Emily's+Enlightenment

====**In swimming, 11 months of the year aren't mine. They belong to the pool. They belong to early mornings and long hours. They belong to pain, tears, frustration, triumph, and glory. I love it, but sometimes it hates me. I train only to be let down. I give up my life only to feel like I'm wasting my time. I put my heart into it, only to have it broken over and over again. **====

====**But I don't quit. I get stronger. When I pick myself back up and wipe away the tears, I grow. I learn that being upset isn't worth it. I learn not to waste my time stressing out. I learn that disappointment is simply a part of life. **====

====**Life is full of choices. Some are big, some I hardly think about. The choice to smile is just as easy as the choice to cry. The choice to stay mad is just as easy as the choice to get over it. Some days are going to be bad, but when I get past those days and find a bright spot that’s when I find myself truly growing as a person. I want to be happy. I'd choose that any day. It’s all up to one person: Me. A coach once told me that the only thing stopping me was my own mind. My mindset. My choices. My decisions. My life. All that I can do is get the mind in my own head straight. Life is unexpected and is not always fun, but each time I allow myself to be smile, to be happier, to be better, I am. Long story short: Life is only as great as I allow it to be... **====

She dried her hands on her apron "Time sure goes fast" I know I wasn't here...  Youth is the time of getting Smile like you don't give a damn about the consequence Just say anything I want to be able to look back and say 
 * I've done everything I can **

By the last breath of the May air I inhale At the bottom of my dream Take the wings of morning <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Another aeroplane <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Another sunny place
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">I’m lucky, I know **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Little darling, the smiles <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Returning to the faces <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">When you smile, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The whole world stops <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">And stares for awhile <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Little darling, it seems <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Like years since it's been here <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Can you promise me if this one's right <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Don't throw it all away

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">If we don't change, we don't grow. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">﻿If we don't grow, we aren't really living <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">I never arrived at the perfection <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">I had been so ambitious of obtaining <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">I did not wish to live **what was not life** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In the autumn of the year <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Who'll stop the rain? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Always look on the bright side of life <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">There could be no rainbow **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Without a cloud and a storm **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Our rulers will become corrupt, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Our people careless <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">They will forget themselves <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">You have to forget about all these things <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">So shall we come to look at the world with **new eyes**

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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Life is God’s most precious gift <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Life is a great big canvas <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">And you should throw all the paint on it you can <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">No it won't all go the way it should <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">But I know the heart of life is good <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Life is either a daring adventure or nothing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live. **



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Maybe it's not my weekend <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">But it's gonna be my year <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In joy and pain <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In sun and rain
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">I love this place with all my heart. **

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