SUMMER

This Summer do something you would never think of doing. Like going on that roller coaster or that water slide; the one that you've always been scared to go on. This summer act crazy and not care what anyone thinks. This summer don't worry if you are single or not, if you are in a relationship then that's great and if you are single, that's what friends are for, right? This summer stop worrying about what people say about you 'cause drama is made for high school. This summer live each day like it's your last 'cause before you know it, it'll be over. Make this summer the best and live it without regrets.

WHAT ARE YOU GRATEFUL FOR TODAY?

YOU DESERVE 100%

A guy who doesn't know what he wants doesn't want you.

MOVE ON!

You deserve someone who is 100% sure about you.

FOCUS ON THE RIGHT THINGS

Choose to live in possibility and hopefulness.

Focus on all the reasons to be joyful and grateful.

ALL OR NOTHING

I'm either aggressively passionate or completely detached.

I have no notion of loving people by the halves. 

It's not in my nature.

SAY YES!

If someone offers you an amazing opportunity 

and you're not sure you can do it,

say yes then learn how to do it later.

- Richard Branson - 

DON'T MAKE SHIT UP

We write love stories in our imagination,,

paint pictures of people who doesn't exist,

and dream of an external bliss that never seem attainable.

Reality hurts when it hits,

but the pain is a vital lesson.

Stop falling in love with make believe people 

with make believe feelings

and start seeing the truth that maybe what you thought was real love 

was actually real lust.

IT'S THE JOURNEY

Love is not just about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship.

It's not about how much love you have in the beginning

but how much love you build till the end.

YOU DECIDE

You don't have to accept the things you are not with.

THE ONLY WAY

People only treat you one way...

the way you allow them.

LIFE BEGINS AT THE END OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE

Don't be afraid of change.

You may end up losing something good,

but you'll probably end up gaining something so much better.

ONLY TIME WILL TELL

You can't make someone be ready for what you're ready for,

and you are not obligated to wait around for them 

to make up their mind or be ready.

FEAR IS ONLY AN EMOTION

Expose yourself to your deepest fear.

After that, you're free.

There are only 2 primary emotions: Love and fear. 

- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross-

THE RELATIONSHIP I WANT

Be the kind of live you want to receive.

How much love you give and how much you take is in your control.

Above all else, never forget to love whole - hardheartedly. Don't ever let a love lost affect a love found.

I won't change for you, but I will grow with you.

There's 2 things I judge harshly on. 

The inability to for one to admit when they are wrong,

and the lack of courage to say I'm sorry. 

We are all wrong at some point, but not all of us are sorry.

BE CAREFUL

Be careful of people who tries to sell you a dream.

Many people talk a big game. Few deliver.

DON'T BE TOO HARD ON YOURSELF

Don't be too hard on yourself.

There are plenty of people willing to do that for you.

Love yourself and be proud of everything you do.

Even mistakes mean you're trying.

CONTROL

You can't control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude towards what happens to you, an in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

- Brian Tracy -

ACTIONS > WORDS

You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.

CHOOSE PEOPLE WHO CHOOSES YOU

Date someone who is interested in you.

I don't mean someone who thinks you're cute or funny.

I mean someone who wants to know every insightful detail about you.

Someone who wants to hear every note of your favorite song,

and watch every scar upon your body,

and learn where each came from.

Someone who wants to know your favorite brand of toothpaste,

and which quotes resonate deep inside your bones when you hear them.

There is a difference between attraction and interest.

Find the person who wants to learn every aspect of who you are.

THE PROMISE TO MYSELF

Be with someone one who is good for your mental and emotional health.

MOVE ON

Moving on isn't about not loving someone anymore

and forgetting them. 

It's about having the strength to say I still love you, 

but you are not worth this pain.

BE A GOOD PERSON

Not everyday is a good day. Live anyway.

Not everyone will tell you the truth, be honest anyway.

Not all you love will love you back. Love anyway.

Not all deals are fair, play fair anyway.

PEOPLE ARE LESSONS

Sometimes people are lessons.

Sometimes people come into our lives to be partners.

We have to be able to recognize the difference.

When we form any kind of relationship, being hurt is part of the deal,

not in an abusive way, but in a way that you overcome fear

and expectations and misunderstandings.

