INNER REFLECTIONS---"self discovery?"

FINDING ONESSELF SEEMS TO BE THE MISSION ON EVERYONE'S MIND. YET THIS IS A LIFELONG BATTLE. I SEE THAT MOST PEOPLE GO SEEKING FOR THEMSELVES, WHEN RATHER THEY NEVER NEEDED TO LEAVE. LOOK INSIDE YOURSELF. THE REAL YOU IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO BE OR WAITING FOR YOU IN SOME DISTANT PLACE AND TIME. THE REAL YOU IS IN THE SMALL PLACES YOU CARELESSLY OVER LOOK. AS WELL MANY FAIL TO TRULY BE THEMSELVES, THEY ACT AS SEEN TO BE FIT.

IN AN EXCERCISE I CHOSE FOR MYSELF, I LOOKED WITHIN AND FOUND MANY THINGS I LOVE ABOUT ME AND BEING ME. FOR THOSE WHO READ THIS: WHY NOT DO THE SAME, IT WILL HAVE YOU FEELING LIFTED.

THINGS I LOVE

·         WATER ON MY SKIN

·         BEING CALM WHEN I CAN

·         I LIKE NEW THINGS BETTER THAN OLD.  I LIKE OLD THINGS.  I LIKE THINGS THAT CHANGE.  I LIKE THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE ORDINARY.

·         READING ANYTHING I CAN.  BUYING TEXTBOOKS JUST TO READ THEM.

·         MY ARTISTIC IDEAS.  MY POETRY.

·         THRIFT STORES.  BUYING CLOTHES FROM THRIFT STORES.  ANTIQUE STORES.

·         BEING A NERD.  BEING DITZY.  MY INNER CHILD.

·         HAVING GOTH AND EMO TENDENCIES.

·         LIKE AND APPRECIATE ALL SPIRITUALITIES.

·         MY EYES.  MY PIERCINGS.  MY TOES.

·         THAT I'M GOOFY.  THAT I HAVE A DIFFERENT SENSE OF HUMOR THAN MOST.

·         THINGS THAT SHIMMER.  THINGS THAT ARE ANTIQUE.  VICTORIAN ESSENCE.

·         GREAT SMELLING BATH SOAP.

·         ANYTHING THAT IS MUSICALLY RHYTHMICAL.

·         TAKING PICS OF MYSELF.  TAKING PICS OF EVERYTHING ELSE.

·         WATCHING VIDEOS OF CATS DOING CRAZY THINGS.  WATCHING STAND UP.

·         MOVIES THAT MAKE ME THINK.

·         PINK, RED, BLACK, CERULEAN, YELLOW, AND ORANGE.

·         BANANAS, KIWIS, ORANGE JUICE, AND APPLE JUICE.

·         FEELING NEEDED.  FEELING LOVED.

·         COLLECTING ODD COINS.  COLLECTING ROCKS.

·         SLEEPING NAKED.  LEAVING THE RADIO AND FAN ON WHILE I SLEEP.

·         THE TABLE I MADE BY HAND.

·         MY GIANT BOX OF FORTUNE COOKIES.  CHINESE FOOD.

·         COOKING.  OLD COOK BOOKS.

·         SINGING.  WRITING MY OWN MUSIC.  MAKING MY OWN MUSIC.  KARAOKE.

·         OFFICE SUPPLIES.  EMPTY NOTEBOOKS.  USING SHARPIES FOR EVERYTING.

·         THE WAY MAGAZINES SMELL.  THE WAY OLD BOOKS SMELL.

·         MY GRANDMOTHER.  MY BROTHER.

·         SPRING.  FALL.  WATCHING THE LEAVES COME BACK.  WATCHING THE LEAVES CHANGE COLOR.

·         GOING TO SCHOOL.  LEARNING NEW THINGS.

·         CHOCOLATE.  CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM.  MINT CHOCOLATE ANYTHING.

·         ODD FLAVORED YOGURTS.

·         COFEE.

·         WRITING IN ALL CAPS.

·         LAUGHING AND BEING REDICULOUS.