Living Life Under 5 Foot

As always I like to sum up the year, month by month.. however that post comes the first day of January. Look for it.  Today, I will sum up the biggest part of my 2013 year through music lyrics of songs that I feel have touched me, inspired me, or reminded me.  Enjoy.  I heard the doctor, but what did he say, I knew I was fine about this time yesterday.- Ben Rector, When a Heart Breaks.  If you're lost and alone, or you're sinking like a stone, Carry on. - FUN, Carry On. It's time to defy gravity- Wicked, Defying Gravity  It's the way you do the things you do that make me fall in love with you- Rocket to the Moon, Dakota  It's okay not to be okay, sometimes it's hard to follow your heart. Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising, just be true to who you are- Jessie J, Who you are. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, what doesn't kill you makes you a fighter- Kelly Clarkson, Stronger You can't carry i

Every year we fail.  Every month we fail.  At least once a day, I fail at something.  There isn't a single person on this planet dead or alive that has not epically failed at some point in their life. However what determines greatness, is standing up again after that failure. When we face the winds, and the pressure, and return to our feet. In order to obtain success there will be times shortcomings appear, old ones resurface, and new ones smack us in the face. No matter the obstacle in our path, if we want success we must continue. There isn't a place in any scripture, quote, biography, or speech that has ever told us that life would be easy, that everything would work out for us the way we wanted. No where can you find those words, because they are grossly untrue. It's hard. Every day it's hard. No one is spared from the misfortune of failure. There is however a grand difference between those who consider themselves wildly successful, and a bum on the s

The sport of hurdles involves running, and then when a hurdle comes you have to jump it and continue on your run. It's usually 110 Meters long, and the point is to be the fastest. Basically it's a more difficult 100 meter race. Obstacles are placed in the runners way on purpose. Why do we have hurdles? What's the point? It has been said that the only way a person can have self confidence is by overcoming hurdles. Because accomplishing something you didn't think you could results in a special kind of high, that makes you think that you are wonderful, worth something, and that the sky is the limit. If we didn't have hurdles, we would be a weak miserable people. This world, every nation, family, school, and people have hurdles. We all have things that weigh us down, cause pain and beat us up a little bit. Here are my steps to overcoming hurdles. 1) Know what it is. Figure out that you may be struggling with something. Label it. Define it. Don't let it def

Want to know something neat? If you put 5 crabs in a bucket, you don't have to put a lid on it!!! They will all stay in there!  Why is that? You must ask. Because, the other crabs will pull the one trying to leave back in.  Why is that? Because misery loves company. If something gets out of the pot that means others are still in it. If someone wins, that means someone loses.  Today I compare those crabs to us. Each of us find a ourselves in a "pot" in life. Whether it's school, social, family, work, or mistakes. We are all in pots. Now see the thing about a pot, is they are negative, and we are surrounded by negative crabs who can sometimes bring us down. WE MUST CLIMB OUT.  We climb out by dreaming big, accomplish great things, and helping others climb out as well. No vice needs to hold us down. Surround yourself with like minded people. Positive people, and the change will naturally happen. The crabs that are holding you down w