This teaches us to learn boundaries, it teaches us about communication 

and it reveals our own fears and insecurities.

Relationships are just opportunities to get to know ourselves better

and what we value.

We cannot avoid suffering.

We can only meet it bravely and with an open heart.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

LOVE YOURSELF

ALWAYS LISTEN

Respond, don't react.

1. Have patience

2. Have humility

3. Practice self-awareness

BEFORE

Before you assume, learn the facts,

Before you judge, understand why.

Before you hurt someone, feel.

Before yous peak, think.

QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN DATING SOMEONE NEW

When you start dating someone new, ask yourself these questions:

1. Is he good for my heart?

2. How is he contributing into my life?

3. Is he making me happy or causing stress in my life?

4. Does he respect me?

5. Is he emotionally available?

6. Is he more interested in me or himself?

LIFE IS A BLESSING

A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset. When you wake up, take a second to think about what a privilege it is to simply be alive and healthy.

MATURITY

Maturity is learning to walk away from people and situations that threaten your peace of mind, value, self-respect, morals or self worth.

THE 5 THINGS I VALUE

1. Honesty

2. Stability

3. Respect

4. Loyalty

5. Consistency

NO REGRETS

Never regret a day in your life:

Good days give happiness

Bad days give experience

Worst days give lessons

and Best days give memories.

Because at one point, it was exactly what you wanted.

JUST LIKE ART

She never looked nice. 

She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; 

it was supposed to make you feel something. 

THE HUMIDITY IS NOT GOOD FOR MY HAIR

This is basically my hair in Florida

Jessica from Fresh Off The Boat is my role model

WHEN WE SLEEP

The Italian Man: When I don't snore anymore, will you please hug me?

NERDS ALERT

The Italian Man: I was at Dunkin Donuts this afternoon and was bored. Counted how much they make in a day just on coffee alone. They make a lot of money!

Me: Wow! And you laugh at me for reading up on the IRS during my down time. Are we trying to out nerd each other?

The Italian Man: It's not a competition.

WE BOTH CRAZY

Me: You are crazy too. 

The Italian Man: I never said I wasn't.

Me: Touché

FEMINISM DEFINITION FOR THE MISINFORMED

Emma Watson HeForShe Speach at the United Nations

ASIAN WOMEN WITH BIG BOOBS = POWER

If there was an army of Asian women with big boobs, we could solve all the problems in the Middle East because we can make Jews do anything. 

- Margarate Cho

The Italian Man: It is true and does not only apply to the Jewish man. You make me do things just by looking at me.

WHEN I'M MAD AT HIM

Me: I just spend $26 on a sandwich.

The Italian Man: Wow! You must be really mad at me.

Me: Yes, I was. Glad you are the only one who figured that out.

TAX SEASON

*phone rings*

The Italian Man: What are you doing?

Me: Reading up about Roth IRA and Traditional IRA.

The Italian Man: Wow. This is how you spend your free time? You really do the most fun things, don't you?

HE KNOWS ME

The Italian Man: What did you do today? 

Me: I went to both laundromats around the corner to check it out. 

The Italian Man: *laughs* Did you take notes too? 

Me: Yes, I did. *pulls out phone and opens Notes app* 

The Italian Man: OMG! I was joking, I guess you are not!

MUTUAL DECISION

The Italian Man: You call that "agreement" because instead of saying "we compromised" (like on the advertisement), you say "we agree".

MY GENERASI

ORIENTAL POWER

Asian women are like blonds but no one thinks we are stupid.

Margaret Cho

AIRBNB

AirBnB guests left us this drawing. 

I guess this is how we look.

TINDER

The most intense 3.5 months of my love life. I'm glad we got matched, you super liked me and met up the day before NYE.

A BOX FULL OF DARKNESS

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness.

It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.

- Mary Oliver

A GOOD ADVISE

The Italian Man: My dad said, "It seems like a dream, right? Listen to me. Don't fuck this one up."

Me: Sounds like he is a wise man.

The Italian Man: Yes, also a man of few words with fingers that look like bananas.

WITHOUT WOMEN THERE WILL BE NO YOU

An English professor wrote on the board:

A woman without her man is nothing.
The class was then asked to punctuate the sentence. 

The men wrote: "A woman, without her man, is nothing."

The women wrote: "A woman: without her, man is nothing."

SWEET GESTURES

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back
and realize they were the big things. 

- Robert Brault

I'VE ONLY GOT 2 MORE YEARS TO CONSIDER JOINING

3 RULES TO SWORDFIGHTING

1. Don't die

2. Name sword: Kindness

3. Kill the other guy

WIFE MATERIAL

Just because someone wifed you doesn't mean that you are wife material.

HIRE SLOW, FIRE FAST

Hire Character, Train Skill

TELL ME WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE AND I WILL TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE

Friend: You seem to surround yourself with good and positive people in your life.

Me: Totally. I do it consciously. Life is hard enough on you already, so why let negative people with bad intentions bring you down if you can help it?

LIFE'S TOO SHORT

Life is too short

to wake up in the morning with regrets.

So love the people who treat you right,

Forget about the ones who don't,

And believe that everything happens for a reason.

If you get a chance, take it.

If it changes your life, let it.

Nobody said life would be easy,

They just promised it would be worth it.

CHANGE

The first step to changing your life is changing your mind, in some way.
You must be open to new thoughts, new interpretations, new perceptions.
Your life around you will change only when you allow what's going on inside you to change.

ACCEPT HER FOR WHO SHE IS

You may not be her first, her last, or her only.
She loved before, she may love again.
But if she loves you now, what else matters?
She's not perfect - you aren't either,
and the two of you may never be perfect together,
but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice,
and admit to being human and making mistakes... hold on to her
and give her the most you can.
She may not be thinking about you every second of the day,
but she will give you a part of her
that she knows you can break - her heart.
So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze
and don't expect more than she can give.
Smile when she makes you happy,
let her know when she makes you mad,
and miss her when she's not there.

- Bob Marley- 

WE CREATE OURSELVES

Warriors are not born and they are not made

Warriors create themselves through trial and error,

pain suffering, and their ability to conquer

their own faults.

HAPPINESS IS A CHOICE

People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descent like fine weather if you're fortunate. But happiness is the result of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly.

- Elizabeth Gilbert -

PLAN & CONTROL

Having a plan doesn't always mean having control. That's just life. Learning how to move forward when you don't have that control, that's growing up.

Everything Before Us.

NEVER TOO LATE

For what it's worth: 

It's never too late to be whoever you want to be. 

I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find that you are not, I hope you've the strength to start over.

- F. Scott Fitzgerald -

FIRST DANCE CLASS

Person: You are going to take the lead and she follows.

The Italian Man: This is not going to work.

Me: I like Tango. Happy Birthday!

SUCCESS BUILDS CHARACTER, FAILURE REVEALS IT

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small people who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It is an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary.

Impossible is nothing.

BETTER TOGETHER

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS

Because you may win the battle, but not the war.

Source: Hot Letter / Unsent Angry Letter

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Person: Happy Valentines Day! How was your day?

Me: My day was great!

Person: What did you do?

Me: I went to work. Quit my job. And now heading home.

Person: Okay...

I really don't buy into the whole Valentine's Day bullshit. Dinner and flowers are 3 times more expensive than it usually is. Plus, if you truly love someone, every day should be Valentine's day.

LIVE YOUR LIFE FEARLESSLY

Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is very real but fear is a choice.

FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN

Chi lascia la via vecchia per la nuova, sa quel che lascia, e non sa quel che trova

I'M PO

I so poor I can't even afford the O and the R.

-Shit I hear at the 99cent store.-

GENDER SIDEWALK BEHAVIOR

Today, I am committed to not getting out of the way and also apologizing when someone knowingly knocks me while walking down the street and not apologizing. It is not about being the higher person but making a stand. 

Additional Source: Feminist Philosophers

TAKE CHANCES

Life is about trusting our feelings and taking chances, losing and finding happiness, appreciating the memories and learning from the past. And realizing what's meant to be will always find a way.

BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO FEEL EVERYTHING

You say you want to live life to the fullest. 

That means you must feel. Everything. 

Because that is the essence of life and the very thing death takes from us.

THE LITTLE THINGS

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

I DETERMINE MY STORY

I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I'm beautiful. I say if I'm strong. You will not determine my story. I will. 

- Amy Schumer - 

TRY ME

The devil whispered in my ear: "you're not strong enough to withstand the storm."

