My Current Obsession

Ask "Does Jesus know me as his disciple?" Rather than "Do I know Jesus as my savior?"

-Pastor Rob Tims at LMBC and the Evangelism Linebacker.

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace."

-Jimi Hendrix

"You got enemies? Good, that means you actually stood up for something in your life."

-Eminem

"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."

"And when you speak of your dreams, I realize I will envy whoever you give your heart to."

-Matt Nathanson

"If you can't find something to live for, you best find something to die for."

-Tupac Amaru Shakur

"Let's stop looking to other people, and start looking to us."

-Chris Crocker

"I really shouldn't miss you, but I can't let you go."

-Kelly Clarkson

"It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not."

"Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, expect nothing, and you'll never get hurt."

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who - instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures - have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm, tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing, and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares."

-Henri Nouwen

"When you hold yourself together, sometimes things actually get better. It's all in how you percieve it. So obscure your normal perspective, you'll benefit."

-Megan Gabrielle Jumer

Starting Over

Sunday July 26, 2009. Me and my sister Katie turned 14! It's still pretty hard to believe how fast these past couple of years have gone by. It's also hard to believe that its already time for HIGH SCHOOL. That's right. August 19, 2009, Katie and I are officially freshman. The past 3 years in middle school weren't exactly as great as I thought they would be. Yes they were filled with what I at the time thought were great friends, a lot of laughs, and a lot of growing up; but they were also filled with a lot of drama and a lot more people who thought they were "all that and a bag of chips." Not one year did I have the same friends as the last, with the acception of two. That's why I think the 2009-2010 school year is gonna be a year for starting over. Starting over with new, real friends, new classes, new adventures, and just like 6th grade - the new kids in school. "fresh meat" as some people would say, =) I'm also hoping I will start over with myself, as in find out who I really am - not who I wish I was, and where I want to go in life. There is also a few people who I hope to "start over" from the beginning, and put the past in the past. Oh and I can't forget, starting my blog over! Really all I have left to say is -- Lexington High School, get ready!

xoxo

Jenna