Keep Moving Forward!

Never stop. 

When you feel weak, 

never lose hope. 

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight."
Proverbs 3:5-6

Remember, failure is not an option.
"You can't lose if you don't give up."


By the way,

Psalms 118 and 119 are encouraging and peaceful if you'd like to read them. 

God bless you and give you strength!

Heart

It's time to finally put more heart into it. 

You can do this.

You and I Need More Moxie

mox·ie

[mok-see] 

1.vigor; verve; pep.

2.courage and aggressiveness; nerve.

3.skill; know-how.

Get to it.  

"Love

is like five loaves and two fish. Always too little until you start giving it away." <3

Afraid of Failure and Piano Recitals

If you're working on something, let's say a piano piece for your upcoming recital, and you are so worried and fearful that you think you should just stop all together,

you're doing it wrong. 

Why worry about failure when you haven't even "failed" at it yet?

Yeah, so maybe in the past you haven't done perfectly, but who's perfect?

Nobody. 

Anyways, 

chances are if you try and practice over and over again, not giving up, 

you're probably not going to fail at whatever you are striving for.

If you have a problem with stage fright (like I do), think about this statement that my teacher told me in the past:

It is not to impress, but to express. 

The whole point, especially in music, shouldn't be about you and how you look in front of others, but about how you express the music and the story it's telling.

So if you just focus on that,

you'll be fine!


Now I just have to go and listen to my own advice...

Wish me luck!

But seriously.

Getting To Know You

I used to be super shy in general, but thankfully I've gotten better with all that. 

Especially when meeting new people. 

But what I find so awesome is some people that can connect with practically anybody with no sweat.

My friend's like that. 

So I asked him how he does it. 

He said that all you have to do is act that the person you're talking to is your best friend.

That's great.

I mean, 

wouldn't that make things so much easier?

Piece of cake.

Playing Hard to Get?

Even now, I still haven't had much experience dealing with my crushes.

Not that I've had many.

But the thing is,

when I have a crush on someone, I don't really act myself. 

Which is funny, now that I think of it. 

I get really shy and usually don't say anything when he would be around. 

That, or I would just be awkward.

Or both. 

The thing is though, that my sister is pretty good at all that stuff.

Oh! And apparently "playing hard to get" always works. 

So I guess when playing hard to get, you just ignore them, then flirt, then ignore, then reel 'em in?

To be honest, I feel that it's just too much work.

If the guy really likes you, you'll probably know it without having to do all this extra stuff. 

SO 

I guess what you should do is not play too hard to get, but also don't do what I do and not talk to them  at all?

As you can see, I'm not the best at relationship advice. 

Too bad. 

This blog could've been called "Adventures of a Flirty Observant Girl"....

Nah, too cheesy. 

Rejection

Why is everyone so afraid of being rejected?

I think it has to do with insecurities. 

But are we so insecure that if one person doesn't find us appealing, we curl up in a ball remembering all of our failures and embarrassing moments?

Okay.

Maybe it's not that bad, but still. 

Come on people!

Let's get ahold of ourselves. 

Let's stop worrying about what people think about us,

BECAUSE 

it is not worth it. 

Plus, 

What's more important is how you see yourself, not how others see you. 

Why do we care so much about what people think of us?

Why do we have to compare ourselves to others?

The truth is, though, 

we don't have to. 

So stop worrying and just relax. 

Cause you're perfect just being you. 

And that's more than enough. 

Hmm

It's funny how your perspective can change once you really look into something.

I Never Told You!

I bet you guys are all hanging off your chairs and wondering what happened at my eyebrow appointment awhile ago!

I mean, maybe not, but I'll still tell you. 

In the past, I've dressed like a hobo to my appointments at my local salon. 

And mind you that this salon is top notch. It's fancy shmancy. 

And I've noticed that the people working there seem to only give water to the nice dressed people in the waiting room! 

Can you believe the indecency!


Anywho, I decided to actually look nice this time to see if they would get me a refreshment. 

Drum roll please!

They did!

Ha! I received a water in a glass and a straw, may I add. 

So I think that I proved my point. 

What was my point again?

Oh yeah.

To dress nice when you get your eyebrows done if you want to get a free glass of water...

Hmm. 

Yeah, that's a great life lesson.

Progress

When moving forward,

there's going to be the good days and the bad days. 

But with the bad days, we shouldn't just sulk around and give up!

We should take it as an opportunity to conquer the struggle that we are in so that we become stronger in the long run. 

I know you can do it. 

So get to it!

And Remember, 

"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." 
  Philippians 4:13 

Your Choice

In order to conquer your fears, your struggles, your obstacles, you have to make a choice.

Do you really want to overcome them, or are you possibly too lazy to try harder?

I deal with this every day, but thank God it's getting easier. 

It WILL be worth it in the end. 

But it is your choice whether or not you want to conquer your struggles and temptations.

Of course it'll be hard! BUT that shouldn't stop you from pushing harder and striving to reach your goal day by day. 

Keep going, and don't lose heart.