Life Rule #17: Don't Doubt Yourself

You possess a beauty that is unlike everybody else.  No one else can take that away from you.  There is a spark in you that can spread to other people.  Use everyday to make some one smile.  You are amazing, special, and beautiful.  And most importantly, God loves you.  A lot.

Life Rule #16: Take A Break Once in a While

Sometimes you just need to step back from the stress and drama and all your problems and see how blessed you are.  In perspective, you are very lucky to be alive.  So many lives have been cut short because of evil, hate, love, passion, greed, and chance and that's just how life goes.  Everybody dies and their life on earth crumbles away.  Your earthly presence becomes a mere name on a tombstone.  So love, live, and enjoy it.  You never know if tomorrow will be the day you lose it.

Life Rule #15: Be Yourself, Always

Don't be someone you're not.  You are you-not someone else.  Don't try to fit in and change yourself in order to do so.  Let everything you go through let the best part of you shine through.


Don't shine so others can see you, shine so others can see Him, through you.

Life Rule #14: Be a Queen

A queen is someone who has a healthy value of self-worth.  Not like a diva or a princess.  A true queen lifts up the people around her.

Life Rule #13: Be Smart

Look at every situation and see what needs to be seen, help what needs to be helped, and let go of what needs to be let go.


"Girls, you've gotta know when its time to turn the page."
        --Marilyn Monroe

Life Rule #12: Be Brave

"I'm bulletproof // Nothin to lose // Fire away fire away // Ricochet // You take your aim // Fire away fire away // You shoot me down // But I won't fall // I am titanium // You shoot me down // But I won't fall // I am titanium"
        --David Guetta ft. Sia, Titanium


Be brave, push aside your fears.  Life is TOO SHORT for regrets.  Too short.  Bravery isn't the absence of fear, it's the ability to not let those fears get in the way of your life.

Life Rule #11: Dream Big

Dream and dream big!  You never know if those dreams can come true!  Strive to achieve your goals and reach your dreams.  The world is a magical place.



"For in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own."
       --Albus Dumbledore

Life Rule #10: Look People in the Eyes

It shows confidence.  It shows that you're strong enough to live in the present and keep on moving no matter what tries to hold you back.  It shows that you are comfortable and at ease.  That is what makes other people feel comfortable.

Life Rule #9: Work Hard

Hard work shows perseverance.
Perseverance shows spirit.
Spirit shows virtue.
Life shouldn't come on you easily.  It should be a challenge that contains some rough times which require hard work to get through.  Whether its giving that last ounce of stamina at a soccer game or getting everything done for work or school, work hard.  It pays off.

Life Rule #8: Give Back

It never hurts to give to those who need it.  Remember that while you complain about having chicken for the third time in a row, someone else would be very happy to even eat the leftovers of you meal.  "Find a cause that's meaningful to you and make it your own."
        --Bobbi Brown

Life Rule #7: Care About Something

Find something that will keep you motivated, whether its politics, sports, or love.  Find something.  Get involved with life; go out with friends, do soccer, travel: anything to keep you actively living.

Life Rule #6: Be Social with Strangers

Who knows?  The man sitting next to you in the terminal could be your future husband.  The girl by you at Starbucks could be one of your best friends some day.  Who knows what kind of opportunities people can bring into your life>  The most fun person is the person who can talk to anyone and strike up a conversation at the randomest of times.

Life Rule #5: Be on Time

Let's face it, no one wants to be kept waiting.  Being on time shows responsibility and maturity.

Life Rule #4: Never Give Up

"Where there is desire there's gonna be a flame // Where there is a flame someone's bound to get burned // And just because it burns doesn't mean you're gonna die // You've gotta get up and try try try // Gotta get up and try try try"


Your effort makes you grow, and you can get better and better until you finally get it.  It's life.  You aren't going to be perfect every day.  Just keep trying.  Get up when you fall.  You will be okay.

Life Rule #3: Take Risks

"Nothing safe is worth the drive."
           --Taylor Swift, Treacherous


Sometimes, when you're too comfortable with life you have to get out of that comfort zone.  You aren't really living until you take risks.  The whole world runs in risks.  Everything you do creates risks.  It's just a matter of taking them.  And you can do it.  So put your heart on your sleeve, have fun, and make the most of life.

