I like this:

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. ~Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird.

I just finished reading an essay that changed my point of view on stay-at-home moms ( Read more... )

adding on to Guy For Liza List

-social!
- meaning, he can easily stir up a conversation with anyone he meets and generally enjoys social gatherings and what not

Salman Khan is the worst actor ever ( Read more... )

Today, I feel defeated. Yay for world. Maybe tomorrow, I'll FEEL better. Nothing will change, but maybe I'll feel better about it.

I've concluded that although I have my particularly bad days, I am a happy person. I really am. I have everything I need. I have so many loving people in my life. I dont feel as if I have somehow been cheated, nor do I feel that I am deprived of something (except for fat in certain areas..ahem..). I am truly lucky. I might have a comparatively ( Read more... )

I think Aparajit put it best in his lj when he said something like this ( Read more... )

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It's not that easy being green;
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves.
When I think it could be nicer being red, or yellow or gold...
or something much more colorful like that.

It's not easy being green.
It seems you blend in with so many other ord'nary things.
And people tend to pass you over
 'cause you're ( Read more... )

On second thought, I don't want to get married!!