So Good

"Be so good they can't ignore you."

- Steve Martin

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" 

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

Firework

You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow
And when it's time, you'll know

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh
As you shoot across the sky

"Firework", by Katy Perry

Life Long Love

"To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance."

- Oscar Wilde

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