What I Have Learned From Country Music

With all the country music I've listened to, I was suppose I was bound to learn something.

1. Love like crazy, with every ounce of your heart.

2. Life isn't about where you end up, it's how you get there.

3. It's normal to be crazy.

4. Spend as much time as you can with your parents, because they won't be here forever.

5. Be a best friend.

6. Tell the truth.

7. Don't outsmart your common sense.

8. Pray.

9. If you work as hard as you can, it will pay off.

10. You can't overuse "I love you".

11. Everybody messes up sometimes.

12. When you find true love, don't give it up for anything.

13. You are beautiful.

14. Do what you love.

15. Whatever you're going through right now, it will get better.

16. You can't trust every cute boy you meet.

17. Those who love you can bring out the best in you.

18. Every heartache makes you who you are.

I know I have learned more than that, but those things really stick out to me. If you have anymore things you've learned from country music, feel free to leave a comment!

I saw "The Last Song" again yesterday. The experience with sort of bittersweet. Sweet because I was with 4 of my very best friends and I could catch what I missed the first time around. But, bitter because I knew what was going to happen and it wasn't as much of a thrill. Nonetheless, it was a great movie, as I said in my previous post.

I really want to be like Miley Cyrus's character in "The Last Song". She plays piano amazingly, can apparently write music, has a gorgeous boyfriend, got into an amazing school, is a vegetarian, protects animals (though, I couldn't understand why she was wearing leather shoes and a leather purse), and is her own person. She didn't change for anyone else, except herself.

I have some musical experience. I used to play the flute. I admit that I never wanted to practice, so I wasn't very good, but I didn't quit for 3 or 4 years. I listen to music constantly and get really into the lyrics. That's something I love so much about music, that you can put your heart and soul into every word you sing. Anyway, I would like to become a vegetarian someday and I am very environmentally conscious and do my part. But, one way that I am unlike Miley Cyrus's character is that I do sort of change for people. I have very, very firm beliefs, but sometimes I change the little things to please others. Like, I sometimes judge others, when I always say "Don't judge me." I feel much like a hypocrite and stop as soon as I catch myself.

Wow. That last paragraph is quite scrambled, but I like it that way.

Yesterday, I got a free makeover with my friends. I think I looked really pretty. It was kind of odd because I usually only wear a little mascara and powder, but they did the whole shebang, eye shadow, eyeliner, mascara, concealer, lip gloss. I did buy a really cool kit that has tons of makeup that I would actually wear. (http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp;jsessionid=272B9349BF291BA098B2AFB269A14336.papp1-app1?productId=xlsImpprod2040009)

Enough of my ramblings! Have a nice Easter, if you celebrate it. If not, have a pleasant weekend and prepare to hear from me on Monday!

Peace, love, and simplicity.