Michelle's+Mindset

I am MICHELLE :) I am a big sister, the oldest child, a best friend, a stranger, and a living, breathing human being. I am confusing. I am crazy (in a healthy way). I am spontaneous. I am adventurous. I am extremely weird. I am an original. I believe that each person is put on earth to serve a purpose; not just for themselves, but for others. Everything we do and everything we say impacts someone, whether intended or not. I believe that people ultimately strive for the things that make them happy, though that goal is often clouded by the ideas and thoughts of others. Opinions and dreams are the only things that really separate us from the masses of people trying to live their lives at the same time that we are. My philosophy in a nutshell: There's no right or wrong when it comes to how you live your life or who you are; there's you, and there's the rest of the world.
 * Happiness is my only true goal; everything else comes along with it.**

 There is no end; there is no beginning. I choose to believe.  I lace my Chucks, I walk the aisle. I'll tell you now that I might take today and make my way through the towns, the streets, the pouring rain. There is nothing but today. But darling, don't you know we've just started our lives?



Forgive me, I'm trying to find my calling. Lord, I am finally waking up. I'm learning to fall. I wanna know if love is real...

Do I really feel the way I feel?



Why would you want to break a perfectly good heart? Every smile you fake is so condescending; I'm happy if you're happy with yourself. You feel like you can't break free, no matter where you are. It feels like home's just a time and a place, it's where the heart is. But baby, without love, you ain't got no home at all. A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Hey there, it's good to see you again. I know I saw a light in you. I'm so glad you have a one-track mind like me. The craziest thing of all is that your heart and mine are defying gravity. All you need is love, and love is **here**. For as long as you have your life, it goes on and on and on and on

Time is a wheel in constant motion, always rolling us along.

You came to save my soul, did you not? Everybody's got a cross to carry, everybody's got a story they can tell. Do you think I'm special? Do you think I'm nice?



See that line? Well, I never should have crossed it. I'm a wreck, I'm a mess, you're a stranger. My thoughts aren't at peace. The magic I can make is small magic now.  Man...this world can be ugly, but isn't it beautiful? Too much silence can be misleading; lately it's hard to disconnect. I just want something REAL. There's a certain feeling you get when you're real, and my dreams are bursting at the seams. They always told me, "Don't try too hard to fit in; you were born to stand out." 

 When the stars fall, I will lie awake. If it were me and the universe, I'd get the worst of this gone.

//You're my shooting star.//

Please don't shoot me down because I'm flyin'... baby, we were born to run.

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