No Envy, No Fear

Some are reaching, few are there,
Wandering from a hero's chair.
Some are scared to fly so high,
Well this is how we have to try.
Have no envy and no fear.

- Joshua Radin, "No Envy, No Fear"

How Far Do You Wanna Go?

There's an open sky staring back at us
And it's daring us to tear it up
Bury that town in a cloud of dust
How far do you wanna go?

- Gloriana, "How Far Do You Wanna Go?"

Run to You

I run from hate
I run from prejudice
I run from pessimists
But I run too late
I run my life
Or is it running me
Run from my past
I run too fast
Or too slow it seems
When lies become the truth
That’s when I run to you

This world keeps spinning faster
Into a new disaster so I run to you
I run to you baby
And when it all starts coming undone
Baby you’re the only one I run to
I run to you

We run on fumes
Your life and mine
Like the sands of time
Slippin’ right on through
And our love’s the only truth
That’s why I run to you

- "I Run to You", Lady Antebellum

Distinction

"We are distinct from each other and often strive to distinguish ourselves further. Yet each dimension of distinction is apt at least to establish commonality with a set of others similarly distinguished. There is no simple sameness unmarked by difference, but likewise no distinction not dependent on some background of common recognition."

- Hannah Arendt, found in the book "Viral Loop" by Adam Penenberg

Shattered

How many times can I break till I shatter?
Over the line can't define what I'm after
I always turn the car around
Give me a break let me make my own pattern
All that it takes is some time but I'm shattered
I always turn the car around.

-O.A.R. "Shattered"

Free as a Bird

If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be traveling on now
There's too many places I've gotta see
If I stay here with you girl
Things just couldn't be the same

Cause I'm as free as a bird now
And this bird you cannot change
Oooh ooh ooh
And the bird you cannot change
And this bird you cannot change
Lord knows I cannot change

Bye bye its been sweet love
Though this feeling I cannot change
Please don't take this so badly
Cause lord knows i'm to blame
If I stay here with you girl
Things just couldn't be the same

- "Freebird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Undisclosed Desires

I know you've suffered

But I don't want you to hide

It's cold and loveless

I won't let you be denied

Soothing, I'll make you feel pure

Trust me, you can be sure

I want to reconcile the violence in your heart

I want to recognize your beauty's not just a mask

I want to exorcise the demons from your past

I want to satisfy the undisclosed desires in your heart.

- "Undisclosed Desires" by Muse

Wild at Heart

I ain't here to do anything half-way
Don't give a damn what anyone might say
I just wanna free fall for a while

That rebel moon is shinin'
Those stars burn like diamonds
Hell bent on chasin' down that crazy side
I'll follow you where you're leading
To the first sweet taste of freedom
You got me runnin' baby,
Wild at heart

- Gloriana, Wild at Heart

Phenomenal

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size

But when I start to tell them,

They think I'm telling lies.

I say,

It's in the reach of my arms

The span of my hips,

The stride of my step,

The curl of my lips.

I'm a woman,

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

- "Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou

Speechless

"And I know that it’s complicated
But I’m a loser in love
So baby raise a glass to mend
All the broken hearts
Of all my wrecked up friends

I’ll never talk again
Oh boy you’ve left me speechless
You’ve left me speechless so speechless

I’ll never love again,
Oh friend you’ve left me speechless
You’ve left me speechless, so speechless"

- Lady Gaga, Speechless

Scars

"Scars remind us of where we've been, they don't have to dictate where we're going."

- Agent Rossi, "Criminal Minds"

If You Just Believe

"Believe in what your heart is saying
Hear the melody that's playing
There's no time to waste
There's so much to celebrate
Believe in what you feel inside
And give your dreams the wings to fly
You have everything you need
If you just believe."

- Josh Groban "Believe"

From The Polar Express

Keep Holding On

LOVE LOVE LOVE Glee

http://www.fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=glee&ep=1255133875312

Keep Holding On.

Run This Town

Life's a game, but it's not fair
I break the rules so I don't care
So I keep doin' my own thing
Walkin' tall against the rain

Victory's within the mile
Almost there, don't give up now
Only thing that's on my mind
Is who's gonna run this town tonight.

- Jay Z, Rihanna, Kanye West "Run This Town Tonight"

Third Act Twist

Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches you he likes you. Never try to trim your own bangs. And someday, you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, every story we're told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy, maybe... it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is... just... moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment you never gave up hope.

- Gigi

To Sleep

A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by
One after one; the sound of rain, and bees
Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas,
Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky -
I've thought of all by turns, and still I lie
Sleepless...

~William Wordsworth, "To Sleep"

Content

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

- Epicurus

Love After Love

The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each other will smile at the other's welcome,

and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you

all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,

the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.

- Derek Walcott
Found in the book The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Black and White

This whole city’s black and white
Tell me what is your color.
Could it be the same as mine?
Faded greens and blue street lights,
There’s a red fire burning
From the sea up to the sky.

I don’t want to wait until tomorrow
To tell you how I’d feel the rest of my life
You don’t want a waste another minute when you realize
Walking on the dark side of the evening
Baby it is you, that opened my eyes
Burning like a fire on the water
The city of black and white.

Won’t you just stay?
Won’t you just stay?

I’m on the top stair looking down
And their coming up to me
It’s where the whole world wants to be found
Golden rings and coffee brown
There’s white flag waving
Where my heart is on the ground.

I don’t want to wait until tomorrow
To tell you how I’d feel the rest of my life
You don’t want a waste another minute when realize
Walking on the dark side of the evening
Baby it was you that opened my eyes
Burning like a fire on the water
The city of black and white.

Won’t you just stay?
Won’t you just stay?

Won’t you just stay now

When the light glows
Over a dark street
No one else knows
So take my hands
I’ll carry you, you can carry me.

‘Cause I don’t want to wait until tomorrow
To tell you how I’d feel the rest of my life

Nothing Easy

"Nothing worth anything ever goes down easy."

~Mat Kearney, "On and On"