So this is a bit of a random topic- but it's been on my mind all day and I've wanted to write about it, so I'm going to take the time and lay out my thoughts here. I'm hitting on a kind of rough topic, so bare with me.
In the past, I've used quotes about how you cannot help someone who doesn't want to get better- how you can try and try to save them, but no matter how much effort you put in... they'll still fall into the abyss because they themselves didn't want the help. I think that this particularly rings true for people with therapists. When you see a therapist, it is on you to tell them everything. They're there to help you, it's their profession to handle whatever problems you may throw at them. However, if you aren't telling your therapist everything, they won't be able to fully help you- in fact, by giving them information that you've picked and chosen, they may make your situation worse un-knowingly. I feel like most people go into therapy with the intent of getting better... but also thinking that they know everything about themselves. They think they know their own problems, so instead of telling their therapist everything... they focus only on what they believe to be the problem (even though there may be far more underlying problems). Due to misconstrued information, I strongly believe many people are misdiagnosed. The scary thing about misdiagnosis is that you can be put on some really strong and addicting medications to treat something you may not even have... simply because you didn't tell the trained professional everything. This being said, if you sincerely do not wish to get better, even a psychologist cannot help you. If you don't tell the person everything, chances are you will be misdiagnosed... and that can screw you up for life. Please be honest with your therapist. - Maddie
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Yesterday I got a job. The Job was to clean dishes. At the end of the week I will get ten dollars. Then I will clean the dishes again and get ten dollars. It is really easy.
Last night Daddy sowed me how to do all of that. He is a real good Daddy. I got the idea of a job from my sister. Yesterday she was waking in the little oafs and Daddy gives her twenty dollars. Then I wanted to make some money too. So I asked him if I code have a job. He said OK. That is the big job I had to do. Ashleigh Today I read a new book called ''Magic Tree House Dingoes at Dinnertime.'' One day Jack and Annie went to the tree house before they had dinner. When they got to the tree house teddy was there. So they went to the next place they needed to go so they code set teddy free. There a kangaroo was asleep but they woke it up.
That is when the dingoes came. The kangaroo leaped away. She took her joey out of her pouch and started to run. The Dingoes ran after her. Just then Jack and Annie saw wildfire and began to run as well. They took the joey then ran into a cave. Teddy barked and a daring a peered. Then rain began to fall and Jack and Annie gave the baby kangaroo to its mother. Then the mother gave a gift to Jack and Annie. It was a peas of bark. Then they went home safe, and sound. Ashleigh I have a lot of movies that I like. I like Tom & Jerry, The Jungle Bunch, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Brave. In Tom and Jerry, Tom tries to destroy Jerry. He always fails! It is really funny!
The Jungle Bunch are funny too. In the first movie, a penguin with tiger stripes needs to save other penguins from losing their eggs, and food.The penguin with stripes tries to stop all of the walruses from taking over. In the turtles movie, a guy named Shredder is trying to destroy the turtles. In Brave, the main character's mother is turned into a bear. Ashleigh One day Jack and Annie went to the tree house. Teddy was waiting for them. When they got to the Magic tree house, Morgan was not there. They found a book about the Great Plains. They traveled to the plains and met a new friend named Black Hawk.
Black Hawk was a very nice boy. He showed them their tools and his wolf suit. He even introduced them to his Grandmother. Soon, Black Hawk began to show Jack and Annie how to hunt Buffalo. Grandmother said not to hunt one, but he did. Black hawk sneezed and one of the buffalo began to run after him.Jack told one of the ponies to get Black Hawk. That is when Annie saw a white buffalo Woman. Then, after that they went back to the tepee village, they found what they were looking for. It was an eagle's feather. They then went back to the tree house and went home. Ashleigh This is one of the quotes from Jim Morrison that I mentioned in yesterday's post. Today, I wanted to go over it in a bit more depth.
I think Morrison was referencing a way of thinking about life, or a certain perception- that your future is never guaranteed, therefore it's always uncertain. However, an end (while still uncertain, yes) can come at any time without warning... so it always seems far nearer than the hypothetical future. It's an interesting quote, if you re-read it a few times and take the time to genuinely think it through. I was taught from a very young age that the future is uncertain. In fact, one of the best lessons my dad has ever taught me is to never go to bed upset with someone, because you never know if either of you (or the world in and of itself) will make it through the night. The end is always near. There's no guarantee that tomorrow will ever come. I've carried this lesson with me through life, and it has led me to how I tend to think today... about not taking moments for granted and living in the moment and accepting life as what it is. If you go back to my post about my 5 life mottos, I actually talked briefly about how worrying about the future is pointless because it's not even guaranteed... and that worry can only result in you overthinking the future situation and making things worse for yourself. That aside, regretting the past is just as pointless because it can't be changed. I really think a lot of people have a hard time accepting that, and it's sad. In any case, I've strewn a bit from the quote I started with... but I think I've made my point. - Maddie I'm not really in a mood to write today- I was up late last night with a friend and a lot has gone on so I'm going to fall back on my old writing habit of posting a collection of quotes. I apologize sincerely for not writing my own thoughts to back them... I promise I'll be back to writing my usual posts tomorrow. In any case, today's quotes come from Jim Morrison, who was the lead singer of The Doors. If you didn't know who he was or if you don't know The Doors, I encourage you to look them up and listen to some of their music. It's really good.
Without further ado, here are some quotes. "The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first.” “Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.” “The future is uncertain but the end is always near.” "You feel your strength in the experience of pain." "Whoever controls the media, controls the mind." “I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny.” “People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over." Today I read a new book called ''Magic Tree House Tonight On The Titanic.'' One rainy night Morgan was calling Jack and Annie. So they went to the tree house but when they got there, they found no sign of Morgan. Instead, they found a dog named Teddy. There was also a note on the floor that said ''This little dog is under a spell and needs your help.
To free him, you must be given four special things: A gift from a ship lost at sea, A gift from the prairie blue, A gift from a forest far away, A gift from a kangaroo. Be wise. Be brave. Be careful. Morgan. P.S. Your Master Librarian cards won't help on this mission. Just be yourselves and all will be well. So Jack and Annie went to the place they needed to go. It was a ship called the Titanic, and it was supposed to be ''The Unsinkable Ship''. The moment they got there, the ship hit an iceberg. The iceberg scraped the ship and caused it to sink. Jack and Annie had to tell everybody in the ship to put on there life belts. One of the girls they met was very nice. She gave them the gift they needed. Then Jack and Annie went home. Ashleigh I have a lot of things that I like to do. I really like to play with Daddy a lot. I also like to play with my sister. Sometimes she does not want to play with me, but other times she does. Most of the time, me, my sister Maddie and her boyfriend Seth watch a movie or something.
Neema likes to play with me as well. One time in her room she won 5 card games, and I won none. That was a long time ago, when I was six. Wednesday was my birthday, so I am seven now. Asheigh Today I read a new book called ''Magic Tree House: Tigers At Twilight.'' One day Jack and Annie were coming out of the library when their dog Teddy ran to the tree house. The dog was under a spell and they had to free him. They had to find a gift for Teddy so he could be free from a magic spell. They opened their book and went to the place the needed to go, which was in a jungle.
The jungle was on an island, and when they got to the middle of the island they saw two langurs. The langurs helped Jack and Annie. First, they helped them get away from a snake by showing them how to swing on vines. They also helped them to get away from a tiger! Soon after, they saw that the tiger was stuck in a trap. Jack and Annie got him out of the trap, but it woke up. Teddy scared the tiger away though, and found a man who gave them the gift they needed. It was a flower. They then left for home. Ashleigh I'm at a loss of things to write about, so I've decided to create a new small tag for this blog. The goal of it is to come up with 5 life mottos, either original or from google, and then list them off along with why they're important to you. I encourage our readers to participate in comments (or write a guest post- see my dad's older posts for details) and I out-right challenge my dad to do this as well.
