Makes You Think

I wanted to share some of my favorite quotes with you, and explain what each of them means to me and why they’re important to me.

 

“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” –Wayne Dyer

This quote hits me pretty deeply. I’ve struggled with being comfortable with being alone. And when it says “the person you’re alone with”, I mean myself. Me, myself, and I.  I’m finally okay with being alone.

 

“See it big, and keep it simple.” –Wilferd A. Peterson

Have goals in life, but don’t over complicate things. Life will be so much simpler if you see it like it is and don’t overthink it.

 

“I knew we’d cross the line, so I quietly erased it while you weren’t looking.” –Rachel Wolchin

 

Take a chance. Take a chance on a new hobby, on person, on life. Live for your happiness.

Open Heart

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk7vBCW7v0w

This is a video of heart transplant. This procedure isn’t too uncommon, but it’s a very risky one.   

            First the doctor has to cut in to get to the heart. He cuts through the skin, tissue, and fat, and finally gets to the chest cavity. The beating heart is openly visibly in the chest cavity.

            When it’s time to remove the heart, the doctor has to be careful not to cut anything he shouldn’t. When he cuts the tissue that connects the heart ventricles to the body, he has to make sure they stay in tact so that the new heart ventricles can be connected.

            The new heart is placed in the chest cavity. The doctor has to carefully reconnect all the ventricles of the new heart to where they connected to the body on the old heart. He has to make sure he doesn’t suture the arteries shut in the process.

Smile More

Make the world a better place. The people of this world need to be happier. They need to know that they’re worth it and that they’re loved. I encourage you to compliment somebody. Tell them you like their outfit, or their hair, or their smile. Tell them they’re talented, or smart, or funny, or nice. It can make a world of difference to some people. I just don’t think people understand how many people are sad. I’m not saying that’ll  necessarily be fixed by a single compliment, but it sure as hell could help. A lot people hide their feelings, and know one ever truly knows what they’re feeling. I’m not telling you to try and get them to pour their heart out to you, but let them know you care.

            It’s been said that the funniest people are the saddest. I believe this is true in some cases. Some people are funny without realizing it, some people are funny for attention, some people are funny to mask their pain, some people are funny to make others happy, and some people are funny so others won’t feel the pain they’ve felt. Laughter is said to be the best medicine, ergo, hurt people want to make others smile and laugh so they can live a pain free life.

The Struggles of a Worrier

We’re told all our lives not to worry. “Everything in life will eventually fall into place.”, they say, “There’s nothing to be concerned about.” I disagree with that. People have several reasons to worry. Life is scary. The world is scary. What if everything doesn’t work out? No, life doesn’t end if things don’t go as planned. But it does throw us off course. A lot of people have this picture of what their life is going to be like someday, and that makes them happy. But there’s such a big chance of it not turning out that way, people shouldn’t get hung up on that image. I’m one to talk, though. That’s what I think about most of the time; my future; where I’m going to be in ten years. Five years, even. I don’t really focus on the “here and now” as much as I should. I just find the future so exciting. But I do plan things out way too much. I think of the specifics, and if it doesn’t happen that way, I’ll probably be really disappointed and that’s not a good thing. We have to just let things happen. I do believe that everything happens for a reason. We were meant to be in the place we are for a reason, and the things to come and exactly what’s supposed to happen.

Mall of America

I am insanely pumped for our show choir trip to Bloomington, Minnesota this weekend. It’s my first time travelling out of state for show choir, and it’s to a pretty big competition. To be completely honest, I forgot we were even going to a show choir competition. I’m just focused on the fact that we get to go to The Mall of America and stay in hotel together. Bonding stuff like that is so important.