Fix You--Coldplay

When you try your best, but you don't succeed

When you get what you want, but not what you need

When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep

Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face

When you lose something you can't replace

When you love someone, but it goes to waste

Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home

And ignite your bones

And I will try to fix you

And high up above or down below

When you're too in love to let it go

But if you never try you'll never know

Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home

And ignite your bones

And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down on your face

When you lose something you cannot replace

Tears stream down on your face

And I...

Tears stream down on your face

I promise you I will learn from my mistakes

Tears stream down on your face

And I...

Lights will guide you home

And ignite your bones

And I will try to fix you

Perfect--Pink

Always rememember... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Rax2PXiWA

Made a wrong turn, once or twice
Dug my way out, blood and fire
Bad decisions, that's alright
Welcome to my silly life
Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood
Miss 'no way it's all good', it didn't slow me down
Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated
Look, I'm still around

Pretty pretty please, don't you ever ever feel
Like you're less than, less then perfect
Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel like you're nothing
You're perfect to me!

You're so mean, when you talk about yourself, you were wrong
Change the voices in your head, make them like you instead
So complicated, look how big you'll make it!
Filled with so much hatred, such a tired game
It's enough! I've done all I can think of
Chased down all my demons, I've seen you do the same

Oh, pretty pretty please, don't you ever ever feel
Like you're less than, less then perfect
Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel like you're nothing
You're perfect to me

The whole world's scared so I swallow the fear
The only thing I should be drinking is an ice cold beer
So cool in line, and we try try try, but we try too hard and it's a waste of my time
Done looking for the critics, cause they're everywhere
They don't like my jeans, they don't get my hair
Exchange ourselves, and we do it all the time
Why do we do that? Why do I do that?
Why do I do that?

Yeah, oh, oh baby, pretty please!
Pretty pretty please, don't you ever ever feel
Like you're less than, less then perfect
Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel
Like you're nothing, you're perfect to me
You're perfect, you're perfect!
Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel like you're nothing
You're perfect to me.

Empowered

Is it ok to feel strong? Is it alright to feel empowered? Its so foreign after listening to other people for so long. I feel like I'm breaking out of a shell, ready to take on the world, ready to say 'what the hell' and just dive into life feet first. I feel wired, is this newfound strength like a drug? It's addictive, taking over my being. I'm worth something. I'm beautiful. I'm confident. I can take on the world.

(Journal entry 2/23/11)

More--Matthew West

Take a look at the mountain, Stretching a mile high
Take a look at the ocean, Far as your eye can see
And think of me

Take a look at the desert, Do you feel like a grain of sand?
I am with you wherever, Where you go is where I am
And I'm always thinking of you

Take a look around you, I'm spelling it out one by one

I love you more than the sun
And the stars that I taught how to shine
You are mine and you shine for me too
I love you Yesterday And today And tomorrow
I'll say it again and again
I love you more

Just a face in the city, Just a tear on a crowded street
But you are one in a million, And you belong to me
And I want you to know, I'm not letting go
Even when you come undone

Shine for me, Shine for me
Shine on, shine on
Shine for me

And I see you, And I made you
And I love you more than you can imagine
More than you can fathom
I love you more than the sun
And you shine for me

Rely on God

Reliance. It's a word I grapple with so much... should I rely on myself? Rely on others? Well, how about neither? How about instead, rely on God? Relying only on yourself shuts you off from the love the rest of the world has to offer, and leaves you overwhelmed and alone. Relying on others is setting yourself up to be let down, for people will all, at some point, fail. Relying on God though, that's foolproof. He is always with us, so we are never alone. And he never fails, so we can fully lean on Him without having to worry that He will crumble. He wants us to lay all our burdens on Him... others will get tired of hearing your problems, but God never will. He will never let us down, even when we let Him down. So yes, we do need to let go and rely on others. But that "other" is God.

- Journal entry 4/9/11, Encounter retreat

Moving on

I'm moving on, letting go of the past and creating a new future.

I'm taking the mistakes from the past, learning and growing,

And then I'm throwing them away.

No longer will I be weighed down by doubts or regrets.

I'm tossing these away and feeling the relief of losing the burden.

I'm able to embrace the beauty of the world,

Embrace the beauty of the human community,

Embrace my own beauty.

It takes internal strength to choose to be happy,

To force down the feelings of helplessness and doubt

And replace them with hope and confidence.

But I'm moving on, looking forward, optimistic for the future.

- Journal entry 2/28/11

Quotes that inspire me...

- The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and let it come in. - Tuesdays with Morrie

- The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it. - Tuesdays with Morrie

- So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to the community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. - Tuesdays with Morrie

- In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right? And at the end of life, when you get like me, you need others to survive, right? But here’s the secret: in between, we need others as well. - Tuesdays with Morrie

- Be compassionate and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons the world would be so much better a place. Love each other or die. - Tuesdays with Morrie

- It’s not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done. You can’t get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened. - Tuesdays with Morrie

- You closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too-even when you are in the dark. Even when you're falling. - Tuesdays with Morrie

- And that's how change happens. one gesture. One person. One moment at a time.

- I am strong because I am weak. I am beautiful because I know my flaws. I am a lover because I am a fighter. I am fearless because I have been foolish. And I can laugh because I've known sadness.

- You've gotta wake up every morning with a smile on your face, and show the world all the love in your heart. Then you're gonna find, yes you will, that you're as beautiful as you feel.

- There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love. - The time traveler's wife

- Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Lonileness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love. But in reality love is the only thing in this world that covers up all pain and makes someone feel wonderful again.

- I deserve hell. The things I’ve done, God would be justified. God is not mocked. What you sow, you reap… You can’t work your way into heaven. Anytime you try and justify yourself with works, you disqualify yourself with works. What I do here, every day, for the rest of my life, is only my way of saying, ‘Lord, regardless of what eternity holds for me, let me give something back to you. I know I don’t even no scorecard. But let me make something of my life before I go... and then, Lord, I’m at your mercy.’ - Have a little faith (Mitch Albom)

- In the beginning, there was a question. In the end, the question gets answered. God sings, we hum along, and there are many melodies, but its all one song—one same, wonderful, human song. I am in love with hope. - Have a little faith

- Ask yourself, why did God create but one man? Why, if he meant for there to be faiths bickering with each other, didn’t he create that from the start? He created trees, right? Not one tree, countless trees. Why not the same with man? Because we are all from that one man—and all from that one God. That’s the message. - Have a little faith

- It's the heart afraid of dying, that never learns to dance; It's the dream afraid of waking, that never takes the chance; It's the one who won't be taken, who cannot seem to give; And the soul afraid of dying, that never learns to live.