Without further ado, here are the 5 life mottos that I find important and why. "Be at peace, not in pieces." If this quote seems familiar to you, you probably have read the small bio on the right side of this blog in the sidebar. It's a quote that I truly love and try to follow- it's representative of being at peace with who you are and how you're living your life. I love it because I'm on an ever-continuing journey to find happiness and peace within myself, and I've found a great deal of it as of lately. Progress is an amazing thing and is a big part of my life- as is this quote. "Enjoy life today. Yesterday is gone, and tomorrow may never come." This quote is one of my mottos for the obvious reason- I hate worrying and I hate hearing people lament over the past and what they could've done differently. The past is gone and nothing can be done to change it, so regrets are pointless- and worrying about the future can only change the outcome for the worse. So it's better to enjoy the time you have and focus on making the best of what you're given. "I would much rather live a life of "oh well's" than a life of "what if's"." This quote is one of my mottos because I agree so strongly with it. It's better to take chances and end up with a bad result than to spend the rest of your life wondering what may have come of that one decision. I try to incorporate my decision-making skills into my life quite often... because I've seen the amazing results that have come of it in the past. "Treat everyone with a level amount of respect, until they show you a reason to give them more or less." This is one of my own mottos, not so much a quote from google. I was raised to show an equal amount of respect to everyone simply for existing by my dad- until they give me a reason to show them more or less respect. In my eyes, your position in the world does not determine the amount of respect you will receive from me. You aren't entitled to the respect of others, and the respect you receive from me will be determined by how you treat me as a person. "Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place." I don't think that one needs much explaining. - maddie Hello readers!
Lately, our blog has been getting a lot more readers (which everyone is quite happy about, so thank you) and due to that, I'm going to try experimenting about a bit with some of the different pages of the blog. The "Videos and Vlogs" tab is probably getting removed as it barely is used, and the "Contact" and "About" pages will also be getting updated over the weekend. I may also try my hand at different designs and looks for the blog, so the header may get updated to a more current photo. In addition to this, I'm going to try and add photo icons to our bios (which should be visible on the right-hand sidebar). I'm also seeing if I can connect more social media to the blog (maybe Instagram or Twitter) so we can be more connected with our readers. I know that the comments section gives some people troubles and that sometimes things don't go through, so having a simpler way to connect would be good since we actually have a bit of a reader-base now. I must say, when this blog started out I didn't expect to be getting more than maybe 10 page-views per week as it's more of a homeschooling endeavor than anything else. It's really nice to see people not only reading, but sharing the posts that everyone writes. It adds encouragement and lets us know that people actually genuinely enjoy our writing and don't just read it and get bored. I don't know if my family can say the same, but writing is a great outlet for me and I enjoy it greatly. In conclusion, thank you for taking time to read our blog and I hope you enjoy the updates coming shortly :) - Maddie The above quote was said by Jimi Hendrix before his untimely death. If you don't know who Jimi Hendrix is, then get out from under your rock and go do a quick google search of him. Listen to some of his music, while you're at it.
Who Hendrix was is beside the point, though. I agree with this quote, but I think it's a bit off. While yes, you should live your life how you wish to live it since you're the one who has to die for your actions in the end... you should only live how you wish as long as you aren't bringing harm to others through your actions. Being alive does NOT give you the right to screw about with the lives of others. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that you can do whatever you please, so long as it doesn't involve or affect others (in a way that is negative or unwanted to them). As long as you aren't actively hurting others, what you do with your life is up to you. Don't harm others and don't harm the world you live in, those are kind of my guidelines for life. If you wish to be self-destructive... well, that's on you. You ARE the one dying for your actions and today's culture seems to be centered on self-destruction and self-created tragedy. There's nothing that can be done to stop someone from doing things to themselves. In fact, this almost ties in with a quote I've written on previously- you can't help someone who doesn't want help. And just as you can't help someone who doesn't want help; you can't save someone who does not wish to be saved- particularly from themselves, and particularly when they see purpose in the harm they are doing. It's a sad but true fact of life. Live your life as you please. But think before taking action, because every action has a consequence... some things cannot be fixed, just as words can't be taken back after they've left your mouth. You're dying for your own existence. Don't allow it to be miserable. - Maddie I really like to color with people. So far I have colored a picketer of a bear in ice-cream, a cheetah, a girl by the sea, two cats, a bird, an over girl, ducks, dolphins, a heart a bunny and a bear, some more cats, a dog and a lizard, a cat with three butter-flies, a dog, two horses a bear, a horses with a horn on its head, a cat, a second horses with a horn, three horses with horns, a cat, a peace sign, a dog with a cat, a dog, a bear, two cats, and a cheetah.My favorite picketer is the one with the two horses. My leased favorite is the bear.My o most like picketer is the cheetah.
