Music. Writing. God. Family. Friends. I'm set on this Monday.
Big news. Pretty soon you should all be going to Real Teen Faith.com to read... MY INTERVIEW WITH FIREFLIGHT. :) Famous for their big single- Unbreakable. Ch-Ch-Ch-Check it out. It's not thee biggest deal but it's exciting beyond what you can imagine unless your me. For a girl who has a blog, writes for an amazing website, and thinks life is a big poem, you can imagine that I LOVE to write and even though it's never been the thing that I've said I want to do with my life, watching the chance unfold before me is amazing. Like oh yeah I'm fifteen and I'm interviewing Fireflight. Oh yeah I'm fifteen and I'm a staff writer. Oh yeah I'm fifteen and I've auditioned for GSA. What I'm hoping God has planned as my future career is my current passion. My current chance.
Current. The other day I reread a Facebook comment from my inspiring friend Annie. She told me to keep the attitude of being currrent. She said not to look life as "oh everything will be okay when this gets done," or "I'll be happy when this situation is over." She says to live every moment for that moment and in every moment to cling to God. I've always agreed with her but lately I'm like oh everything will be okay when they change, and I'll be happy when this and that happens and la dee da. But that's a boring life to live.
Life should never be boring. I stand firm in believing that if you love each moment, learn from your hurts, love everyone and listen to God, life won't be boring. So dwelling on the past, or clinging to the future which doesn't yet exist... Gets me no where.
All this rambling brings me back to one point. At this very snapshot in life I am await Fireflight's response, GSA's answer, to go to practice, I'm learning guitar, writing more, reading Pride and Prejudice, getting straight A's, choreographing, and planning a big get together for Saturday. This is this moment. This is my life. And I'm not bored with it.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Finally
Last Saturday I had my audition for GSA. It was an exaughsting and awesome experience but here's what got me about the whole thing: I met a lot of wonderful writers but one stood out to me... The Creative Writing auditions were done in groups and the girl who read before me, I've been talking about all week.
She wrote a short story. About a girl and a guy and it had a cute ending and the way the story was executed was great but my favorite part was the simplicity of the whole thing. It was effortless, it was as if she got bored and wrote this amazing story. It flowed and after she finished reading I looked at her and said "that was really beautiful."
For those wondering what GSA is, its an arts school that those accepted attend for three weeks in the summer in Lexington. I want to go because I want to be around other writers my age. Teens who have an impossible dream but are doing whatever it takes to fuel thier passion. Teens like the girl who wrote that story. Natural raw talent that if someone would just take interest in, would be beyond what people call talent. It'd be like breathing.
I have one follower. But to that one person, thanks for reading. Someday when I look back on my life I'll remember my blogging days. I'll recall when I had one follower. Only one. and hopefully what I post here will have changed their life.
That is all for now.
She wrote a short story. About a girl and a guy and it had a cute ending and the way the story was executed was great but my favorite part was the simplicity of the whole thing. It was effortless, it was as if she got bored and wrote this amazing story. It flowed and after she finished reading I looked at her and said "that was really beautiful."
For those wondering what GSA is, its an arts school that those accepted attend for three weeks in the summer in Lexington. I want to go because I want to be around other writers my age. Teens who have an impossible dream but are doing whatever it takes to fuel thier passion. Teens like the girl who wrote that story. Natural raw talent that if someone would just take interest in, would be beyond what people call talent. It'd be like breathing.
I have one follower. But to that one person, thanks for reading. Someday when I look back on my life I'll remember my blogging days. I'll recall when I had one follower. Only one. and hopefully what I post here will have changed their life.
That is all for now.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Happy Birthday :)
Today is the birthday party of one of my favorite people. Nathalia Brooks. :)
Nathaliaaaaaa. I love you! We have the best times. The funniest stories. The most memorable memories. You're kinda like a safety blanket to me, whenever I go somewhere new you're one of the people I want there the most because I'm used to you. I tell you everything. Can talk to you about anything. You're the best. I've known you since you were twelve? Maybe thirteen? Either way I'm blessed to have seen come to Christ, watched you grow in Him, and watched to change as a person. Become more spunky, become more out going, become you. I'm glad you're my daughter. I'm glad you helped me through heartbreak, glad you've shared in my fairytale, and I'm glad we've created lasting memories.
Thank you, and Happy Birthday. I can't wait to see what this year does.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Shine
Some of my friends and I are involved in a program where we help the childen's ministry at my church out every Sunday. Its way more complicated than it sounds but last Sunday during our class Pastor Sean said something no one had ever said to us as a group or individuals.
"You guys are just clumsy with greatness. You don't have to even try. You simply stumble upon greatness."
I must say that's true about everyone in that room and those who were missing last week. Its so beyond true. And sometimes I just stop and look at my life and the friends God gave me and I'm like whooooaaaaaaaaaa! Whatt???? I mean really? I honestly am friends with the very people who are going to change the world. I'm honestly friends with the brightest stars. I know this is cheesey. I know. Ugh, that's not what I'm trying to get at.
