Goodbye 2010

Tonight is new years eve… Saying goodbye to this year is not easy. Thinking how fast time goes, and the things that happened in this year and everything. It was such a great year.

I’m excited for next year! I have a good feeling about it. Christmas was AMAZING! Decorations all over, parades, parties, markets, presents… Christmas spirit all around. Happiness and fun.

So to whoever is reading this, HAPPY NEW YEAR! May it be richly blessed and wonderful.

Tomorrow will be 1/1/11! Fun =)

I hope for 2011 to be as quiet as 2010. To pass without wars and let only peace and harmony come.

The Nativity

More with technology...
The story of the Nativity - the digital way:

I love it!

iBand

Christmas music using iPhones and iPads.

CHRISTMAS

The weather has changed finally and I'm loving it! It's very cold, heavy rain, storms... Feels much more like December. I love getting cozy with a blanket and a hot drink.

Now Christmas decorations seem more to fit :)!

Would there be a possibility for snow this year? Well, They say since the weather has been warm and dry, with no rain for such long ... Storms and even snow is expected to come! Ah I wish!

So here is a song that I like. Although I think the lyrics and the video don't match. But it suits the weather here with the beach and the hope for some snow... 

Shake Up Christmas

Once upon a time in a town like this, a little girl made a great big wish...

To feel the world full of happiness, and be on Santa's magic list...

Shake it up, shake up the happiness! Wake it up, wake up the happiness!

Come on ya'll... It's Christmas time!!

Hello December

Oh December... How I love this month! It has such a wonderful spirit.
Yesterday we put up the special calendar for this month and we opened the first box :) can't wait for Christmas! Today I just opened the second box. We are getting closer :)
Next week we are planning on putting up the Christmas tree and all the decorations.

The weather is not very much helping in getting in the Christmas spirit... No snow nor even rain :( But this year I told my friends maybe we'll have Christmas on the beach! I live next to the beach and if it's going to stay warm, we'll do something different and enjoy it even without snow.

Here is a picture to demonstrate what I am talking about:

LOL.

This is how it is here.

Happy Day

Today was amazing. Such a happy day.

My roommates woke me up by singing to me with the guitar, such a beautiful voices with a good song - "He has made me glad"

It made me very happy to wake up like this.

Also I received a text message from a friend saying that Christmas is only a month away! =)

All of that with a good night sleep, made me feel happy and good since the moment I woke up.

And so the day started.Good mood. Had breakfast and coffee, got dressed and headed off to college.

I sent text messages to my friends wishing them a good day with a smiling face. I thought even if their day wasn't going good as mine, at least my surprise message would sure make it better and them happier. :)

Anyway, I have a 15 minutes walking to get to the bus station. So I decided to challenge myself to smile at every single person I will be meeting on the way.

The feeling I had was amazing. I passed by a big playground park, that was full of old people wandering. I stopped and watched them. They were so cute. It was like nothing ever could ruin my good mood. I had the feeling of wanting to help, wanting to make people happy. I didn't care to be late for my class.

I wanted to show people my mood and pass it on to them.

All the people looked worried. And by saying "all" I'm not exaggerating. They were unhappy, frowned and stressed. Some looked at me, but as my eyes caught theirs, they immediately looked away.

I knew smiling to people in this country will make me look crazy, but I didn't care :) I wanted to do this and see whether they'll smile back at me, be happy or do nothing.

I managed to smile at an old man who was sitting on a bench on the way. As I passed he looked at me and I smiled, and he smiled back happily. He felt good.

A woman I smiled to didn't know what to do and went confused thinking she knew me or something :)

A guy driving in his car waiting for the traffic light... He looked at me and I smiled. He was so happy. I think I made his day better :)

Then sitting at the station waiting for the bus, a guy was arguing with his friend about something, looked serious. I looked at him and he looked back, so I smiled... And he smiled very wildly.

It was great. And fun! 

The day ended with some good shopping! I bought so many new things... A bag, a dress, two shirts, shoes, a sweater... =) And also I got a gift for my friend!

Exciting!! =)

By the way, happy Thanksgiving!!

