You can call me Queen

I recently watched Akeelah and the Bee on Netflix for the first time in a long time, and it was so inspirational! One of my favorite scenes from that movie is when Akeelah is preparing for the spelling bee and is asked to recite this piece aloud. A portion of it is replicated below. 

It moves me every time. 

   "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."~Marianne Wilkinson

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Pour Jösh

To the only person who reads my blog. You rock. 😁

Can you guess who it is?

Time for today's edition of "Guess the sole reader of ColorTheSoul" 

Helpful hints:

    • It is a boy

    • He periodically enjoys taco salad

   • He went on a soul-searching journey and came back extremely sassy

Do you know who he is? Guess in the comments below! 

*the original sasser

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je t'aime

"He's my smile when I'm feeling blue

He's my goodnight sleep 

When the day is through

Let me tell you what he means to me:

Kinda like the feelin' after your first kiss

Except that everyday 

He makes me feel like this

He's exactly what I need" ~ Passion

One thing in this world that is simply delightful, no matter one's age, is the incredibly fantastic phenomenon of love. It has clearly taken over Tumblr, and, I confess, I long for the day that it takes me as well. Love is the only sickness for which no doctor seeks a cure. In fact, I find myself clinging to those oh-so-contagious souls hoping to infect myself. This season, I hope you find your love. 

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Bonjour et Bienvenue!

"We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect" ~ Anis Nin

Hello!

     Thank you for caring enough/being bored enough to look at my blog! I know you won't be disappointed! This is basically the actual blog part/extension of my new Tumblr page, colorthesoul.tumblr.com. Maybe that's how you came across my blog, who knows. Anyways, I am not here to change the world, as I have essentially no credentials, but I care a lot and I also happen to have access to the internet so here I am. (insert: of all the people in history that actually changed the world, how many were, in fact, qualified? I truly believe the answer is but a few. Just a thought :)  My intention is not to offend anyone, these are merely my opinions. However, whatever I do post is indeed my opinion and I ask that you give me the same respect I will give to you.

Thank you so much for visting!!

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growing pains

 Just about every day some well-intending, concerned adult approaches me and asks me, essentially, what my plans are for more or less the rest of my life. I have trained myself to smile and simply reply, “I don’t know yet” while on the inside I just want to scream! I HAVE NO IDEA, IT’S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, HOP OFF! The pressure truly is overwhelming. While these people have undoubtedly good intentions, the truth is it is extremely frustrating to answer the same questions over and over again with a consistent answer. Growing up is tough, and I am expected to have incredible insight as it pertains to my future at an age where I can’t even legally live by myself. In other words, our society places some of life’s most important decisions in the hands of a person that is not legally in control of their own life yet. Ohh, the juxtaposition! And yet, I am well aware, believe me, that most people in the world have it far worse off than I do. I am very grateful for the opportunity to have these types of decisions to make and the means by which to make them a reality. Still, the responsibility is a lot on one person with a short amount of time to figure it out, that’s all I’m saying.

So to kind of tie all of those ideas together, here are 5 things I want to be in the future that have absolutely nothing to do (okay, maybe a little) with education:

1. Generous

• "To whom much is given, much is required" ~Luke 12:48 
• My granny always says: Do what you can, with what you can, while you can. In the future, I want to do everything in my power to help those around me. After all, someone chose to help me.

     2. Loved

• "The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return" ~Moulin Rouge
• I have never been in love and also have that person love me, and I would like to know what it’s like.

     3. Independent 

• One of the things I’m most excited about for the future is being COMPLETELY independent and being able to take care of myself! I just picture myself living it up, paying my bills on time, and being a functional adult. These are the types of skills that should actually be explored in our school system, but that’s a topic for another day :) Still, being independent is something that I am truly aiming for—not just financial success.

 4. A mommy

• Sometime waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy down the line, I would love to have my own children. A lot of people say a mom’s love for her child is the closest thing on earth to Christ’s love for us
• "…And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." ~Ephesians 17b-19

 5. Happy

• I don’t want to filled with the superficial, fly-by-night type of happiness. True joy can only come from Christ. I want to be able to take good news and bad news with elegance, grace, and a hint of FABULOUS !

Sorry not sorry for the long blog post :3

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12 things i adore

12 Things I Adore:

    Since it's the 12th, I thought I'd hit ya with 12 of my favorite things!

1. Hot cocoa on days like today
2. Being around people who know exactly how weird you are, and choose you anyways
3. Reuniting with loved ones <3
4. CHRISTMAS; AL;SKDFJ (over a month away, but still!)
5. Him
6. Sales at stores !
7. When life takes an unexpected yet positive turn
8. The fact that it's 11-12-13!
9. The process of defrosting after a super cold day....ahhhhh
10. Good hair days!!
11. Genuinely nailing a song/vocal performance !
12. Making lists :) 

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le premier temps

   Today I saw a post online about what kind of problems people all over the world are currently facing. It puts all of my bad hair days, cold weather probs, and “mystery meat” situations I face into perspective. The truth is, none of that matters. When it is all said and done with, what matters is how I left a mark on the world for Christ, not what I wore homecoming. The article threw the uncomfortable truth in my face, as other people’s realities are far worse than mine. It was deep, harsh, and unapologetic. Most of all, it was necessary.

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