Dating

What up with people who think that if you're 20 that you need to be in a relationship? Colleges are pushing it, society is pushing it. What's wrong with being an independent single women? I went home for the weekend and the first thing out of my best friends mouth is why aren't you picking up guys I mean you are at a perfect place for it. 

I admit that I have never had a boyfriend or kissed anyone but I'm proud of it. Yes I will eventually get married and have kids but I'm not ready for that. I want to establish my career and be able to move wherever I want or do whatever I want without worrying about someone else. 

Who's with me? 

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Old Hollywood VS. New Hollywood




1954 Oscars

Audrey Hepburn.  When you hear that name what comes to mind?  Beauty? Classy? Classic Hollywood? Breakfast at Tiffany's?

Miley Cyrus. What comes to mind when you hear that name? Sex? Drugs? Drinking? Child star going array?

Recently I have been getting into older films like Breakfast at Tiffany's and Roman Holiday. Actresses like Audrey Hepburn embraced what Hollywood was originally meant for.  People who can actually act and who doesn't use their crazy lives to get attention. Back when reality TV wasn't invented and when people doesn't get famous for a sex tape. There were classy women and gentlemen
who  were in it for the job not for the fame.









Why can't we just go back to the 50's or 60's where sex in movies weren't allowed and women actually wore clothes that were both modesty and classy to events. What when wrong?


On the side note. I found it admirable that Zac Efron got help for his addiction and that people didn't hear about it until after the fact.

Overcomer

Whatever it is you may be going through
I know He's not gonna let it get the best of you

You're an overcomer
Stay in the fight til the final round
You're not going under
Cause God is holding you right now
You might be down for a moment
Feeling like it's hopeless
That's when He reminds You
That you're an overcomer
You're an overcomer

Mandisa's song Overcomer is a song that is very close to my heart. Overcoming a lot of things in my life made me realized that God does care and that he wants you to succeed.  He has a plan for you and going though whatever you are going through is part of that plan. My sickened childhood made me who I am today and I don't know who I would have become if he didn't allow me to go though what I did.

You're an Overcomer, you can and will get through it because he cares.

How have overcoming something made you who you are today?

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What if??

This a question that many of us ask ourselves daily.  Some what if questions are silly like.. What if one were to drop 3,000 bouncy balls from a seven story parking structure onto a person walking on the sidewalk below? Should the person survive, what would be the number of bouncy balls needed to kill them? What injuries would occur and what would the associated crimes be?  If you want to know the answer to this question you would have to throw 3 million balls to kill someone and you would be charged with manslaughter (so don't try this at home!).

Some what if questions are more serious. What if I actually studied for that test? Would it have made a difference? What if I went for my dreams instead of going the easy way out? Would I actually be able to pull it off? What if I tried to have a relationship with God?

In chapel this semester the question is "What if?".  "What if we really lived the Jesus way?" is one of the questions posed by our chaplain.  Would it change the world?

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Love

Why does everyone has to be on one side or another? Why should the difference in opinion or lifestyle matter? We are all Children of the one God. We all deserve love, compassion and respect regardless of the skin color or marriage beliefs. 

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Doing what's right even though its hard

During chapel at my college they have guest speakers about different topics and the speaker today talked about doing what's right even though its hard.  He talked about his life, which made me think about my life and how I do or do not do what's right in every situation. This ties directly with the previous post about bullying but this time its the opposite. In grade and middle school it was my friends being bullied not me. There were these not so nice girls who would say stuff to their faces and at basketball practice. I was in basketball, my friends were not, so I hung out with these girls often. I never really said anything even though I had every opportunity to. Instead I just sat quiet and watched it go on.

When have you just sat and saw bullying go on but never really said anything because you were afraid of getting rejected or getting bullied yourself?  When have you saw the homeless man and didn't give him money or even look at him? Jesus said whatever you did to the least of my people you did to me.

Link to previous post: http://lifelaughlovefashion.blogspot.com/2013/09/words-bullying.html

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Words (Bullying)

They've made me feel like a prisoner
They've made me feel set free
They've made me feel like a criminal
Made me feel like a king

They've lifted my heart
To places I'd never been
And they've dragged me down
Back to where I began

Words can build you up
Words can break you down
Start a fire in your heart or
Put it out

Let my words be life
Let my words be truth
I don't wanna say a word
Unless it points the world back to You.- Words by Hawk Nelson

 

Bullying has become a huge epidemic in the world. I was bullied in high school by this girl who was sort of a friend. She was friends with my two best friends so I naturally became friends with her. I am an introverted person by nature; she was not. She would say comments about me not having a boyfriend or me not being really outgoing.  She called me anti-social a couple of times and made fun of the fact that I went solo to prom. Throughout high school it really bothered me. But after I graduated I realized that it didn't matter what she or anyone else thought. It only mattered what God and I thought.

Who has had a similar experience and how did you or are you coping with bullying?
 

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Friendship

When is it time to end a friendship or at least stop being besties with someone?

That is a question I have been asking myself for months. Although I love her to death and would do anything for her our friendship itself has changed over the years. We met in kindergarten, she quickly became my best friend and we did everything together. Now that I went off to college I am thinking that our friendship is not the same it was back then. She jokingly says stuff about my personality and personal decisions that at first was fine and funny but is getting really old really fast. Now that I am gone away to college I found some close real friends who, although I never told them the personal stuff about me like my past and I have only known them less than a week, are turning out to be better friends than her.

I'm not sure when it is time to end a lifelong friendship or at least not be besties and do everything together. I mean I still love her and want to see her happy and successful but I also need to think about myself and my feelings.

To me friendship is someone who I can text, call, or Facebook chat at 3 in the morning and who will talk with me or listen for hours. Someone who understands that I am not like them but love me for who I am not what they want me to be. Someone who applauds personal decisions like vegetarianism and doesn't make fun of the fact that I won't eat meat. What does friendship mean to you and have you lost touch with an old friend but still care about them?

 

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