Today I whispered in the devil's ear, "I am the fucking storm."

LIFE'S AN ADVENTURE

I want to live my life to the absolute fullest. To open my eyes to be all I can be. To travel roads not taken, to meet faces unknown. To feel the wind, to touch the stars. I promise to discover myself. To stand tall with greatness. To chase down and catch every dream.

Life's an adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller

YOUR JOB

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart, give yourself to it.

LIFE CHOICES

Your life is a result of the choices you make. 

If you don't like your life, it's time to make better choices.

LIFE'S PRIORITIES

Original version: Nobody cleans a house faster than a man expecting to get laid. 

The version I've heard: Nobody cleans faster than a nigger about to get pussy.

My reply: I guess you can take the man out of the Bronx but you can't take the Bronx out of the man.

REBEL

Rebellion is when you look at society in the face and say I understand who you want me to be but I'm going to show you who I actually am.

DON'T WASTE THAT SHIT

Love your life. Take pictures of everything. Tell people you love them. Talk to random strangers. Do things that you are scared to do. Fuck it, because so many of us die and no one remembers a thing we did. Take your life and make it the best in the world. Don't waste that shit.

You can't do epic shit with basic people.

DECISIONS

Time decides who you meet in your life, your heart decides who you want in your life and your behavior decides who stays in your life.

DESCRIBING US

Questa e l'età acerba di passione rosso fiammante

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE

 All the world’s a stage, 

And all the men and women merely players; 

They have their exits and their entrances, 

And one man in his time plays many parts, 

His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, 

Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms. 

Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel 

And shining morning face, creeping like snail 

Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, 

Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad 

Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier, 

Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, 

Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, 

Seeking the bubble reputation 

Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice, 

In fair round belly with good capon lined, 

With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, 

Full of wise saws and modern instances; 

And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts 

Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, 

With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; 

His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide 

For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, 

Turning again toward childish treble, pipes 

And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, 

That ends this strange eventful history, 

Is second childishness and mere oblivion, 

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

As You Like It, 

Act II, Scene VII 

[All the world’s a stage] 

William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616 

 Jaques to Duke Senior 

Source: here

WHAT A GREAT DEAL!

Now that's what I'm talking about!

IT'S HER BODY

I have an idea for you pro-lifers out there.

Instead of protesting outside a legal abortion clinic, why don't you go inside the clinic. Every time a young lady walks in the clinic with the intention of having an abortion, you tell them that it's not necessary. It is not necessary because you are there to sign the papers stating you intention to adopt and care for the unborn child. You assures her that you will love and nurture that child for the rest of its life. You also tell her that she has nothing to worry about because you will be handling all of her medical bills during her pregnancy.

And if you don't wait to do all of those things, perhaps you should stay the fuck out of her business. 

Source: Women's Rights News

Also, let's get this straight here.
Pro-choice does not mean pro-abortion.
Just because someone supports a woman's right to choose does not mean that they advocate for abortions. It only means that they respect a woman's right to choose.

SHE'S A TIGER

I like you. I liked you the first time I laid eyes on you.

I said, "she's a tiger, she belongs to me."

