It's 2012!

So Passion was completely breathtaking. I experienced what I was praying I would and I have a feeling this year will be so much better. 2011 was great, but there were so many downfalls as well.

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
- Matthew 26:41

Being tolerant does not mean I have to share another's belief. But, it does mean I acknowledge another's right to believe, and obey his own conscience.
- Dr. Victor Frankl

One of the cruelest things you can do to another human being is pretend you care about them more than you really do.
- Douglas Coupland

If he can't keep a conversation going,
don't expect him to be able to keep a relationship going.

Facebook is like a fridge. When you're bored you keep opening and closing it every few minutes to see if there's anything good in it.

I love my parents no matter what we go through, no matter how much we argue, because I know, at the end, they'll always be there.

I get suspicious when I see "all of the above" on a test.

"H3y, Wh@r R y0uu d0ing?!"
About the throw a dictionary in your face.

I text you because I want to have a conversation with
you, not get one word answers.

"When I was a kid..." Shush bro, I still do that.

Being called weird is like being called Limited Edition. Meaning you're something people don't see that often. Remember that.

Dear human:
You get mad at me if I wake you, you get mad at me if I don't.
Sincerely, confused alarm clock.

*Phone vibrates at home* Barely hear it.
*Phone vibrates at school* Freakin' earthquake.

If you have a relationship with God, everything else will work itself out.

Everyone wants what they can't have.
But if you begin to love what you have, you won't need anything else.

And no relationship is perfect, ever. There are some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something in order to gain something greater. But the love we have for each other is bigger than those small differences, and that's the key. It's like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot.

The best feeling is seeing you with someone else
and finally, it doesn't bother me at all.

You're the only person that ever made me feel anything, really feel. Even if it wasn't always the best feelings, you're the only one who could make me smile or tear me down in three seconds flat. You're the only person that can drive me crazy, in both good and bad ways. You're the only person that ever made me feel like I didn't have to try so hard. And I know that you're not okay without me either, or you wouldn't talk about such things as you do. I just wish you knew I still loved you, and I wish you would do something with that knowledge.

I know things have changed, in a way I never expected. I hope your life is everything you want it to be and no matter when, or how long its been since we've spoken nor how late it is in the night, I'm always a phone call, a text, a drive away. I promise you that you will always be my best friend. And I'm sorry for everything Iv'e done but I wouldn't trade it for the world cause through everything that happened it was meant to, and I look of it as a test, a test to see how strong our friendship is. We can make it, I know we can. And just know that no matter what happens in our lives I'll always be here for you.

Unlike you, I am not a good pretender. I have always been a slave of my own emotions. That is why you have to understand me when I avoid you every chance I get. I don't want you to see how vulnerable I still am after everything that has happened. I don't want you to see, behind my sarcastic smiles, that it's still you I keep behind the bleeding walls of my heart.

Take nothing but photos, leave nothing but footsteps, and kill nothing but time. Because here's to the nights that turned into mornings and friends that turned into family.

We complain about how much life sucks. But how much of it is actually bad? Sure, the guy of our dreams may have broken our hearts, but what about the millions of other people who have a broken life. They didn't ask for any of this. We did. We allowed ourselves to trust the guy that everyone else was warning us about. We let him control our emotions. The other people didn't ask for their lives to be ruined. But look at us anyways. We're complaining and whining about a life that's pretty darn great. We can get up on our feet and move forward. Where are the others going?

And when she's gone, remember you once loved her. You once needed her. You once cared about her more than anything in the world. You can't deny she was ever there. You can't deny what you had. You can't deny it ended over absolutely nothing. You can't deny you still think about it. No other girl could ever love you the way she does. One day, you'll realize what you've done and you'll come back. And she'll...well she'll be gone.

What's the point of trying to meet you in the middle? You got your point of view. There's nothing I can do. Can't change your mind. Can't leave it all behind. You're living in the past.

I think letting you go was the smartest decision I ever made. Even though I loved you so much, I just couldn't deal with the pain. And the times we spent together, holding each other, were the best times of my life. But no matter how much I wanted to keep you in my arms, I couldn't. I couldn't hold onto you, knowing that all you were going to do was hurt me. But right now, even though I still love you, I don't need you anymore. I don't need you to complete me. I just need you to comfort me when I'm sad, support me, and listen to me when I talk. So I guess what I'm saying is, I'm glad we're over. I'm glad I've let go.

I waited for you for so long. I watched my phone, every night, waiting on a phone call that somewhere in the back of my mind I knew I'd never get. I just wanted to hear you say that you were sorry for hurting me, and that maybe you wanted to get back together. I hoped and hoped that you saw me in the hallways, looking down at the floor and just know that I missed you. Because I thought you missed me too, you just didn't know what you wanted. But, I finally realized that you didn't mess me at all, that I was definitely not what you wanted, and that I never meant that much to you anyway.

You have to get hurt. That's how you learn. The strongest people out there, the ones who laugh the hardest with a genuine smile, those are the people who have fought the toughest battles. Because they've decided that they're not going to let anything hold them down, they're showing the world who's the boss.

I know it hurts, I know that. But if you give up now, you may be missing someone greater than you could ever have imagined. and no one wants to miss something that will change their life forever. Just keep holding on and I promise it'll get better.

One day it all catches up with you, every ended relationship, every tear shed, every broken heart, you pick up the pieces, you brush them off, and you put them back together, only each time you need a little more glue, then, just like that, glue's not enough anymore, the cracks, the holes, the shattered dreams, they're a part of you, and try as you might, you can't fix what's been broken, you can't mend what's been torn, you're downtrodden, pathetic, unable to go on, or so you think. Then he walks into your life, and with a smile, a whisper, and a kiss, you're no longer broken, your world of gray becomes a little brighter, a little more colorful, the more time you spend with him, the more complete your once fragile, shattered heart becomes, until one morning you wake up and just like that, you're in love, and the grass is greener, and the sky is bluer, and the past, is the past, you are no longer consumed with regret, remorse, and pain, yet in the back of your mind, in the depths of your heart, one thing lingers, fear. Fear of what you're risking, fear of going back, fear of being broken again, this time, forever. Then he smiles and says the three words you've been longing to hear, and nothing else matters.

You don't have to wait for someone to treat you badly repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get away with it that once, if they know they can treat you like that, then it sets the pattern for the future.

Along the way, I've learned that you can't let anyone in too far and you can't trust endlessly. The biggest mistake you can make is to care or love someone more than yourself, because then you are setting yourself up for disappointment. Boundaries are necessary so that you can protect yourself, because once you're broken, you'll never fully be fixed.

You fit in, maybe not here, but somewhere on this universe there's a whole bunch of people just like you. So what are you waiting for? Find them.

Real men never stop trying to show a girl how much she means to him, even after he's got her.

I won't answer the phone when you call because you deserve to be lonely. You could have had us.

Talking to someone when you're half asleep and not remembering what you said later on.

Kissing is a means of getting two people so close together that they can't see anything wrong with each other.

That awkward moment when you're texting and you feel like the person next to you is trying to read your texts so you try to hide your phone.

If a girl admits that she likes you, know that it took her every ounce of courage she has. Don't take her for granted.

I'm not sitting around waiting for life to happen, I'm constantly on the go making life happen.

When we pray, God hears more than we say, answers more than we ask, gives more than we imagine...in HIS own time and HIS own way.

Everyone comes with baggage from previous relationships.
If you're lucky though, you'll find someone who's willing
to love you enough to stand there and help you unpack.

Don't change for someone to love you,
be yourself and let the right one fall for you.

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look
at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

True love comes from more than the heart.

The women who don't seek attention are usually the
women you need to be giving your attention to.

Whatever makes you mad; leave it.
Whatever makes you smile; keep it.

In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all.

I'll never understand why some guys go out and chase
stones when they already have a diamond at home.

If you're strong enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

Being a strong person means knowing that in the end, everything's going to be okay. If something's meant to be, then you have to know that no matter what, it will find a way.

A healthy relationship keeps the doors and windows wide open. Plenty of air is circulating and no one feels trapped. Relationships thrive in this environment. Keep your doors and windows open. If this person is meant to be in your life, all the open doors and windows in the world will not make them leave. Trust that truth.

A girl's status will tell you more about how she feels than she ever will.

If you can't get someone off your mind, they were clearly supposed to be there.

Dear life, when I asked if my day could get any worse, it was a rhetorical question, not a challenge.

Sometimes when my internet is down, I forget the rest of my computer still works.

It's times like these. A comfortable silence. Walking hand in hand with the one you love. Everything else disappears, all that's real is here and now. You feel complete. Like nobody else can touch you, nothing could ever come close enough to ruin this. It's times like these, you're on top of the world with someone who means everything to you. Times like these, they're worth keeping in your memory forever.

You can kill the dreamer, but the dream will live forever.