genius

this shouldn't have made me as happy as it did...
who's an ultimate nerd?
*this girl*

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p.s. is it sept 12th yet?

one of those days

preach Zooey. preach.

LOVE her.

LOVE this show.

that is all for now.

oh wait, except for this song.

so fun.

ok i lied, here are two more.

can not WAIT for these 2 concerts. YES!

and yes I just barely realized that sara bareilles is in both....go her!

and don't worry. 

more summer songs and happiness,
 coming your way!

many posts are in progress...go me!

the transformation of thoughts

"Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true."

absolutely ape

i say this is the perfect sunday afternoon movie

the script never ceases to amaze me.

and i personally find the humor absolutely perfect.

like enchantingly perfect...

this is clearly one of my favorite parts:

the face she makes right before this, is priceless.

but my favorite quote?

this one:

Richard: You really like it, don`t you. 

Gabrielle: What? 

Richard: Life. 

Gabrielle: Oh! Every morning when I wake up and I see there`s a whole new other day, I just go absolutely ape!

oh how i adore audrey. <3

unusually great

"Sometimes the most ordinary things can be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people."

-the lucky ones

cotton never looked so good

clearly one of my favorite dialogues of all time. simply because i makes me want to scream every time. ahhhhh who could resist mr thornton?

John Thornton: Miss Hale, I didn't just come here to thank you. I came... because... I think it... very likely... I know I've never found myself in this position before. It's... difficult to find the words. Miss Hale, my feelings for you... are very strong...
Margaret Hale: Please! Stop. Pray, please don't go any further.
John Thornton: Excuse me?
Margaret Hale: Please don't continue in that way. It's not the way of a gentleman.
John Thornton: I'm well aware that in your eyes at least, I'm not a gentleman. But I think I deserve to know why I am offensive.
Margaret Hale: It offends me that you should speak to me as if it were your... duty to rescue my reputation!
John Thornton: I spoke to you about my feelings because I love you; I had no thought for your reputation!
Margaret Hale: You think that because you are rich, and my father is in... reduced circumstances, that you can have me for your possession! I suppose I should expect no less from someone in trade!
John Thornton: I don't want to possess you! I wish to marry you because I love you!

and then as she drives off in the carriage and he says "look back at me" to himself?

that not only makes me want to scream,

i always DO scream.

oh how i love this movie.

just how much i could endure.

I usually find most "churchy" poems rather cheesy to the point of a little eye rolling and forced tuning out of the rest of the talk/lesson. but for some reason at the end of Elder Ballard's talk tonight, the poem he shared was one i thought was pretty great. still cheesy, and very churchy, but who doesnt love stellar rhyming like this?...but it really is profound in its own way...it probably stuck out to me cause its exactly what i needed to hear and the theme that has been on my mind lots and lots lately. blast. interesting how that works....which is probably why i for one think this was one of the best CES firesides i have ever heard....hum. anyways, enjoy :)

The Oak Tree

by Johnny Ray Ryder Jr.

A mighty wind blew night and day.

It stole the Oak Tree's leaves away.

Then snapped its boughs and pulled its bark

until the Oak was tired and stark.

But still the Oak Tree held its ground

while other trees fell all around.

The weary wind gave up and spoke,

"How can you still be standing Oak?"

The Oak Tree said, I know that you

can break each branch of mine in two,

carry every leaf away,

shake my limbs and make me sway.

But I have roots stretched in the earth,

growing stronger since my birth.

You'll never touch them, for you see

they are the deepest part of me.

Until today, I wasn't sure

of just how much I could endure.

But now I've found with thanks to you,

I'm stronger than I ever knew.

also, can someone teach me 

1. how to approach people

2. how to be normal

and 3. how to not blush every 2 seconds.

thanks. oh and the sooner the better...

instruments of peace

"lord make us instruments, of your peace. 

where there is hatred let your love increase. 

lord make us instruments, of your peace. 

walls of pride and prejudice shall cease. 

when we are your instruments of peace."

boy do i miss capital singers sometimes...

endlessly.

Music 

can

name

the

unnameable

and

communicate

the

unknowable.

remember...

