I'll Bet You Ten Dollars

My heart beats. 

It beats in such a beautiful melody that I love so much.

Sometimes I feel as though when it beats, all my poor heart is trying to do is tell me something. 

Its trying to tell me that I'm worth it and 

that I'm one of few people on this earth that are lucky enough to have a companion inside of them that actually does beat. 

It’s trying to tell me to stop listening to my controlling and stubborn mind. 

...Ill bet you ten dollars that if my heart wasn't bound forever inside my chest by the cage of my bony ribs.. 

it would walk right up to my brain and beat the crap out of it. 

...I try not to favor my mind over my heart but my mind is so much louder and it has such strong opinions that it’s hard to heed to the soft voice of my tender heart.

But regardless of which organ I listen to more,

 My heart still beats. 

 My heart still loves. 

 My heart still speaks.

And Im thankful for that

I Fell in Love with You and Nature

I used to like nature

That was until this summer

This summer we spent 86% of our time outdoors

We fell in love with each other

We fell in love with nature

I fell in love with the exquiste trees and the romantic rainstorms

because watching the rain slide down the crevice near your eyes and 

slip off the edge of your cheek bones is just one of 

those details i will never forget

I fell in love with the sunshine and the warmth i felt while laying in your arms

because no matter how good i felt alone, it never compared to how i felt

when we were one

I fell in love with your creativity and your perfect smile

because it was inspiring too see you be you, and nothing makes 

me happier than your smile

I fell in love with the sunset and the starry night sky

because when the sun would set and the warmth it brought to the earth was gone, 

all we had was each other

I fell in love with fast driving and the slow kissing

because you always had time to make things romantic 

and i liked that

a lot 

I fell in love with the water, 

whether in a stream or lake

just because 

I fell in love with our long days but our too short of nights

because it got to the point where curfew 

seemed to come sooner and sooner 

I fell in love with your laugh and your sense of adventure

because although things didn't always work out, 

we never had anything less 

than an amazing time

I used to like nature

that was until this summer

I fell in love with you

I fell in love with nature

I fell in love with you

Don't Blame Death for your Fear of Living.

We are all gonna die.

Death is inevitable.

It creeps upon us all like the tide creeps on to the sand. Slowly, but surely in comes, and the time and place it will arrive is always unpredictable. 

Death is unannounced and usually uninvited.

Death is the only attribute that we all share as a human race.

No one can stop it from coming and its something that most of us fear.

We fear the unknown.

And death is apart of the unknown.

But I for one appreciate death.

Death is a motivation to live life. 

Without death, what would be the point of living?

What is a beginning without its end?

Everything worth caring about in life comes to an end and that is why it has value.

We value the things we will soon lose.

I value life because it doesn’t last forever.

I value each breath because at some point, I will take my last.

But maybe what we fear isn’t really death.

Maybe we really fear life.

We fear not doing all we hoped for in life and we fear the idea that when death looks us in the face we wont be ready.

Don't blame death for your fear of living. 

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any moment.” – Mark Twain