Are you Happy?

Choose righteousness and happiness, no matter what your circumstances.

Back to.........Normal?

The long weekend is over, what a surprise. It never lasts long enough.









But hey, you get to go to school again, right? Trust me, that is a good thing.

please don't hurt me!

Reading Books

I love getting lost in the story of a good fantasy book. It is so different from this world. I love being able to see the story, see the big picture, and see how it works out. It makes me want to make a story and write it down so other people can read it and be happy.

Nothing Better To Do

That is probably never true. You can always find something better to do than sitting at your computer and ranting on a blog those things that you would never say out loud. I think it is an excuse. The truth is that you have other things to do, you just don't want to do them. Blogging is either a bigger priority or it is a better option than, say, homework. And reading a blog is a little less than useless, since you aren't even thinking or typing, you're just staring at a computer screen, reading someone's useless rant about life that they would never say out loud.

Paper

Something that is one of the most useful inventions and a really awesome thing that I am eternally grateful for is paper. I love love love it! It is so useful. You can fold it into a note, or a mouse. You can write on it or draw on it. You can print a book on it or a picture. If you need to you can burn it for a fire...I bet it makes a very pretty fire. My room would explode in beautiful flames if there were even a spark (it's full of paper: origami models, books, notes, memos, plain white paper just sitting there, etc.) I think I would prefer that not to happen. Though fire is beautiful, I prefer my origami.

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day!!

Blue

Sometimes people associate the color blue with being sad.

I disagree

Blue is one of those wonderful colors. You can use it to express sadness but its beauty is so brilliant I wonder sometimes how it ever began to be sad.

Blue is the color of the sky, when the sun is up there setting it on fire and the sky just reflects this wash of blue, a protection and canvas.

Blue is the color of the ocean just sitting out there, all that water full of life but from where we are it's only blue, or the lake up in the mountains that sits like a mirror, showing you the endless blue of the magnificent sky and you stare into it and get lost in eternity.

Blue is the color of a baby's eyes, or your sister's eyes, or the eyes of that boy, or the eyes of your friend, or the first thing you see when you look at someone's picture. You can get lost in those too, you know.

Blue is the color that mixes with red to make purple or with yellow to make green. It compliments orange.

Blue is one of those colors that you don't see, but you would notice if it were gone. It sits behind everything, making those bigger, important-er colors stand out, but without blue, they wouldn't be anything.

see: pictures

YAY

I am really happy because my plant is miraculously growing right now. There was one little part of it that, sadly, my bird chewed off. I thought it was dead but it was still green so I left it in the pot and now I got the surprise of my life to see it growing a new leaf! Yay hooray! Growing things make me so happy. :)

Spiritual Thought #3

Alma 53:20-21

We should be like the stripling warriors. We need to be valiant, courageous, strong, active, honest, true, trustworthy, sober, teachable, and righteous. We need to always remember why we are here on Earth and align our actions with that knowledge.

The end of January

The first month of the new year is almost over! How did you do? Did you start off 2011 with a good, positive attitude? Well, it's not too late to do it, if you haven't and if you have, good for you! This year will be a good one, but only if you make it that way. Just take a day at a time and make it happy and fun!

Origami

Something that is really good for entertaining yourself is reading a book. Getting into a story is very fun and you learn a lot of new words for your vocabulary. One book that isn't that good for reading all the way through, though, is an Origami book. What you have to do is get a square piece of paper and turn to the instructions for the model you want to make and follow them. Personally, it's as easy as that. A very simple pass-time. I enjoy it like someone would enjoy playing their sport or watching TV. It is very relaxing as long as you are folding on the level that you are at. Otherwise, it can be difficult, but who doesn't like a good challenge? You can totally defeat that uncooperative piece of paper and make it a flower!

Home Sickness?

I sometimes get homesick for the ocean. I love it so much and it is so beautiful and I wish I could visit it more often.
I've never had a home there, though. Does that mean that that feeling that I have isn't homesickness? It feels just like it, but towards the ocean.
hmmmm.....

Music (2)

"Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions."

-Napoleon Bonaparte

I absolutely love classical music played on string instruments. And when those artists playing it really show their passion for that music, it makes you want to go back in time and see it again, and hear it again, and live it again. There is just something about live music that is so beautiful that you can't resist loving it.

see older post: music

My Friend

I have this awesome friend who is an awesome artist. She is really really really really good. So look her up! She has a blog (mariekejeromin.blogspot.com) and a website (www.mariekejeromin.de). So spread the news and check it out. She is really cool. She does business cards, cartoons, and almost anything you could ask for. You could just search for Marieke Jeromin on Google and that also gets you to these sites. *Marieke: if you don't want this here, just leave me a comment and I'll take it off, no problem.* Ummmm, is that all? Nope, here's a quote:

"Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Spiritual Thought #2

"If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed nothing shall be impossible unto you"

just do it

even if you aren't ready
you should do it
experience new things
make stuff happen
when you don't want to
but only because it's out of your comfort zone
go through with it anyway
what will you find that you didn't know before?
how will you grow from what you learn from it?
will you regret that you didn't do it, when you reflect back?
what will you discover, by doing things you're afraid of?
you might find a new talent
love
enjoyment
you may see the world from a new perspective
and maybe you'll have a lot of fun
making a fool of yourself
and loving it

Don't wait!

"It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish."

-Lord of the Rings

On top of the World!

I have the happiness of someone who is standing on top of the world and can see everything below them. Being happy is one of the most beneficial things to someone's character, I believe. I think that you can more truly be yourself when you have true joy. In that context, you can find your passions by measuring your happiness when you have experienced something or are doing something.

"Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing."
- Matt Biondi

Happy Day

Even when sad, bad, hard, difficult things happen, you can be a happy, optimistic, sadjuistic, smiling person. Right now, I have a lot of homework, I have a cough, and I don't know where I'm going, just that it is forward. And right now I am a happy person. Just remember:

"If the world didn't suck we would all fall off."

New Year!

This year is 2011, so make it the best 2011 ever. This is the only January 2nd in 2011 and it's the same with all the other days of this year. This is your only time to live this day, so make it worth it and make it un-regrettable. It's only as good as you make it!

And have a Happy New Year! ;)