Long time since I updated, I’ll give a quick overview of what I did the past several days:

Friday - Went to the bread & Honey festival
Saturday - Went to the mall with some friends. A few friends got unjustly banned from HMV, so I helped get them unbanned, which worked out well. ^_^
Sunday - Laid around my house all day. Fairly boring.

I’d go into gory detail of every day, but I don’t feel like that today.

It’s funny how the most unrelated things sometimes turn out to be more closely linked than you originally believed.I always try telling my friends that everything happens for a reason, and I’m sure they’re sick of hearing me say it. But I mean, look back on everything in your life. Chances are, it relates to something else you may not of initially thought were connected. I’m sure it’s that way for me. Nothing strikes me more than hearing someone say that they never looked at it that way before…and then they put together everything and it’s then one big, completely solved puzzle.

There are so many people who let other’s treat them worse than how they really should be treated. It’s their self-esteem, confidence, self-respect, etc. They never realize what great potential they all have. If someone doesn’t think they live up to the media’s standards of beauty, they think less of themselves. It’s not what the media’s image of beauty is. It’s not the hair, or the clothing. It’s not the plastic surgery, not the rigorous training. It’s the natural ability and charisma, the personality, what they act like, and lastly - what their own opinion is. Everyone has their own concept of beauty, no matter how different or exotic it may be to you, you’ve got to resepect it. Everyone has their own thoughts and values, which should be respected even if they disagree with your’s.

If someone doesn’t think they’re good enough for someone else, they begin to lose interest and confidence of themselves. They begin to believe that very few people will actually want to pursue something with them. They get a feeling of loneliness and slip into a stage of denial. They try to forget about everything positive that had happened in the past and put all focus on the present, which just makes them feel worse. The only person that can really get them out of that rut is themselves - which sometimes can be extremely hard.

If someone feels like they have no one to talk to, they become much more introverted. The longer they feel like they have no one to turn to, things build up. Emotions are bottled up and may be released at the wrong time - or worse, never released at all. Everyone needs that someone to confide in, because sooner or later, things will get so out of hand that loneliness will become their security blanket. They’ll get so wrapped up in trying to hide themselves from other’s that no one would then be willing to open up to them, and try to create that bond. I know I’m going out on a limb with that last comment, but it’s entirely true. There is always an extreme of a situation.

Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.

I tinhk this quote speaks wonders about what I had just said, and wraps it up fairly nicely. I believe I try my best to make that quote live to the fullest of it’s potential. But it’s so true, no mater how much bad comes your way, you can turn it to something positive.

That’s my ramble, again…if you don’t understand anthing, ask me to elabourate.

Adios!