2014,
This weekend, I had the pleasure of having a sleepover with some of my girl friends. We did things unexpectedly and totally spontaneous. It was enjoying spending time with people that encouraged me, challenged me, and built me up. Now I sit in my messy and unorganized room all alone, listening to Taylor Swift’s Fearless album. When I was younger, I always dreamt of the future. I couldn’t wait to turn another year older, to do what the “older kids” did. Now that I am at the age I used to dream of being, it reminds me just how fast time passes.
Just Another Wide-Eyed Girl
Hey beautiful!This weekend, I had the pleasure of having a sleepover with some of my girl friends. We did things unexpectedly and totally spontaneous. It was enjoying spending time with people that encouraged me, challenged me, and built me up. Now I sit in my messy and unorganized room all alone, listening to Taylor Swift’s Fearless album. When I was younger, I always dreamt of the future. I couldn’t wait to turn another year older, to do what the “older kids” did. Now that I am at the age I used to dream of being, it reminds me just how fast time passes.
Listening to
the Swift’s Fearless album brings back certain feelings that were buried when I
graduated high school. Listening to ‘Fifteen’ reminds me of happy memories of
me and my best friends. Hearing ‘Love Story’ and ‘Young Belong With Me’ reminds
me of my high school crush and all the stupid little acts I did just to get his
chocolate almond eyes to turn my way. ‘Forever and Always’ reminds me of a
certain three-brother band I enjoyed listening to. But hearing ‘Fearless’…. That
strikes a chord.
What’s your biggest fear? What are
you afraid of? Think about it. Think about all what it is/who/what you’re
scared, frightened, and/or reluctant to face…
Now think of T. Swift’s lyrics, “And I don't know why but with you I'd
dance in a storm in my best dress; Fearless.”
Fearless:
adjective
1. without fear; bold or brave;
intrepid.
2. courageous; resolute in the face
of dangers or challenges
If it’s a certain person you fear, stay
strong, and have an iron spine. If it’s the past you fear, let it go, it can’t
be change. If it’s the future you fear, work diligently so your feared outcome
doesn’t happen. The point is to NEVER LET YOUR FEAR WIN. Whatever it is you get
yourself into, there’s always a way out. You can make things happen. Change the
way you view the situation. Change the way you feel about a certain person.
Change the way you hear a comment. Challenges, tribulations, hardships,
problems are all part of life. After bad days, there are good days. What goes up
will come down. The point is to be FEARLESS. Be bold. Be brave. Be courageous.
Be resolute. Because you are STRONGER than you think.
I promise that you will make it
through whatever it is you’re going through. You are never alone. Someone in
the world feels exactly the way you feel, whether its love, hate, happiness, depression,
frustration, excitement, anger, or sadness, someone in another
continent/country/state, living in a different time zone and living condition
is feeling the same way you are. But you will get older, all things will come
to pass, and life will get better. So forget what the world thinks. Forget what
the world says about you and what kind of life you should live. Forget what the
media standardizes as the way to look or act. Forget your fears and what’s “scary.”
Be you. Be yourself. Or be what you whoever/however you want to be. Be FEARLESS
and live life FEARLESSLY.
As Taylor sings it,
“Because
these things will change
Can you feel
it now?
These walls
that they put up to hold us back will fall down
This
revolution, the time will come
For us to
finally win”
so “Don't be afraid to Jump then fall.”
xoxo -Mira
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