ABC of Friendships
Always be honest, would you want THEM to lie to you?
Be there when they need you, or you may wind up alone.
Cheer them on, we all need encouragement now and then.
Don't look for their faults, even if you have none.
Encourage their dreams, what would we be without them?
Forgive them, you just MAY do something wrong sometime.
Get together often, misery loves company, so does glee.
Have faith in them, the human animal is remarkable.
Include them, you may need to be included sometime.
Just be there when they need you.
Know when they need a hug, and couldn't you use one?
Love them unconditionally, that is the ONLY condition.
Make them feel special, because aren't we ALL special?
Never forget them, who wants to feel forgotten?
Offer to help, and know when "No thanks" is just politeness.
Praise them honestly and openly.
Quietly disagree, noisy NO's make enemies.
Really listen, a friendly ear is a soothing balm.
Say you're sorry, don't let them assume it.
Talk frequently, communication is important.
Use good judgment.
Verbalize your feelings!
Wish them luck, hopefully good!
Xamine your motives before you "help" out.
Your words count, use them wisely.
Zip your lips when told a secret.
'Sam Burrows is the greatest, most wonderful guy I've ever met in my whole life, and I think every girl should want to marry him.'
- Hat Harwood 24/11/05
Mwah!
Hellow my fellow bloggers.
Well, firstly I would like to point out to everyone that some old bloggers have started blogging again...so as much as we all enjoy getting comments...comment on theirs! My good friend
Naz has starting blogging again. She loves her music and she has a right too...because as Ive already expressed,
Music rules!
Also,
Mr Robert Grant has started to update also, so check out
his blog!
Well, im on me lonesome in this quiet house. But to add to the sound, Ive got
switchfoot playing. So Im all good! Flip...this is weird. I feel like I haven't blogged in months, so I do apologise for the crapness of this post. Mwah!
Well...I guess you can all call me,
Lyds,
Serena,
Nicki, Charlie and
Liam TV stars now! The whole
'Silver Ring Thing' came to
our church on sunday, (If you haven't already heard from
Tim). Me,
Liam,
Serena,
Nicki,
Lyds and Charlie had already taken the pledge a year back, so we knew what was going on and it was so encouraging to see heaps of people's interests in this. Even the
Channel 4 crew came down and did some filming in
The Bomb, and they wanted to interview the people who already took the pledge, so we were interviewed. Then we also had to some chummy shots.
Liam found it all round embarrasing because he was the only guy! But it was good fun. Mwah!
Im all alone
Theres no-one here beside me
Take my heart
Gimmea cuppa tea.
Show me the door to fun
Take me outta boredum
I wanna see the light
Down the road of freedum.
Yesterday, Today, Forever
These days always the same
Should I change anything?
To make them less tame?
Wheres the next key
to the next door
gonna next be?
Yeah, well, dunno where that poem was going really. Maybe its whats really in my brain, going deep inside and im recovering stuff that I don't even know about...or maybe its just me chatting absolute nonsense! Mwah!
Its weird how some stuff is so deep that we think its nothing, '
we'll get over it'
. mmm. Its a ponderer really. '
Some stuff is so deep we think its nothing' - well I can't explain it, can you?
Well, I think this post has officially failed its duty to high standards (ha!)
So happy blogging my fellow bloggers... Mwah!
Low Fat
"Low Fat, Low Flavour, Low everything.Its only sliming because you get fed-up of eating it" My dad
Good morning Babs!
Well, i woke up about an hour ago, been on the internet, checking blogs, Im feezing, got Brooke Fraser on, and i thought Id do a quite post.
I love the sunrise and sunset. Its too late in the morning to see it, but man...its still a beautiful morning!
Im in such a good mood this morning, really looking forward to today...im ready for what ever God sends my way
"Saving The World"
Didn't I tell you everything's fine?
If there's a good and bad we're somewhere in between
Often I feel like we're all navigating blind
Could we get a change of pace to set the scene
We could stay another day in this confusion
Let it permeate us 'till we can't move on
But while we're waiting we could try saving the world
Or are we storing that up for a raining day?
I'm anticipating the time when it'll be my turn
It could be fun to try
I think that I'll save the world as a fun afternoon activity
Seventy thousand things to ponder today
Most significant are bottom of the list
Forty five million recipes and ways
To exaggerate and compound the stress
We could stay another day in this apathy
Let it permeate us 'till we're numb throughDon't waste your day...get out and do something!! Its too beautiful to waste
Confused as a mad apple with a turnip
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” Douglas Adams
Im totally confused. I think I know where I wanna be, I think I know how I wanna feel, I think I know when I need to do stuff, I think I know how I need to do stuff, but am I gonna end up where 'I think' now?
