Life's a Puzzle You Can't Solve

welcome to my beautiful puzzle that i'm putting the pieces together to everyday. this is just the random life i live; the people, the pictures, & the love. enjoy!!! p.s.--- i love music so leave me music suggestions in my ask box!

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I know a lot of people make resolutions or claim that they are going to be a different person at the beginning of the year, but I decided that I would focus on the bigger picture for 2018.  I expressed how thankful I was for the many blessings that I have in my life, but I believe that this year I need to actually express my appreciation to the people in my life.  I find it…

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Letter to Myself #1 (and maybe to you too)

Letter to Myself #1 (and maybe to you too)

I gave up on my dreams and allowed the world to tell me where I belong. I'm going to find my imagination again and I'm going to create my own path. When I was little my imagination was so big; nothing seemed as if it were impossible.  What happened to me? I let the troubles in my life stop me from dreaming and I’ve given up.  College may not have been the best experience, but I gained something…

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Different

Be the light when everything is dark and show others the way. Be the peace in a world of chaos and calm the minds of others. Be the love in a room full of hate and watch the tension fade. Be you and don't let anything change the good in you and who you are meant to be.

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Crumb

A bit of happiness, only a fragment of what I thought it should be. Currently searching for more, but I’d rather search for more and have a bit than to have never known its warmth. Maybe it is the only particle I will ever receive, and that’s fine. A glimmer of happiness is better than living without it. To feel that spark is better than to never feel it at all. -J.S.Atkins via Daily Prompt: Crumb

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Love is tricky.  We can give someone all of us; everything that we are and they can simply pick up and leave without giving us a second thought.  Once they’re gone it feels as if there is no light left inside of us, only darkness.  The hope that we once had for a lasting love is now gone and everything that we once were belongs to them.  How do we reclaim our light and restore our faith in the idea of a lasting love?  I believe it starts with self.  We were people with ideas, energy and love to share before they walked into our lives, so we must remember these things after they’re gone.  The next time love comes our way we must remember: if it does not nurture us then it is starving us.  Let’s stray away from starvation and find love that gives us the nutrients for a better tomorrow.

  Missing Pieces of Me Love is tricky. We can give someone all of us; everything that we are and they can simply pick up and leave without giving us a second thought.

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Finding Happiness After a Devastating Loss

Finding Happiness After a Devastating Loss

No one is ever prepared for loss. My father and I did not always see eye to eye, but I know he always had my best interest at heart.  My father made sure that I had the childhood that he didn’t; He spoiled my mother and I with gifts and every now and then he would spoil us with time.  He took us on vacations, and supported me when I decided to change my major in my last year of college.  He…

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My Light in the Fog

My Light in the Fog

You slowly appeared from the fog, Like a lighthouse, Upon a darkened shore. The calm amidst the turbulent waters of my mind, Something to quiet the waves As they fiercely rock me back and forth. You helped me tune out the sirens' song Filled with words of my own self- doubt And my quest for who I really am. You, still there in the fog, stood tall And stoic As if it were your job to show me the…

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Acceptance

“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.” – George Orwell

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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—     While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—             Only this and nothing more.”     Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak…

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Thorns and Roses

“He that dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose.” -Anne Bronte

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Move Forward

“Consensus does not always work in a crisis.  You must have the courage to move forward.” -Safra Cruz (Co-CEO of Oracle)

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Astound Yourself "If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves." -Thomas A. Edison

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For My Father

  If I could trade places with you I would. To see you go through such pain, Hurts me more than you'll ever know. I'd give you a lung, So you can breathe better. I'd give you my spine, So you no longer have those tumors. I'd take all of your scarred tissue, And place it in my body, If that meant you would be free. Free from pain,  Free from doctor's visits And emergency room waiting. Free from…

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Break Away

I escape my shelter Take a peak Spread my wings And fly away No more protection From the cruel world Off on my own To fly or fail The weather will alter The wind may be harsh At moments it will be cold But on I must go To continue to soar Is up to me Nothing ever comes Very easily If I should falter In these skies I will not stop Trying to fly I broke away I explored the world I am off on my own…

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