Shells

A quote by Rob Bell from his Nooma Series:

"I was with my family, and we were at the beach, walking along the ocean. My boys were running around ahead of us, behind us, and they were finding all of these shells. Only they weren't really like full shells, they were almost like these fragments, little pieces of shells. They were still amazing in their complexity and design. But, nevertheless, just these little, tiny pieces of like shell shrapnel.

So we're walking along, and I look up ahead, and I see something floating in the water, and I think, "Is it..? Is that...? It is..." And we all look out. And there, floating off shore about 30 feet, is a huge starfish, and it's just kind of bobbing there peacefully in the water.

So, as a family, we stop, and we're just watching it. And one of my boys gets this look in his eyes, like, "That starfish is mine!" And so he charges into the water, and he gets partway in, and then he turns, and he runs back up onto the beach. And we're all like, "That's your starfish! Go get it! Go get it!" And he turns around, and he runs back into the water, and he gets even farther out this time, and then he stops, and he charges back up onto the beach, and he's getting more and more agitated and anxious.

So we're like, "What's the problem? Go get it! It's right there! You can get it!" So he charges back, and he goes even farther into the water this time, and at the last minute turns around and runs back up onto the beach, and he's getting more and more frustrated and more and more anxious, and we're all saying to him, "What's the problem? Just get it! Why can't you get it?" And he says, "I can't do it!" And we say, "Why?" And he says, "Because my hands are filled with shells."

Is this you? So busy doing so much that your hands are filled with shells? And some of it, or all of it, may even be good, but you can't grab hold of the starfish.

It is easy to get overwhelmed with appointments, gatherings, to-do lists. And many turn from place to place and it seems like life is just passing us by. We're doing so many things, a little bit of everything, and yet it doesn't feel like much of a life. But most of us find it hard to say no. We feel obligated. There are so many good things to do. So many good causes to join. But while we're busy doing all these good things, are we missing out on something great?"

Heartbeat by Nneka

She is amazing! Just listen to her...

Can you feel my heartbeat?

Love!

What's your Favorite?

Last night, while we were all hanging out in the house with some friends, one (who was a psychologist) suggested to play 2 games:

First game was to tell which color is our favorite color and explain it with 5 reasons.

I said to myself "oh no! I hate this game because I don't know what to answer".

The first girl chose white because it is pure, festive, reflects colors...

Another girl chose green because it is the color of the nature... Peaceful.

The other two chose purple because it is unique, not many people would choose it and it's not one of the main colors. It is dark, has a little red in it so it's also warm. It has secrets in it. (funny thing was that both gave the same reasons for picking this color without knowing what the other one had said).

So when it got my turn, I said I can't say a favorite color. I can't choose one because it depends whether it's about clothes, stuff, furniture... I would choose a different color each time. I guess I don't really have a favorite.

In the end, apparently this was a psychological test to find out our personalities by the specific color we chose. It reflects who we are by the reasons we gave.

It was very interesting. As for me, I found out why I don't have any favorite color.

You can't judge me by one color. I like change and new things. I am outgoing and social. My personality is a mixture of all the colors. It is way deeper than picking just one color.

The question "What's your favorite color" always bugged me.

I hated it for all the time it took from me to decide on a favorite color.

The second game was to choose a favorite animal and give 5 reasons for that.

I chose a dog. I gave many advantages and positive things in dogs. But the main reason I gave was because it loves me. Because you can feel how much the dog cares and expresses love and wanting to be beside you all the time. He (I'm going to be referring to the dog as "he" instead of "it") understands you and obey you. No matter what you do he will still love you, even if you hurt him.

I love how excited the dog becomes when you come home. And how he would leave everything just to be with you, even if it's food and he's starving... Just because he misses you.

One of the girls chose a horse because it's strong, beautiful and noble.

Another chose a lizard because it is cute, kills bugs and won't bug her.

Another chose a cat because she grew up with one...

Another chose fish. Because you need patients to catch it and it may slip away from you if you don’t catch well. It's hard to catch. It has many colors and it's beautiful…

Apparently, the animal we picked and the reasons we gave represent the partner we want to be with. So it was so funny after we found out. But somehow true :)

Interesting, isn't it? :)

The Climb

Hey! Today is one of the fun dates.