See, Ive just confused myself by writing that...so Ive probably confused you aswell!
Okay, ill do little by little...
'I think I know where I wanna be'Well, I know where I wanna be, like physically, but mentally...im not sure.
But first physically: Around now Im making decisions about where to go to College next year. The last two years, Ive been to Holy Trinity Open Evening, and yeah, there was a point when I wanted to go there, but I think that was because I hadn't been to any other Colleges. But last night, I went to Collyers Open Evening, and i must say, it's pretty awesome! Its got all the courses I wanna do, its not a school environment (unlike Holy Trinity) and I think if I went to Collyers, I would have more motivation to do work and get good grades than at Holy Trinity. And I guess I would just see Holy Trinity as a a chore to do everyday, like school. But my parents are keen on me to go to Holy Trinity as it has a christian aspect, and they think I won't comprimise my faith if I went there. I haven't 'comprimised' my faith at Millais, I think its made me even stronger going there as Ive had to stand out and be an example. I love going to church, living a life for God, so theres no way I would give that up.
Mentally: I think I need to get my priorities straighter than they already are. I was extremely behind in coursework, and yet I'd sit on msn, or watch TV. There so much other stuff I wanna get my head round. I wanna have a closer relationship with God. I have a friend who says, he is not that close to God at the moment, he has been giving it his all, going to church, praising, getting prayed for, but he is just not 'feeling' anything. Yeah, thinking about it now, I haven't 'felt' anything for a while, but Ive still been praying, reading the bible, worshiping, because I know and strongly believe God isn't gonna leave any of his children on their own.
'I think I know how I wanna feel'I know how I wanna feel in the future, about friendships, relationships, my career. I want all my friendships to be a strong as they are now, or even stronger, but I know that this next year will change a huge amount. In my eyes I can only see one relationship working out in the future. It all sees to go down hill when I look at it now, but I feel a connection and I feel like something is meant to happen. I wanna feel proud of my career in the future, not feel like a failure. I wanna do something I enjoy, Im getting worried as days go by when I think about how much time I wasted last year with work, how much futher up in my grades I could be.
'
I think I know when I need to do stuff'I think I know when I need to comfort someone, say a certain thing to someone special but sometimes I feel like somethings holding me back. What is it? My concious? Am I too carefull? Do I think about how it'll affect people too much? Am I too quiet? Do I always think people will take it the wrong way?
I know when I need to do work, give myself some time for me. But I can't motivate myself to do it. Im not that much of a lazy person, maybe its just the over-load Ive had recently. Maybe its me doubting myself and thinking, it'll be crap, so there no point in me doing it.
In all this confusion, theres stuff Im sure of...
Im sure that I LOVE looking at the stars, fireworks and any other awesome scenery and it brings back amazing memories, gives me comfort and its what I feel safe in doing.
Im sure of how I want to feel about myself and my feelings, now and in the future.
Im sure that I need the loo...so I'll finish!
But one thing that Im sure of is that I Love You
A big fank woo
I wanna thank so many people for all the help and advice they've given to me with my friendship problems and other problems. I really do appreciate it so much, you guys have no idea how much I love you all!
Serena, thank you for always telling me the truth, no matter how harsh it is...if only everyone could have a friend like you, then we'd all be on the straight and narrow.
Bianca, thank you for understanding, being there even though we barely new each other and thank you for making us girlssit down and chat about stuff, we couldn't have done it without you!
Sam, thank you for being someone to listen to me, no matter how depressed I was, thank you for being a shoulder for me to cry on and Im sorry for all the greif you got out of it aswell
Naz, thank you for spending that one day with me to go swimming miles away, to get stuff of my mind. I was great spending time with you, thank you so much.
Amber, I know we've had our mole hills and mountain hills, but thank you for making me see where I was going wrong. And I hope we stay as close as we are know!
Nicki, thank you for helping me with my problems, im always here for you hun.
Tori, thanks for understanding and giving me a view to look at the future.
Tim, thanks for chatting to me, I know we haven't chatted much recently, but your still a blessing, thank you!
Thank you to everyone....love ya loads each and every single one of you.
God bless y'all.
