What's Love Got To Do With It???

Well, Why yes, it is that wonderful day, which we know as Valentine's Day. Pinks, Reds, and white are everywhere! It's in the hallways of school, on the doors and windows in the complex, it's on the calendar, it's on your cookies Ü, it's ALL AROUND US! ... "Love is in the air..."

Anyways, My point is basically... Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I just thought this to be somewhat interesting... so I thought I'd share. Last night I was bored at work, and I brought this book with me. It's called The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth By M. Scott Peck, M.D. (So basically I don't know how to underline that on this blog here deal-e-o, so just pretend k! ) . Anyways, here are a few of the most interesting things on Love I found in it so far! ENJOY~

"Love: The will to entend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth."

"For the process of extending one's self is an evolutionary process. When one has successfully extended one's limits, one has then grown into a larger state of being. Thus, the act of loving is an act of self evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth. It is through reaching toward evolution that we evolve."

"Indeed, as has been pointed out, we are incapable of loving another unless we love ourselves, just as we are incapable of teaching our children self-discipline unless we ourselves are self-disciplined. It is actually impossible to forsake our own spiritual development in favor of someone else's. We cannot forsake self-discipline and at the same time be disciplined in our care for another. We cannot be a source of strength unless we nurture our own strength. "

"I therefore conclude that the desire to love is not itself love. Love is an act of will-namely, both an intention and an action. Will slso implies choice. We do not have to love. We Choose to Love."

Yep Yep Yep, I hope you found something somewhat as fascinating as I seemed to last night!

Have An Absolutely Fabulous Valentines Day!!!

Soul Searching

Yes, It was pretty much time for a new Blog I must admit. I don't know that I have much in particular to say, but, typing and writing is a great way to vent, so I'm doing it.

Well, let's see... I'm just going to spill my soul... well parts of it I suppose.. but not all. A while ago I was just having one of those days. I really did try to look at the good, but the rest just hurt too much to look past at the time. I was thinking, and probably talking to my roomates ( bless their hearts for listening to me blab all the time) about things, and one comment led to another... and somehow I started listing off these things that were a part of me that I'd lost sight of. Like... for starters.... Singing! I absolutely love to sing... I love music, I love belting as if I were this amazing show tunes person, and sometimes I even do a little dance to go along with it. Scary huh! But, I was trying to remember the last time I just really sang Freely... and it's been a while. Another thing was dancing. I still dance occasionally, but I don't ever go to a dance with my buds and just have a night of completely forgetting about the world, and what everybody thinks of you. I get so mad at myself when I realize that yes, I do get all caught up with what other people think of me. And sometimes, this prevents me from doing the things that my heart longs for, and saying the things that I do feel passionate about. Essentially I'm then living a lie right? I mean, honestly, how am I ever going to be happy around the people that I surround myself with, if I'm not my complete self when I'm around them? It's just not possible.

(You know what Bugs? That the tab key doesn't work! Don't they realize how... silly that is... ? sorry... not to rage or anything.... Ü )

Well, those are really only the minor details of my soul searching... but I just needed to get some of it out.. hmm.. I feel a little better now... maybe I'll have to write another today... or maybe even tomorrow.... whatever.

Well, I haven't seen most of you guys forever! I should probably work on changing that eh!? It's basically all my fault.... so I'll work on it! I hope that you're all doing peachily! Or Pearily... Oh guys remember this .... "If you don't say yes... "Olive", but just "Pearily"! Oh - the good ole' days!