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These are some quotes i love..... :)

"Life kicks you around sometimes.
It scares you and it beats you up.
But there's one day when you realize
you're not just a survivor. You're a fighter.
You're tougher than anything
life throws your way. And you are"


"As we strain to grasp the things we desire, the things we think will make our life better, money, popularity, fame, we ignore the things that truly matter. The simple things like friendship, family, love, the things we probably already had."


"Sometimes it's easy to feel like you're the only one in the world who's struggling, who's frustrated, or unsatisfied at barely getting by. But, that feeling is a lie and if you just hold on; just find the courage to face it all for another day, someone or something will find the way and make it all okay. Because we all need a little help sometimes, someone to help us hear the music in the world. To remind us that it won't always be this way. That someone is out there, and that someone will find you."

- lucas scott one tree hill.

desire...forgiveness

Wow i haven't updated in a while. I've saved quite a few quotes that i've been meaning to share with you all. I got these quotes while watching Greys Anatomy. with the things that are going on in my life, i can relate to both of them, sigh. Hmm... i should take another look at them....

Desire. . .
"Too often, the thing you want most is the one thing you can't have. Desire leaves us heartbroken, it wears us out. Desire can wreck your life. But as tough as wanting something can be, the people who suffer the most, are those who don't know what they want". Meredith Grey.
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Forgiveness. . .
In life, only one thing is certain, apart from death and taxes. No matter how hard you try, no matter how good your intentions, you are going to make mistakes. You're going to hurt people. You're going to get hurt. And if you ever want to recover there's really only one thing you can say. Forgive and forget. That's what they say. It's good advice, but it's not very practical. When someone hurts us, we want to hurt them back. When someone wrongs us, we want to be right. Without forgiveness, old scores are never settled old wounds never heal. And the most we can hope for, is that one day we'll be lucky enough to forget. - Meredith Grey.

Pretty Wings ...

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A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying. - Grey's Anatomy

lol... The moral of this post... STOP PROCRASTINATING......
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currently listening to : ::::Pretty Wings:::: ..by: Maxwell:..

make a choice....

At some point you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out; they fence you in. Life is messy, that's how we're made. So you can waste your life drawing lines or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines that are way too dangerous to cross. Here's what I know, If you're willing to take a chance, the view from the other side is spectacular.
- Grey's Anatomy!

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What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent, unspeakable memories....

Learn to get in touch within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes. No coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

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"It's hard to articulate this thing that I'm so afraid of. The future. I mean, why should we be so afraid of the future? It's just time... isn't it?"

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decisions decisions....

There comes a time when every life goes off course. In this desperate moment, who will you be? Will you let down your defenses and find solace in someone unexpected? Will you reach out? Will you face your greatest fears with bravery and move forward with faith? Or will you succumb to the darkness in your soul?
There comes a time when every life goes off course. In this desperate moment, you must choose your direction. Will you fight to stay on the path? Will others tell you who you are or will you label yourself? Will you be haunted by your choice or will you embrace your new path? Each morning you choose to move forward or to simply give up.


-- - Lucas from One Tree Hill

Mellow...

Hey guys, Listen to this song, Its been playing in my head for the past couple of days and i always remembered the chorus .. ♪ ♪ "so kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for me, hold me like you'll never let me go. So i'm leaving on a jetplane, dont know when i'll be back again..." ♪ ♪

Anyway, so i went to youtube, typed a few words here and there and VIOLA....hehe.. :-)

Happy FIRST of the month guys, May July be filled with lots of love and happiness for you...Enjoy each day to the max and take chances... life is grand, live it to the fullest x. :-)

Chantal Kreviaszuk - Leaving On A Jetplane.

Have You Ever....

I found this a few days back and decided to share with u guys. ....damn, this guy must have been really heartbroken, Its a great read though, i know we call all relate. sigh. :-( ...This makes me think of Brandy's song "Have you ever" Listen to it if you get a chance, thats an amazing song as well. xoxo

H A V E. Y O U. E V E R. B E E N .I N. L O V E ?

"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love."

- Neil Gaiman.

Faith*

"Faith is a funny thing...It turns up when you don't expect it. It's like one day, you realize that the fairy tale maybe slightly different than what you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. It's not so important that its happily ever after, just that its happy right now! Once in a while, Once in a blue moon, People will realize. And once in a while, People may even take your breath away". - Grey's Anatomy.

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"Painful as this time may be, you will one day see the reason for it not cruel testings but tender preparations for the wonderful work you are to do" - Unknown

YESSS^^ Just came across this quote and truly loved it. Life is valuable you know, and we do come across hard times... but its temporary.. this is truly a valuable lesson people need to learn from and understand.. We are all destined for more.. :) I'm destined for more.

