Short, Sweet, and waiting for the right moment to be everything I can be.

Welcome to my mind. Wanna know something fantastic? It's actually cool to be nice. Wanna know something else? You aren't alone in this world, and there are people who care if you ask for it. That's all for tonight and I'll see you happy folks in the morning<3 "Be kind to one another."-Ellen.

Growing up fast.

It's time to grow up. How many times have you heard that from an adult, a peer, or maybe even yourself? I know I get it a lot mainly because at the start of this school year, I will be one of many to have an end goal...graduation. I know that seems like it's so far away, but look at our junior year, that went by so fast I feel like I'm still there. Sure, we may not feel like seniors yet, but what about when underclassmen start to cry because we're the ones leaving. I don't know about you guys, but I already have my little flock that will be super hard to leave. Whether we plan on going 1 miles, 2 hours, or even 3 states away we're gonna have people that miss us. I want to think that every single one of my classmates is going to walk across that stage on June 5th next year, knowing that their dreams are coming true. But what if that doesn't happen? What if tragedy strikes, or they can't afford the college of their dreams or they have to stay home and work to help their family? What will we do then? I know a lot of my classmates will go off and never remember the kids they went to highschool with, sadly I could be one of them. Isn't that what society has done to us? We are so caught up in our own lives that we begin to think that we're better than our surroundings. Have we let stereotypes run our lives that much that if we are friends with one group we can't be friends with another. I'm telling you, it's time to grow up. Look past the "barriers" that you've built around yourself and learn to appreciate what's around you. College is a big step and not one that everyone gets to take. But should we really think that just because someone can't go, that we're better than them? I know, it may seem like I'm bouncing around but just try to keep up. At the end of last school year, I began to look around at those I share my title Class of 2014, and honestly, I didn't like what I saw. There is constant bullying, everyone trying to fit in and so many perfectionists that you'd think we're all straight A socialites. I don't know about you guys but I want to be remembered as the girl who was friends with as many people as she could be and not just one of THOSE seniors. Now, I'm not saying that I hate my classmates because I don't. I have made countless memories with a lot of them and I like it that way. But if we keep going in the direction we are now, our 5th year class reunion will be full of cliques, backstabbers, and people who just couldn't get along. I don't know about you, but I don't really like the sound of that. So maybe instead of going downhill fast, we can learn that growing up isn't so bad after all<3

Brave.

Have you ever wanted to do something crazy? I don't mean go out and dye your hair purple or pierce your nose because your mom said no. I mean, something meaningful but yet defiant. Something that is going to live in you but also outlive you. When I say outlive you, what I mean to say is something that people are going to hear about after you die. I'm not saying that you have to end up in history books, heck, in 25 years kids probably won't know what it's like to carry tons of books home. Back to crazy. Maybe I don't mean crazy, maybe my version of crazy is your version of everyday, perhaps it's something you've never heard of, it might even be something you've wanted to do forever and haven't had the chance. For me, it's a bunch of things that I haven't gotten to do yet. They might not change the whole world, but to me these things would be so influential and life changing that it might scare a lot of pessimists. I want everyone to think about something they want to do, that you've wanted to do but have been scared of the outcome. If you want to talk to your crush but don't know how, just do it, if it doesn't work out at least you tried. If you want to get a new job, you have to look, it isn't going to come to you. If you want to lose weight, that's on your head, you have to be willing to do the work, it doesn't come from just eating right. There are infinite possibilities of what you can achieve if you just try it, go out and do it and don't let fear hold you back. I know a lot of people who don't do the things they want to because it's either not right for their friends, they don't like trying new things, or it won't keep them up on the high horse that we all sit on at some point. This whole go out and do something attitude of mine came about the other week, I found a song called Brave and it's by Sara Bareilles. It isn't just the words in this song that are inspirational, the video is as well. It's a bunch of people just getting the courage to break out in dance at the mall, in the gym, at the library, and a lot more. But what I think everyone should take from it is that no matter what you want to do, if you're brave enough, you can do anything. You don't have to listen to the rest of the world, and when they come at you with negativity, you just throw a handful of happiness in their face. I want to propose a challenge, to those of you who might read to this point. My challenge is this, find something you find terrifying, exciting, thrilling, brave, and do it. Maybe you'll record it and post it to my blog (that would be awesome) or just do it for you. But I want to know what you guys are crazy enough to try. "Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live Maybe one of these days you can let the light in Show me how big your brave is." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4