cause everybody dies, but not everyone lives

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed. Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear. So too, your hopes, ambitions, plans and to-do lists will expire. The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away. It won’t matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end. It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant. So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured? What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave. What will matter is not your success, but your significance. What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught. What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example. What will matter is not your competence, but your character. What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone. What will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who loved you. What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what. Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident. It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice. Choose to live a life that matters. It really matters.

Cheese Sticks.

 he said something about this hehe

For Christmas, I just want your presence, I don’t want your presents.

words.

  • Him: Sorry Baby, What happened?
  • Me: it's alright
  • Him: Insecureeee?
  • Me: huh?
  • Him: You insecure. If you ain't doing nothing wrong you don't gotta worry =]
  • Me: Alright then I'ma count on that
  • In life, words are stated to set bars and expectations... I don't hold accountable anyone to their words only because I understand everyone is human. I really am not naive. I just give people the benefit of the doubt no matter what. I really hope we make it past 2010...This year has been crazy hell for us. I'm ready for the negative to turn into positive because the more you lose the more you gain. Crying is a big part of me. I haven't noticed but it's been... My mother had asurgery due to excessive crying and it caused a tumor in her throat. She had it removed but I know she hurts when she sees her daughter is going there. Realizing everything I have, I need nothing more than larry and my family. These people are going to not even have to worry about me becasue I'm gonna have my own. I'm losing a big part of me, and onto the next year because I'm ready to gain.
  • But then:
  • After he does the most cruelest thing to me, with swallowed pride and my heart I told him I foregive you, even though there wasn't one pint of foregiveness he was seeking in that face. I truely believe that in this life everyone will hurt you but it's up to you to pick who and whose worth it. Chasing dreams. Chasing my heart. I hope I don't need to chase my heart. I hope he doesn't run away and abandon me. In a way I feel in my heart, I wanna be there already I wanna get it already. But it's not about the goal. it's about the journey there.. I think me and his journey is pretty crazy... and I'm anticipating how our new adventures will come. I got faith and hope and there ain't no mountain high enough aint no river wide enough to keep me from getting to you *_^

 

Because I have never been treated badly, never been blatantly disrespected by a woman with whom I was in a relationship, I always wished them the best when our journey ended. Even if we couldn’t remain friends, I care about them and their happiness.

So to the men out there who got next on my girl, here’s something I’d like to say to you. Man to man.

I’m not here to ruffle any feathers; not in the business of starting some drama. Man to man, I just feel like I need to say something and when I’m done, no need to thank me, just take what I say about your girl for what it’s worth and use it to your liking.

Your new girl is my ex girl, and as you probably already know she’s a great girl. What you might not know is she’s absolutely crazy, but don’t worry she’s going to show you that sooner than later. She’s crazy and yeah, I’ll be the first to admit, a part of her craziness is probably my fault. I didn’t find her like that, I kind of made her like that.

I did some things I shouldn’t of done when we were together. I made her mad, I made her cry, I made her a skeptic. So now, she’s a little crazy, and you’re about to see that firsthand, but here’s my advice, for what it’s worth. Just roll with it. Because as crazy as she gets, watch what happens when she goes crazy over you.

She’s going to treat you like a king, and probably do things for you she used to tell me she would never do for anyone. Things like, learn how to make a dish she never made before just because you said you had a taste for it, or watch a show she swore she wouldn’t like just because it’s your favorite.

She’ll do little things like that just to show how crazy she is over you, but to get there, you’re going to have to be a little crazy too. Crazy to put up with her antics, the ones she developed when she was with me. Things like, going through your phone while you’re in the shower just because it’s unlocked, or going off on you just because you went out with your friends and didn’t call when you said you were going to call.

I should apologize, in advance, for all that BS, you’re going to endure, because a part of it is my fault. But, look man, it’s worth it. Trust me. That little bit of crazy she has, in exchange for all the good she can offer, is a fair trade. You just have to be willing to work for it, like I did, and let me tell you, it’s not going to be easy.

Because I may have made her crazy, but how do you think I did that? It’s not only because of the bad I done, it’s also because of the good.

I set the bar high, my dude. Just ask her how high. She’ll probably tell you, I did okay, but trust me, the minute you mess up, she’ll think back to how I did better than okay. A big reason why I’m friends with all my exes to this day is because in retrospect, all of them give me props for how good I treated them, and your woman, my ex, is no different.

I made her laugh, and she loved that. I made her smile, she loved that. I knew how to make her feel good, and she loved that. So don’t think because she’s not with me now, and you’re in there, you’re better than. No, you’re just next, and not only do you have to meet the bar I set, it’s on you to raise it higher.

For that, you don’t need any words of advice from me, you just need to sip from a big old bottle of patience and hope your methods are better than mine. You have a good woman, my man. A very good woman. Don’t just treat her right. Treat her better than I did.

Jozen Cummings

I didn’t plan on falling in love with you, and I doubt if you planned on falling in love with me. But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening to us. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has happened only once and that’s why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I’ll never forget a single moment of it.

 -The Notebook

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all. LJ

i would get this tattoood with better faces

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