Change

Life is all about change, when we least expect it things happen and our life’s are turned upside down. What we must remember though is that for every ending there is always a new beginning.
Now beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad but when you think about it, it’s the middle that really counts. So when you are starting out again you need to remember that and give yourself a chance to hope that this time around, things will be different...

Truth

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

- Oscar Wilde

Seeking Meaning in the Inherent Meaninglessness of Life

Some great man once said that, “Dissatisfaction is the nature of existence”. And how true that is, no one is ever happy with what they have. Sometimes I wonder about the futility of striving for more. For a lot of what happens in life depends on luck. And people in general are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control.

There are moments in a life when for a split second, you think it’s all over and then with a little luck things go your way and you survive or maybe it doesn’t and you die. So who decides one person should live and another should die? Or who decides that a person should get all his hearts desires while others should struggle endlessly just to make ends meet?

Is there anything known as free will or is everything eventually karma? Is there really any point to existence? I sometimes feel like we are just innocents who are being slain to make way for something greater. I guess some of us just end up being collateral damage paving the way for unknown grander schemes….

-Poppy

Bizarre Behaviour

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.

-Samuel Johnson

Forgiveness

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evil doer; Nothing more difficult than understanding him.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

Deception

There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.

- Voltaire

Hope

Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

-G.K Chesterton

My Wish

I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.

-Javan quote

Complicated Love

I just don't understand how God would let us meet, if there is no way for us to be together.

-From the movie, "City of Angels"

Acceptance

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

-Joanna Kathleen Rowling

Top Twenty Favorite Songs for the Month of September

• Just Be -DJ Tiesto
• Keep Breathing -Ingrid Michaelson
• Because I love you -Shakin Stevens
• Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
• After The Flame -ATB
• My Pretty One -Cliff Richard
• One Step Too Far -Faithless
• Snow on the Sahara -Anggun
• Everything You Want -Vertical Horizon
• Creep -Radio Head
• Animal That I have Become -3 Days Grace
• Broken -Lifehouse
• Beautiful -Mandalay
• I want to fall in Love with you -Jars of Clay
• Loser -3 Doors Down
• Enough Love -Mandalay
• Outside Looking In - Jordan Pruitt
• Pain -3 Days Grace
• Save Me -Susheela Raman
• Save You - Matthew Perryman Jones

25 Reasons Why You're My Friend

• I don't have to hold my stomach in when we're together.
• When i'm grumpy, you still like me.
• I don't have to clean the house before you come over.
• I can tell you anything, and you won't be shocked.
• You always save the juiciest news for me.
• We can talk for 3 hours straight on the telephone - - even if I've seen you the day before.
• When I need to cry, you lend me a shoulder.
• You're always on my side.
• Neither of us thinks being on a diet is sufficient reason to skip eating rich food.
• You're never boring.
• Sometimes you call just because you're thinking of me.
• You always know how to make me laugh.
• You always know just how to spoil me.
• You can read my handwriting.
• You don't stay mad..... especially at me.
• You always know just what I need to hear.
• You've seen me at my worst..... and you're still my friend.
• You'd give up your favorite thing to do to be with me.
• I can ask you a dumb question without feeling dumb.
• You understand me…even when I’m sobbing.
• When you listen I know you’re really listening and not just waiting for your turn to talk.
• You know the correct answer to “Do I look fat?”
• You’re as helpful as therapy but you never charge me for it.
• You know all my secrets and keep them.
• Just because you’re YOU !

Friendship

I’ve been contemplating what to write about for a while and then two of my close friends got into an argument about friendship and it got me thinking. What exactly is my definition of friendship? And after a lot of thought I think to me friendship is love with understanding.

So is being a good friend just about offering a shoulder to cry on? I think not. To me, a good friend is someone you can talk to about anything, someone who makes you laugh, someone who cares about you, someone who goes out of his or her way to do things for you, someone who looks out for you, someone who knows how to comfort you, someone who listens to you, someone who is willing to pick up the pieces when you fail and most importantly someone who understands you.

So can a single failure end a friendship? I think not, for a true friend is one who already knows all your faults but loves you and accepts you anyway. And according to me friendship cannot be destroyed by a single failure or won by a single act. I believe friendship is a lifetime venture, in which we are constantly learning, discovering and growing. And a good friendship is one in which the people involved can grow separately without growing apart. So to me friendship is special bond, a bond for life.