Today music spoke to me. It whispered into my soul things I needed to hear in order to get through the day. The beat ran through my veins and powered my blood with energy and inspiration, and it was totally amazing. It was like an unreal experience that left me totally out of breath and perplexed at the thought of being affected by something I can simply hear. It seems impossible. That something so ridiculously simple can change my mood, the way I think, and the way my day goes. All I have to do is pop my headphones in, and baby I'm flying away in the clouds feeling alive. Literally the second I start to listen to music and close my eyes, I begin to feel powerful, strong, and able.
And this feeling takes over my body. This powerful feeling just swallows up my fear and unleashes it's true potential. And music does this? What an incredible thing.
Excuse my indirectness and kind of silly post. But I love music, and what it does to me. Here's a list of songs I love-
Words I never said by Lupe Fiasco and Skylar Grey
Self Taught by Brother Ali
She's Enough by Atmosphere
Like Toy Soldiers by Eminem
Respiration by Mos Def and Talib Kweli
Poetic Justice by Kendrick Lamar and Drake
Lotus Flower Bomb by Wale
The Waitress by Atmosphere
Dreamland by Andy Allo and Blu
Hip Hop Saved My Life by Lupe Fiasco
Have a inspirational night everyone
-List Maker Gabby
Friday, 4 January 2013
Thursday, 3 January 2013
Stop accepting, and start demanding
Before I start, let me just say it's been months since I've blogged. So, excuse me if I'm slightly rusty. And I'd ilke to add that I am disappointed in myself since it seems that I have forgotten about my blog. But I never really forgot about it, just felt like I didn't have anything to say.
Today at an ungodly hour, I had a thought. I had a thought about human beings (of course). Why we think the way we do, how unique we all are, why we can't seem to understand ourselves, things like that... And I couldn't stop thinking about it. All of it. Just why we are the way we are, and why we accept it. It's actually kind of funny the way people accept things. But the things we accept are generally things we can't control like death, break ups, things like that. And you know what kills me? When people say "I just have to accept that this is how my life turned out." Lies. Lies. Lies, and more lies. Oh my gosh I can not even describe to you how much this irks me. Who gave us that idea? Who planted this ridiculous notion in our minds that tells us we're hopeless? We're powerful! We don't have to accept this. We're so damn powerful we don't know what to do with it sometimes.
So, don't accept it. Spit in "life's" face and tell it to come back another day. Take control of your life, and don't accept it if it hasn't turned out the way you want it to. And I just want to point out that I didn't say the way you planned. Life isn't going to go the way you planned it to, and that's because there are too many people on this earth, and everyone's life intertwines. You can plan on curing cancer, but someone else might do it first. Anyway, if your life is something that disappoints you, and seems unworthy. You are the one doing things wrong. It's not like someone is in the skies with a plan for all of us. I understand that not everyone agrees with that, but something you should know about me is that I am not religious. Enough about that, let's get back to what I was saying.
Don't accept it. Don't put blame on someone else. Don't look back and regret. Don't pity. Don't sigh and dream. Just get behind the damn wheel and drive. GO! Stop waiting. Stop accepting. Start demanding. Because with all the thing that get handed to us without our permission, we deserve to demand. But let me remind you of attitude. Look at what is handed to us as another stepping stone to our ultimate ending. In a good way. The ending of our lives should be something we work to, because when we leave we should feel proud. If you don't, you did something wrong. But before you're at that point, take control and demand a damn great life. Because we deserve it. If you work for it, that is.
Have a great night everyone, and don't stay up awake at night thinking about the human race. Go to sleep, and wake up into a new day.
Unlike me of course. I'll ponder because that is all I ever seem to do.
-Gabby
Today at an ungodly hour, I had a thought. I had a thought about human beings (of course). Why we think the way we do, how unique we all are, why we can't seem to understand ourselves, things like that... And I couldn't stop thinking about it. All of it. Just why we are the way we are, and why we accept it. It's actually kind of funny the way people accept things. But the things we accept are generally things we can't control like death, break ups, things like that. And you know what kills me? When people say "I just have to accept that this is how my life turned out." Lies. Lies. Lies, and more lies. Oh my gosh I can not even describe to you how much this irks me. Who gave us that idea? Who planted this ridiculous notion in our minds that tells us we're hopeless? We're powerful! We don't have to accept this. We're so damn powerful we don't know what to do with it sometimes.
So, don't accept it. Spit in "life's" face and tell it to come back another day. Take control of your life, and don't accept it if it hasn't turned out the way you want it to. And I just want to point out that I didn't say the way you planned. Life isn't going to go the way you planned it to, and that's because there are too many people on this earth, and everyone's life intertwines. You can plan on curing cancer, but someone else might do it first. Anyway, if your life is something that disappoints you, and seems unworthy. You are the one doing things wrong. It's not like someone is in the skies with a plan for all of us. I understand that not everyone agrees with that, but something you should know about me is that I am not religious. Enough about that, let's get back to what I was saying.
Don't accept it. Don't put blame on someone else. Don't look back and regret. Don't pity. Don't sigh and dream. Just get behind the damn wheel and drive. GO! Stop waiting. Stop accepting. Start demanding. Because with all the thing that get handed to us without our permission, we deserve to demand. But let me remind you of attitude. Look at what is handed to us as another stepping stone to our ultimate ending. In a good way. The ending of our lives should be something we work to, because when we leave we should feel proud. If you don't, you did something wrong. But before you're at that point, take control and demand a damn great life. Because we deserve it. If you work for it, that is.