I really like to color. My Grandma likes to color as well. Maddie my sister dose not even play with me anymore. I color as much as Daddy dose. I really like to color. Ashleigh I am going to tell you about one of Jupiter's moons called Io. I will also tell you a little about Jupiter. Io has 400 volcanoes. It is the most geologically active object in the solar system. Lets talk about Jupiter now.
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Jupiter is surrounded by more then 50 moons.Jupiter is named for the king of the ancient Roman gods. Its day is only ten hours long! Jupiter is thirteen hundred times larger than Earth. Jupiter is the biggest gas giant in our solar system. Ashleigh I got a positive response the last time I did a post like this, so I figured I'd follow it up and do a part 2!!! Like last time, feel free to leave your own replies to these in the comments, or even your opinions on my answers. I'd be interested to see some feedback.
Why do we have time or follow time in this world, can't we just live without a watch or clock anymore? Humans are creatures of habit and control and by creating time, we gave ourselves a way to keep track of our own existence. We gave ourselves control over our days and how they're set up, and if we abolished clocks and watches now... I think too many people would be lost. Too many people rely on watches and calendars to tell them what to do with their lives, and without time, they wouldn't know what to do. I've told my dad before, actually, that if I had free time I wouldn't know what to do with it. I've always done homework in my life, even through summers, and it's now at the point where I don't think I COULD take a full summer off. I'd be... confused, almost. So I can hardly imagine what life would be like without a concept of time after everyone has gotten used to it. Why is your definition of true happiness different from anyone else's definition of true happiness? My definition is different from someone else's because of perception. NO ONE can perceive life the same way, and no one truly has the same way of thinking. My definition of happiness as a whole may be very similar to someone else's, but that's only because I have a limited and restricted vocabulary to describe is (as would they). It's very hard to put feelings (and thoughts, for that matter) into words. So while my description of happiness may match someone else's, it could never be the EXACT same due to how I think and how I perceive things. If you try to fail and succeed, then which have you done? You automatically failed the moment you decided to put in a conscious effort to. There is no success to be found in failure, even attempted failure, ever. - maddie Today I read a new book called ''Hour Of The Olympics.'' One night Jack and Annie went to the tree house to see Morgan.When Jack and Annie got to the tree house Morgan had a book about Greece. They saw a horse with wings, a Statue of Zeus, a Olympics race, and an old man named Plato. Plato was very nice to Jack and Annie mostly Jack because Girl's where not allowed.
Annie got caught but the white horse with wings came and saved the day! After that it took them to the tree house. Then they went home with the book they needed. Ashleigh I haven't done a post like this in a bit, so I figured that in honor of the new year I'd answer some more deep questions. I'll try not to repeat any I've done in the past- but if I do, I guess we'll be able to see how my line of thinking has changed since!