- Scarface -

SUCCESS IS A JOURNEY

The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success 

The Laws of Life 

1. The Law Cause and Effect 

2. The Law of Belief 

3. The Law of Expectations 

4. The Law of Attraction 

5. The Law of Correspondence 

The Laws of Success 

6. The Law of Control 

7. The Law of Accident 

8. The Law of Responsibility 

9. The Law of Direction 

10. The Law of Compensation 

11. The Law of Service 

12. The Law of Applied Effort 

13. The Law of Overcompensation 

14. The Law of Preparation 

15. The Law of Forced Efficiency 

16. The Law of Decision 

17. The Law of Creativity 

18. The Law of Flexibility 

19. The Law of Persistence 

The Laws of Business 

20. The Law of Purpose 

21. The Law of Organization

22. The Law of Customer Satisfaction 

23. The Law of the Customer 

24. The Law of Quality 

25. The Law of Obsolescence 

26. The Law of Innovation 

27. The Law of Critical Success Factors 

28. The Law of the Market 

29. The Law of Specialization 

30. The Law of Differentiation 

31. The Law of Segmentation 

32. The Law of Concentration 

33. The Law of Excellence 

The Laws of Leadership 

34. The Law of Integrity 

35. The Law of Courage 

36. The Law of Realism 

37. The Law of Power 

38. The Law of Ambition 

39. The Law of Optimism 

40. The Law of Empathy 

41. The Law of Resilience 

42. The Law of Independence 

43. The Law of Emotional Maturity 

44. The Law of Excellence 

45. The Law of Foresight 

The Laws of Money 

46. The Law of Abundance 

47. The Law of Exchange 

48. The Law of Capital 

49. The Law of Time Perspective 

50. The Law of Saving 

51. The Law of Conservation 

52. Parkinson’s Law 

53. The Law of Three 

54. The Law of Investing 

55. The Law of Compound Interest 

56. The Law of Accumulation 

57. The Law of Attraction 

58. The Law of Accelerating Acceleration 

The Laws of Selling 

59. The Law of Selling 

60. The Law of Ambition 

61. The Law of Need 

62. The Law of Problems 

63. The Law of Persuasion

64. The Law of Security

65. The Law of Risk

75. The Law of Win/Win or No Deal

76. The Law of Unlimited Possibilities

77. The Law of Four

78. The Law of Timing

79. The Law of Terms

80. The Law of Preparation

81. The Law of Authority

82. The Law of Reversal

83. The Law of Power

84. The Law of Desire

85. The Law of Reciprocity

86. The Walk Away Law

87. The Law of Finality

The Laws of Time Management

88. The Law of Clarity

89. The Law of Priorities

90. The Law of Posteriorities

91. The Law of the Most Valuable Asset

92. The Law of Planning

93. The Law of Rewards

94. The Law of Sequentiality

95. The Law of Leverage

96. The Law of Timeliness

97. The Law of Practice

98. The Law of Forced Efficiency

99. The Law of Single-Handling

100. The Law of Competence

BITCH IN BUSINESS

Bitch in Business 

I FIGHT LIKE A GIRL

I'm a grown woman. I'm not a fucking princess. I have an attitude, opinions, a very loud voice, and one hell of a right hook. Believe me when I say I got this shit.

I have always advocate everyone I know, especially ladies to learn self-defense. Krav Maga works for me because of my practical lifestyle and mindset. Refinery29: Be A Badass provides a short introduction video of what Krav Maga is about.

Krav Maga: So that one may walk in peace.

Because all some people really need, is a palm strike to the face and a knee to the groin.
And I'd rather be the weapon than need one.

My daddy taught me never to throw the first punch but you bet your sweet ass I'll throw the last one.

So touch me and your first Krav Maga lesson is free 😉

50 Shades of KravMaga

No dear, I didn't get these cuts from being beaten by a man. I got them during Krav Maga when I was beating the shit out of some guy.

And yes, if you must know. I did use Krav Maga on a crazy guy that came at me in the subway while I was on my way home. I was also wearing heels that day.

CONFIDENCE IS BEAUTY

I Am Enough by Molly Mahar

I am full of sparkle and compassion. I genuinely want to make the world a better place. I love hard. I practice kindness. I am not afraid the truth. I am loyal, adventurous, supportive, and surprising. I am a woman. I am enough. I make mistakes, but I own them and learn from them. Sometimes I make a bunch of mistakes too.

I an enough. I am open, juicy, artistic, full blast. I am also vain, emotional, demanding, and looking for answers. I am a woman who is open to mysteries, accepting of miracles. I am diving in, devouring, loving, protecting, peeling back the surface of petty desires to the hunger for connection, for belief, and for truth.

I am less concerned with doing things correctly than I once was more concerned with dancing, drumming, swimming naked. 

I accept that a sense of wonder is something to cultivate. I accept that I sometimes self medicate with alcohol, with filling my life full of busyness, with doing into self imposed isolation. I accept that I crave financial abundance, a freedom to do what I want, when I want it. I am still enough.

I am a lover of ripe mangoes, stars in the midnight sky. stories around the campfire, the smell of rich coffee, laughing until I can't breathe, having someone reach for my hand. I am a lover, a sister, a storyteller, a daughter, a mentor, and a student.

I am enough.

And I know in my deepest heart -- you are enough too.