It's 12/11/10 :)

Lately things weren't exactly as I wanted. Things were rough and I have been very stressed out and down. It seemed like nothings working out... Many obstacles and couldn't get what I wanted.

But then things got a lot better and even greater than I imagined. :)

Here is a great song that will keep you motivated:

The Climb - cover by Joe McElderry

I must mention that I don't like Miley Cyrus, but the song is originally hers.

She says:

"I can almost see it, that dream I'm dreaming...

But there's a voice inside my head saying "you'll never reach it".

Every step I'm taking, every move I make feels lost with no direction, my faith is shaking.

But I gotta keep trying, gotta keep my head held high."

There are many struggles in the journey of life. But we have to keep going on and face all those struggles on the way. Life is all about how we learn from our experiences and the good skills we can take from them.

Then she continues:

"The struggles I'm facing, the chances I'm taking, sometimes might knock me down, but no I'm not breaking.

I may not know it, but these are the moments that I'm gonna remember most, just gotta keep going. And I, I gotta be strong, just keep pushing on.

Because there's always gonna be another mountain, I'm always gonna wanna make it move.

Always gonna be an uphill battle, sometimes I'm gonna have to lose.

Ain't about how fast I get there, ain't about what's waiting on the other side...

It's the climb."

Dreams are possible to reach. But there is always going to be doubt and fear inside us. There is going to be good times and bad times. But we need to be strong and keep our faith as we keep moving forward.

No matter how bad it may seem or what we may be leaving behind, or what's waiting on us at the top.. It's the steps we took, the choices we made and the lessons we learned about ourselves along the way that we will remember the most.

That's what make life important. It's all about how we get through it and the journey and experiences we learn along the way.

When you climb the highest mountain, you'll be happy once you're on top, that you made it. But climbing it and what you've gone through means more and makes you appreciate it more.

I Have a Problem

I can't stop buying books! I'm addicted.

I have a long list of books that I want to get and read... But I just don't have time!

My problem goes like this:

I start reading a book, I hear about a new book, I go get the new book, I come back excited and start reading the new book without finishing the book I was reading in the first place. And so on.

I just don't finish my books, yet I still buy new ones!

Books interest me, especially those good ones...

I could be in a mall, passing by a book store, getting inside for a look and end up leaving with a new book or more. I could stay in that book store for hours and I won't mind.

So at the moment, I have plenty of books; plenty of unfinished books and plenty of new books that I want to read. My problem is that I don't have time.

I am a very outgoing person, but I also like to read.

I don't have a specific time for reading, if I don't go to the beach, don't travel or don't do anything that has some kind of waiting in it... I would not read, only just before bed.

In my free time, I rather go out than sit and read.

I wish I had more time for reading.

I am very addicted to shopping. Books shopping is similar to my clothes/shoes shopping.

I keep buying when my closet is full. I have clothes and shoes that I never even got the chance to wear and yet I still go and buy more.

It is a problem.

But it does make me very happy when I buy new things.

Goodbye Summer

Summer is over... But surely is going to be missed! =)

This is one amazing video:

And here is Kyle Andrews in You Always Make Me Smile:

Fun !

Tomorrow is 10/10/10 :)))))

It feels special already!

So actually I have lived in:

9/9/9 and in 9/9/99! 8/8/8 and 8/8/88 ! Oh and 8/7/87 , 8/9/89 , 9/1/91 , 9/2/92 , 9/3/93 , 9/4/94 , 9/5/95 , 9/6/96 , 9/7/97 , 9/8/98 .

7/7/7 , 6/6/6, 5/5/5 , 4/4/4 , 3/3/3 , 2/2/2 , 1/1/1 !

20/09/2009, 20/08/2008, 20/07/2007, 20/06/2006, 20/07/2007, 20/06/2006, 20/05/2005 , 20/04/2004 , 20/05/2005 , 20/04/2005 , 20/03/2003 , 20/02/2002 , 20/01/2001 .

Seriously I think it's cool!

Probably I will still be alive in:

20/10/2010, 20/11/2011, 20/12/2012.

11/11/11 , 12/12/12 .

And then the dates fun will be over... Until another decade.

