“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

So many of us come up with excuses as to why we can’t do something. Truth of the matter is, most of us could do something about it, but we choose not to. If you really want something in life, then what are you waiting for? If it’s something that you really want, then you will do something about it. If you don’t, then you must not really want it that bad.

“Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.”

We may not know it now, but every moment in our lives, good or bad, big or small, is leading us to a moment that we’ve been waiting for. We all become frustrated with things, I know that I do. When I’m in school, I just keep thinking to myself “why do I study when it gets me nowhere” or “why do I even try”. The only thing that keeps me going is to know that one day it will all pay off. I’ve made it this far, I can’t give up now.

“There are things that we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn, and people we can’t live without but have to let go.”

Although we don’t want certain things to happen in life, they still do. We don’t have any control, but we do have control over how we handle these situations. Everyone eventually loses someone or something that they never intended to lose. It doesn’t make it fair and it doesn’t make it okay, but its life. Life is a funny thing, isn’t it? At times, it can be the greatest thing and at other times… not so much. Sometimes it brings you up just to knock you down, but its like Dory from Finding Nemo says, “You know what you gotta do when life gets you down? Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.”

My quotes

“Don’t become so caught up in life itself that you lose yourself.”

Sadly, our world is not all that great.  I don’t even know how to begin to explain our generation. The only thing I have to say to our generation is that you can’t expect others to respect you if you can’t respect yourself. Don’t change yourself just to “fit in” to society because you do not want to be like today’s society- sorry not sorry. A lot of people don’t even notice it, but they begin to lose themselves; don’t be one of them.

“Always fight for what you believe in, even if you’re the only one fighting.”

If you don’t stand up for what you believe in, then you’ll never get anywhere in life. At some point you have to make a stand. You can’t just sit back and expect everything to work out perfectly. If you want to make a change, then go out there and do it; be the change. Even if you’re the only one fighting, at least you fought for what you believed in and you stood your ground. It's like my Granddaddy always told me, "winners never quit and quitters never win."