For a relationship to last, what are the 3 most important things needed? I believe that the 3 most important components in a relationship are humor, honesty, and empathy. Humor, because you need to remain happy and keep yourself (and your partner) smiling, honesty because you need to establish a strong trust and remain true to your partner (while also remaining true to yourself) and empathy, so that you can care for them and help them where needed (and so that they can reciprocate and do the same for you). Naturally, there are so many other important things in relationships... but I see these three as some of the most important. If you had to give up 1 year of your life to give a few hours more to live to a dead person who you really cared about, what would you do? If it was 100% necessary to give a year of my own life... I don't know who I'd give the hours to. Those who have died who I've genuinely cared about spent the last bit of their life in pain, and I'd never want to bring them back to it. In general, I would never give up a year of my life for that very reason. Those who have died are gone and there is nothing to be done about it. You can't reverse or change it- and if you were bringing them back, you'd only be bringing them back to a world of pain and suffering to die AGAIN. I wouldn't want to put anyone I genuinely cared about through that. I've never understood people who said they wished they could bring people back from the dead for that very reason. There are some things that every person tries so hard to ignore in this world, what are the reasons for ignoring something in the first place? I think that people ignore things for one of two reasons: 1). because they don't like/can't handle the reality of something 2). it brings them sadness or discomfort Those are the only two reasons I can come up with for why someone would ignore something. If you're ignoring something because you can't handle it, you're wasting your time- covering you eyes and standing in the middle of an open room and assuming because you can't see others, others can't see you is a poor and misguided assumption. When ignoring the truth, that's essentially what you're doing. You cannot run or hide from it- you can prolong your confrontation with fate, but you can never truly avoid what's meant to happen. Now, before I go over-board: I want my readers to answer these three questions in the comments. At least give me a response to my own answers. I truly do appreciate feedback on my writing- even if I don't write as often as I used to. - Maddie “We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don't have something better.”
The above quote was found in my search through Tumblr earlier this morning, and I thought I'd touch lightly upon it. So often in life, you hear people say that they are comfortable where they are- or that they're perfectly happy with their life. Even after saying this, however, you can tell that they're discontent- unhappy with something in their life. On occasion, these same people will complain mildly before resuming their plight of "being content". I feel like some people get stuck- afraid of not being able to find something better, they remain in a toxic position simply because they're slightly comfortable there. I have a friend who is in her late teens, almost an adult now. She has been in a year-long long-distance relationship that has been toxic and mentally abusive to her- yet she chooses to stay. Knowing her past, she has been through many horrible relationships before that seem far worse than the one she finds herself in now. In my opinion, she's only remaining in this relationship because she thinks it's the end of the road... she thinks she has no other option left, and she's afraid that if she leaves her current situation, she won't be able to find better. She's staying out of fear, and because "well, at least it's not as bad as before". It is this way of thinking that slows change and progress in life. I'll use a quote from one of my dad's old posts... "unless you know you are dying tomorrow, a loss of potential is devastating". Sometimes, I think people don't fear a loss of potential, but fear the potential in and of itself. If all you've known is the shit end of the stick all your life, then it can be hard to see hope in the future... if I could give one piece of advice (and this will sound weird coming from a 15 year old), it would be to not settle for less. Know yourself, and know what you deserve.... and do not settle for less. Not in relationships, not in jobs, not in life as a whole. - Maddie I found the above quote while looking for information for my English class, and it really stood out to me... so I figured I'd write about it in slightly further detail. I don't so much want to touch on the shame part of this quote so much as I do on the killing of the innocent... because I see so much of it in today's world. Now, I'm assuming that when you read "killing the innocent", your mind automatically jumps to the mass shootings that have occurred over the past few years... maybe the Boston Bombing and other such instances, even.
But when I see "killing the innocent", all I can think of is our military. Now, there is a true example of killing the innocent- sending young people who are full of life off to fight in a corporate war with delusions of becoming a hero and doing their country proud. More and more in today's society, I see war and fighting being glorified... displayed as though going off to kill people for a cause you know little about is something honorable. There is no honor in the bloodshed of others, if I'm honest. This brainwashing is only being passed on, generation to generation. My dad wrote about this last week, I believe- in his post about being the change you wish to see in the world. He says that you cannot truly change the world- only the small population around you that you have some influence over. He stated that he doesn't want my sister or I to join the military, and I can soundly say it is not something I have EVER considered. I'm very anti-war and I do not support the military whatsoever, and while it is an unpopular opinion among my friends, I will stick by it always. There is no way in hell that peer pressure could ever make me say signing your life away is a heroic deed. It's an inherently stupid one. - maddie |
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