Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Once

I heard somewhere once; "survival is a roast you have to keep on carving and carving". When I was younger I used to move my chair in front of my bedroom window before I went to bed so that if someone tried to break in, they would trip and fall and that would give me enough time to go and alert my family. I think William Yeats is lucky to have the last name Yeats, and I think "He Wishes for the Cloth of Heaven" is one of his best poems. I have a picture from when I was eight and my hair was put in curlers and I was so excited because my hair was straight as a pin when I was young. Now, I don't need curlers. I used to watch the actors and actresses on the tv screens or see their pictures in magazines and think that they were so beautiful or so handsome and so lucky. I used to think in terms of I wish I looked like that and I wish I could do that. I thought they must be some of the happiest people on earth to get to do their passions, the things they love, and be beautiful or handsome and have everyone look up to them. Now I feel sorry for them because in most cases, this isn't the truth. Because a lot of them starve themselves because they don't think their beautiful. And people criticize them and judge them. And they don't feel happy and they may even be losing their passion. I feel sad for them and sad because I thought I wanted to be them but I don't. And people don't always have the life that the tv screen makes it look like they have. I really wish I could let them all know that they are worth something though and their life matters and they're beautiful. I feel happy for the ones who really do have a happy and confident life not ruined by the negative people in the world. This may seem weird but sometimes we are going to need a bigger boat. I think the guy from Jaws was right.  Also, life isn't paved on streets of concrete. For some reason the Peter Pan quote, the one that goes like this; "You know that place between sleep and awake? The place where you can still remember dreaming? That's where I will aways love you. That's where I will be waiting", it makes my heart hurt sometimes. But it's a beautiful quote. I've always loved the rain. But back then I used to jump in the puddles instead of step over them.


10 comments:

  1. <3 You are so right about celeberties. I don't I would like being famous at all. And that peter pan quote is so sweet! <3

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  2. It's funny you mention Yeats. He's one of my top two favorite poets (Next to Robert Frost). Have you ever read "The Rose in the Deeps of his Heart"? My personal fav.

    I also agree with that you said about being said about being a celebtrity. I've always felt it would be an "empty" life, if that makes sense.

    Great post Sophie.

    ~K

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  3. Nice trick with the chair haha

    They don't have the lives they pretend they have. I never want the fame, but the money, now that I'd take haha

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  4. Thats one of my favorite Peter quotes ever, it makes my heart hurt too though sometimes.
    And i so agree w/you on the celebrity issue. the ones who ARE happy {or at least appear to be very confident/happy people} and haven't let the world tear them down with so much negativity that they get every day, must be really strong people. you know? to learn to ignore all that junk that is dished out at them in every magazine or online story. craziness. i wouldn't want that life at all.
    loved this post <3
    xx

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  5. amen. and I used to make my sister sleep closest to the window that way the bad guy could grab her first and leave me with enough time to go to my parents. terrible. I know. xx | Natalia.

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  6. that quote...<3 I adore that peter pan quote. And this post is great. I love it lots. and I feel a lot the same way about celebrities...You put it wonderfully. <3
    and that cracks me up about the window cuz I used to put stuff in front of my window too! hehe. I had a whole plan worked out just in case. ;)
    xx

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  7. The chair story always makes me laugh. And your comment about using curlers when you were little was so funny to me cause your hair in your current pictures is crazy curly. Oh how dreams come true!

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  8. Hehe. I used to do the same thing with curlers. Now I'm like pfffft. Who needs 'em?

    Celebrities do seem to have it rough. I would never want that, too much stress, and too much in the public eye. Talk about being criticized.

    I love Peter Pan. :)

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  9. I think you're spot on about celebrities. Have you ever heard that song The Lucky One? Made me think about it when I was reading this -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6mrKaSmSj4

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  10. WOW! What a picture! I thought they were bubbles at first, but still; goregousness!
    Mmm, I used to think all the stars were stuck-up people and got what they deserved...but then my heart changed and I saw that they really don't have everything they SEEM to have. I agree with Noni too; they must be really strong to resist it all and keep their heads up.
    I too used to be a Puddle-Jumper! =D Nowadays I'm often lookin' for the photogenic qualities they might have...

    ~Jenny

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