I wish (again)

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I wish people weren't so scared to live the lives they want.

It makes me sad when people say, 

"Oh I really wish I could do something like that!"

To them I say,

YOU CAN.

Stop thinking of all the reasons you can't...
Think of one reason why you can. And SHOULD.

and then

JUST DO IT. 

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thank you :)

I wish

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"How I wish you could see the potential, 

the potential of you and me. 

It’s like a book elegantly bound. 

But in a language that you can’t read, 

just yet."

Death Cab for Cutie

Just some thoughts

"People spend a lifetime searching for happiness, looking for peace. they chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. the irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within." 

[ramona l. anderson]

 "Growing up is never easy. you hold onto things that once were. you wonder what's to come. but that night, i think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. other days. new days. days to come. the thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. we just had to forgive ourselves...for growing up."

 [the wonder years]

"The most important things are the hardest things to say. 
They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish them - words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it?
The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away.
And you may make revelations that cost you dearly
only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller, but for want of an understanding ear."
[Stephen King]

Glad

It's good to be home.

Good News!

So, a lot of good things have been happening lately! 

First of all, my classes this semester are OVER! 

Only 2 finals to go until I can relax and breathe easy again. 

That is, until school starts again in January...

But this semester has been great, 

definitely one of the best so far. 

Here's the good news:

I'm going HERE!

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And for those of you who don't know,

these pictures are of

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

VINA DEL MAR, CHILE

and

MACCU PICCHU, PERU.

I'm doing a little Summer Study Abroad

with a group from my university.

We'll be doing 3 weeks of classes on campus

and 5 weeks of traveling. 

I'll be getting 9 credits for classes I would

normally have to take sitting in a desk.

Other good news, I got a scholarship

to help pay for this 

little adventure!

I'm so excited.

Possible

(from The Notebook Doodles)