Life Rule #2: Tell the Truth

Telling the truth is one of life's hardest things.  We all fall into the temptation of lying about homework, fights, life, love, anything and everything else.  But every lie binds us in its web.  Truth is honest.  And it saves you so much time.

Life Rule #1: Be Nice

Don't label people.  They're people too.  Be the girl who's friends with/nice to everyone.  Friends, enemies, strangers.  Enjoy it, be kind, even if it's hard, remember who died for you-He died for everyone, even for those who were unkind to Him and who killed Him. 

life rules

awhile ago, me and my best friend made these "life rules" inspired by a Bobbi Brown make up book.  i'll share them over the course of a couple days.  there are 16-so over the course of 16 days.

distance

the sun is filling up the room
and i can hear you dreamin
do you feel the way i do
right now?
i wish we would just give up
cause the best part is fallin
call it anything but love
and i'll make sure to keep my distance
say i love you when you're not listening
and how long can we keep this up?




such difficulties in life.  such awkwardness.  it's really quite simple.  find what it is that makes you happy, and find who it is that makes you happy, and you're set.  promise. <3

marina and the diamonds and.....beyonce??? and shakira???

been listening to marina & the diamonds recently.  her songs are great.  haha im in a 'rebel' mood right now so im listenin to "how to be a heartbreaker" ;) 
also listening to beyonce "if i were a boy" and "single ladies" hah she's great.  and im also listening to some shakira.  its been a looooooonnnnggg day!

bummer break

the best way to spend spring break is out in some tropical area lounging on the beach getting a tan getting blonder hair swimming in the ocean having the time of your life.


sadly, that is not what my spring break was and nor do I think it will ever be that great.
ha.
I spent spring break on the living room couch coughing running a fever and getting rid of awful lung stuff.  :(  first time catching something more serious than bronchitis.


but my loves visited me and really made this break worth it.  so did the favors my siblings had to do for me :)


nevertheless


life is getting better as summer is drawing nearer as I can already feel the heat of the Chicago sun and laugh the laughter I'll laugh while walking downtown with my besties just chillin and celebrating friendship.  cannot wait.

survivor

okay I am SO pumped about this new season of survivor!!! firstly because I am in LOOOOVVE (love I tell you) with Spencer Bledsoe...chess champ and economics major...21...grew up in Georgia...etc etc
he's just like perfect! "baby face" as he said and OMG he has such a good attitude about wanting to play a good game!  he's not really in it for the money but for the bragging rights and to play and win a good game!!!
who are you rooting for?

summer

sigh listening to my summer mix!
here are some of the highlights:
17 -Avril Lavigne, The Man - Aloe Blacc, Ride - Lana Del Rey, Here's to Never Growing Up - Avril Lavigne, Popular Song - Mika ft. Ariana Grande, Die Young - Ke$ha, Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner, Gonna Get Over You - Sara Barreillies, Smile - Uncle Kracker, Thrift Shop - Macklemore, The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy, Want U Back - Cher Lloyd, Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Teenage Dream - Katy Perry, What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong, etc. etc.  I have some Taylor Swift songs in there as well as a Weezer song, a Rihanna Song, and some songs by The Fray.

serious Sunday

you know what's hard.


last year really changed me in the best way.  I gained some confidence.  I became more social.  I made amazing friends.  now I look back. 


we didn't know that school would be over so soon and we lived fully till that very last day.  ha, I remember that whole last week we just sat on the bean bags and talked and chilled and just looked back at the year.  sigh.  three days ago last year was a weird day for me and I remember that it was the start of something new. 


now, thinking back to that day, those last months, that summer.  all of that makes me so sad.  so sad I didn't take more pictures throughout the year.  so sad that I was kind of stupid and was so blinded.  so sad at the way some things turned out.


but I'm really happy.  I look back and I don't dwell on past mistakes anymore.  I embrace the future and accept them as a part of my life.  I am at a wonderful place right now and it's where I need to be for my spiritual growth.  I'm really hoping for an awesome summer, and now I'm not going to let anything go unremembered.  I'm going to take charge of life and enjoy it with my full heart.  I am going to enjoy this world if it's the last thing I do! <3

ugh a collaboration of many things

just got back from a stay-cation cause me and the fam went to a hotel only 20 minutes away so it was like ahhhhhhhh but like bleggjhhghghgh cause i was sick during it all :(


my life is literally :: wake up eat work eat work eat work sleep :: every day except Saturdays like SUMMER I MISS YOU---FORGET SWEATER WEATHER like i need summer.  i need it.  its too cold for me here and now. 


