* Emptiness *

Emptiness..
It's when you feel that
this is not your place to be.
It's not your time...
It's not your world.
It's missing someone:
That you know,
And you don't know;
Missing something:
That you lived,
And you didn't live;

Emptiness...
It's being around people
and still feel alone.
It's smiling when you're sad.
It's when you find yourself
at night, without anyone.
It's when you lose yourself,
for someone to find you.
It's when you whisper to the wind,
and it blows your words away,
Without bringing breeze to anyone.

Emptiness...
It's when you have
millions of feelings,
but you can't find any...
So empty!
It's when you feel the pain
of dismissing your love
and your heart yells.
It's when you want to love,
but no one seems to know your love.
Or want to know...

Emptiness...
It's when you start to believe
that love...
is just a stupid belief,
it's just an escape...
... for those that
can't handle to be alone!
"Feeling alone
is worse than
dying."

[Emptiness...]

Lily: The World Map Master

Impressive... =)

* Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss *

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.

You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you'll head straight out of town.

It's opener there
in the wide open air.

Out there things can happen
and frequently do
to people as brainy
and footsy as you.

And when things start to happen,
don't worry. Don't stew.
Just go right along.
You'll start happening too.

OH!
THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!

You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers
who soar to high heights.

You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

Except when you don't
Because, sometimes, you won't.

I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly, it's true
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.

You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.

You'll come down from the Lurch
with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.

And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?

And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.

You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...

...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.

NO!
That's not for you!

Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.

With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!

Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. there are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.

Except when they don't.
Because, sometimes, they won't.

I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.

All Alone!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.

And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.

But on you will go
though the weather be foul
On you will go
though your enemies prowl
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore
and your sneakers may leak.

On and on you will hike
and I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.

You'll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up
with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!

So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!

*Quotes by Richard Bach*

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make it reality. You must, nevertheless, suffer for it.

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.

Ask yourself the secret of YOUR success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.

Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.

Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us!

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?

Civilization... wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere.

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

Get this in mind early: We never grow up.

Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.

Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.

I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?

I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.

If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.

In order to win, you must expect to win.

In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea.

It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make room in your life for someone as important to you as yourself, you will always be searching and lost.

Learning is finding out what you already know.

Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true.

Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.

Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.

You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel.

You teach best what you most need to learn.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.

[I recommend one of his books, called "Illusions", it's one of my favorites!
Simple... but well written; It's a really short book and also, very cheap] -
- This is my book recommendation of the month!

* Bruises *

If it hurts, it will bruise.

I was thinking... a few days ago after reading the book
"The Castle in the Forest" once again...
... and all it came to mind was the sentence written above.

I know, own experience, that if someone hits you, it will bruise...
... no matter how soft they do it.

But what if every time someone actually hurts you with words,
it would literally, physically, bruise?
Can you imagine how dark everyone would be?

When someone hits you, physically, the bruises might last 2 weeks...
But when done it with words, it takes quite more time to heal.

It just made me sad. Very sad.

~ DaD III ~

Nem sei bem como comecar,
Nem sei bem o que escrever,
Mas ao tempo que ando a chorar
O que aqui te vou dizer.

Quando era pequenita
Meu pai, era o meu mundo
Ao contrario do que muitos pensam
As tuas palavras, nao cairam em poco sem fundo.

Disseste muitas vezes que me ia lembrar de ti
Quao verdade e o que disseste!
Recordo tudo o que vivi...
E agradeco a Deus, pelo o amor que me deste.

Aquando da minha adolescencia
Querias a minha proteccao
Mas passar a vida sozinha
De certo que nao eh a solucao.

Fizeste-o com boa intencao, meteste-me debaixo da asa
Mas o mal que tinha na vida, tinha-o era em casa.
Que nos amavas muitas vezes duvidei
Mas embora magoada, Pai, eu sempre te amei.

Nao te vou mentir Pai
Muitas vezes pensei dizer-te:
"Sai da minha vida, sai..."
Mas no fundo, sempre amei-te.

Os meus amigos perguntavam
Porque escolhias a bebida inves de mim!?
Eu mentia, dizia que tinhas uma doenca
E que nao podias escolher, tinha de ser assim...

Hoje pergunto a mim mesma,
Porque mudaste?
Porque me fizeste sofrer,
Se sempre me amaste?

Bebias por minha causa?
Ou era por outro alguem?
Nao devias arruinar a tua vida
Pelas desgracas de ninguem!

Embora as vezes eu tenha errado
Nao quer dizer que nao te tenha respeitado!!
Fazemos mal, esta na nossa "natureza"
Mas nunca para te prejudicar, disso dou-te a certeza.

Lembro-me de todas as vezes que bebeste
E que quase me bateste...
Mas lembro-me mais de ti sao
e de quando nos trazias doces da panificacao.

Ver-te mudar como mudaste
Foi a maior depressao
Acredita que quase me mataste
Quase morri de decepcao.

Foi como ver o sol morrer
Como o nascer do sol, nunca mais voltar
Foi como perder...
O que de melhor temos para dar.

Foi sentir que te perdemos,
Foi sentir que nunca te ganhamos...
Foi como ver o mal ganhar ao bem...
Foi como perder, o que de melhor o mundo tem.

Agradece ah mae, ela sempre acreditou!
Dizia-me: "O teu pai gosta de ti!"
Ela sempre esteve ai...
A gente todos duvidou...

Nao te quero mal, podes acreditar.
O Natal esta quase a chegar...
Adoraria passa-lo com voces
Seria bonito estarmos em casa os tres!

Espero que nao olhes pra isto como uma ofensa
Mas como um desabafo de quem...
de quem... sente saudades tuas...
De quem... de quem... te quer bem.

* Happens To All Of Us - women *

(She looks like a little boy on this one LOL)

There was once this girl...

... That got up and went to school, like every day!
She was only 12 (born in February 1st of 1996);

After she arrived to school.. She went to a few classes..
At 11:19am, she started feeling like going to the bathroom...
So she asked for permission, and there she went.

For her surprise... She was bleeding.
Rushing out of the washroom, she talked to her Italian Cl. teacher...
Which she dismissed & allowed her to leave and go home for the day.

She was intelligent, beautiful, gorgeous, talented,
And one of the most important people in my life, indeed.
Therefore, I dedicate this entry to her.

As for I forgot when was my first "period" day...
... and I kind of which I remembered it...
So here it is ladies and gentleman...

Juliana is officially a LADY!
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