My Prayer

My prayer for today...

Please let everything with my friends just slide over.
Please help them to all realize that friends can work things out.

Help me to be the change I want to see in Kory and in my friends.
Help me to produce "the good fruit" and to be gentle and patient.
Help me to wait...

Please comfort the family with the moving situation.
Please bless Dad with peace and the ability to make a decison.

Please help Kory and I to work things out and get along.
Help me to be patient and willing to listen to him and what he wants in the relationship.

Help me to be cheerful at work and to realize the gifts that I have.
Let my attitude be cheerful at home, work, and school and help me to focus.

I want to improve....

Good Morning World!

Goodmorning world!

I'm ready for the challenge today! I feel like my heart is an open window that is drinking in the beautiful sunlight that we call life. Not everyday can be full of pleasure, but my heart is ready to start filtering out all the dust and sand to be left with the beautiful pearl.

I want to become somebody that enjoys those small moments. Someone who can be known for their happy personality and constant strength. I am so blessed to still have my wonderful gift. I need to enjoy each day as it comes.

Stargirl's Time Poem

Who Came up with minutes, anyway?

Who needs them?

Name one good thing a minute's ever done.

They shorten fun and measure misery.

Get rid of them, I say.

Down with minutes!

And while you're at it-take hours

with you too. Don't get me started

on them.

Clocks that's the problem.
Every clock is a nest of minutes and hours.

Cocks strap us into their shape.

Instead of headingfor the nearest star, all we do

is corkscrew.

Clocks lock us into minutes, make Ferris wheel

riders of us all, lug us round and round

from number to number,
dice the time of our lives into tiny bitsuntil the bits are all we know

and the only question we care to ask is

"What time is it?"

Self Confidence

Self-Confidence-realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.

Realistic, is that the key word we should be focusing on here? No! Not one little bit. Realistic tells us to be confident with only what we know we can achieve. But who says we can't build confidence and grow in bravery and self contentment to a level that once seemed completely unrealistic and impossible? If we slowly add building blocks to the wall of our confidece, we will eventually be able to have realistic confidence and completely fulfil what we thought was impossible!!

Being strong and brave with yourself is hard. Take time to spend a little bit of money on yourself or to spend a bit of extra time with some of the peope that make you feel important or special. Especially regarding a relationship. Being brave and confident in your own abilities and your own self will be a huge help when you join together in a relationship with somebody. If they ever ditch you or need to take some time alone, you will need to learn to rely on yourself for all of the support that you would have received from them. Don't forget the tiny and peaceful voice that speaks to us in the stillness of the night. God wants to help you strengthen yourself and your confidence level. He wants to be he other person that you turn to when you need some time with a friend that will lawyas be there for you. :)

Character Inspiration: Stargirl

After recently reading this novel, I was very inspired. The protagonist of this story, Stargirl, was not a very popular teen. She dressed the way she wanted to and she sang with her ukelele at lunch. She brought along a table cloth and a flower vase to decorate her school desk with, and she passed out treats to all of the students in her homeroom. She was gentle and peaceful and she never wanted to hurt anybody. So why did the student body shun her and ignore her? They did this because she refused to conform and she wasn't afraid to be herself. I remind myself of Stargirl in some ways... I cheer for other teams and I dress the way I want to. I am hoping that after being inspired by this amazing character I will be able to take my admiration for this attitude into greater consideration and start to show a more relaxed and enjoyable side of myself.

My Love

Oh, my love, my darling,
I've hungered for your touch a long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly and time can do so much
Are you still mine I need your love, I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers sigh, wait for me, wait for me
I'll be coming home, wait for me
Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered, hungered for your touch a long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly and time can do so much
Are you still mine I need your love, I, I need your love
God speed your love to me

Patience

Patience...what is it? I think that it is the grace to wait for something that you think you really need or want. Being patient requires a lot of willpower and a willing heart, but when you wait for something, it always ends up being better than if you rushed it. Good things come slowly. <3

Relaxation

I have recently decided that relaxation is something that you really have to work at. Some people might think that it's easy to just lay back and enjoy your day for what it is. But for me, that type of thing only happens now and again. I have just recently realized that in order to relax, you have to actually try. You have to plan events and activities that you enjoy and you have to just release all of your tension and allow yourself to be calm. Tell yourself that it is o.k. You are allowed to be at ease and at peace... Also, keeping your goals and dreams for life really alive gives you something to look forward to, and you can then be at peace and know that you already have a great God that knows exaclty what is going to happen to you.

Without You

When your not here I feel so dead
You are always terribly missed,
I just lay here in my frozen bed
And dream abotu your soft sweet kiss.

I think about your beautiful face
And my chest just feels so ,
My heart begins to beat and race
I just don't feel that right.

I worry about where you might be
And whether or not your alright,
If only you could be here with me
I would promise we wouldn't fight.

I realize now how precious you are
When I have to be alone,
I feel like you are oh so far
Even when I could just talk to you on the phone.

But I know I shouldnt bother you
I need to give you time,
'Cuz you need a bit of alone time too
I'm just happy that your mine.

Speaking To You

I love it when it is very clear that Jesus is speaking to you. This morning I was feeling a little mad at some people who seem to misunderstand me. I felt like I needed a random touch of encouragement. I typed "Bible Verses" into the search and got this verse.

" I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.
1 Corinthians 1:10"

I think that God wants me to stop being angry with others about my school work, and to rather be more understanding of their point of view and to humbly tell them my opinion.