them.
If someone went out of their way to make you smile, it will be with you the rest of the day. And since it's always with you, you may very well be smiling the rest of the day because of it. If you are smiling you are automatically giving the people around you, not only a reason but, the permission to do the same. So, unknowingly, you have liberated the souls of others who will unknowingly spread the same seed to others. It's an unstoppable, uncontrollable, unexplainable phenomenon
Make someone smile today..
Part two...
Don't read part two until you've read part one...
Does the beauty in life vanish when our worlds and hearts are shattered?
Many people would agree so.
So many of us lose the motivation to seek out the beauty in life when we’ve lost.
So many of us lose the courage to get up in the morning and go on with our lives.
No courage to put ourselves in situations to be able to see what else there is in the world.
We fail to force ourselves to move on and see a sunset or a sunrise.
We fail to open the windows and hear the songs of the morning birds.
Why though?
Why do we stop seeing the beauty in life?
Is it because it reminds of us of what we’ve had and lost?
What we had, we have.
What we were, we are.
Everything in our past is what made each of us who are we today.
Why don’t we listen to the songs and get lost in the stars and not think about a hurtful past?
But instead, why don’t we think about how everything will look in the future?
Day dream about what could happen under the stars or what amazing sunsets you could share with somebody.
Instead of forever remembering the hurt in loss that every day beauties remind us of, we need to look back and thank those who hurt us for making us the people we are today.
In reality, nothing is more important than today.
We aren’t promised anything, not even the rest of today.
That’s why I hate making plans so long in the future.
I hate when people take things for granted and live everyday as though tomorrow will be the same.
It’s just as easy that there will not be a tomorrow than if there is a tomorrow for you.
If something makes you happy, don’t throw it away with the thought that it may one day not.
Work towards dreams and goals, but don’t make it everything in life, because it’s not.
If all we do is work towards our future then we pass up so many little things that we will one day regret not taking time to learn about.
Accidents happen.
We lose people.
Lose loved ones.
Lose them to cancer and accidents.
Heart attacks and diseases.
The list is endless.
Why do we take for granted what is in our life every day?
The sad thing is, we all do it.
Every one of us.
And really nothing is going to change that unless a tragic event happens to any particular person.
I know I’m guilty of this.
I’m lucky though that nothing really tragic has happened to me.
Or am I?
Maybe it would be better for me if something were to happen to me.
I rather it happen to me so I can put my life into perspective than losing a loved one.
Maybe because something horrific hasn’t happened to me I am unfortunate.
Ask anyone who has had something catastrophic happen to them, that it changed their life forever.
At first, probably for the worst.
But then it more than likely helped them realize what was really important in life.
And to know what is important in life is to have a gift.
We go through our entire life trying to figure out what is most important to us.
And it’s rarely before an old age, before death, that we begin to figure out what mattered most in life.
And by then its almost certainly too late to pass it down to younger loved ones.
Even if we get a chance to, the ones that haven’t figured it out yet will never lose the ignorance that is learning about life.
Throughout our entire lives, elders give us advice about what to do and where to go in life and what to hang on to.
But until we are in their shoes and at that rightful age, we never truly understand what our elders were trying to tell us.
So though we try to pass on advice or stories, the truth is, the younger generations will not grasp the helpfulness in them.
Ever.
Which is actually another phone part of life.
Though it can be frustrating for younger loved ones to not listen, it’s a phase of life we all have to go through.
Does the beauty in life vanish when our worlds and hearts are shattered?
Many people would agree so.
So many of us lose the motivation to seek out the beauty in life when we’ve lost.
So many of us lose the courage to get up in the morning and go on with our lives.
No courage to put ourselves in situations to be able to see what else there is in the world.
We fail to force ourselves to move on and see a sunset or a sunrise.
We fail to open the windows and hear the songs of the morning birds.
Why though?
Why do we stop seeing the beauty in life?
Is it because it reminds of us of what we’ve had and lost?
What we had, we have.
What we were, we are.
Everything in our past is what made each of us who are we today.
Why don’t we listen to the songs and get lost in the stars and not think about a hurtful past?
But instead, why don’t we think about how everything will look in the future?
Day dream about what could happen under the stars or what amazing sunsets you could share with somebody.
Instead of forever remembering the hurt in loss that every day beauties remind us of, we need to look back and thank those who hurt us for making us the people we are today.
In reality, nothing is more important than today.
We aren’t promised anything, not even the rest of today.
That’s why I hate making plans so long in the future.
I hate when people take things for granted and live everyday as though tomorrow will be the same.
It’s just as easy that there will not be a tomorrow than if there is a tomorrow for you.
If something makes you happy, don’t throw it away with the thought that it may one day not.
Work towards dreams and goals, but don’t make it everything in life, because it’s not.
If all we do is work towards our future then we pass up so many little things that we will one day regret not taking time to learn about.
Accidents happen.
We lose people.
Lose loved ones.
Lose them to cancer and accidents.
Heart attacks and diseases.
The list is endless.
Why do we take for granted what is in our life every day?
The sad thing is, we all do it.
Every one of us.
And really nothing is going to change that unless a tragic event happens to any particular person.
I know I’m guilty of this.
I’m lucky though that nothing really tragic has happened to me.
Or am I?
Maybe it would be better for me if something were to happen to me.
I rather it happen to me so I can put my life into perspective than losing a loved one.
Maybe because something horrific hasn’t happened to me I am unfortunate.
Ask anyone who has had something catastrophic happen to them, that it changed their life forever.
At first, probably for the worst.
But then it more than likely helped them realize what was really important in life.
And to know what is important in life is to have a gift.
We go through our entire life trying to figure out what is most important to us.
And it’s rarely before an old age, before death, that we begin to figure out what mattered most in life.
And by then its almost certainly too late to pass it down to younger loved ones.
Even if we get a chance to, the ones that haven’t figured it out yet will never lose the ignorance that is learning about life.
Throughout our entire lives, elders give us advice about what to do and where to go in life and what to hang on to.
But until we are in their shoes and at that rightful age, we never truly understand what our elders were trying to tell us.
So though we try to pass on advice or stories, the truth is, the younger generations will not grasp the helpfulness in them.
Ever.
Which is actually another phone part of life.
Though it can be frustrating for younger loved ones to not listen, it’s a phase of life we all have to go through.
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