Sometimes we need something inspirational to read...I find a lot of wonderful words in some of my favourite songs, but I also have others from wonderful people; and I thought I'd share them with you. There's a lot, but I find they all have a powerful meaning. So when you get some time, read, and think about them :)
"We will all come to the point in our life where we have to admit that we feel defeated, that something has conquered us. We must change, not because we want to, but because we desperately have to. We can not take life in its current suffocating state, even to admit such desperation shows that we are feeling deserted, wandering the barren desert, a shell of our former selves. It is only up from here, it is impossible to sink any lower into ourselves or our circumstances. But we can be salvaged, a deliverance. No vice can stand, no fix can take. The thorn in the side can be removed, but you have to be willing to admit and surrender. Surrender your habits, your lifestyle, your past, your present, and your future. This is your new surrender. The ...new surrender. New Surrender." —Stephen Christian
"You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good." -Jerry West
"I think there's something more, life's worth living for. Who knows what could happen? Do what you do, just keep on laughing. One thing's true, there's always a brand new day. I'm gonna live today like it's my last day" -Avril Lavinge
"How can you expect to win this war, if you're too afraid to fight?" -Anberlin
"This is your time to weep. This is your time to morn. Not yet time to build up, Just a time to tear down old walls" -Between the Trees
"I drew a picture of my problems when I was going insane. And I focused on the currents. It's the funny thing about it, I never seem to worry that every single current's not the same.It's all about position, and where I choose to lay." -The Dangerous Summer
"I'm a paint brush in a way. I'm simple, yeah, I'm plain. I'm colored all the same, I have meaning if you find it in yourself." -The Dangerous Summer
"If you're running, From your secrets, I won't make you take them with you. I am ready, I can take it. You don't have to carry them alone. There's a way out. If you want it. To an end or a new beginning...You just have to find it on your own." -Dashboard Confessional
"I've got troubled thoughts, and the self-esteem to match. What a catch, what a catch" - Fall Out Boy
"And you asked me what I want this year, and I try to make this kind and clear, just a chance that maybe we'll find better days. 'Cause I don't need boxes wrapped in strings, and designer love and empty things,just a chance that maybe we'll find better days. So take these words and sing out loud, 'cause everyone is forgiven now 'cause tonight's the night the world begins again." -The Goo Goo Dolls
And even though the moment's passed me by, I still cant turn away, I saw the dreams you never thought you'd lose, Tossed along the way. Letters that you never meant to send, Lost and thrown away. And now we are grown up orphans that never knew their names, We dont belong to no one thats a shame. You could hide beside me, Maybe for a while, And I won't tell no one your name..And I won't tell your name. Scars are souvenirs you'll never lose, the past is never far. Did you lose yourself somewhere out there? Did you get to be a star? And don't it make you sad to know that life, Is more than who we are?" - The Goo Goo Dolls
"I'm a victim, of my symptoms. I am my own worst enemy." -Green Day
"Is this what you wanted? Is this what you're fighting for? Are you stuck in your reasons? Can't leave 'em at the door. This city is burning, We're the only ones alive. So take all the knifes we lost in the rhymes, And leave them behind. Outside outside lookin' inside, Inside we will find, Everything's easier on the other side, everything, everything." -Green River Ordinance
"You've gotta swim, Swim for your life. Swim for the music that saves you, When you're not so sure you'll survive, You gotta swim, And swim when it hurts, The whole world is watching, You haven't come this far, To fall off the earth. The currents will pull you, Away from your love...Just keep your head above." -Jack's Mannequin
"Even though it's hard to hear the truth, It's every little thing that makes you move, and there is a reflection in the mirror you don't believe. Darling it's so hard to understand, I wish that I could fix how you feel instead. Baby, why'd you do that, I can see through that, Give it a chance. You can't just disappear, I'm begging you to come on out, come on out, I promise that the coast is clear" -My Favorite Highway
"Life flies by so you have to embrace it. Forget the past 'cause you cannot erase it. So live the dream, and learn to chase it, And when you can almost taste it...It's all come alive." -My Favorite Highway
"What a shame We all became such fragile, broken things, A memory remains just a tiny spark, I give it all my oxygen, To let the flames begin. So let the flames begin. Oh, glory. Oh, glory. This is how we'll dance when, When they try to take us down. This is what will be, Oh, glory. Somewhere weakness is our strength, And I'll die searching for it, I can't let myself regret, Such selfishness.My pain and all the trouble caused, No matter how long.I believe that there's hope, Buried beneath it all, and, Hiding beneath it all, and Growing beneath it all.." -Paramore
"You're not alone. There's more to this I know. You can make it out. You will live to tell" -Saosin
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And the one I love to live by most:
"Flowers grow out of darker moments." -Anonymous
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I hope everyone got something out of this...I know some of these words have helped me greatly.
Keep fighting
Paige xoxo