This made me smile so much yesterday.

I was feverishly typing a paper (due in 6 hours...eek!) at a desk on Swem 3rd when I looked away from the computer screen for a brief moment to close my eyes and to try not to cry. It's been a tough semester. Suddenly, I noticed in my line of vision tiny writing scratched on the edge of the small shelf set near the top of the back wall.

"DON'T WORRY.
YOU <3 ARE
LOVED"

How quickly we forget.

Thank you, kind stranger, for reminding me that life is so much more than an 8 page paper on a time crunch or a week of midterms or losing sleep when your roommate decides that she wants to be loud every morning at 7 AM.

You are loved too.

everything is everything

You're stressed out, aren't you? Don't be. In the words of Miss Lauryn Hill:

"Now, everything is everything
What is meant to be, will be
After winter, must come spring
Change, it comes eventually

Sometimes it seems
We'll touch that dream
But things come slow or not at all
And the ones on top, won't make it stop
So convinced that they might fall
Let's love ourselves then we can't fail
To make a better situation
Tomorrow, our seeds will grow
All we need is dedication"

-For your listening pleasure: Everything is Everything.

It's from Mysterious Letters. Michael & Lenka are on a mission to write to every household in the world. I thought this one was cool. :)

The daffodils are starting to come up around campus.

Daffodils, that come before
the swallow dares, and take
the winds of March with beauty.
-- William Shakespeare

Be strong. Have hope.

W&M can be known for its torrential downpours, but every so often, our campus looks like this.

Thank you W&M for making me happy even when skies are gray. Or blue. Bright blue

a simple (haiku) confession

Can I just say that
I am alive and content?
My mind is at peace.

Open the window, sunlight.
I stopped and smelled the roses.
My heart flips around.

Didn't go searching
for joy, no sir it found me.
Held out his kind hand.

Pulled me up, away.
Out of the darkness, sunshine.
It warms my body up.

I am not cold now.
I am not in misery.
Today I am free.

No Rules

Just gotta add a lil bit of flavorin’
This dish got you savorin’

My life don’t need a recipe
I just mix everything in front of me
Cos organizing can get the best of me
And improvising can help set you free

My life ain’t got no melody
Not like we’re at a symphony
Always strugglin’ with anxiety
But I don’t need your sympathy

In my mind’s greatest reality
Distress in actuality
Joined with fear and insanity
I envision an opportunity