I guess I just want them to shine brighter.
Now you're probably like wow, she is bipolar- first she's says they are the brightest, then she says shine brighter- but the thing is, they can.
They can shine way brighter than they know how. So every insult they make at themselves kills me a little, because watching my friends over the years I've become comepletely posititive that they shine like crazy but could shine brighter. And someday we all will. We'll be the brightest.
So friends, thanks for inspiring me to shine, never stop. Readers of the world, be all you can be, inspire your world the way my friends inspire me. And Stephany, shine brighter.
"You guys are just clumsy with greatness. You don't have to even try. You simply stumble upon greatness."
I must say that's true about everyone in that room and those who were missing last week. Its so beyond true. And sometimes I just stop and look at my life and the friends God gave me and I'm like whooooaaaaaaaaaa! Whatt???? I mean really? I honestly am friends with the very people who are going to change the world. I'm honestly friends with the brightest stars. I know this is cheesey. I know. Ugh, that's not what I'm trying to get at.
I guess I just want them to shine brighter.
Now you're probably like wow, she is bipolar- first she's says they are the brightest, then she says shine brighter- but the thing is, they can.
They can shine way brighter than they know how. So every insult they make at themselves kills me a little, because watching my friends over the years I've become comepletely posititive that they shine like crazy but could shine brighter. And someday we all will. We'll be the brightest.
So friends, thanks for inspiring me to shine, never stop. Readers of the world, be all you can be, inspire your world the way my friends inspire me. And Stephany, shine brighter.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Oh, Hello. :)
What's up world? How's life?
Well... I made a blog finally. Ironically the idea of a blog has always seemed stupid to me. Why have an online journal when I already have a legitament journal to write in? Well I still don't know the answer. Maybe it's because I'd like to have readers? Perhaps it's because I hope that somehow my life story will affect strangers and improve their life. Or maybe I'm just following a trend? I guess we'll find out. Although I think the whole I want readers thing is slightly out of question because I get the feeling that I'll be blogging to myself here soon... Oh well.
Well. I'm Stephany. I'm fifteen, I write. I'm attempting to learn guitar because it's something I've wanted to do since I was a kid. But don't get your hopes up that one day I'll become famous and you can say- Hey! I read her blog. I'm not very good, my poor teacher/friend dude. He has to listen to my horrible playing every week.
As I said I write. Actually I'm a staff writer for http://www.realteenfaith.com/ - go check it out. :) Going along with my writing passion I'm currently in an audition process for Govener's School of the Arts. A summer arts program that would allow me to mingle for three weeks with artsy teens and bettter myself as a writer. My final audition is in twleve days actually. Scary...
I'm in highschool at what I suppose you could call a small town? Not every knows each other and we don't have town meeting... At least I don't think we do. Well, I guess its not that small. Just smaller than most. Please don't think that I'm a tortured soul who can't wait to get out of here and do something great with their life. I mean I want to change the world, but I'm well aware that only works if I start with my roots. I actually kind of love it here to be honest. Its the perfect mix of suburb and growing city area. It great place for a world changer to be born.
You can tell I'm rambling on about myself now. I'm sure. Well, I don't want to bore you or you'll never come back. Thanks for reading?
Well... I made a blog finally. Ironically the idea of a blog has always seemed stupid to me. Why have an online journal when I already have a legitament journal to write in? Well I still don't know the answer. Maybe it's because I'd like to have readers? Perhaps it's because I hope that somehow my life story will affect strangers and improve their life. Or maybe I'm just following a trend? I guess we'll find out. Although I think the whole I want readers thing is slightly out of question because I get the feeling that I'll be blogging to myself here soon... Oh well.
Well. I'm Stephany. I'm fifteen, I write. I'm attempting to learn guitar because it's something I've wanted to do since I was a kid. But don't get your hopes up that one day I'll become famous and you can say- Hey! I read her blog. I'm not very good, my poor teacher/friend dude. He has to listen to my horrible playing every week.
As I said I write. Actually I'm a staff writer for http://www.realteenfaith.com/ - go check it out. :) Going along with my writing passion I'm currently in an audition process for Govener's School of the Arts. A summer arts program that would allow me to mingle for three weeks with artsy teens and bettter myself as a writer. My final audition is in twleve days actually. Scary...
I'm in highschool at what I suppose you could call a small town? Not every knows each other and we don't have town meeting... At least I don't think we do. Well, I guess its not that small. Just smaller than most. Please don't think that I'm a tortured soul who can't wait to get out of here and do something great with their life. I mean I want to change the world, but I'm well aware that only works if I start with my roots. I actually kind of love it here to be honest. Its the perfect mix of suburb and growing city area. It great place for a world changer to be born.
You can tell I'm rambling on about myself now. I'm sure. Well, I don't want to bore you or you'll never come back. Thanks for reading?
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