I remember hearing once that
Immature Love says 'I love you because I need you.'
And
Mature Love says 'I need you because I love you ( Read more... )

I need to learn to be okay with not being the biggest and the brightest and at times not even being seen at all. It isn't easy because I want to make a difference and I want to matter ( Read more... )

Most people struggle with three basic issues in life. The first is identity: "Who am I?" The second is importance: "Do I matter?" The third is impact: "What is my place in life ( Read more... )

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt ( Read more... )

71 : Being Wanted ( Read more... )

"If it was the fashion to go naked, the face would be hardly observed."

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
(1689-1762) Writer

Yes, back to this again. I may just be able to make it to 100. Maybe. Have to keep reminding myself of all the little big things that make life worth living.

61 : Earthquakes
62 : Candles
63 : Opposites
64 : Seahorses
65 : Old Sci-Fi Books
66 : Watching People
67 : Food with Prizes
68 : Snakes
69 : Cheesecake
70 : Puzzles

Music is something that speaks to me in a way that very few things can. There are some songs that just reach inside of me and remind me that wherever I am, whatever I'm doing, whoever I happen to be at the time that it's okay.

I heard ( She's the Reason )

I hate people that post IM conversations in their journals...

( ...and so I hate myself. )

So few people allow me to be there for them. Some of my best friends won't even let me know that something was wrong until someone else has fixed it for them. They want me to be able to open up, to allow them to pull me through difficult times. But it must go both ways ( Read more... )