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changed attitudes

I found out that the things that hurt us the most can become the fuel and the catalyst that propel us toward our destiny. It will either make you bitter or it will make you better. I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.

"So you’re always honest,” I said.
“Aren’t you?”
“No,” I told him. “I’m not.”
“Well, that’s good to know, I guess.”
“I’m not saying I’m a liar,” I told him. He raised his eyebrows. “That’s not how I meant it, anyways.”
“How’d you mean it, then?”
“I just…I don’t always say what I feel.”
“Why not?”
“Because the truth sometimes hurts,” I said.
“Yeah,” he said. “So do lies, though."

Hold your head up. Take an unplanned road trip. Be thankful. Try everything once. Colour outside the lines. Fall in love. Embrace change. Trust in yourself. Do what you love. Dance when everyone is looking. Eat dessert first. Be nice to everyone. Send out thank you cards. Be the change you wish to see in the world. Play in the rain. Break the rules once in awhile. Do random acts of kindness. Forgive even when its hard. Make time for family. Don't count the minutes, count the laughs.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realising that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.