Have a great night everyone, and don't stay up awake at night thinking about the human race. Go to sleep, and wake up into a new day.
Unlike me of course. I'll ponder because that is all I ever seem to do.
-Gabby
Saturday, 8 September 2012
My indescribable thoughts
I'm just having one of those days.
One of those days that start out great, simply because you woke up, and turn out horribly. And trust me, I'm a completely optimistic person. Having a horrible day is so rare for me because I know that having a life is worth more than not having one. It's really as simple as that.
Except today.
Today, I just can't seem to understand that. I guess I'm just... having one of those days; and those kinds of days get me thinking. A lot. Actually, they get me thinking so much, that I want to severely stab myself in the temple with a rusty spoon just to get myself to shut up. Of course, I don't. I end up endlessly torturing myself by these sharp thoughts that just cut, stab, prick, slice, and prod at my brain until I am exhausted. Utterly and completely exhausted. So you can imagine having one of those days, and feeling exhausted because my mind just won't stop thinking. It's like a form of torture. So because of this, I am here. Transforming my feelings and energy through my fingettips onto this page. Well, screen.
Anyway, I guess in a nutshell, today sucked. Not necesarilly for any particular reason, but simply because I can't find the ability to dig through the bad to find the good. I'm just lacking that energy to want to explore through a pile of dog shit to find a diamond necklace. Sorry, it's just not there today. So, maybe I should stop ranting and actually get started on my post. If there actually was a reason for this post. Probably not. You tell me if this post was worth reading at the end.
Tonight, I'm going to talk about humans. Of course. Just like every other day. But, more specifically I want to talk about our ability to truly understand other people around us. Whether that's your parents, your friends, your siblings, or even your teachers. If we can't have a meaningful conversation with someone, then they're simply not worth our time. Seriously.
It quite honestly amazes me the way people throw around the phrase "I understand" so much. It's the same way with "I love you" or "I miss you". It's all just syllables exiting our mouths. They don't really mean anything. Those are just que words that are used to close a conversation. I would respect people more if they just said "shut up", or something that is more honest.
Back to the point; as humans, we need to learn to address other people's feelings and emotions in order to really understand. But just note, you'll never truly understand 100%. Maybe you are in a similiar situation, but just remember that everyone's life is different. There's no direct cooralition. No matter how much we want to tell ourselves that. So, with that, just know that you'll never really understand. Ever. But the key to helping people is by trying to understand. Or if you don't even want to try to understand because you can't fathom the situation, at least accept it. Don't fight something that's not your business. Let them handle their issues.
Let me do my own thing, and don't hold me back.
Have a good night everyone. Hope it's better than mine.
-Too honest Gabby
One of those days that start out great, simply because you woke up, and turn out horribly. And trust me, I'm a completely optimistic person. Having a horrible day is so rare for me because I know that having a life is worth more than not having one. It's really as simple as that.
Except today.
Today, I just can't seem to understand that. I guess I'm just... having one of those days; and those kinds of days get me thinking. A lot. Actually, they get me thinking so much, that I want to severely stab myself in the temple with a rusty spoon just to get myself to shut up. Of course, I don't. I end up endlessly torturing myself by these sharp thoughts that just cut, stab, prick, slice, and prod at my brain until I am exhausted. Utterly and completely exhausted. So you can imagine having one of those days, and feeling exhausted because my mind just won't stop thinking. It's like a form of torture. So because of this, I am here. Transforming my feelings and energy through my fingettips onto this page. Well, screen.
Anyway, I guess in a nutshell, today sucked. Not necesarilly for any particular reason, but simply because I can't find the ability to dig through the bad to find the good. I'm just lacking that energy to want to explore through a pile of dog shit to find a diamond necklace. Sorry, it's just not there today. So, maybe I should stop ranting and actually get started on my post. If there actually was a reason for this post. Probably not. You tell me if this post was worth reading at the end.
Tonight, I'm going to talk about humans. Of course. Just like every other day. But, more specifically I want to talk about our ability to truly understand other people around us. Whether that's your parents, your friends, your siblings, or even your teachers. If we can't have a meaningful conversation with someone, then they're simply not worth our time. Seriously.
It quite honestly amazes me the way people throw around the phrase "I understand" so much. It's the same way with "I love you" or "I miss you". It's all just syllables exiting our mouths. They don't really mean anything. Those are just que words that are used to close a conversation. I would respect people more if they just said "shut up", or something that is more honest.
Back to the point; as humans, we need to learn to address other people's feelings and emotions in order to really understand. But just note, you'll never truly understand 100%. Maybe you are in a similiar situation, but just remember that everyone's life is different. There's no direct cooralition. No matter how much we want to tell ourselves that. So, with that, just know that you'll never really understand. Ever. But the key to helping people is by trying to understand. Or if you don't even want to try to understand because you can't fathom the situation, at least accept it. Don't fight something that's not your business. Let them handle their issues.
Let me do my own thing, and don't hold me back.
Have a good night everyone. Hope it's better than mine.
-Too honest Gabby
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