STOP!!!!!!

Stop. One of the first words that we as humans except and apply to our lives as early as we start using the beloved words such as mama, Dada. So why is that a word that has been apart of our lives since we were crawling across the floor, is a word that we as a society still cannot fully grasp and execute correctly? This world is proving at an alarming rate that limitations are not something that are to be accepted. Why should we stop? Why should we stop making our portions larger at all our favorite fast food joints? I'm not getting bigger, my pants are just shrinking! Why should we stop upping the price for gasoline? I like to pump gold into my car once a week! Why should we stop putting songs on the radio that our elementary students are listening to at such an impressionable age? "So what we get drunk, so what we smoke weed, we're just havin fun, we don't care who See's" Johnny what on earth are you singing?! Don't worry mom! its on the top 10 list!" So what it's no longer uncommon to see a pregnant teenager in the hallways, keep making those movies about how much fun sex is!! They're funny!

This world knows no limitations. If one is set, we take it to court and sue it for everything it has. We. Need. To. Stop.

Stop thinking we are superior creatures that have no one to answer to.
Stop believing that happiness can be found at the bottom of a bottle.
Stop enabling children to begin making the same mistakes as adults, just at a younger age.
Stop thinking there is no way back.
Stop asking yourself, "why me" and start asking, "where's best to go from here."
Stop looking out for yourself so much, and look at for someone else.
Stop frowning, your life is as beautiful as you want it to be.
Stop just existing in a world that lives without consequence, and start living a life with a greater purpose.

"Even Make A Pizza Pie!"

" Your hands can do so many many things...Your hands can brush your teeth or comb your hair, THROW a ball into the air, WAVE hello or wave goodbye, EVEN make a pizza pie!"
I have been blessed with so much. I think often times I forget how greatful I need to be about the amazing ability I have to not just have hands, but working hands that provide me with so much! Brushing my teeth, combing my hair, throwing balls into the air, waving, hitting my little sister, petting a doggie, but what might just be one of the best and most important things these beautiful hands of mine can do.....make a pizza pie. What a mouth watering, jaw dropping, and all around happy experience it is to indulge in some pizza pie! You can dress it up and make it fancy, tone it down and make it simple, drench it in meat and grease and make it life threatening, thin the crust and make it healthy, but most importantly you can make it the best part of your day! I am a proud consumer of the pizza pie! Yes, it makes my pants fit a little tighter than I may always like, but it also makes my smile wider. Sometimes you just have to treat yourself to the things in life that without fail put a smile on your face.

Beautiful

I have learned something about this life I am living. It is so Beautiful. A mist all the chaos that we call the world, there is something Beautiful waiting to be found. I believe that we have a God with a sense of humor. He enjoys a good laugh just as much as we do, which makes me believe that He likes to put Beautiful things and Beautiful situations right in the middle of things that can come across  unattractive. Its all a matter of choice to take a little time to try and find the Beauty. Have you ever looked closely enough at the pretty little reflection your gas light makes off the glass?Or are we too busy being upset that we have to fill it up again? I've noticed that when my little sister gets angry with me, her eyebrows get pushed together reminding me of how cute she was when she was little, but how often do I notice that when I'm trying to think of something mean to say back? All of you who have the disgusting privilege of getting up before the sun, when was the last time you tried a little harder not to be cursing your alarm clock for going off and deiced to notice what a wonderful and beautiful sky we have right before the sun makes its way into our day. Anytime you have a bad dream, have you ever noticed what a Beautiful feeling it is to wake up in a world much better than the one behind your closed eye's? Saying goodbye is never an easy thing to do, but every time you are put in the situation to say goodbye, that means you were first given the Beautiful privilege to say hello. Isn't it just Beautiful.

All Dogs Go To Heaven

She had a nose that was constantly working. Eye's that were always smiling. A tail longer than a baby. An endless amount of things to say and no problem with saying them loud. The happiest heart and most beautiful colors on her coat. She was a great listener, and the best entertainer. She loved carrots and pretending to be intemidating to squirles. She liked to lick the lotion on my legs and cracked me up when she would waggle her eyebrows when she was half asleep. She had an endless amount of hair that is like glitter, once it gets on you there's no getting off. But thats ok, I want her with me. I love you Chanely, Thanks for always being the one thing we all had in common, the one thing all of us always loved and will never stop loving.

Sara Cross

psshtt....

I do this. I do this all the freaking time. Shame on you for using me the way you did the first time. But you know what? Shame on me for letting you use me the next...uh well like 50 times HA! That's OK though. I have learned so much from all of it. I have learned that I am worth the effort EVERYDAY not just every few days. I have learned that I don't care TOO much, I just need to find people that care just as much as me. I can't even pretend like this is about one person, because being completely honest with myself, its not, I let people do this to me all the time. Despite fervent efforts on my part (well occasionally) I'm not so sure I can just say, hey! I'm gonna start looking out for myself a bit! This is unrealistic for someone like me. However, even though its going to hurt me, I need to slowly start easing these people out of my life. I'm not, and have ever tried to pretend to be, some amazing person, but you know what? I put everything I have into the relationships around me. If I have ever told you that I love you, it's because I sincerely do. I put every effort I can into making sure that you are happy in every aspect. So do I not deserve the same? I wonder if I stopped trying so hard to reach out to people to make sure that they're doing good...how many relationships of mine would die out? How many people that I care SO much about would try at all? I know that I have best friends who would....but then again I think I know who wouldn't. So guess what I have to say to all of that malarkey...Psshtt...

JUST DO IT!

Firstly I would like to cordially welcome you all into a highly anticipated year! 2012! I hope you have all achieved your life's dreams because apparently we are all going to die this year....sorry. Some of you may be laughing, as have I once or twice perhaps, but you know what? Maybe they're on to something. I cannot even begin to list the amount of things I have set out to do then justified not finishing. We all do it. So what if instead of making this just another year, we live it like the last. What if we do everything we've said we've always wanted to do. What if we start becoming a person that our Savior would be proud of. What if we actually do loose that few pounds hanging over the pants that use to fit us. What if we just do it? I spend a whole lot of my time coming up with superb scenario's in my mind. I'm a regular pro at the pretending games, which is probably why I get along so well with children. So I guess my goal for this new year is to have no goals. No, because goals are something you just "reach" to complete. This year I am going to set expectations for myself. All I need to do now....is think of them.....hahaha I'm just kidding :)