I think they said the world would end after 20/12/2012 because they found out the cool dates will be over then? LOL.

I'm sure 21/12/2012 will come and we will laugh so much at all the physic science and the dramatic and devastating changes that said will happen on that day.

The day will come and it's going to be just like any other day. Because nobody knows what will happen in the future or when the end of days will be. Only God himself knows, Matthew 24:36-44 and that's the truth.

Besides, it's just like when they said the world will end on 2000 and it was funny when nothing happened :).

Anyway!

My birthday is on the 24th of April. If I would reach the 24/04/2404 I would make a huuuuuge party!!!! Haha but I will be dead years and decades before that. But would've been fun!

My brother's birthday is on the 9th of September, so he enjoyed the 9/9/9 :)!

Oh wait here's more fun:

I lived also in: 03/02/01, 04/03/02, 05/04/03, 06/05/04, 07/06/05, 08/07/06, 09/08/07, 10/09/08, 11/10/09.

And to come: 12/11/10, 13/12/11 and 10/11/12 , 11/12/13 !

More: 01/02/03, 02/03/04, 03/04/05, 04/05/06, 05/06/07, 06/07/08, 07/08/09, 08/09/10.

And to come: 09/10/11, 10/11/12, 11/12/13.

Fun ! :)

* Note: These cool dates above are according to our calendar, which has the day first, the month then the year. So according to a US calendar it won't work, since it has the month first, the day then the year. But hey, if you are from the US do your own math and cool dates for your calendar. :)

Ok I said above that the fun dates will end after 2012.. But it's not true! Check these out:
2.2.22 , 22.2.22 , 3.3.33 , 4.4.44, 5.5.55, 6.6.66, 7.7.77, 8.8.88 , 9.9.99

And so on.

Ha :)

Subconsciousness

Hey! I was watching the movie "The Secret" and I think it is awesome.

I've also read the book, and I do believe in some of the things that they talk about.

The secret is THE LAW OF ATTRACTION. You attract the things you think about. So that means that you can create your own world and everything around you just as you choose. You are not here to try to get the world to be just as you want it to be, but to make the world as you choose. And you choose whatever you want by the good feelings of all your wants.

So it is interesting isn't it?

People think about what they don't want and attract more of the same. Like those who speak most of illness have illness and those who speak most of prosperity have it, and so on.

If you say "I am a failure" you are always going to fail. If you say "I am stupid, I will never do anything right", you're definitely never will do anything right. Because this is what you are telling your mind. And this is how it works. This is the law of attraction. If you say "I am good, I will succeed" you will bring that to you.

It all depends on our thoughts. The book says it and I have heard it a lot and even tried it.

Happy feelings will attract more happy circumstances.

You can begin feeling whatever you want, even if it's not there, and the universe will correspond to the nature of your song. What you focus on with your thought and feeling is what you attract into your experience.

For instance, if I have some kind of ache, and I occupy myself with something else, like focusing in a movie or doing something else, I won't be feeling it as much because I won't be thinking about it. If I get hurt and I think about it, it will hurt more. So everything really depends on our minds and what we tell our minds. It's like because I know it's going to hurt, it hurts, and if I say it's nothing, it won't hurt as much or at all.

As I wrote before, when I feel down, I can choose to change that and feel happy instead. Because I believe we can control everything. And here the book affirms this. You can change your emotion immediately by thinking of something joyful, or singing a song, or remembering happy experience.

The book says, the more aligned you are with positive feelings, the quicker it happen.

Our job is not to worry about the "how". The "how" will show up out of the commitment and belief in the "what".

So decide what you want, believe you can have it, believe you deserve it and believe it is possible for you. Visualize having what you already want and the feeling of having it already.

I really heard about people doing that and how it did work for them. Just imagine you got what you want and feel happy and you will get it. So take your attention away from what you don't want, and place it on what you wish to experience.

The book says to write your script. That means when you see things that you don't want, don't think about them, write about them, talk about them or push against them. Remove the attention from don't wants and place them on do wants.

