Five Minute Friday

Today's topic is home. 

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What an awesome word home. IT brings up so many memories, some good, some not so good, but always amazing.

Home is where I've lived for 16 years of my life. It's games of baseball and kickball and capture the flag and nerf fights with everyone in the neighborhood. It's staying up late and having amazing conversations at sleep overs with friends that are more like sisters. It's always  feeling safe.

Home is dance class, church, family gatherings. Home is my granparents houses during the summer because that's where the pool is and it's everyone gathering for birthdays and Christmas and every other holiday in between.

Home is my sanctuary. The place where I can just be. 

Love,
Natalie

To This Day Spoken Word


Love this video/ poem. It's just perfect.

On Celebrities and Titles

Do you ever think about how weird it is that we make out celebrities or people we like from the internet into these amazing people and they're really just normal people who have had this really awesome thing happen to them? Because I just was.

It's weird though. We put these people up on a pedestal, like when did we decide that this was something that some people got to feel and others didn't? Who decided that people in movies or on tv or online or anyone who has any sort of audience were "more important" than everyone else?

And maybe that's why a majority of celebrities, of any kind, have a time where they have a "breakdown." Because it is not normal for someone to have that much responsibility or to have to always worry about what your doing and how you look. That's just not something that people can handle without breaks every once in a while.

It's a dangerous thing to imagine a person as more than just a person, because they will eventually disappoint you by doing something you would never expect. And I guess that's the thing, maybe us making these people into something more than just a person is what makes it worse. We expect so much and are disappointed when they make one mistake, but that's what human do, make mistakes.

I don't really know what the point was to this, but I guess if there is one it's this: Try not to make people into more than what they are because it will disappoint you. And sure that's kind of depressing, but I think it's better to have a realistic view on people than to make them into some sort of idol who you think can never do wrong. People make mistakes and they change and it can't be stopped. So, sure have your role models or people you admire, just remember they are people too. And don't think to badly of them when/if they mess up.

Love,
Natalie

“I’m not saying that at some point love isn’t staying up until 2am phone calls or stealing kisses when you least expect it or instantly falling for each other’s favorite songs - because it is - or at least that’s what the lead up to it feels like, but real love is so much more. It’s going out at 12am to get something to eat for your wife who can’t get out of bed. It’s listening to them as they explode with vulnerability on your living room couch, talking about how they were only so young when their parents passed on. It’s remembering how someone likes their coffee in the morning without asking - without ever asking. It’s visiting someone in the hospital knowing the last thing you want to do is see them in that condition. It’s wanting to be with that person despite everything, the future, the past, and everything in between. It’s the intimate things that you don’t even realize involve such intimacy, but they do in secret, like the pinky promises you two made behind your back, to love one another for always, in the time you thought you were in love, when you were actually just on your way to it."--Unknown

3/6/13

That's the thing about the internet. You can always find people who are like, "Oh this is great."--Andy Samberg

I was listening to the Nerdist Podcast with Andy Samberg last night and he said this quote. And it made me realize how  lucky we are now to have the internet. It's such an amazing thing. We can put something up on it and the people who like it will find it, and sure some people who don't like it will find it too, but they won't stay. The internet gives everyone a chance to be heard by the people they want to be  heard by. It gives everyone an audience. You just have to be brave enough to put yourself out there. Dare to suck. 

That makes me so excited for the future and everything that can be accomplished because of this amazing invention. This thing that gives people who may not have a chance to be heard a platform to talk on. And yes that's a dangerous thing, but it's something everyone should have the right to. 

So even if you don't have the most followers, or subscribers, or "friends", that shouldn't matter. What should matter is the people who are following you, subscribed to you, friends with you are these things because they care about what you say. And that's something special.

Love,
Natalie 

3/4/13

“I know today is Monday and you assume it’s going to suck, but according to statistics, there will be over 5,000 weddings, 10,000 childbirths, and 42 million hugs occurring today throughout the United States. Also today, there will be at least 4 people that will win the multimillion dollar lotteries, 600 people will get promotions at work, and 3,000 people will lose their virginity. There will also be 600 dogs adopted, 35,000 balloons sold, and 800,000 skittles eaten. Plus, the words “I love you” will be said over 9 million times. So again, I know today is Monday and you assume it’s going to suck, but just smile, because according to statistics, it should actually be a really nice day.”--Via Tumblr
I love this quote. It make you realize even though you may not like the beginning of the week, there are always amazing things happening around us. Even if we don't get to see them all the time.

Five Minute Friday

Today's topic: Ordinary

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I've never really liked the word ordinary. It always seems to be synonymous for boring or mundane. And none of these are things I have ever seen in this world.

I've never looked outside and thought how ordinary things are. I've always thought of them as extraordinary. From the way the sun never stops shining and the way that people are always changing and growing and connecting to one another. 

There are so many "ordinary" things that I see to be extraordinary:

Family

Friends

Being happy

Reading an amazing book

Sitting in silence and being content

Great movies

Hugs

Promises

Loving and being loved in return

Pets

Waking up in the morning

Delicious food

Christmas

Birthdays

Finally being able to do that math problem

And so many more

These things are everyday things. Things that people do all the time and never really think about. Things that we might not always be thankful for, but we would miss if they weren't there. 

I think that's what ordinary is. Having these extraordinary things that happen and not always noticing until they aren't there. 

Love,

Natalie