Quite simply...but never simple...Me.

"The power of thought is far greater than most people ever realize..."


I wrote yesterday that I am who I am. Well, I started thinking...you can say anything you want...there are no rules about words and there are no rules to help you decide if someone is being true to the core or whether they are wearing a mask. That's the hardest part isn't it...having the courage to put all of your faith in someone...praying that every moment you're believing in them is worth it in the end. I never want anyone to question me, ever...because I know how badly it hurts to realize that someone isn't being real and honest. So consider this my proof.

My room is my scrapbook. Scattered pictures, posters, poems, quotes...messy, just like my life...daring you to ask, just like my voice...and full of inspiration, for it is what I seek...The walls and ceiling are covered with pictures and words that describe who I am, what I love, who I love, and what I live for.
An entire wall is dedicated to my friends and family; the ones who have been there from the beginning and who I know with all of my heart will be there until the very end.
I have all of my books. I am a total and complete bookworm. I surround myself with love stories and fairy tales full of adventure, romance, hope, and strong characters whose lives, while never easy, are always worth the pain. I have to believe in fairy tales. I have to believe in love. While we live in a world that is so evidently run by power and money...it is not those things that keep the world alive. The yellow glow of a sunset, the freedom of a mountaintop, the calm of the moonlight are all brought alive in our minds by becoming symbols for warmth and love, trust and faith, and hope and dreams. Open your eyes and look at the world. Cherish every sight, take the time to look for the beauty that is always there, waiting to be brought to life.
I have the posters; "Dream" and "How to be an Artist" hanging to greet me every morning that I wake up, hanging to remind me that no matter what the day has in store for me...I know I will always look forward to my dreams, that I will always have the strength to ask why? and that I will always seek to create and NEVER just accept. We breathe life into the world, we frame beauty in our minds, we seek love in our hearts...but only if we stop and take the time to. It's not a race...it's not about who is going to be the most well-off...it's about who is going to live the MOST.

"Love is where you Find it...Look for it...Everywhere."



Last but certainly never least. This last picture is of my 17 year old rock-star baby brother, Cory. He is so often, not that I could ever tell him this, my motivation to be the best person I can be. I want him to someday be as proud of me as I am of him even now. He's millions of steps closer to his dreams than I am to mine simply because he won't ask what if...and that's because he refuses to fail. He doesn't sit there and ask himself where he's going to end up, or why things happen or don't happen. He lives every second for JUST that second. He has the spirit of the baby brother I've always felt like I needed to protect, but the mind of someone far beyond his 17 years. We could all learn from him, probably myself more than anyone else. I hope that wherever he ends up he knows that I always have and always will stand behind him and that he has inspired me above all else.

So there you are. This is Me.