Currently listening to: Kate Havenik: Nowhere warm.
I love this song and her music. No words can describe how this song makes me feel. :-)

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xx smell the rain xx

__KARMA__

This is one of my favorite quotes from "Grey's Anatomy".
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"Okay so, sometimes even the best of us make rash decisions. Bad decisions. Decisions we pretty much know we're going to regret the moment, the minute, especially the morning after. I mean, maybe not regret, regret because at least, you know, we put ourselves out there. But still. Something inside us decides to do a crazy thing. A thing we know will probably turn around and bite us in the ass. Yet, we do it anyway. What I'm saying is... we reap what we sow. What comes around, goes around. It's karma, and anyway you slice it... Karma sucks".

"One way or another out karma will leave us to face ourselves. We can look our karma in the eye or we can wait for it to sneak up on us from behind. One way or another, our karma will always find us. No matter how hard we try, we can't escape our karma. It follows us home. I guess we can't really complain about our karma. It's not unfair. It's not unexpected. It just...evens the score. And even when we're about to do something we know will tempt karma to bite us in the ass...well, it goes without saying, We do it anyway".

- George O'Maly from Grey's Anatomy.

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smelltherain.x

The Interview With God

This is a very inspiring poem ~
There is only one God, look to him for guidance
In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful.

The Interview With GOD

I dreamed I had an interview with God.

“So you would like to interview me?” God asked.

“If you have the time” I said.

God smiled. “My time is eternity.”
“What questions do you have in mind for me?”

“What surprises you most about humankind?”

God answered...
“That they get bored with childhood,
they rush to grow up, and then
long to be children again.”

“That they lose their health to make money...
and then lose their money to restore their health.”

“That by thinking anxiously about the future,
they forget the present,
such that they live in neither
the present nor the future.”

"That they live as if they will never die,
and die as though they had never lived.”

God’s hand took mine
and we were silent for a while.

And then I asked...
“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons
you want your children to learn?”

“To learn they cannot make anyone
love them. All they can do
is let themselves be loved.”

“To learn that it is not good
to compare themselves to others.”

“To learn to forgive
by practicing forgiveness.”

“To learn that it only takes a few seconds
to open profound wounds in those they love,
and it can take many years to heal them.”

“To learn that a rich person
is not one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least.”

“To learn that there are people
who love them dearly,
but simply have not yet learned
how to express or show their feelings.”

“To learn that two people can
look at the same thing
and see it differently.”

“To learn that it is not enough that they
forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves.”

"Thank you for your time," I said humbly.

"Is there anything else
you would like your children to know?"

God smiled and said,
“Just know that I am here... always.”

-author unknown.

www.theinterviewwithgod.com

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"As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back".

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smelltherain.

light...

*Life is not about the number of breaths you take but the moments that take your breath away..*

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*Love all you hold dear, precious is the time you share. Do not wait for tomorrow, for tomorrow may not be.*

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"You know it's been said that we just don't recognize the significant moments of our lives while they are happening. We grow complacent with ideas, or things or people and we take them for granted and it's usually not until that thing is about to be taken away from you that you've realized how wrong you've been that you realized how much you need it, how much you love it".

Every once in a while people step up, they rise above themselves. Sometimes they surprise you, and sometimes they fall short. Life is funny sometimes, it can push pretty hard, but if you look close enough you find hope in the words of children, in the bars of a song and in the eyes of someone you love. And if you're lucky, and if you're the luckiest person on this entire planet, the person you love decides to love you back.

At this moment there are 6,470,818,671 people in the world. Some are running scared. Some are coming home. Some tell lies to make it through the day. Others are just now facing the truth. Some are evil men, at war with good. And some are good, struggling with evil. Six billion people in the world. Six billion souls. And sometimes -- all you need is one. ♥
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- beautiful quotes from amazing writers.
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currently listening to : Battlefield_Jordin Sparks
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xxxx
smelltherain.

"...Push on to something better"

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There are moments in our lives when we find ourselves at a crossroads. Afraid, confused, without a road map. The choices we make in those moments can define the rest of our days. Of course, when faced with the unknown, most of us prefer to turn around and go back. But once in a while, people push on to something better. Something found just beyond the pain of going it alone, and just beyond the bravery and courage it takes to let someone in, or to give someone a second chance. Something beyond the quiet persistence of a dream. Because it's only when you're tested that you truly discover who you are. And it's only when you're tested that you discover who you can be. The person you want to be does exist, somewhere on the other side of hard work and faith and belief. And beyond heartache and fear of what lies ahead.

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I feel like the person that wrote this saw right through me. Through my doubts, my fears, my accomplishments and my direction... I have no idea what the future has in store for me and God knows im terrified every single second of the day. No matter how much i pray, there is still something inside me that fears the worst. No matter how much i keep telling myself to have faith and believe and work hard, i always view life in a pessimistic way. CONFIDENCE, PRAYER, DETERMINATION and STRENGTH to work hard is what i pray for everyday for God to give me. I'm trying to believe i can do it, i know it wont be easy but i will strive to succeed in any way i can with the help of Allah SWT! ..

