It's a longer video, but please watch till the end if you have time. This goes out to my Uncle Jason. Happy birthday Bubby. You will always be an innocent in my eyes <3

Undying, Within The Soul, Grab It From Nowhere...Strength

I've been thinking a lot about strength lately. The properties of strength. The weak vs. the strong. And what defines it...
I had recently just finished a book that made me think just that much more about it. Vanished  by Danielle Steel. If you are a reader I strongly recommend it. So back to strength.
What do you think defines a person as strong? Is it someone that has never been through anything tough in their life, so they have had nothing weaken them. Is it a cold hearted person that let's no one around them, a gaurded and bitter person that trusts no one, a gentle person that has been through trauma...ect ect?
I think that a strong person is one that has been through some devastating things, someone that has been knocked down over and over, someone who has at time felt worthless, untouchable, interchangable, disposable...ordinary. I think that if you can go through that and through things that has forever scarred and branded you, and then you stand up, scream, and pick up your sword to continue...to face your fears...to pursue your dreams when you have no valid reason to. Stength resides in someone that can wake up and face the day. It is held within someone that keeps following that dim but visible light...someone who handles it all themselves, smiles, says nothing, and keeps running instead of pushing it off on other people. Strength...
The ones who are scared to death but keep fighting, those who survive against all odds, those who change the unchangable, those who break, and those who cry but never give in no matter the cost. That, my friends, that is strength. Never think otherwise.
So next time you look at someone that looks like they can take on any situation even though their size disagrees, or someone that looks like they are to broken and helpless to take another step, or even someone who is smiling while their eyes say something else, remember that strength lies in the most unexpected of people. Place your bets on them because they are the most willing to continue and to fight. Never count them out.

Another Cover:)

Just for perks I have another posting for today. Just a song cover from "The Hunger Games" soundtrack. The actual artist for this song is the Carolina Chocolate Drops. If you haven't heard of them, I highly recommend their music. They are so beautifully talented! Enjoy!

Find Something Real

I've had quite a bit on my mind lately. Some things that make me so happy, some that devastate, some that make me cry. I wrote it all down to make something of it. Enjoy <3

Never be tamed.
Scream out your name.
Throw away your shoes.
Loosen your noose.
Run, barefeet.
Dance on the street.
Walk a little straighter.
Worry about it later.
Claw your way through.
Breathe the flame anew.
Write a song.
Find out where you belong.
Let your hair down.
Put down your crown.
Clear your face.
Give up the race.
Loosen your corset.
Face the sunset.
Close your eyes, say your name again.
Stay humble, remember where you've been.
Think before you speak.
Never consider yourself weak.
Find your own place.
Exist in an open space.
Lay beneath a tree.
It's all you really need.
Feel the light on your skin.
Do it all over again.
Count thet raindrops as they fall.
Clench your fists, scream at the wall.
Walk a train track.
Never go back.
Keep your head above water.
Be something to inspire your son and daughter.
Cry for someone that you don't know.
Find a road and then go.
Gas, green, red, stop.
You'll keep a little, you'll lose a lot.
Find your voice.
Make a choice.
Scrape up your knees.
Follow a breeze.
Run through a field.
Never forget to kneel.
Love.
Heal.
Dream.
Feel.
Find something real in a world that you  can't touch.
Never regret losing so much.
And...never...be ...tamed.
<3 <3 <3

Come In With The Rain

On unproductive days...in my family you get Taylor Swift cover songs. Here's "Come In With The Rain." Enjoy!

Notes To Someone

Underneath the streetlight,
Bleeding heart feels just right,
I feel like giving a piece of my life tonight.
Underneath the streetlight,
You pull me in, close, tight,
Yellow blinding, bright white,
Drenching my dress in rain tonight.

A fairytale, a memory, maybe both. And simple note to you and me...
<3