STRONGER - Learning A Hard Lesson From Life

When life hands you lemons…

When life hands you lemons, the best thing to do is to make lemonade, or a lemon tart, or lemon cupcakes.  But do something constructive and delicious with those lemons.  And then, go Market the HELL out of those tarts, and cupcakes, and show the world that you can turn a negative into a positive.

Today I am grateful for:

A Wonderful Family

A Beautiful & Healthy Niece

A Great Group Of Friends

A Loving & Healthy Dog

A Great Job That Challenges Me Every Day

A Roof Over My Head & Food On My Table

A Life Full Of Wonderful Experiences

Music That Moves Me When I Listen To It

Having The Strength To Ignore People Who Are Negative!!!

So much more…

Today’s Saturday Song Lyrics – Dated 2/8/2014

This Moment Is Mine – Dion Roy

This moment is mine
This moment is mine
And not for you
Gonna lay it on the line
This moment is mine
And not for you

Little Victories – Matt Nathanson

This time I'll be sailing
No more bailing boats for me
I'll be out here on the sea
Just my confidence and me

And I'll be awful sometimes
Weakened to my knees
But I'll learn to get by
On the little victories

This time I'll have no fear
I'll be standing strong and tall
I'll turn my back towards them all

Original – From the Television Show SMASH

A girl so scarred, a pain so real

A life so hard, becomes a song you feel

She wants, she wants, she wants to be original
She will, she will become something remarkable
Who cares, who cares, who cares what stunt she has to pull
She'll be remade as somebody original

You can wipe away everything you are
Wake up tomorrow as a star

There was a girl who blended in
That was the way her life had been
'Til she decided to be someone else

A Thousand Years – Christina Perri

Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave?
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall?
But watching you stand alone,
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow.

One step closer

Time stands still
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything take away
What's standing in front of me
Every breath
Every hour has come to this

One step closer

And for the ones out there in the world that make me stop and think about the changes I want to make in my life, and that I do implement, I thank you.  Every day people like you make me stronger and stronger and stronger.  But it’s taken a lot for me to get here, that is definitely true.  However, here are three of my favorite sayings that inspire me to keep going!...

"Slow and steady wins the race."

"You first must finish a race to win a race." 

"Slow in, fast out. Fast in, backwards out."

All In My Head – Nick Lachey

Satellites blasting through the universe, it's out of sight
It's all in my head
Saw your eyes sending me a message for the last time

Here alone holding on to something that I have never known
It's all in my head
And I've crossed the line, there's no going back and there's no future
Tell me this isn't happening

Stronger – Kelly Clarkson

You know the bed feels warmer
Sleeping here alone
You know I dream in colour
And do the things I want

You think you got the best of me
Think you've had the last laugh
Bet you think that everything good is gone
Think you left me broken down
Think that I'd come running back
Baby you don't know me, cause you're dead wrong

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone

Thanks to you I got a new thing started
Thanks to you I'm not the broken-hearted
Thanks to you I'm finally thinking about me
You know in the end the day you left was just my beginning
In the end...

I Knew You Were Trouble – Taylor Swift

Once upon a time a few mistakes ago
I was in your sights, you got me alone
You found me, you found me, you found me
I guess you didn't care, and I guess I liked that
And when I fell hard you took a step back
Without me, without me, without me

And I realize the blame is on me

'Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
'Til you put me down, oh
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground

Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble