Until the Last Falling Star

"Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes."

-Mary Martin

"The only remedy for love is to love more."

-Henry David Thoreau 

"When you are scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave."

-Neil Gaiman

"Everyone has something of beauty about them. But loving lets you look, and look, and look again. You notice the back of a hand, the turn of a head, the way of a walk. When you first love, you look blind and you see it all as the glorious, beloved whole, or a beautiful sum of beautiful parts. But when you see the one you love as pieces, as whys, you can love those parts too, and it's a love at once more complicated and more complete."
-Ally Condie, Crossed

"Love changes what is probable and makes unlikely things possible."

-Ally Condie, Crossed

"There are certain people who come into your life, and leave a mark. Their place in your heart is tender, a bruise of longing, a pulse of unfinished business. Just hearing their names pushes and pulls at you in a hundred ways, and when you try to define those hundred ways, describe them even to yourself, words are useless."

-Sara Zarr

Lovelies, 

I have endless random thoughts running wild in my mind so I am going to share a few with you...

Always remember every day means a whole new 24 hours. Every day means anything and everything is possible again. Take those hours and make them count... you never know how many you will get. I know it can be terrifying to step out of your comfort zone and try new things, take chances, but unless you do so, unless you let things change, they will never get better. Meet new people and you could make friends that will last a lifetime, maybe you'll meet the one for you. We all get chances, but our choice is whether to act on them. If you are always saying no then you will never know the possibilities.

Trust me on that.

Mistletoe... haha... here is my rant on that. Okay so it's cute and romantic. I get it. Who doesn't want to be kissed under the mistletoe. There are songs and songs and songs about it. Truthfully though, I think it's a bit pathetic. Why do guys need an excuse, why do they need a plant to tell them to kiss the girl? Man up and be brave. As I said above, take chances. 

Just saying...

With the New Year on it's way, evaluate the current one. Think about what you want out of next year. 2011 wasn't the best year for me, but it was still good. I will make 2012 even better. I've learned more than I could ever explain in 2,011 blog posts. I've grown. That's the important thing. That part of life isn't always fun, but always worth it. It's making me into the girl I am supposed to be, the better me. You just have to be patient. Take more chances next year, set goals, and make life happen for you. Think more about others to and brighten their lives.

Be bold. Be brave. Be heroic. Be fearless. Be inspiring. 

Never forget how amazing you are. 

Your potential is limitless if you let it be.

Tomorrow=Tuesday=Gratituesday

Think of what you are thankful for, of who you are thankful for... let them know. Let Heavenly Father know how grateful you are for all of your countless blessings. 

I am thankful for you.

I am thankful for forgiveness.

I am thankful for love.

I am thankful for opportunity.

I am thankful for music.

I am thankful for the spirit of the Christmas season.

I am thankful for my life.

I am thankful for being able to see.

I am thankful for being able to express myself through words.

I am thankful for a zillion more things... everything basically, because even our trials are blessings.

Be THANKFUL.

Have a happy GratiTuesday lovelies :)

(Music I listened to while writing this entry: "Not The Only One" -Jacob Gann, "The Weight of Us" -Sanders Bohlke, and "Driveway" -Great Northern I am thankful for these talented musicians and the fact that the shared their talent with the world. Thank you!)


And I am grateful to my beautiful, wonderful, stunning little sister McHale! Happy 20th birthday to her. I love you sister.

McHale, our friend Hannah, & I last year

How To Save A Life

Those pictures are all incredibly random, but incredible. I love them (but I guess that's obvious or I wouldn't post them here!). I am tired tonight and just got done writing two four page papers so my brain is hurting haha. But I am blessed to be in college, and I'm finally done with them! So yay! Other things that made me happy today=The Grey's Anatomy musical episode=love! The music they sung were some of my favorite songs from the history of Grey's including: 'Cozy in the Rocket' -Psapp, 'Chasing Cars' -Snow Patrol, 'Breathe (2am)' -Anna Nalick, 'How We Operate' -Gomez, 'Wait' -Go Set Go, 'Running on Sunshine' -Jesus Jackson, 'Grace' -Kate Havnevik, 'How To Save A Life' -The Fray, and 'The Story' -Brandi Carlile. If you haven't ever heard any of those songs, go listen to them now! They are incredible. Love them! Loved that episode. I just love Grey's Anatomy if you hadn't noticed ;). It never fails to make me happy. Seriously.

Random nice comments absolutely never fail to make my day. I get the sweetest e-mails and comments from lots of people who give me feedback and support about my blog and it's amazing. I love all of my readers. Seriously love you! Well today was a hard day and I got on Facebook and my friend Morgan Kirkham had the nicest status about me. I love you Morgan! She is the sweetest person. She has the most beautiful family and her two sons are adorable. :) Thank you Morgan for cheering me up on a cloudy day! 

Now I am sitting here with my lovely roommates Hannah, Rian, and Rian's bf Dan and the Lucy cat. Lucy looks dead. She has been curled up in a ball for the last few hours haha. I love her... except I don't love when she scratches the cute decorations I put on my wall and ruins them. Not so cute. And she like hates me. She won't let me hold and pet her. She always runs away. But she is the cutest cat, and I love her. Maybe someday she will love me. 

Lucy will stick her paw under your door if she gets lonely or shut out. I feel bad for Hannah because in the mornings Lucy cat will relentlessly scratch at her door and put her paw under the door. She'll even fall asleep like this! 

Lucy likes to sleep in the most random places. Like the sink... and on books you are reading and she'll just plop down on the floor. She is crazy. I swear she sees ghosts. She will run up walls. It's insanity. Hannah and Rian are witnesses of Lucy's madness.

Currently my roommates and I are doing the usual routine--studying (not really haha... we're supposed to be but we end up having the longest conversations about absolutely nothing or watching Grey's, dealing with Lucy cat, discussing my stalker and run ins with him, trying to find some brilliant idea to become billionaires), we watch Grey's and Jersey Shore on Thursdays and every week day we watch The Colbert Report. Love it. 

Can I just say that I love my grandma Annette Selders. She is my hero. She is an angel. Seriously. She is the most incredible lady I've ever met. If I can be half the woman she is, that will be wonderful. She has helped me through every trial in my life and is so fearless and faithful. She is my inspiration. She cares about everyone. She would help anyone on the street who needed it. And my grandpa Curt Selders is equally amazing. They are my strength. I'm so blessed to have them in my life. They are so in love and have been married for 23 years. My grandma is so stylish haha. She won best dressed in high school and people think she is my mom. I just love these two. I could go on and on and on forever, but the point is these are two of my greatest sources of inspiration, and I had to acknowledge that.

This has been the most random post I've probably ever written, but I'm sleep deprived so I get a break for that. I don't think there is whole-lotta inspiration here. I mainly went on about my oh-so-exciting life. I guess the message of this post is family and friends are life. They are the most precious thing in my life. I love them to infinity and beyond. I think it's great to tell the people you love how you feel every once in a while. Remind your family or friends you love them. You never know when you won't have the chance to do so, take advantage of the time you have and tell people how you feel and that you appreciate them. I love and appreciate you all with all of my heart!

With love,

Charley Brooke