Life. Simplified.

Come what may and love it.

Simple enough, right? Wrong. I don't love waking up in the morning with a precious new zit, I refuse to love it. It can go away, don't "come what" on my face! I mean....

Okay, so I know that's not exactly what the saying is supposed to get across, but I think we can all agree that it's hard to get used to being acted upon when we want to feel in control of our lives. I think there is a word missing somewhere in the middle. How about,

Come what may and TRY to love it.

For instance, I love my job. I coach cheerleading and tumbling to girls from the age of 5-16. There is an obviously wide range of skills and maturity levels that I deal with on a daily basis, but at the end of the day I love it. I get to feel a part of something, more importantly I get to feel a part of these young girls (and a few boys) lives. Now, there are definitely days when I leave the gym shaking my head and refusing to ever have children because my students have assured me that all boys and girls are spawns of Satan and on those days I don't even TRY to love my job or those evil little individuals. On the other hand, after being away from them for a few months while finishing school, returning to my job was the biggest reminder of how much I love kids and love watching them learn and grow! Basically, I just need to try to love when I don't like the things that come my way in the form of talkative and snotty children. :)

SO. To entertain your little eyes, I'm feeling reminiscent of my days of cheerleading and gymnastics and have added some inspiring and amazing pictures of those I now get to live my dreams through.

 I'm obviously biased... Cheer Athletics produces the world's best cheerleaders. Period.

 Wildcats best year in my opinion. Stomped Top Gun. And Jake's jumps...

 Start 'em young.

Now I feel the need to go work out...

Lo and behold, the glory days are o.v.e.r.

A Toast to the Cliches

The validity of cliches in my life have become way too overwhelming. Go on pinterest and try NOT to find some stupid quote that relates exactly to how you are/were feeling when someone didn't understand just how amazing you are and how horrible their life will be without you. Then think of the times when you thought you could do anything to make it work, and it didn't. Think of all the things you told yourself to make yourself feel better in the moment. They become cliche for a reason. They are life's constants ... even though we may not want to admit that out loud. I'm putting my pride aside and dedicating this post to the cliches of the broken and the healed, the cynics and the hopefuls, the bold and the beautiful (I'm not taking credit for this last one, I just wanted 3 comparisons because I like odd numbers):

This one is classic, because really, who wants to accept anything they have no control over? It's a lovely concept, but don't get too hung up on it.

This one is a personal fave... Through experience my advice is to delete any and all memory of them possible and make up horrible imaginary fights in your head so you never want to talk to them again. 

Smile because you are medicated from the drama they made you endure... In the long run you can smile because either you are finally happy and/or they/their wife got fat/ugly.

Best way to go. Let people surprise you!

This one is sweet, and we all want to be the exception when usually we are the rule. (Read "He's Just Not That Into You" Immediately if you didn't understand this)

Elizabeth Taylor, everyone! Pulling through with the "fake it till you make it" concept with a touch of her own glamour.

You WILL have more than one of these in your life. Let them go when you must.

So that we all remember just who is in control... Let everyone see you live out your once upon a time

Never forget this. A cliche to help us all believe that things will get better and we are not alone.

New years resolution!: Know yourself.

We are all STRONG human beings who are capable of so much more than we can imagine.

We may pretend not to notice, but it's always in hindsight that we are able to say we KNEW it was a lie.

A cliche to keep us hopeful when the world let's us down...

We are individuals with individual talents that do NOT need or deserve to be unnoticed. Be yourself, PLEASE. And don't apologize when others can't appreciate that.

This one hits close to home for me... quitting isn't always a bad thing. Having a backbone doesn't make you jaded or ungrateful, but instead it means you have self worth. Know the difference.

Lo and Behold, I'm a walking cliche.

An Apology is in Order....

Everything lately has been inspiring me. Finishing college has put a new perspective on life for me that really makes the possibilities seem endless. This newfound freedom has caused me to be somewhat overwhelmed in narrowing down exactly what it is I should be doing with my life. This is the first time that I have had to make this large of a decision on my own, if you saw how hard it is for me to get dressed on any given day, which can easily onset a hissy fit followed by the surrender to the uniform of zella live-ins and an oversized sweater, than you can only imagine the worst case scenarios I've been calculating in this anxious little brain of mine!

I feel awful for neglecting this blog, but I thought I was in love and didn't want to bore everyone with my ups and downs as I tried to figure it out. But I'm back and stable, for those of you who care. Here to inspire you with the things that inspire me, I will hopefully ramble my way into a meaningful and promising decision with regards to my future!

Lo and Behold... I miss college... (better yet, I miss people planning my near future for me so I have someone else to blame when things go haywire)