Thursday, November 3, 2011

Paradise

When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach so
She ran away in her sleep and dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her eyes

- Coldplay, "Paradise"

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Pain

“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."

- Kahlil Gibran

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

One and Only

You've been on my mind
I grow fonder every day,
Lose myself in time
Just thinking of your face
God only knows
Why it's taking me so long
To let my doubts go
You're the only one that I want

I don't know why I'm scared,
I've been here before
Every feeling, every word,
I've imagined it all,
You never know if you never try
To forgive your past and simply be mine

I dare you to let me be your, your one and only
Promise I'm worthy to hold in your arms
So come on and give me the chance
To prove that I'm the one who can
Walk that mile until the end starts

If I've been on your mind
You hang on every word I say, lose yourself in time
At the mention of my name,
Will I ever know how it feels to hold you close?
And have you tell me whichever road I choose you'll go

- Adele, "One and Only"

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Stay Hungry

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ... Stay hungry. Stay foolish."

- Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
Rest in Peace

Simple and Complex

"That's been one of my mantras -- focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains."

- Steve Jobs
Rest In Peace

Monday, October 3, 2011

Rejection



"Rejection isn’t failure... Giving up is failure."

- Castle

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

King of Anything

And who cares if you disagree
You are not me
Who made you king of anything
So you dare tell me who to be
Who died and made you king of anything

All my life I've tried
To make everybody happy while I just hurt and hide
Waitin' for someone to tell me it's my turn to decide



- Sara Bareilles, "King of Anything" 

Monday, September 19, 2011

Good Life

When you're happy like a fool
Let it take you over
When everything is out
You gotta take it in

Oh this has gotta be the good life
This has gotta be the good life
This could really be a good life, good life

Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight
Like this city is on fire tonight
This could really be a good life
A good, good life

- One Republic, "Good Life"

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Today

"Today — do not be angry.
Today — do not worry.
Today — be kind to yourself and others.
Today — be honest to yourself and others.
Today — work diligently."

– Usui Sensei, 1865-1926

Monday, August 15, 2011

Sailing

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."

- William Arthur Ward

Friday, August 5, 2011

Committed

"There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results.”

- Ken Blanchard

Friday, July 22, 2011

Fickleness

"Now we're in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated," he says. "But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction. Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss."

- Plutarch, from the book "Mockingjay", the third in the Hunger Games Trilogy, written by Suzanne Collins

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Just Say Yes

"I'm running out of ways to make you see
I want you to stay here beside me
I won't be ok and I won't pretend I am
So just tell me today and take my hand
Please take my hand

Just say yes, just say there's nothing holding you back
It's not a test, nor a trick of the mind
Only love.

It's so simple and you know it is
You know it is, yeah
We can't be to and fro like this
All our lives
You're the only way to me
The path is clear
What do I have to say to you
For God's sake, dear."

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Permission

"When we give ourselves permission to be and feel everything we are -- monstrous, large, loud, brazen, occasionally ugly -- we age backward."

- From Elle Magazine 2011

Friday, July 15, 2011

Make You Feel My Love

"The storms are raging on the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet.

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love."

- Adele, "Make You Feel My Love"

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Good Things

"Sunlight fall down on the fields
Sunlight fall down over me
Work all day, be all that I can be
Say, I can say words only simple
Say, I can say words only clear
But, oh, I can feel your heart is beating near.
Haunted love is all that I feel, when you're passing by
Haunted love is all that I see, it's there in your eyes
And I say no, no, no, don't pass me over
No, no, no, don't pass me by
See, I can see good things for you and I
Yeah, good things for you."

- The Bodeans, "Good Things"

Sunday, June 26, 2011

All I Have

"It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear cause you are all that I have
There is a darkness deep in you
A frightening magic I cling to
Give me a chance to hold on."

- Snow Patrol, "You're All I Have"

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Yourself

"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken."

- Oscar Wilde

Monday, June 6, 2011

Know Life

‎"The way to know life is to love many things."

