My room is tickled with my personality. Every single thing in my room has a bit of me and everytime I get home I look forward to just lying on my bed(which is the most comfortable thing in this world by the way), being surrounded by things that remind me of who I am. When I travel, I never come home without anything for my room which means if I find some trinket that's breakable or a bit of a trouble to carry around in my luggage, I will not leave without it haha! and besides, it's nice to see something in my room that reminds me of a place I've been to. Well except for the framed Egyptian Papyrus on my wall, I'm hopelessly addicted to Ancient Egyptian culture but I've never set foot on Egypt. So when my mom said she was going a few years ago, I begged her for bring me a papyrus painting so I can have it framed. I like visualizing my dreams so since I have a bit of Egypt in my room already hopefully it could mean I'd find myself there someday. I know exactly what I want to do once I see the the Pyramids of Giza and that is to scream and roll around the sand hahaha!
Well anyway, these are the new additions to my bat cave. I got the bracelet holder from Brighton-England. I was shopping around with my Aunt and my mom and found this store that sells stuff for the house. I always find myself in these stores because I love buying things for the house!I like cooking and baking too and absolutely love looking through adorable cookie cutters and colorful cupcake holders but I'll post about those things next time when I've actually baked something already. I was really happy to see the "Bracelets" sign because I've never seen anything like it so when I finally hammered this on my wall two nights ago, I couldn't help but to applaud myself for how lovely it looked along with my charm bracelets. Charm bracelets look a lot prettier when they're hung up like that don't you think? Another thing I found was the "Love" sign and I felt as happy as a clam when I found it because just a week before arriving in England, I was in Scotland and while I was walking back to our bed and breakfast I saw a lighted window with the same "Love" sign on it. It looked so romantic and I wanted it so bad that I was tempted to knock on the door to ask where he/she got it hahaha! I can't stick it on my window though because my window is too big for such a small sign(there was a bigger version in the store though) and I almost never draw my shades up because I hate waking up to the sun on my face. So I decided to put it on my bookshelf. Just a reminder to myself that Love will always be the most important thing in this world.
The small blue book that says "GMH" is more special than everything else here because one of my dearest friends gave it to me. Sarah holds the spot of being my longest friend, I've known her practically my whole life.I can't imagine not growing up with her. We were born only a week apart, our parents even knew each other even before we were both born so we were destined to become friends.Oh and we're neighbors hahaha! she's just seven houses away from me but she's in Med school now so she only comes home during the weekends. I miss her a whole lot during the week or when she has exams.She crashes my house during her rest days and we end up talking the whole night in my room that she ends up sleeping over.So one night she brings a spare toothbrush and she put in my purple mug near my sink for those unplanned nights of sleepovers hahaha!It's in a tube and it's labeled "Sar" with a smiley face and everytime I feel sad and I see it, I laugh haha! well anyway, the reason why Sar gave this to me during Christmas is because I'm a huge fan of the site Gives Me Hope http://www.givesmehope.com/ The Spartz network are amazing people to have come up with sites that give people hope all over the world. I read them everyday and I always feel inspired afterwards. So she gave me a blank book labeled GMH(that's how people end their stories with in the site, please check it out) so that I can write and collect my own stories of hope:) It's a really thoughtful present, there were actually two books. The other one is a blank My Life is Average(MLIAhttp://mylifeisaverage.com/) book . I've been writing on it a lot recently that's why I decided to include it. It's nice to go through it every time I'm upset, I've been feeling the need to jot these things down because there's a lot been going on with me lately and I've been blessed with surprising heroes and kind strangers that give me hope. I really get by because of the kindness of some really good people out there, it's relieving to think that God never really leaves you with nothing. If something pains you, someone or something comes along to make the load lighter. I would have died by now if the world didn't come with opposites.Sometimes I hate the fact that every good thing in this world comes with a beast but I'd rather have it that way because that's what makes life's complications worth learning. You have to have a bit of both(rain and sun) to come out wiser in this life. There's pain but there is always hope, ALWAYS. It may not come instantly but it's always there, whether someone gives you hope or if you choose to give it to yourself. Giving yourself hope takes work though, it's not easy. It's a tiring chore but that's where true strength comes in. People take time to reboot themselves after a painful experience, even the strongest spirits out there take time to rebuild:)
I highly suggest that people have their own blank books of Hope. It's nice collecting moments of kindness. Whether you were a witness to it, whether it was done to you or whether you were the one to responsible for giving hope to someone else:) It's nice to be reminded that the world is not all cruel and when you see the selfless acts of love you do for people, you're reminded that since you can bring hope to someone else's life than you can bet that you can bring hope back to yours as well.Chin up darling, the sun will shine on your yard too.Don't give up. :)
Much Love xxxxx
Sunny Beluga