i need downtown trips gettin pickle chips with the bestie and gettin starbucks and swimming in the pool and having the time of my life.  i miss life.


but i keep telling myself: pace yourself Liz: your presentation is done, one more to go, a debate, some papers.  less than three months till summer.  less than a month before spring break.  im almost-ALMOST-there.  just within reach.  you can taste it, but its so far away.

non-pay-attention-phobia

okay i really feel like i am going to die of boredom today because i have so much homework and my life is just kinda getting eaten away by school.  last semester was great the work load was hard but manageable and i had a lot of fun doing the work.  this semester has just been STRESS STRESS WORK YOU DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING DONE TESTS QUIZZES YOU CAN'T HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. i'm like :(  the only thing keeping me going right now is SPRING BREAK and from then on, SUMMER is my calling!! <3

hairrrrrrrcuttttttt

im soooOOOOOoooo excited im getting a haircut on thursday and my dear hair will be saved from being blegh looking omigosh i cannot contain my joy im sO excITED

young the giant

i love the song "cough syrup" by young the giant! its so good!


some lyrics ::


"life's too short to even care at all, oh
i'm losing my mind losing my mind losing control, oh oh
these fishes in the sea they're staring at me oh oh
oh oh oh oh
a wet world aches for a beat of a drum
oh


if i could find a way to see this straight
i'd run away
to some fortune that i, i should have found by now

i'm waiting for this cough syrup to come down, come down."


i don't necessarily agree with the first statement in literal terms.  life is too short but so short that we SHOULD care about what we do.  but! i think its too short to fights and secrets and hatred and wasting time on disagreeing that we need to just live life and enjoy it with you friends! they are people like you and nothing can change that.  we can only make a difference through our own actions.  to put it into words that are understandable:


fighting with people is useless.  they are on the same journey that you are.  you focus on your journey on achieving your goals and living a great life that will amount to something when you die.  this is your only chance to be in this world.  don't waste it bickering with others about your personal opinions on politics or whatever or fighting with your parents or wanting to do stupid stuff.  just live! live a great life!  have faith! and love!


hugs n giggles - liz

anything could happen

my song right now is "anything could happen."


okay.  im not gonna lie.




the song relates to one of my shipments/fandoms.


uggggggg.


okay so this may seem kiddie or whatever (frankly i don't care what anyone says about it :D) but i strongly ship sam and Freddie from icarly/sam and cat and i am so happy that Freddie may be appearing more on sam and cat to FINISH SAM AND FREDDIE'S RELATIONSHIP because i really believe they were/are perfect together.


i mean think about it.  you spend your life "hating" someone and having a fierce rivalry with someone and all that later translates into chemistry between the two and somehow that chemistry has to get out.  i mean that's just my take on it but think back on the icarly where they broke up.  they were like: "its only 10:30; wanna break up at midnight?" and resumed kissing.  they obviously didn't want to break up and were only doing so because they were thinking about how others felt about them being together.  carly shouldn't have done that to them and I WILL NEVER FORGIVE HER FOR THAT WHO CARES IF SHE WENT OFF TO ITALY IM HAPPY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE NOW FREDDIE AND SAM CAN HAVE A RELATIONSHIP ALL THEY WANT WITHOUT THE INPUT OF CARLY.




slow down, liz.  okay well that is my opinion on seddie.  i bet you will wonder what i do in my spare time now. :)

teenagers

the teen years.


now at this point i have been a teenager for 2 and 1/2 years now.  i remember my 13th birthday.  i was at a wheaton college soccer game that night.  me and my dad love doing that.  we were watching the game together and it was really laid back.  i remember we saw my coach and my dad told him it was my 13th bday and he was like "ooh i hope she doesn't cause you trouble" or something like that. honestly at that point i didn't think life would be much different.  i thought everything was the same and the only thing different would be my age. 


i was wrong.  these are the crucial years of someones life.  not only does the schoolwork get harder, but social lives get more complicated. drama overtakes everyone.  everyone goes through it.  i did especially.  i remember i was so worried last year because i was going to a new school that was everyday and i was scared and just petrified.  i didn't think i would make any long lasting friends and at that point i didn't really care.  but if i hadn't gone through the things i did and tried to make friends, i wouldn't be who i am today.  the hardest thing to me is looking back and wishing you could relive every moment and cherish it and tell yourself not to make the same mistakes so you can get the result you want.  but you can't.