Vincent Van Gogh

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Still

"Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still."

- Chinese Proverb

Friday, May 20, 2011

Happy Rapture!

"It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine."

- R.E.M., "End of the World"

Monday, May 9, 2011

Guest Star

“Things change so quickly. I have no idea who’s going to be a recurring character and who’s just a guest star for one episode. Love is fascinating. Wishing for it, pining for it, and the anger that comes when you lose it. I used to think that I could figure out some pattern to love, like if you don’t text a guy back for a half hour, he’ll like you more. But there is no pattern. Absolutely nothing is predictable in love or in life.”

- Taylor Swift to Parade Magazine

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Past

"Bring the past only if you are going to build from it."

- Doménico Cieri Estrada

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Dues

"After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."

- Sophia Loren

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Good Enough

"I guess when all is said and done, you are who you are, and that should be good enough for everybody else."

-Susan Tamol

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Jump Rope

There'll be a bump and there will be a bruise
There'll be alarms and there will be a snooze
There'll be a path that you will have to choose
There'll be a win and there will be a lose and

You gotta hold your head up high and
Watch all the negative go by
Don't ever be ashamed to cry
You go ahead
Cause life's like a jump rope

Up down
Up down
Up down
Up down yeah
It will get hard
Remember life's like a jump rope


- Blue October, "Jump Rope"

Monday, April 18, 2011

Blow Away

No home, I don't want shelter
No calm, nothing to keep me from the storm
And you can't hold me down
'Cause I belong to the hurricane
It's gonna blow this all away.

- "Hurricane Drunk", Florence and the Machine

Friday, April 15, 2011

Distance

"Regardless of how distant your dreams may seem, every second counts."

- Dean Karnazes

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Confidence

"There will always be people who don't like my stand-up, just like there will always be men who don't want to date me. People have different tastes. But everyone is drawn to confidence, if it's real. So in the same fashion I deliver my jokes, I introduce myself to a guy. I am unapologetic and confident. If it doesn't work out? Next! Why judge yourself?

I'm not a traffic stopping model or the smartest person in the room. The more your get to know me, the prettier I become... My real beauty lies in my humor, strength, the kind of sister, daughter, and friend I am. But more than anything, it lies in my ability to truly not give a shit what anyone thinks of me. Because I know what I think."

- Comedian Amy Schumer, Cosmopolitan Magazine, March 2011

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Greatest Mistake

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."

- Elbert Hubbard

Monday, April 4, 2011

Doubts

"Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt."

- William Shakespeare, "Measure for Measure"

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Great Things

"No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind."

-Epictetus

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Leadership

"It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well."

- Albus Dumbledore/J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,

Friday, March 25, 2011

Understand Backwards

"Life, too, is like that. You live it forward, but understand it backward. It is only when you stop and look to the rear that you see the corpse caught under your wheel."

- From the book "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Magic

"Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in the magic will never find it."

- Roald Dahl

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Get it Right

What have I done
Wish I could run
Away from this ship going under
Just trying to help
Hurt everyone else
Now I feel the weight of the world
Is on my shoulders

What can you do
When your good isn't good enough
And all that you touch tumbles down
Cause my best intentions
Keep making a mess of things
I just wanna fix it somehow
But how many times will it take
Oh how many times will it take
For me to get it right
To get it right

Can I start again
With my faith shaken
Cause I can't go back and undo this
I just have to stay and face my mistakes
But if I get stronger and wiser
I'll get through this
What can you do
When your good isn't good enough
And all that you touch tumbles down

Cause my best intentions
Keep making a mess of things
I just wanna fix it somehow
But how many times will it take
Oh how many times will it take
For me to get it right

So I throw up my fist
Throw a punch in the air and
Accept the truth that sometimes life isn't fair
Yea I'll send out a wish
Yea I'll send up a prayer
And finally someone will see
How much I care

What can you do
When your good isn't good enough
And all that you touch tumbles down
Oh my best intentions
Keep making a mess of things
Just wanna fix it somehow
But how many times will it take
Oh how many times will it take
To get it right, to get it right.