WE ARE ALL SALESPEOPLE

The 10 Scrolls From the Greatest Salesman in the World by OG Mandino

1. Today I begin a new life. I will form good habits and become their slave.

2. I will greet this day with love in my heart, and I will succeed.

3. I will persist until I succeed, and I will win.

4. I am nature's greatest miracle. I will win, I will become a great salesman, for I am unique.

5. I will live this day as if it's my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks.

6. Today I will be master of my emotions.

If I feel depressed, I will sing. 

If I feel sad, I will laugh.

If I feel ill, I will double my labor.

If I feel inferior, I will wear new garments.

If I feel uncertain, I will raise my voice.

If I feel poverty, I will think of wealth to come.

If I feel incompetent, I will remember past success.

If I feel insignificant, I will remember my goals.

I will become the master of myself, I will become great.

If I become overconfident, I will recall my failures.

If I become overindulged, I will think of my past hunger.

If I enjoy moments of greatness, I will remember moments of shame.

If I feel all-powerful, I will try to stop the wind.

If I attained great wealth, I would remember one unfed mouth.

If I become overly proud, I will remember a moment of weakness.

If I feel my skill is unmatched, I will look at the stars.

7. I will laugh at the world. I will be happy. I will be successful. I will be the greatest salesman the world has ever known.

8. Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold. And when it is done, I will do it again, and again, and there will be astonishment and wonder at my greatness as the words of these scrolls are fulfilled in me. 

9. I will act now. My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.

10. I will pray for guidance. Help this humble salesman. Guide me, God.

YIN & YANG

To be a good warrior, you must bring it all into balance.

Earth, sky.

Day, night.

Sound and silence.

Dark and light.

One alone is not enough.

You need both together.

Winter, summer.

Moon and sun.

Lesson number one.

Like a rock, you must be hard.

Like an oak, you must stand firm.

Cut quick like my blade.

Think fast, unafraid.

But if you are still out of balance, you're only halfway there.

Like a cloud, you are soft.

Like bamboo, you bend in the wind.

Creeping slowly, you can fly.

You're at peace because you know it's okay to be afraid.

Mulan II

DON'T DIE A COPY

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

USA, THIS IS HOME

This is home. They say that you can make your home wherever you feel. I've been making a lot of things lately. Maybe home hasn't been one of them. It's not just a hobby anymore, this is my life. And I'm grateful for that. But sometime you have to step back and give yourself a chance to look around. This is where I have arrived. And every turn is life outside of mine. There is something about this place, you see its past all around of you and all you want is to be a part of its future. Every turn I step out I find something that inspires me. I don't feel like I need anything at all, expect to see and experience more. But I don't take it for granted. The city is so full of life, you sometimes don't know where you fit in and maybe that's the point. I realized this place just see whats here and what came before. It doesn't ask you to change your ways or how you look at the world, the simple thing they want you to discover is you. To find yourself inside its walls and out on the streets, to show you the answers to all your hesitations, questions and dreams is right there in your own reflations. And few places will show you that, Which is why no matter what comes next, for me, for now, this is home.

Source: KevJumba

LIVE THE LIFE THAT PEOPLE WRITE NOELS ABOUT

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

Ane be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To whee it bend in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, just as far,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Through as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted I should ever come back. 

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence;

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

HOW YOU ARE DEFINED

You are not your bra-size, nor are you the width of your waist, not you the slenderness of your calves. You are not your hair color, your skin color, nor are you a shade of lipstick. Your shoe size is of no consequence. You are not defined by the amount of attention you get from males, females, or any combination thereof. You are not the number of sit-ups you can do, not the number of calories you consume in a day. You are not your mustache. You are not the hair on your legs. You are not a little red dress. You are not the amalgam of theses things. 

You are the content of your character. You are the ambitions that drive you. You are the goals that you set. You are the things that you laugh at and the words you say You are the thoughts you think and the things you wonder. You are the beautiful and desirable not for the clique you attend but for the spark of life within you that compels you to make your life a full and meaningful one. You are beautiful not for the shape of the vessel, but for the volume of the soul it carries. 

MATURITY IS A CHOICE

Not everyone who grows old chooses to grow up.

I AM A BAD FEMINIST

I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human.

I am messy. I am not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect.

I am not trying to say I have all the answers.

I am not trying to say I'm right.

I am just trying - trying to support what I believe in, trying to do some good in this world, trying to make some noise with my writing while also being myself.

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay