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Lyrics
Will somebody wear me to the fair?
Will a lady pin me in her hair?
Will a child find me by a stream?
Kiss my petals and weave me through a dream

For all of these simple things and much more a flower was born
It blooms to spread love and joy faith and hope to people forlorn

Inside every man lives the seed of a flower
If he looks within he finds beauty and power

Ring all the bells sing and tell the people everywhere that the flower has come
Light up the sky with your prayers of gladness and rejoice for the darkness is gone
Throw off your fears let your heart beat freely at the sign that a new time is born

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Learn How to Give Yourself Permission to Succeed by Noah St. John

Forgive Your Inner Gollum, a blog post by Horse Pig Cow, via My Curious Life.

A Room of Her Own by By Karen Houppert is a A beautiful, beautiful article about a teacher who left her student $75,000. (found via Jezebel)

“I wanna do something that matters, that will make a difference in the world,” I confided in a half-whisper, because I knew it sounded corny.

She could have looked at me with a softly condescending smile that said, This, too, shall pass. But she didn’t.

“You can,” she said.

Speaking of corny, here is a corny little video about giving yourself permission to succeed:

Last year Laura posted this for Valentine’s Day at Pick Me! Now, I continue the tradition. Maybe by now I even have a boyfriend. ;)

I quietly raise her arm above our heads and declare her:  ”The Champion!”

How adorable is that. May you be inspired to do something adorable for your loved ones today. If you are all alone and lonesome, I’m sorry ;(, but may you be inspired to do something adorable for YOURSELF today.

via PostSecret last Valentine’s Day.

Thank You by Alanis Morissette

Lyrics
How ’bout getting off of these antibiotics
How ’bout stopping eating when I’m full up
How ’bout them transparent dangling carrots
How ’bout that ever elusive kudo

Thank you India
Thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty
Thank you consequence
Thank you thank you silence

How bout me not blaming you for everything
How bout me enjoying the moment for once
How bout how good it feels to finally forgive you
How bout grieving it all one at a time

Thank you India
Thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty
Thank you consequence
Thank you thank you silence

The moment I let go of it was
The moment I got more than I could handle
The moment I jumped off of it
Was the moment I touched down

How ’bout no longer being masochistic
How ’bout remembering your divinity
How ’bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out
How ’bout not equating death with stopping

Thank you India
Thank you providence
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you nothingness
Thank you clarity
Thank you thank you silence

yeah yeah
ahh ohhh
ahhh ho oh
ahhh ho ohhhhhh
yeaahhhh yeahh

In My Life by the Beatles.

And sung by Johnny Cash

Lyrics
There are places I’ll remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends, I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I’ve loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life, I’ll love you more

Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life, I’ll love you more

I like this song. I found the lyrics odd when I actually listened to them (“macrame”?), but I love the chorus. “There ARE gonna be some changes made! G*d Dammit!”
Nice song, Bruce Hornsby.

My changes:

• Exercising every week day morning. It is KICKING my butt. But I also love it.
• Being nice to myself. I wish you could hear the force behind that sentence. I’m so sick of putting myself down and feeling bad about myself. Forget it! That includes thinking I should be different and trying to get people to like me. That is so humiliating when you really think about it. No more contorting for approval. No more putting myself down.

There’s gonna be some changes made.

And now that we’ve made those changes, it IS going to be a Beautiful Day. Thanks, U2. :)

Lyrics
Sweet wonderful you,
You make me happy with the things you do,
Oh, oh, oh can it be so,
This feeling follows me wherever I go.

I never did believe in miracles,
But I’ve a feeling it’s time to try.
I never did believe in the ways of magic,
But I’m beginning to wonder why.

[Instrumental]

I never did believe in miracles,
But I’ve a feeling it’s time to try.
I never did believe in the ways of magic,
But I’m beginning to wonder why.

Don’t, don’t break the spell,
It would be different and you know it will.
You, you make loving fun,
And I don’t have to tell you but you’re the only one.

You, you make loving fun.
(It’s all I want to do)
You, you make loving fun.
(It’s all i want to do)
You, you make loving fun.
(It’s all I want to do)
You, you make loving fun.
(It’s all i want to do)