- "Get it Right", Glee

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Just a Fantasy

Uh, and I know it’s just a fantasy
I cordially invite you to ask why can’t it be?
Now we can do nothing bout the past
But we can do something about the future that we have
We can make fast or we can make it last.

- Lupe Fiasco, "All Black Everything"

Monday, March 14, 2011

Bump in the Road

"Whenever you have any bump in the road, whether it's two weeks or two years, there are so many naysayers. Let it fuel you. Don't take it personally. Go out and prove them wrong."

- Jenny Simpson

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Get What You Give

But when the night is falling
And you cannot find the light
If you feel your dream is dying
Hold tight
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget you only get what you give

- New Radicals, "You Get What You Give"

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Change It

"If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it."

- Mary Engelbreit

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Destiny

"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it."

- Kung Fu Panda

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

No More Tears

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

- Mumford and Sons, "After the Storm"

Investing

"Where you invest your love, you invest your life."

- Mumford and Sons, "Awake My Soul"

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Just Get Up and Go

"Nobody cares if you're not a good dancer. Just get up and dance. The same holds true for racing. Whether first or last, we all cross that same finish line. Just get out there and run."

- Dean Karnazes

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Win the Future

"We shouldn't just give our people a government that's more affordable. We should give them a government that's more competent and efficient. We cannot win the future with a government of the past."

- President Barack Obama, State of the Union January 25, 2011

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Happiness

"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere."

- Agnes Repplier

Friday, January 21, 2011

Jar of Hearts

Don’t you know I’m not your ghost anymore.
You lost the love I love the most.
I learn to live half alive and now you want me one more time.

Who do you think you are?
Running around leaving scars.
Collecting your jar of hearts.
Tearing love apart.
You’re gonna catch a cold from the ice inside your soul.

So don’t come back for me.

- Christina Perri, "Jar of Hearts"

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Wonderstruck

"This night is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew.
This night is flawless, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, dancing around all alone
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you."

- Taylor Swift, "Enchanted"

Thursday, January 13, 2011

For My Friends and Family

If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea
I'll sail the world to find you
If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see
I'll be the light to guide you

Find out what we're made of
What we are called to help our friends in need

You can count on me like one, two, three
I'll be there and I know when I need it
I can count on you like four, three, two
And you'll be there 'cause that's what friends
Are supposed to do, oh yeah, ooh, ooh

If you toss and you turn and you just can't fall asleep
I'll sing a song beside you
And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me
Everyday I will remind you...

...You'll always have my shoulder when you cry
I'll never let go, never say goodbye.

- "Count on Me", Bruno Mars

No Curtain Call

I have no time for fear or people in my ear
Head down and running so fast, try not to dwell on the past
I'm fighting through this pain and things I cannot change
Running right into the flame rather than running away.

As it's winding down to zero I am yours like a hero
I'll see this through, there's so much me and you
Take this enemy together, fight these demons off forever
Forever, forever, forever

5, 4, 3, 2, 1, I won't stop until it's done
No curtain call, I will not fall
This may be the one we've been waiting for
No curtain call, just take it all

- "No Curtain Call", Maroon 5

Monday, January 10, 2011

Hotel Hell

Dwight: Welcome to the Hotel Hell. Check in time now. Check out time is never.
Jim: Does my room have cable?
Dwight: No, and the sheets are made of fire!
Jim: Can I change rooms?
Dwight: No, we're all booked up. Hell convention in town!
Jim: Can I have a late check out?
Dwight: I'll have to talk to the manager.
Jim: You're not the manager...even in your own fantasy?
Dwight: I'm the owner....the co-owner. With Satan!
Jim: Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Dwight: But I haven't told you my salary.
Jim: Go.
Dwight: Eighty thousand dollars a year!