"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, 
if one only remembers to turn on the light."

wise man that dumbledore character. 

i have this quote on a fancy little plaque that usually hangs by my bed.

(for some genius reason i packed it, and didnt bring it home for the summer)

i think the reason i love this quote so much is because there is so much truth in the statement.

but yet so many forget or look beyond that simple fact. light is a powerful thing in all aspects and symbolism of the word, simply because...its perfect.

so why would one chose darkness?

why wouldn't they be able to remember that little light switch,

that would flick on all that is perfect

and bring in floods of happiness

why?

when light and happiness are so...perfect?

larger than life

"...And no matter what background you have, taking an interest in art and music is to take interest in something much larger than humanity itself."  

-Jason Mraz

a joyful disposition

I am determined to be cheerful and happy, 

in whatever situation I may be; 

for I have learned from experience 

that the greater part of our happiness or misery 

depends upon our dispositions, 

and not upon our circumstances.

 - Martha Washington

love

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

In fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine.
It brings us near to the infinite. -Thomas Carlyle

individuality

Everyone Deserves Music

Everyone Deserves Love
Everyone Reserves the Right to Express
The Light that They Are Made Of
-Jason Mraz

souvenez-vous qui vous êtes
-whit sariah

sunshine

"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson




p.s. i CAN'T stop listening to this song.
i love it!

souvenez-vous qui vous êtes
-whit sariah

painting life

"Life is a great big canvas,

you should throw all the paint you can on it.”
-danny kaye

souvenez-vous qui vous êtes
-whit sariah

a string of happy

"Maybe happiness doesn't have to be about big sweeping circumstances, about having your life in place. Maybe it is about stringing together a bunch of small pleasures."
the sisterhood of the traveling pants, book 2

souvenez-vous qui vous êtes
-whit sariah

life

"To laugh often and much;

to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children...
to leave the world a better place...
to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.”

-ralph waldo emerson

souvenez-vous qui vous êtes
-whit sariah

royal

this made my day.

i dont know who this little old man is,
but it sure made me smile


"every person is royalty….special & unique…honored & loved by somebody…"

souvenez-vous qui vous êtes
-whit sariah

this inspired me..

this is jason mraz's latest blog post on facebook...call me a nerd, but i love what he has to say. i dont always agree with his "worldly views" but his posts always make me step back and think about what i belive in and what i find important in my life. This post is just great...think about what he has to say on this, the 25th of January 2010...

"I admit it. I am Twitterly Challenged. It is all too often I view the Twitter world forum as a streaming version of a bathroom wall – a place to pee, see, and share; a place of clever poetry, shout-outs, offers, introductions and slams. This kind of mentality doesn’t get me very far and my drivel is reduced to just that – toilet humor.

So I am constantly reinventing it as a medium in which to share resourceful, inspiring and/or humorous ideas. I make-up that it can be a condensed version of a TED conference if we choose it, and yet I also make-up in my mind that the majority of Twitterers post but don’t actually peruse. I make that up because I am one of those people. Indeed, Twitter is my men’s room wall and in 140 spaces or less, I place my Sharpee where my spirit is and seldom look back. God Bless all those who read it – who need it or not – And I pray you have a nice day.

Yesterday I Twitted – twittered – tweeted (which reminds me – I wish this powerful means of connection had been given a cooler name… like Stall Street Journal or something more suitable and snooze-able) So yesterday in the Stall Street Journal I wrote a few of my perspectives on the Snooze Button – that device which offers a 2% chance of returning to your dreams and a 98% chance of non-fulfillment on your real ones. This morning as I hit the snooze alarm again, I got present to what it really is: a Procrastination Button.

If you’re like me and you set the alarm an hour early because you know you’re going to hit the snooze and sleep longer – I invite you to explore where else in your life that mentality shows up for you. Do you put off doing projects until the last minute? Do you often oversleep your project deadlines? Are your dreams altered by your scattered attention to more than one reality? Do you blame the alarm clock for not performing its function successfully? Who else do you blame?

Wake up and smell your finger.

It’s Monday - The perfect day to make bold new declarations - The best week ever to check in on your New Year’s Resolutions and Commitments. What else could you take on this week to make your life and the life of others Great?

souvenez-vous qui vous êtes
-whit sariah