Observations

So I've been on this Earth for 16 years and 8.3 months (thank you, Google Age Calculator) and even though some of my opinions are constantly changing, here are a few things I've observed.

• Chicken Noodle Soup makes every situation seem a little bit better (Chicken and Rice soup also works)
• At some point, everyone will be against you for whatever reasons, why put yourself with them in that group?
• Kissing is the best invention in the world (I'm sure I'll get a lot of comments about this one later...Mom, Mandy, Jamie, PJ- if you're reading this: We all knew this day was coming sooner or later. Your Jo isn't a little girl anymore - boys no longer have cooties!)
• But only if it's with the right person, otherwise it ruins it and you just end up regretting it sooner or later.
• Don't do something permanently stupid just because your temporarily upset.
• If you're going to change yourself, make sure you're doing it for the right reasons.
•  Not to go along with the crowd, but because you know it'll make you a better person.
• Only marry for love
• Not for money, appearances, convenience, or circumstance
• Marry your best friend
• Marriage isn't easy. Ever. It takes a lot of work and commitment. Marry the person that makes you laugh, makes you feel good about yourself. Marry the person who you want by your side through the crappy times, the person you're willing to work with when the honeymoon phase is over. Marry the person who still gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling inside when you first started to date.
• Never settle
• You deserve more credit than you give yourself. Never settle for anyone or anything less than what you deserve.
• Never grow up (well, fully.)
• There's too much serious in our world, take the time to laugh. When you lose your sense of humor, you lose yourself.
• It's okay to be stubborn.
• If you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything. 
• Judgement sucks.
• Have an open mind. It's okay to have your own opinions, but you never fully know what the other person on the street is going through. You complain about people judging you, so why would you turn around and do the same to someone else?
• Do what makes you happy.
• If it doesn't make you happy, change something.
• Be who you want to be.
• You're the one who has to go home and live with yourself the rest of your life.
• You can't escape your demons.
• Running away never works. It's better to just face your problems head on and deal with them.
• Don't lie to yourself.
• Saying you're "fine" when you're really not is one thing, but pretending that you have a heart of stone and that things don't affect you is entirely different. EVERYTHING affects us in someway.  Don't downplay something that meant so much to you for the sake of keeping up your tough girl/guy act. 
• Never forget where you came from, it made you who you are today.
• Don't hold grudges on people/experiences that didn't treat you the best. Without them, who would you be now?
• Deep down everyone is terrified. 
• Some just recognize that fear and push on anyway. That's courage. 
• Love yourself.
• Smile at everyone on the street/highway.
• You might just turn someone's day around.
• Music is the best way to say what you're afraid to say out loud.
• Don't worry. 
• Everything will work itself out in the end. You're a lot stronger than you think you are, you can and will get through anything that comes your way. 
• God's love is never-ending, neither is His humor. 
• God is there for you no matter what. He's stubborn; even when you're sure there's no way you can ever be forgiven, He still forgives and LOVES you. Back to His humor, I'm certain God puts me in certain (sometimes ridiculous) situations just to make me smile, just to make me realize He really does see and know everything. 

Thanks for reading! :) ♥