Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique.

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"The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom."

Relationships are not easy. Wether it be a friend, a family member, or a lover, nothing is ever simple when you are dealing with people and emotions. Easy enough to know, but not as easy to deal with right? It's a fact that relationships are hard, that is why we have a million break up songs, a million movies about lost love, or broken families and friends that grow apart. Everyone goes through it in some way, and everyone gets through it somehow. That is also what makes all of these relationships so worth it. Working on something, and making it last with someone is irreplaceable and invaluable. I also think that having someone leave your life, however traumatic it may or may not be, is something that HAS to be experienced.In experiencing it we do find ourselves, and of all the relationships in our lives, the one with ourselves have to be one of the most important ones.

I am also a true believer in soul mates. Not just the sappy romantic ones, but those people that are brought into your life and complete it. I think that can be family, friends, lovers, a random stranger, or even someone you never meet in person. Finding someone that can feed your soul is an incredible find. Having that person become a permanent fixture in your life is something that is rare, but even the ones that only stay for a little while have the ability to breathe new life and hope into you if you let them. LET THEM!

"You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you."

Here is my inspiration for the night: Always treat people that come into your life as a new chance for something amazing. Keeping that kind of faith in people, regardless of the horrible things or pain that they have caused you and the world around you is something that is much more powerful then we can imagine. If everyone met people with optimism the world could be so different.We could have deeper more meaningful relationships with people we sit next to on a bus, then the people we have known for years but have never taken the time to let in. I know what some of you are thinking, "this girl is young and stupid and needs to get out in the real world." True, I have not had to experience first hand too many horrible things, and true, I am young and wide-eyed, but I am not stupid. Yes bad things happen. Yes, there are bad people and YES I am still an optimist. I chose to be realistic about the bad and the complicated and painful, but be optimistic despite it. People are complicated and emotional beings. Life is a complicated web of bad and good events. Thus our relationships in life are going to be complicated, emotional, good and bad. LET THEM AFFECT YOU, LET YOURSELF BE CHANGED BUT NEVER LOSE YOUR OPTIMISM!

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layouts. Don't let this be you. BE THAT KID AGAIN.

"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."

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