don't complain, just work harder.

This summer has been amazing &I can't get enough of it.
I haven't blogged in a while so here is a random list of things on my mind.

• I love those days where the most fitting song comes on your ipod/radio just as the sun is shining perfectly on my rides home. 
• I love reconnecting with my friends after feeling like I've been away for so long, only to realize that I love them more than I remembered.
• I love being able to make plans without work or school getting in the way (!!!!!!)
• Mos Def: "If you're going to pray, don't worry. If you're going to worry, don't pray"
• Fearlessness sometimes is relishing in the uncertainty of life, especially the future. I've always been a planner type person, but now that I've let that all go (for now), life has become an adventure and NOT so monotonous and routine.
• Fearlessness is letting go of love, because love wasn't working and remembering that there is no failure, only lessons. And waking up everyday hopeful and thankful & not angry and resentful.
• Prayer works + goes a long way. I pray for even the most unlikely people, because I still would wish you peace in your day.
• My passion for reading has fully ignited again. I always have this thing of buying books whenever I go into Borders, but now I won't treat myself to a new one until I finish my current one. (& no, I don't care how nerdy that just sounded! HAH!)
• On that note, knowledge is my wealth. knowledge of self. knowledge of others experiences & feelings. knowledge of the world around me. 
• I'd rather be known as the smart girl than the wild party girl. Party, party, party only gets you so far. I worked too hard in this life & sacrificed too much when I was younger to be branded as just anotha girl doin' the same ol shit. My dreams are far too big & my values etched TOO DAMN DEEP in my being to be thought anything less than what my mom &pops raised me as.
• On men: Good looks only attract, but you have to have something to bring to the table & an opinion to keep me around.  I'd rather have a man who is well-read, can teach me more, someone I can take my ideas from lecture home with and debate about to, someone who isn't afraid to challenge me, free-spirited, hard-working, stand-up individual.
• Lately, I've been having moments where I get really nervous to do things and instead of backing out, I ride with that feeling of "Oh well, FUCK IT" & just do it.. I'm proud of myself, because I don't want me being cautious to make me skip out on experience. (& note, this isn't a 'fuck it' against the consequences, but its fear being left at the door & throwing caution to the wind).
• I watched The Last Lecture of Randy Pausch again today.
  Please watch it.
  
  
  
  • Don't complain, just work harder.
  • If you lead your life the right way, karma will take care of itself.
  • Apologize when you screw up, and focus on other people, not on yourself.
  • We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just we play the hand.
  • When you see yourself doing something badly and no one's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.
  • Experience is what you get, if you didn't get what you wanted.
  • The brick walls are there for a reason, they are there to give us a chance to show  how badly we want something. They are there to stop people who don't want it badly enough.