I'ts like when you say "I don't want to be fat", "I don't want to fail", "I don't want to break this", you are actually focusing on the "fat" or "fail" or "break" and your mind is actually absorbing the opposite which is removing the word "don't". So it becomes like "break this", "I'm fat" or "I want to fail". So what the book talks about is instead of saying "I don't want to be fat", say "I want to be thin", so the mind focuses on the word "thin" and not "fat". Also "I want to succeed" instead of "I don't want to fail". Or like if you keep saying "This is going to make me sick" or "I'm gonna be sick", you will! It's all about our minds and thoughts. Just replace these negative thoughts with positive ones.

In "The Secret", they give an example of Aladdin and his lamp. When Aladdin rubbed the magic lamp, a genie came out and said "your wish is my command". Anything he wanted, he just had to wish for it, and the lamp gave it to him.

Is that so? Mr universe?

It is all about what we wish for, and the universe give us.

I have also read the book "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari", and it basically talks about how to do all that. It says that the mind is like any other muscle in the body; If we don't use it, we lose it. So we must exercise it, otherwise it will grow weak and we won't be able to control it.

The book repeats that imagination is more important than knowledge. You will never be able to hit a target that you cannot see. It says that things are always created twice: first in the workshop of the mind and then, and only then, in reality. It says that by controlling the thoughts that you think and the way you respond to the events of your life, you begin to control your destiny.

We each think about 60,000 thoughts on an average day. By writing out your desires and goals on a piece of paper, you send red flag to your subconscious mind that these thoughts are far more important than the remaining 59,999 other ones. Your mind will then start to seek out all opportunities to realize your destiny like a guided missile.

When you make your goal known to the world, there will instantly be pressure on you to work towards its fulfillment.

Once you master your mind, body and character, happiness and abundance will flow into your life almost magically.

How cool is that? I believe it is true. And I will try it.

I will write down my goals. I will try to have positive thoughts always. I will visualize the things i want and believe them happening, just as I saw they do it in the movie; take a picture of the thing I want and look at it as if I already have it... Everyday untill I really get it. Whether it's a big house, a thousand dollars salary, a great job, slim body or whatever.

I will let you know if it works :)

Smile

This is a short film very much worth watching till the end.

HOT

We are in the end of August, and the weather has been so terribly hot!

But it's okay since all I do is go to the beach, swim, play beach ball and get an awesome tan.

I love the beach. The sound of the crashing waves, the kids running around or building things out of sand, laughing out loud, having fun, good music, meditating, reading books at the beach...

Oh so wonderful!

I love tanning. I think it's awesome. I love to be brown skinned. Laying under the sun at the beach is my favorite thing to do in the summer.

But that was yesterday... Until I saw this lady.

A lady came to the beach and lied on the sand. I looked at her and couldn't stop staring. Her body was very brown-tanned. Her skin was so wrinkled. Like she had so many lines (wrinkles) on her skin. She looked so damaged. It was like as if she was wearing some kind of a plastic bag on her. It was awful.
She looked something like this picture:








This made me think about so many things.
I knew that the sun is not healthy. I knew it makes spots and wrinkles and cancer. But I always ignore these facts and still do it. But is it worth it?

The lady looked horrible. She must loved the beach when she was young. Probably she still does. But how can she continue doing this when she's looking like that?

I don't want that to happen to me. Sun damages can only be seen by advanced age... Probably after 10 years or so. It's like I'm risking myself by this stupid thing, and for what? To look good for only some weeks? Tan fades fast! It doesn't last and every time I lay on the sand for that tan I just observe more UV. It is scary to look that repulsive.

Some people think, if you put on any sunscreen you won't get any tan. But it's wrong, sunscreen prevents burns and blocks the UV sun rays. It still can make us look brown, because it is still hot. It only will not make us look red!
Maybe you won't be brown as fast as you'll be without the sunscreen, but it doesn't mean you'll stay white.

I guess the best thing to do is to go for a sunless tanning lotion! It will give the looks and keep us healthy.
Speaking of damage and cancer, Smoking is the worst thing ever.
Nothing good comes out of it at all. Bad smell, bad breath, yellow teeth, addiction and all kinds of cancer in every part of the body.

