Hold Your Tongue!!!

We have all said something, about someone, that is mean or even just plain cruel at some point in our life. But why? It just doesn't make sense, we don't like it when people are mean to us, so why do we do it right back to them? But it just doesn't make sense... rarely any of us enjoy drama! We complain about people talking behind our backs but then we turn around and do it to someone else. Are we guilty of our own complaints? I say yes! If we would just let the things that are said about us slip on by and not continue the trend maybe it would stop. Think of it this way, at least they are talking about you, they might not like you, but at least they know you exist... think about that! They know what you stand for and they don't agree with it. WHO CARES?! have your opinions, let people know that you have them, you ARE going to have enemies, friends, and indifferent people because of it!
I honestly hate it when a rumor gets started.. because i hate it so much, i usually go to the person it is about and actually find out if it is true or not. Once i know what is true, I try to correct the rumor and make things better. Guaranteed, I get sucked into a LOT of drama because of it, but I don't want other people to suffer because of the stupidity of others.
When someone seems to spite you by what they do, turn your cheek. Let them do it, don't retaliate, don't react! Hold your tongue and GO TO GOD!!!! See why it bothered you, see your intentions in the situation, think about what would become of you responding back in spite... When you speak from anger stupid things seem to happen. You say things without thinking them through! You may not think about it at the time, but those words you say will stick in your head for quite a while. God says to turn the other cheek and let the person do the same thing again to you again. Not that you agree with it, but that you know it is wrong to do something back.
SPITE COMES FROM SPITE
Think of all that Jesus took for our sake. Being beaten, bruised, battered, hated, talked about, and killed. He took this all for us... he didn't retaliate, he didn't seek revenge, he took it for US! Why can't we have this way of behaving about ourselves?? So even when your brother takes your iPod and breaks its screen, no matter how much pain you wish to inflict on him or all the words you want to scream at him, hold it in and think about it. Calm down before you end up doing something stupid. You won't believe the difference it makes in the end. :)
God Bless ♥♥♥

Friends!!!...Friends...... Friends???

Maybe I'm the only one who thinks this, but then again... I highly doubt it.
Friends have been around since the beginning of time, right?.. right!... there are the friends, the enemies, the ones who won't leave us alone, the ones who kinda scare us, those we can't live with, and those that we can't live with out. We all want friends but how do we know how to pick our own friends? Sure, you have the first impression, buuut.... well my first impression is never the same as the impression after spending time with them. Some people have such a hard outer shell on them that you don't know if you are even "in their league." But really, who decides what league someone is in? How do we determine if someone IS in our league or if someone is OUT of our league? These so called "leagues" are just excuses we use to-- (A)Avoid a person for a reason only you would know ..(B)Create an excuse as to why someone else won't associate with you.. (C)Create an excuse as to why someone would treat you the way you do.. and of course.. (D)The reason why you would "never have a chance" with that one person you have liked since the day you never even met them.
Our lives have been turned into a big popularity issue. How many friends you have, how many relationships you have been in, how many times you have been in jail, etc. But! in my opinion, you aren't popular to ME even if you have a million friends, all the money in the world, or the best things that money can buy. You are popular if you know how to have a good, healthy relationship with a few, good(or great), friends. Personality, outlook, and having opinions turn you into the most attractive friend to have. Maybe not to others, but to me!
If I had to choose between a studly, athletic, handsome football player who treated me like junk, and a simple, loving, caring, so called nerd who valued me... and they both wanted me (like that would ever happen :p) I would know in a heartbeat which one i would chose.. you can probably guess too... but also if the roles were reversed and the "nerd" was a jerk and the football player was the gentleman, i would go for the gentleman. Even if "everyone else" thought he was out of my league, who cares? If you find someone who you enjoy being around, spending time with, and getting to know... GET TO KNOW THEM!!!!! It will be one of the best things you have done for yourself. :)
So, don't base people on your first impression, it might not always be right. How did you become friends with your current friends? Take down the barrier of stereotyping someone before you meet them!!! Take a little time and give the person a chance to show YOU who THEY are.... How else are you going to make new friends?

A battle of emotions

What happens when someone's body becomes so weighted down by emotions that they can hardly function? What is the purpose of emotions weighing us down? How in the world do you tell yourself to not let things affect your emotions? These are the questions that have never left.
The feeling of happiness is great and it makes one feel as if they are walking on sunshine but when that happiness seems to disappear the world seems to crumble. I mean, i know these trials we go through are supposed to help us further in our life but why do they seem to hurt so bad when we go through them? I have always looked back and understood why afterward but while I am actually in the situation I feel so... disconnected and sometimes even out of place. Maybe we are not to know why we are put in the situation because if we knew what would become of it we wouldn't have to go through it, as the experience would be slightly pointless.... but in a round about way, I guess I am glad I go through these trials that make me the person I am, the beliefs i have, and the drive I possess. So all in all, God really does know what he is doing and he has all along.. I just need to F.R.O.G.! (fully rely on God) With a reminder from a friend about what this acronym stood for, I also came to the realization that my favorite animal happens to be a frog... Wow, the things in my life that I've never really thought of actually have had God's underlying message to it the whole time.. I've never really known why frogs strike my fancy, but I guess someone did... :)