COFFEE!!

I love it when an old friend of mine suggests we catch up over coffee... 

... it reminds me why they're an old friend ;)

10 Things I've Learned About Love (This Time Around)

1. It is not a black and white, there's all shades of grey.
2. You can end a "relationship" but you cannot end the feelings you still have for that person.
3. If it's meant to be, then they will never really let you go. 
4. Relationships are fragile, but love is stronger than anything.
5. If you want to break their heart, you should have never been together.
6. Just because it's complicated, does not mean its confusing or it wont work.
7. If you compare the one you love to another, there should be no comparison.
8. Re-asses yourself constantly and be honest about what you know you're thinking. 
9. Time has a way of readjusting emotion.
10. No matter what, loving someone changes both of your lives. 

The Rose

"But that he dares not grasp the thorn,

Should never crave the rose"

- Anne Bronte

Happiness

Literal...

hap·pi·ness

[hap-ee-nis]

–noun

1.

the quality or state of being happy.

2.

good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy.

Origin: 
1520–30; happy  + -ness

—Related forms

o·ver·hap·pi·ness, noun

—Synonyms 
1, 2.  pleasure, joy, exhilaration, bliss, contentedness, delight,enjoyment, satisfaction. Happiness, bliss, contentment, felicity  implyan active or passive state of pleasure or pleasurable satisfaction.Happiness  results from the possession or attainment of what oneconsiders good: the happiness of visiting one's family. Bliss  isunalloyed happiness or supreme delight: the bliss of perfectcompanionship. Contentment  is a peaceful kind of happiness inwhich one rests without desires, even though every wish may nothave been gratified: contentment in one's surroundings. Felicity  isa formal word for happiness of an especially fortunate or intensekind: to wish a young couple felicity in life.

—Antonyms 
1.  misery. 

15 Things to Remember in the Pursuit...

1. The only person that can ever truly make you happy is yourself. Stop depending on everyone else.

2. People lie, stuff happens. Don’t take it too personally.

3. Want people to think you’re amazing? Start believing you are, and then they will too.

4. Smiling is the ultimate anti-depressant. Smile and laugh out loud, it doesn’t look stupid, I promise.

5. The world is never just black and white, right or wrong, one way or another. Try and see things from as many points of view as possible.

6. "Let everything happen to you 
Beauty and terror 
Just keep going 
No feeling is final" -Rainer Maria Rilke

7. Have empathy.

8. Gossip, problems of the past, events you cannot control, negative thoughts and negative people; time spent on these is time poorly wasted.

9. When you're jealous or find yourself filled with hate for someone/something, stop. The only person its hurting is you.

10. Although the newest, most expensive material things may make you feel as if you’re a better person, they won’t hold you at night or listen to you when you need it. Make sure your priorities make sense.

11. Step outside your comfort zone- it’s when you’ll really feel alive.

12. Don’t be afraid to be yourself, the people who really matter, don’t mind

13. Let your emotions out sometimes, humans have them for a reason.

14. Celebrate the things you have. Think only positively of the things you don’t (but would like to have) and they too will come.

15. Love unconditionally ♥.

Mask- (vb.) to conceal; disguise:

How are you? I'm doing well.

How is life? Life is going well, but I have this problem with (insert easily fixed problem here).

I'm just going to keep smiling and stay positive so they wont know what I really deal with...

You can leave any situation at face value. If you don't like something, you can change it. But what about things that have bored into your soul and become a part of who you are? You can move, run, hide, ignore people, mask your problems... whatever you want- but where does that get YOU? Absolutely no where except running yourself crazy in your head. You'll keep asking why... why... WHY! What could I have done? Where did my life go so wrong? Why am I like THIS?!

 I don't have answers, so I keep seeking...

Smile

Valentine's Day

Since Valentine's Day is officially over, I can finally talk about it!!! 

So, here is a funny little story...

Over the weekend I spent hours and days cooking, creating & crafting... the perfect valentines present for my wonderful boyfriend- which everyone knows, a way to a man's heart is through his stomach :) so I came up with the idea to make chocolate dipped strawberries (ooh la la!), chocolate and white chocolate dipped cherries, and chocolate dipped pretzels and package them in boxes I would also make. Along with an adorable t-shirt with me ironed on the front of it :) teehee. Since the whole process took up just about my entire weekend, I was really excited to give him the gifts and see what he had been planning...

I woke up Valentine's Day morning to an adorable text telling me how much he loved me and all kinds of sweet things... except not at all mentioning when/where/what our V-Day plans were... So I spent the entire morning absolutely pissed because I though he had forgotten to do anything! What kind of boyfriend does that?!?!?! 

So I had resolved to blowing off the rest of the day like it was nothing, hanging out with my girl friends and avoiding anything couple-y and mushy (take THAT, Cupid!). After having various friends hint that I shouldn't do that, I -against my will- change my plans...

 *...skipping boring parts and a lot of me being confused...*

I go home to meet up with my boyfriend because he said he had a surprise for me.

oh joy, he finally remembered its valentines day! lets see what he came up with...

I walked into my room to find a teddy bear (dressed like him :) ), chocolates, and 3 little boxes. 

so apparently he hadn't forgotten after all...hmmm...

In the boxes, BEAUTIFUL Swarovski jewelry... earrings, a heart necklace, and tennis bracelet. Which are now most of my favorite pieces of jewelry:) Then he planned to take me out to our favorite Lebanese food place, Nicholas's. So we went out for a romantic dinner and spent the rest of the wonderful day together... After I was done telling him how much I loved him- through gritted teeth ;)

I guess the morals of this story are...

 1. That if you say you like to be surprised... you better actually like being kept in the dark about it.

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2. TRUST that boyfriends are competent enough to do things right! (Not that I ever thought otherwise).

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3. Don't be so quick to come to conclusions about what you think is {or isn't} happening. (I'll have to work on this one!)