With four minutes left, a huge backpack, and a freezing day, I ran.

Ida Scott Taylor once wrote:

Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.

Hey sweeties!
I came across this quote today and it gave me great encouragement!

I'm not sure about you all, but sometimes I have trouble living in the past and the future. Somehow, my present has been skipped over with regrets and memories of the past and the fear and hope of what is to come.

I often forget that life is beautiful, and I am wasting precious time grieving over a past that is gone and a future that has not even come yet.

I have so money hopes and dreams and sometimes I only focus on what is to come in the future, I fear that I may be missing something so beautiful in the present moment.

I think that from now on, I am going to do one thing each day that makes each day memorable.

Whether that be by apologizing to someone and rekindlind a friendship, speaking some of my mind, or just doing something completly crazy.

I promise to do something everyday that will make each day worth remembering.

I guess I should start today and tell you all what crazy thing I did.

I go to a huge campus and only have 15 minutes inbetween each class. One of my teachers does not allow you into the classroom if you are one second late.

Today I accidentally gave myself 8 minutes to make it completly across campus and get there on time.

I started walking fast, but it just wasn't cutting it. So with four minutes left, a backpack stuffed to the rim with books, and a freezing cold day. . . I ran.

I ran like a crazy person across the entire campus and laughed my head off the whole time I did it.

I'm sure I looked insane and people thought I was crazy, but that didn't matter to me. And you know what? Two other people ran with me. It was hilarious. And it was fun and exciting. And better yet, I made it to class on time. :)

This is my moment of the day and there is only more oppurtunities to be had.

Do any of you have special memories about today?

If not , get off your computer and go make one! :)

Love you all!
Brooke

Pictures of you, Pictures of me

Hey guys!

I know a lot of people on blog spot are in to photography and I really enjoy pictures too.

I think it's a great way to save memories and I enjoy looking back at old photos so I can remember things I amy have forgotten.

Here's a random thought I was thinking about today concerning photographs.

Have you ever looked at a photo and seen strangers in the background?

Have you ever thought about how many photos of other people's that you could be in?

I was just thinking, what if I am in some random photo frame, in some stranger's house, in some crazy state??

it's a litle bizarre to think about!

So I have this picture of me and some friends at the beach and there are some people in the background, I bet they never thought there bathing suit bods would be on my wall bahahahaha!!!

Look at your photos, you might find someone you have never noticed before, and probably will never see again.

If anyone looks they should comment, it might be funny! :)

Brooke

Moody Monday???

So, if you want to know something random about me, here it goes.

Mondays are pretty much not my day.

I hate when you have had an amazing weekend only to realize come Sunday night that I have to wake up early for lovely class the next day.

Most Mondays are extremely boring becasue right after class, I have work.

So today just to add on to all of the boringness of this day and probably the boringness of this blog, here is a list of things that made this day even more horrible.

1. Made brownies last night, get home, all gone... ugh Yah isn't great taking the time to make something only to have them get eaten and you not getting any?

2. My sister is wearing my favorite boots with out asking. lame I know I totally sound like a child, but who cares I can be one on Mondays :)

3. Some random girl in one of my classes said, "Wow, you look really pale today" and I say "Well I don't really have make-up on right now" and then she tells me that I shouldn't leave the house without eye shadow on! How rude!

So three things to make this Monday super lovely.

Enough about me. What about your monday?

Anyone?

So, some people may find it weird that at the moment, I am writing to no one. But still I feel as if this blog is already helping.

So does anyone know the hardest part about goodbyes?

You have to learn how to say goodbye everyday.

Unfortunately, too many people find this to be true in their everyday life. I for one am faced with this fact everyday.

I think it would be good today instead of saying goodbye, how about we say hello to some good memories of that person.

i know that when I think of good memories, everything is better...

I'll start with sharing one for you guys.

My grandmother died a few years back and personaly I feel as if she were the best grandmother in the world.

Some of my favorite memories of her come from her reading to me at night time or making me ice cream cones late at night when i spent the night.

Also, when I learned how to play the clarinet, I took it to her house and told her I was practicing for her. I squaked and squeeked as loud as i could just to sound as teerrible as I could be.

She tried to pretend she liked it, though I could see all over her face she was scared thats how bad i truly played.

I told her that it had all been a huge joke and we both laughed for forever.

This is just one moment of my time with her that I am thankful for.

It was hard on Thanksgiving not having her here with me, but I am blessed with so many other things in my life and one important thing to remember is that I am blessed with great memories.

And no one, can take those memories away from me.

What about you? What are those good memories?

So. . . No one knows anything about me?

So, it's probably weird to you guys that you know nothing about me, well at least it's weird for me. I promise the only thing that will not be true on this blog is the names of the people around me. I'm a real person, not just some computer. Hopefully, yall can give me advice, and more than that I hope my blog is inspiring to you.

I am going to start by creating 5 things Sunday.
These are going to be 5 things true about my life or just 5 things I enjoy or like.

Today, since you know pretty much nothing about me, I will do 5 things about my life.

1. I have had the same boyfriend for several years, for this blog we'll call him. . . Lucas.
2. I enjoy photography and artsy photos so if you ever want to send me something you can!
3. I love the outdoors.
4. I love random facts so if you got one, send it my way I'll blog it.
5. I have ALOT of thoughts and opinions!!

So here's five random things to start off this blog and there will definetly be more to come!
I'll post soon!

Brooke

A New Beginning

Hello to all or anyone I should probably say,
I decided to blog for several reasons.
First off before I begin any long explanations, I should probably tell you a few things about myself.
First off, my name is not Brooke. I only changed the name on here because I'm trying to start anew. Maybe one day when I'm not so afraid, I will tell you my real name.

I started a blog because I have so many thoughts running around in my head, I just feel like I could do the world some good by letting them out.

I'm not going to try to complete a cookbook in 365 days or talk to you about my excellent fashion advice (that I do not have) but rather let you escape your world and enter into someone else's in hopes of creating a new beginning for yourself. And that someone else's life will be mine. I hope we can take a journey together and help you and also help myself

With love,

Brooke