you.








can't.




and that's life.  you are given every situation with a choice and you can't redo anything.  don't just choose something because you don't have time or just feel like it.  choose what you want.  choose something that will make you a better person.  but you can't have any regrets.  regrets eat you away from the inside out.  from experience, it's not fun, but you do get through it.  once you let go of the past and realize that it's now a part of who you were, not who you are, you can finally move on.  and that is what's amazing about life.  you can keep living.  you can live, love, and accomplish anything.

anything.

ballerinas

i have officially decided that one of my daughters is going to be a ballerina!  i have a lot of respect for dancers in ballet because of the strength and muscle and endurance it takes to go on point and jump and keep perfect balance. its really inspiring!!!

back and results

oh i forgot im not in Indiana anymore! we lost all of the games but we made the other teams really work for their wins.  we were in all of those games and stuck with them until the end.  not only that, but it was a great learning experience and confidence booster for the whole team! :)

theme for today

you cannot control what other people think of you, say to you, or do to you.  all you can do is choose how you will react to those things.  it is your attitude that determines how you're going to handle it. 
what people to do will make your mind clouded.  you may cry or curse or hate or all of the above.  but that won't do anything for you.  once you realize that people won't always change for you, see the effect they have on you, or see they hurt you, but that shouldn't change how YOU see everything and how you affect people.  be the change you wish to see in the world.

skyrim

skyrim is, hands-down, the most beautiful and touching game i'e played.  filled to the brim with unceasing combat and conflict, it creates endless opportunities for the player.  however, the music, atmosphere, and mere feeling you get when you play this game really completes it.

indiana

so this weekend im going to indiana for a soccer tournament so that should be fun!! im not (or at least am going to try to not) post anything and focus on getting myself ready for everything!! im SOOOO EXCITED plus some of my closest friends in da world are going to be hanging at my house (maybe?) on Monday so that's really cool but neither of them have ever been in my room and ive known them for 2 years...is that weird? :)

dark horse+twenty-one pilots

ARE YOU READY FOR READY FOR
A PERFECT STORM PERFECT STORM
CAUSE ONCE YOU'RE MINE ONCE YOU'RE MINE



(THERE'S NO GOIN' BACK)




man i really love that song; it really relates to me it's weird.


another song i really REALLY REALLY love is "holding onto you" by twenty one pilots!!
like i feel really peaceful when listening to it and the chorus is really fun to jerk around to and like let it all out :)

life before fandoms

do you ever look back at your life before you started shipping some fictional couple or can't study because you're too busy reading some fanfiction??? yes. as soon as the world introduced fandoms, fanfiction, shipments, etc the lives of teens were changed forever. maybe even the lives of some adults.

soccer

i love soccer. it's my passion in life. playing soccer is not only a privilege, but a gift from God. soccer is a way for me to focus my mind on 3 things: 1) team 2) awareness and 3) self-improvement. these things, i believe, are important in life.
1) you have to work together with your friends and family in order to get through the journey we know as life.
2) you need awareness of the world around you so you can see the flow of history, and so you can see the good and bad in the world and do something about it.
3) and you have to focus on making yourself a better person; someone more Christ-like.
you only have time to do this during practice, or a game.
you have give your best every game because you don't know if you're going to get an injury and have to sit out for 3 months. you don't know what's going to happen in the game or outside of it. that is why you play your hardest every practice and every game.
see soccer is much like life: it's always moving forward, there are fast plays, there are mistakes, you see the cost of your mistakes and you try and make up for your mistakes in your hard work where you give every little bit of energy to play your best. no practice, play or scrimmage can really prepare you for a game; they are circumstantial plays because every circumstance is different with new variables, much like life. these are the times where the flow of play (the course of your life) is changed based on your decision and effort.

back to school

ugh so back to school which is good i guess im kind of just "going with the flow" and being chill and totally myself :D
new schools give you a chance to put your life into perspective; not only does that last school's bad seem horrible, but the good is a bright patch in your life.  you realize just how amazing your life was and for that you will never forget anything about the experiences you had.