a hundred white lies later

i've learnt that honesty is the best policy there is.

xx

trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it

no big deal.

i went in the ocean for the first time, since i got here 2 months ago.  i mean full on went in the ocean.  i've put my feet in it before, but never actually gone in.  it was a little bit scary but even more exciting.  of course it was Dan's brilliant plan to go in once the sun had set and all the life guards and netting to keep the sharks out were gone.  we didn't die though, so it was sweet.

i like aussie girls.

praise jesus that katherine is nice enough to let me crash on her couch while i wait to move citites.  i can't believe someone who barely knows me, would be nice enough to let me stay in her place.  this is part of me counting my blessing.  i am blessed to have free accommodation right now.  i'm sitting on the sixth floor of a beautiful apartment with the sun shining down on me, sipping coffee out of a sweet sqaure/round shaped mug.  c'est la vie!

freedom.

i feel so free right now.  i've got the exact same feeling i had when i walked out those school doors after my last grade 12 exam.  it's all over and i can do what i want now.  i'm so excited to see where life will take me these next few months here in australia.  i know i'll be home on april 19th but no idea where i might wind up in between.  it's kind of exciting know that it's just one big adventure!

& i'll count them all as lessons learned

i learned the hard way that sometimes our dreams aren't reality.  sometimes the beautiful life we dream up in our sleep doesn't play out the same way.

life legacies

my grandma is the sweetest.  i just got her card in the mail yesterday for my nineteenth birthday.  it was filled with her writing.  the entire thing is three pages long of tiny grandmother handwriting.  i was wincing trying to understand it all.  anyway, it had heaps of life legacies on it and they were cute so i thought i'd share.

Life Legacies:

Live deep

Never stop learning, playing or finding wonder in the world around you.  Live the length of your life, but live the depth of it as well.

Travel light

There is no use in carrying around worry and regret.  They only weigh you down.  Always keep yourself open to hope and to love.  They give us wings.

Forgive imperfections

In yourself and others

Imperfections keep things interesting

They’re the cracks

Where the light shines through

Own beautiful things

And not just to keep in the drawer, tucked away for a perfect day.  Surround yourself with things that make you happy, that remind you of the beauty all around us if we only keep our eyes open to it.

Make mistakes

Follow detours.  Sometimes it takes an unexpected turn to help us find the life that is waiting for us around the bend.  Trust yourself and the path that is meant for you.

Take care of yourself

And sometimes that means you need the ice cream.  Be good to your body, but also to your mind and spirit.  You’re the only one who can.

And always, always know you are loved.

shouting out.

if i stood on top of a mountain with my echo resonating across the horizon and screamed i couldn't get any louder.  i'm standing here, screaming out at the top of my lungs.  i'm screaming out for you.  i'm waiting for a sign, a clear picture.  i want your vision in my mind.  i don't know how much longer i can take waiting.  i'm seeking and yet i can't find.  i'm looking but i just can't seem to see.  i'm screaming.

i have never

i have never had so little money to my name.  this must be what it's like to live in poverty.  gosh, am i ever thankful for my mom and dad! xxx