The other day I was in an event. A lady came to talk to me, she had a very damaged mouth. She was speaking to me and I was looking at her mouth... Yellow damaged teeth and a very black gums. It was the first time I see someone like that in front of me. I know many smokers, but I guess they are all still young or not that heavy smokers. She looked so disgusting.

Smoking is like tanning. Both are fun and maybe cool at the time. But the damages and diseases happen only after years, and then the repentance comes.
I don't find smoking cool in any way. I respect who doesn't smoke much more. For me to see a handsome man, looking so good, and a cigarette is in his hand, ruins everything. He becomes disgusting.

Do you really want to have this mouth?
Think about it.

Forever Young?

So I was listening to the song "Forever Young"... And thought to myself, NO I don't wanna be young forever!

I know the song does not mean it literally, but when I first heard it I imagined if I really stayed young how boring will it be. Not growing old? Growing old is fun. It is really fun to be young and party and have fun, but to everything there is time. It will be boring to do the same forever. Just as fun as it was being a kid and a teenager, I look back and smile but I won't go back. I did have enough of that phase in my life and moved on.

I like being at the age where I am right now, it is fun to be a college student and an employee. I have dreams and I would like to move on trying to accomplish them. Dreams to one day be successful, to be all that I can be and for those who love me and been there for me forever, to be proud of me.

If I stayed young, how will I accomplish all those things? I also would like to get married one day, have a family, love and teach my children, pass on my wisdom and experience. These things are fun too! I would like to be in that place someday.

Being a grandparent is also fun! Taking care of the garden and the dog, Telling stories and history, being cute and loved, watch the children getting married and having kids and teaching them, and I sit there and watch them proudly and happily... Isn't this great? These are the things that I look forward to and would like to have.

So I do agree with the song "Forever Young" because the meaning is to not waste your youth, but while you're young, act as if you will stay forever young without any worries about the future. Take chances and act, so that you will forever stay young in the eyes of others. You're gonna always be remembered by the things that you have done while being young. So it doesn't matter how old you'll get, you will be loved and cherished for the things you did young.

I like the video:

I like when he says:

"Hope for the best but expect the worst."

"Fear not when, fear not why."

"Life is for living, not living uptight."

"Through the darkest blocks, over kitchen stoves, over Pyrex pots, my name shall be passed to generations while debating up in barber shops."

"With a little ambition, just what we can become here."

People

Someone told me that there is some evil in each person. Each one has a dark side. No matter how good a person may seem to be, his evilness will appear one day. Whether it's by committing a sin, hurting someone, lying to others or being selfish.

This could be true, humans aren't perfect.

But why do we have to look at it that way?

Why don't we look at it the opposite way? I think there is some good in each person. No matter how bad that person may be, he has a bright side.

Even a murderer, psychic or the worst person on this planet, would have some mercy. Some love.

It all depends. But it's there.

So, why do we always have to see the bad side of people, why don't we search for the good side in them? We are all the same, we all have some good and some bad. Some are mostly good and some are mostly bad. But if we must think about it, lets think about the good that we have in us instead of the bad.

I Choose

As a human being, I have choices. A choice to choose anything I want to do or not to do.

I choose to go out or to study. I choose to join a gym. I choose to lose weight...

Everything depends on what I choose and what I want. As they say, if there is a will there is always a way. There is nothing such as "I can't do this" or I can't lose weight or stick to this diet. If you really want to, you can do anything. You should have that "will" to find the way.

Similar, I also can choose what I want to feel. I wake up in the morning leaving everything behind and choosing to be okay. I choose to not be depressed. I choose everyday how I want to be this day, and this is how I make my life better. I choose to be happy. I choose not to think about the things that makes me sad and be happy instead.

If I choose to be sad, I'd start thinking about those friends I had that I don't have anymore. I'd think about those who I trusted and betrayed me. I'd think about the things I lost or the things that I could have done better. I'd think about death and fear. I'd think about the defects I have in me, or why did this happen especially to me.

All kinds of depressing thoughts. But what's the point? Being depressed or sad is not gonna help in anything. Nothing will change. And even this could make things worse.

For instance, if I lost someone by a breakup or death, I don't have to mourn about it! These things happen. So if I choose to be sad, I'd start to think about it! I'd think about how it's not gonna be the same anymore. But I can control this. If I choose to be happy, I will try to enjoy what I have. I would move on. I can go out, listen to happy music, do the things I love to do, and keep myself busy in good things. I will not think about how I lost them. I'd think about other stuff and do other things.

I believe we can control our feelings.

We control our mind and it cannot control us.

What is Love by Jaeson Ma

Now Hollywood wants to make you think they know what love is. But I´m a tell you what true love is. Love is not what you see in the movies. Its not the ecstasy its not what you see in that scene you know what I mean? I´m telling you right now true love is sacrifice. Love is thinking about others before you think about yourself love is selfless not selfish. Love is God and God is love. Love is when you lay down your life for another whether for your brother your mother your father or your sister its even laying down your life for your enemies that´s unthinkable but think about that. Love is true. Think.

Love is patient love is kind. It does not envy it does not boast it is not proud. It is not rude it is not self-seeking it is not easily angered it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects always trusts always hopes it always perseveres.

Love never fails. Love is everlasting its eternal it goes on and on it goes beyond time love is the only thing that will last when you die but ask the question why? Do you have love?

There is no greater love than this than he who lays down his life for his friends. Now are you willing to lay down your life for your friends? You´re probably willing to lay down your life for your mother your father or your best friends but are you willing to lay down your life for even those that hate you? I´m going to tell you who did that the definition of love is Jesus Christ. He is love. The nails in his hands the thorns in his brow hanging on a cross for your sin my sins that is LOVE he died for you and me while we still hated him that is love. God is true love and if you don´t know this love now is the time to know perfect love.

Michael Jordan "Becoming Legendary"

"Look me in the eye.

It's OK if you're scared, so am I.

But we're scared for different reasons.

I'm scared of what I won't become,

and you're scared of what I could become.

Look at me.

I won't let myself end where I started.

I won't let myself finish where I began.

I know what is within me,

Even if you can't see it yet.

Look me in the eyes.

I have something more important than courage.

I have patience.

I will become what I know I am."

KEEP TRYING AND NEVER GIVE UP.

College

Hey I am almost finished! One semester left and that's it!

Yesterday I was out with a new friend I met this month, a couple of years younger than me. We were catching up and talking...

She asked me how is college like and being a student is, and if I have fulfilled everything I wanted and expected as a college student and if there is anything that I regret doing or didn't do...

This made me think and realize how much I have grown since graduating school till graduating college.

Everything is so different than school. I grew up a lot.

I have met new people, moved in a different city, tried different roommates, got to know different kinds of religions and different types of people...

All new things.

For instance, at school, I speak and learn in my language. lived with my parents and was depending on them in everything. My classmates were all Christians and there were only a small amount of people who were Muslims. And that's all I knew. We had the popular kids and the geeky kids and we pretty much cared about the looks and stupid teenage stuff.

What I knew and what I did was all limited.

Then in college, I am on my own. Different city, an apartment, new friends...

In school, I had to attend all the classes even the ones that I hate, and if I miss or don't do homework I would get in trouble. But in college, I'm actually studying what I really want and I go because I want to. I'm the only one who is taking care of myself and my studies.

In college I learned a lot about trust. Finishing high school and stepping in the real world is not easy at all. Life begins at that moment.

I was ignorant. I'm a social person and I like to help and be nice to others and make friends. I used to expect others to treat me the same way. To help me and to be my friends. But in the real world I'd say "welcome to the nobody cares world". I learned that I should never expect anything back. Most of the students care about themselves and their own things, and actually many would be friends just because they want something. I learned that it is okay. Now I don't care about this anymore. I'm still me. I would definitely help without expecting anything. And if you are my friend and you betrayed me, I would feel sad a bit because I lost a friend but it is how that person is.. So whatever. I will not be like them.

In college, being in the real world, I also met people who I never knew existed. For instance, I got to know what is a Druze. I didn't have any Druze in my hometown zone. So for me it was new. My friends now are not only the Christians I had in school. My friends now are Christians, Jews, Muslims and Druze. I even got to live with them... Something that I never thought would happen. We hang out together and have fun. Each of my friends is from a different hometown. Some speak Hebrew and some speak Arabic.

