Worth The Wait

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."

-Carl Sagan

"For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith. But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting."

-T.S. Elliot

"Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act."

-Paulo Coelho

"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow--that is patience."

"The secret to patience is doing something else meaningful in the worthwhile."

"Patience is the art of hoping."

"One minute of patience, ten years of peace."

-Proverb

"You have to keep moving forward, holding on, and never give up because the best is yet to come."

"What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't happened yet."

The average person waits between 45 to 62 minutes a day on something.

It's been estimated that the average person spends 5 years of their life in waiting.

We are all waiting on something... big or small... waiting for love, for change, in lines, for movies, on trains, in planes, for forgiveness, for opportunities, for goals and dreams and wishes, for the world to change.

I've come to the conclusion that sometimes there are phases of our lives that feel like a waiting room. There is nothing anyone can do about it. Most of the time change happens slowly, one day at a time, moment by moment. You have to be patient and take small steps in the right direction. That's what life is: small, long, hard, challenging, tiring, steps that you take every single day so when you look back you see how far you've truly come. It adds up, the distance you've covered. You have to smile and press forward enjoying the journey with the realization that the wait will be worth it.

Waiting doesn't mean you're just standing still watching your life pass by... waiting means to keep going and never let go or falter even when it seems impossible. Even if it feels like you are waiting for something (or someone) that will never happen (or never come). What you are waiting for could be just a little further down the path and you can't see it from when you currently stand. You want to give up, but the thing is you can't stop because it's there and waiting for you. Once you reach it, you'll discover it was worth the wait, that you'd repeat the tedious, seemingly unending, wait and trip it took to get there countless times because it's so worth it, it's everything.

Waiting means something's coming.

You're waiting for something or someone.

The longer you wait, the more you anticipate, the better and sweeter it will be when you find it.

Anything worth having is worth waiting for.

What are you waiting for?

To The Stars/Written in the Stars

 Be a star.

 The sight of stars makes everything else fade away.

StArS

I was looking up at the gorgeous night sky that night outside of my mom's house, staring at all the amazing stars completely wonderstruck when this random thought popped into my head popped into my head. People always say love is written in the stars like destiny. 

Well maybe that statement isn't too far off.

What we see as one star is actually hundreds of stars.

Sometimes we become amazed by one star and don't want to take the time to view the rest in our vast, infinite universe.

When really there is a brighter star meant to make our dreams come true, our star that takes longer to find and a world of patience, but if we wait and search and pray and don't give up, we'll find the star that is more beautiful than all the stars in the sky to us...

The star we never want to look away from.

The star that will provide light in our darkest days.

The star we want to gaze at for the rest of our lives, the rest of forever.

That star will help us shine brighter and that light (love) will never die or fade away.

Sadly, many people are too impatient to find that star and settle for another star, for a dimmer star. 

The universe is a big place and some people get lonely and settle.

Others give up.

Some stars die out.

One just needs to see the whole picture.

To quit comparing one star to the others.

To only care about the star that lights up you life.

Sometimes we can't and have to rely on faith.

Faith and God will never fail us.

Seeing isn't really always believing.

Believing is seeing... 

And without the darkness, we wouldn't see the stars, wouldn't find our star.

"Did you know one star that we see from earth is actually thousands of stars in one. If we all let our light shine, imagine how bright and lovely life could be! You are amazing. Light will always overcome the dark."

-Izzie

"There wouldn't be a sky full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same one."

-Francis Clark

"And all of the stars

  In all of the nighttime skies

  You are the brightest."

-Tyler Knott Gregson

"Stars are the prettiest things in the world."

-Rachel McAdams

"For my parts I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream."

-Vincent Van Gogh

"Look at the stars. Look how they shine for you and all the things you do."

-Coldplay

"I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in the darkness, the astonishing light of your own being."

"When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are."

-Walt Disney

Mean by Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift- Mean 

You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me.

You have knocked me off my feet again got me feeling like I'm nothing.

You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard, calling me out when I'm wounded.

You, pickin' on the weaker man

Well, you can take me down with just one single blow.

But you don't know what you don't know.

Someday I'll be living in a big old city.

And all you're ever gonna be is mean.

Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me.

And all you're ever gonna be is mean.

Why you gotta be so mean?

You, with your switching sides and your walk-by lies and your humiliation.

You, have pointed out my flaws again as if I don't already see them.

I'll walk with my head down trying to block you out 'cause I'll never impress you.

I just wanna feel okay again.

I'll bet you got pushed around, somebody made you cold.

But the cycle ends right now 'cause you can't lead me down that road.

And you don't know what you don't know.

Someday I'll be living in a big old city.

And all you're ever gonna be is mean.

Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me.

And all you're ever gonna be is mean.

Why you gotta be so mean?

But all you are is mean.

All you are is mean and a liar and pathetic and alone in life.

And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean.

     Okay so that's not all of the lyrics but it describes how I feel at this moment, how I've felt in many moments of life. I always find myself asking that same question-Why do people have to be so mean? Recently he-who-is-not-worth-naming, I mentioned him in another post, proved to me I should always listen to my heart and first impressions. I am not going to talk much about him, he's totally not worth my time or words. I learned a lesson though and hope every girl out there can read this and learn from my mistake. ALWAYS trust your first impression of guys and listen to your heart. If you think he is a player, a liar, egotistical, mean, cocky, thinks-he's-better-than-everyone-else, conceited, and an overall jerk, trust that. Don't get involved. He will try to convince you he's not like that, whisper sweet nothings to you that he tells all the other girls, make you feel special when in reality you're just another girl, ordinary, not important, he'll make promises, but always break them, and end up leaving you and making you feel worthless saying he never cared and you were basically just an object not a human being. Don't believe him. Don't get hurt. And if you do think well maybe I shouldn't judge, and end up liking him, when he forgets about you and tells you that you never mattered, do not listen or believe it. Because he is the one who is worthless. 

     Find a guy who will respect you, love you, is trustworthy, kind, has goals, a good reputation, and who will never ever give up on you, who will do anything for you. That's the kind of guy every girl deserves. He's not your prince if he doesn't treat you like a princess. Don't let a guy bring you down! I feel sorry for guys who are like the above mentioned mean boy. It's pathetic and tragic that they feel so insecure themselves and alone that they have to put on an act and be mean. You know that in the end, that guy will end up all alone and so full of regret because he messed up his entire life and girls won't put up with it anymore. And by that time, it will be too late. How selfish that type of guy is. All he cares about is right now, having fun, trying to kiss every girl he can, and just trying to gratify his ego and find pleasure now that will not last, that is frivolous, when you should be concerned with love that lasts forever and the future. 

     Your instincts are there for a reason, to protect you. Listen to your heart and gut feelings and run if you have doubts or red flags that a guy is a jerk. First impressions are almost always right when it comes to guys, especially if you've heard they have a reputation as a player. Another thing girls tend to do is get with a guy just because they don't want to be alone, even if the guy is a jerk and not the one. Don't sell yourself short. Waiting and being alone is better than suffering with the wrong person. Be happy with yourself. If you aren't happy single, you won't find happiness in a relationship. Do things for you and better yourself and make goals and accomplish them and wait. Be patient. Love will find you, don't look for it.