Currently listening to ♪ ♪ : Pastime:Lionel Richie:

Kisses
smelltherain
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Think about that for a sec.. so true ..soo true.. love it x
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Maybe God wanted us to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift. Maybe when the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us. Maybe the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had. Maybe it is true that we don't know what we have got until we lose it, but it is also true that we don't know what we have been missing until it arrives. Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart; but if it does not, be content it grew in yours.

kisses
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smelltherain.

L.O.V.E ♥

"Love is never wanting to lose faith, never wanting to give up, and never truly moving on. Love is knowing and praying in the deepest part of what's left of your heart that they feel the same".


- story of my life...

kisses,
smelltherain

Feelings

I agree with this quote 100% and we've all been in this situation and can't help it most of the time.

"You can close your eyes to things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to things you don't want to feel, The more you close your heart the farther away you are from where you're supposed to be."

Currently listening to ♪ ♪ :
♪ ON BROKEN STRINGS ♪ - James Morrison ft Nelly Furtado...
AMAZING song!!!!

kisses,
smelltherain

confused... only you can help me.

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i can..and the wisdom to know the difference.." - Unknown.

kisses,
smelltherain

.....life love fortune....

'Anything can happen at any time. Yet, life normally hums along slowly, even when love and fortune; and death and disaster are at stake. The moments which we remember afterwards - either the worst pain or purest joy - these are brief instances, interspersed by lengthy pauses of waiting, wanting, hoping, and biding the seconds of our existence.'-Jonathan Bain

"You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one".- H.D.Thoreau

"Do not look back in grief over the past for it is gone, do not be troubled about the future for it is yet to come, live in the present and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering".- OTH

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, live the life you've imagined" - H.D.Thoreau

kisses,
smelltherain

Life Lessons #1

"The important thing is not to be bitter over life's disappointments, learn to let go of the past and recognize that every day won't be sunny. When you find yourself lost in darkness and despair, remember its only in the black of night when you see the stars and those stars will guide you back home. So don't be afraid to make mistakes, stumble and fall because most of the time, the greatest rewards come from doing the things that scare you the most. Maybe you wont get everything you wished for, maybe you'll get more than you ever could have imagined. who knows where life will take you, the road is long and in the end, the journey is the destination". Whity from One tree hill.

kisses,
smelltherain

First Quote - excerpt from Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas.

There are so many things to think about when reading this- how life is and the things we think matter the most are the things we should focus on the least. Life is short and beautiful to worry about things that cause us worry. We should take initiative to focus on the things that influence us in a positive way, to lead a fruitful, peaceful life.

This is an excerpt from a book i love by James Patterson called Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas.

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“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling 5 balls. The balls are called work, health, friends, family and integrity. And you are keeping all of them in the air; but one day, you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls, family, health, friends and integrity are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked perhaps even shattered. And once you truly understand, the lesson of the five balls, you will have the beginnings of balance in your life”.

- Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas..


A great read, pick it up sometime!

Kisses
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-smelltherain-

Reasons Behind The Name?

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I love the distinct smell of the air after it rains.
Being at home on a chill morning during spring.
Staring out my window staring at the peaceful drops of rain.
The smell of freshly cut grass after it rains during summer.
There is just something about it that makes me smile, makes me happy.

So -smelltherain- just sort of came to me, it fits perfectly.
-inspiration- motivation- carefree- life- love-
These are some of the thoughts that cross my mind when i think about it.
That make me want to dance right into a field naked like nobodys watching.
That makes me not think of school, grades, bills or the everyday drama that follows me.

Sigh,
Ah theres nothing like a perfect summer day after it rains to calm me down
and make me think of the beautiful things in life.

You know... the sound of ... nothingness....silence....just me and beautiful thoughts.
ooo i love those moments!
But then i snap back to reality after all that.
Its those few moments that i do cherish once in a while.

U know... my form of personal escape - ♥

kisses
- smelltherain-

I caved and decided to create a blog. Haha :-)

Welcome to my page -smell the rain- guys,

As a first time blogger, i really didn't know what i wanted to write about. I just wanted to share some of the quotes i find every single day that help me when im happy, sad, angry, confused, feeling hopeless, feeling loved. These are a collection of quotes i find randomly while watching tv, reading a book or just by browsing through countless sites.

I find words can be:

- inspiring.
- uplifting.
- educational.
- motivational.

I feel no better joy than sometimes finding words that can uplift my soul and spirit during times when i feel incomplete. I hope through this we can all share alot of quotes that mean something to us or have had an impact in our lives in any way!

So excited to do this :-) .. Let the sharing begin...

.... kisses....

smelltherain.