Rachel's Challenge

Rachel's Challenge

#1) Look for the best in others--

              Eliminate prejudice

#2) Dare to dream--

              Set goals and keep a journal

#3) Choose positive influences--

              Input determines output

#4) Kind words--

              Little acts of kindness = Huge results!

#5) START A CHAIN REACTION!!

Rachel's Challenge is amazing! It was started because of an 18 year old girl who was shot and killed at Columbine High School in 1999. And today, 12 years later, she is still touching lives. Wow!

You know that feeling?

When you hold hands with the guy you like for the first time?
When you're touched by a girl who died when you were 5?
When that girl started a movement that involves millions of people at age 18, and didn't know it?

That's what I felt today. And they were good feelings. My day was amazing!

Growing Up

Lay off
Leave me alone
I'm sick of your crap
I'm done with your *****ing
I can do what I want
So just watch me fly
I don't need you
Or your silly little stories
I don't need your made-up lies
I don't need your jealous glare
I thought we were mature
Above all the petty insecurities
But I guess you aren't
So too bad for you.
But whatever you do,
Don't try and bring me down
I'm a free spirit,
With a mind of my own.
You can't control me,
So watch me soar
And leave you behind
While I fly away
Content with myself
And what I've chosen.

I just want to be gone.

I just want to start over.
A clean slate.
No one knows me
And I know no one.
Where relationships aren't based
On "he said, she said" lies
But on mutual trust
Friendship
Respect
And loyalty.
My utopia?
That's a place where everyone gets along.
No one feels self-conscious
Sensitive
Unimportant.
Everyone is loved equally
And everyone loves equally.
That's my utopia
My retreat
My safety.
What's yours?