Happy Anniversary

To this blog! Updates are so few and far between that I almost feel bad. Life has been kinda crazy though. Let's start by saying that this summer was pretty much fantastic. I worked at a camp this summer, and my very first day I felt that no one could be more illsuited to the job. I felt that I was 100% out of place, that I didn't belong there.I soon found that that wasn't the case. I was welcome with open arms, and I've had life changing experiences involving people I hadn't known for more than a week. I was able to connect with kids who had no idea where I was coming from before this, and were so completely ingrossed in everything I and the other staff had to say by the end. Its mindboggling, the effect you have on a kid as a camp counselor. Its frightening, and exciting, and a million other emotions, all at once.

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

I probably don't need to say that that's Ghandi speaking. Its a quote that doesn't need an explaination. You want to see something change? Then change it. It doesn't have to be something huge, because even just makng one person's day better is huge.

My dream is go on a trip with Free The Children. My daily life consists of living my life, and trying to find a way to make this dream happen, while making the small things count.

Song of the Day- Kings and Queens- 30 Seconds To Mars

Bring Me To Life

So here's the thing. I'm kind of in love with this song. If my life were a book, this chapter would be entitled Bring Me To Life.
I am finding life really busy, and really challenging right now. I'm being challenged spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. I feel like right now, school and dance are taking over my life. It's pulling me away from other things equally important, especially to me. In short, I am stressed, and I just about had a breakdown this morning.

Save me from the nothing I've become.


Song of the day: Bring Me To Life- Evanescence ft. Paul McCoy

How can you see into my eyes like open doors
Leading you down into my core
Where I’ve become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can’t wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can’t wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I’ve become

Now that I know what I’m without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring me to life

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can’t wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can’t wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I’ve become

Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside)
Bring me to life

Frozen inside without your touch without your love darling only you are the life among the dead

All this time I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I’ve been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everything
Without a thought without a voice without a soul
Don't let me die here
There must be something more
Bring me to life

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can’t wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can’t wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I’ve become

(Bring me to life)
I’ve been living a lie, there’s nothing inside
(Bring me to life)

Aaaahhhh!!!!!

Daaaaaangggg, have things been crazy lately! Dancing every day of the week for the past three weeks and the next three, not to mention school is beyond stressful right now. I'm almost afraid of the amount of homework I'm going to get next year, given the amount I get now.
I actually had a dance competition this weekend- it went pretty well! One more next weekend, then recital, and its over for the year! But of course the weekend after I finish dance, I start staff training. Gah! But I'll get to spend my summer hanging out with kids, flipping canoes, shooting guns, jumping off 40 ft poles, and learning about God. Man, I'm excited.
So enough pointlessness, my major thought of the day is, no matter how tired you are, how much your feet hurt, how you keep thinking, "What if I screw up? What if I forget? What if I just can't do it?", never stop, cause your only getting better.

Song of the day: Bones Shatter- Hedley
(I just realized that out of... I think six blogs, four have Hedley songs :P )

Haiti Earthquake Relief

We all heard about the devastating earthquake in Haiti that took place all too recently.
The Red Cross has spoken of 45,000 to 50,000 dead. Lieutenant General Ken Keen, the US general running the relief effort, said the international community should be prepared for the worst and the toll could be as high as 200,000. The United Nations has estimated that three million people were affected, and 300,000 left homeless.

Here are some websites you can donate to to help out the community down in Haiti:

Free The Children
http://www.freethechildren.com/donate/haiti-earthquake-relief-fund/

Canadian Red Cross
https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/donate.aspx?EventID=43149&LangPref=en-CA

The Humanitarian Coalition
http://www.thehumanitariancoalition.ca/

Plan Canada
https://plancanada.ca/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=1347

Salvation Army
http://www.salvationarmy.ca/

MCC
http://mcc.org/

Unicef
https://secure.unicef.ca/portal/SmartDefault.aspx?at=1211&appealID=90&CID=99

World Vision
https://www.worldvision.ca/give-a-gift/Pages/EarthquakeinHaiti.aspx

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
http://www.international.gc.ca/humanitarian-humanitaire/canadians_help-aide_canadien.aspx

Yele
http://www.yele.org/

Smaritan's Purse
http://www.samaritanspurse.ca/

Song of the day: Heaven- Theory of a Deadman