Another thing that was new to me is hearing different Arabic accents that I didn't know before. Some might be talking to me, and I would understand nothing because of their accent and different words they use that I don't know which they have in their hometown.

So yeah, funny moments we had.

In school, the most important thing was to fit in. To be one of the cool girls in the school. Caring too much about who am I friends with... Are they popular or not, pretty or not, rich or not.

Now nobody cares about these things. There are much more important things to care about. Everybody is friends with everybody.

In college, politics are the center of discussions. We talk, we argue and sometimes we fight about it. All of a sudden other things start to be important. And this is college.

I sum it up with lots of experiences and good memories.

But Now it is almost over. I'm gonna miss everything!

~ Thinking ~

Funny thing is when having so many things in the mind that you actually get to a point where you're not thinking about anything! It happens.

Like, I'm very stressed. I have a zillion things to do and to think about... But my mind is blank! I mean there are things that I don't know what to do about, so I go out for a walk to think about these things and figure out how will I make everything work and be happier... But NOTHING gets to mind! Totally blank! Is it weird?

I was out getting fresh air and walking alone for an hour, and couldn't think about anything. Nothing from the things that I'm supposed to think about. I actually was trying very hard to pull things out from my head but I couldn't. I instead was looking around at things and having a blank mind... Just watching stuff and really nothing in my head!!

Alright, here is another example. I went out to the beach tonight, you know trying to clear up my mind, but Instead, I was watching the waves and thinking about that. I was thinking how dull it must be for the sea to be in the same movement all the time.. the hight of the waves was the same all the time and it stayed like that. So I was thinking about the sea. I was actually finding something else interesting and thinking about it instead of thinking about my problems and the things that bother me.

Does this happen because I got a lot of things that run in my mind? Is it because that it's not only one thing that bothers me? Or is it supposed to be like that, going out and not thinking about the things and feeling fresh and come back? Or am I just weird...

Get Yourself Together

A quote from "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari" by Robin S. Sharma:

"So you're suggesting that I must change myself before I change my life?"
"Yes. It's like that old story my favorite professor told me when I was in law school;

One night, a father was relaxing with his newspaper after a long day at the office. His son, who wanted to play, kept on pestering him. Finally, fed up, the father ripped out a picture of the globe that was in the paper and tore it into a hundred tiny pieces.

'Here son, go ahead and try to put this back together,' he said, hoping this would keep the little boy busy long enough for him to finish reading after his paper.

To his amazement, his son returned after only one minute with the globe perfectly back together.

When the startled father asked how he achieved this feat, the son smiled gently and replied, 'Dad, on the other side of the globe there was a picture of a person. Once I got the person together, the world was okay.'"

Hey! Here's a thought...

So I was walking on my way to college, when I saw this boy walking in front of me. I was watching his footsteps when all of the evolution issue crossed my mind. Well I guess somehow his funny walk reminded me of monkeys :) lol.

Anyway, I was thinking about how people say that mankind evolved from apes. But if what they say is true, then how come there are still apes out there? how come not all of them evolved? And how come only apes evolved?? I mean, there are so many kinds of animals out there and none of them evolved to something else. Well there are some that become extinct, like dinosaurs. Dinosaurs didn't evolve... They were extinct!

If we are so similar to apes, it doesn't mean we come form them!

Story Of The Waves

A quote from the book "Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom:

"I heard a nice little story the other day", Morrie says.
He closes his eyes for a moment and I wait.

"Okay. The story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He's enjoying the wind and the fresh air, until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore".

'My God, this is terrible', the wave says. 'Look what's going to happen to me'!
"Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, 'Why do you look so sad'? "The first wave says, 'You don't understand! We're all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn't it terrible?'
"The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean'".

I smile. Morrie closes his eyes again. "Part of the ocean," he says, "part of the ocean". I watch him breathe, in and out, in and out."

This means we should accept the fact that although we must die physically, in a spiritual sense, we continue  to exist in the hearths and minds of those we knew and loved.

As people gain experience and wisdom, recognition that we are all part of a continuous circle of life is achieved and an appreciation for the part we all play in the cosmos is attained.