You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Sometimes in life, you find a special friend. Someone who changes your life just by being a part of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop. Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it. This is forever friendship. When you're down and the world seems dark and empty, your forever friend lifts you up in spirit and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full. Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times and the confused times. If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows. If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you and cheers you on. Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay. And if you find such a friend, you feel happy and complete because you need not worry. You have a forever friend, and forever has no end.

Friendship to me, is nothing to be taken lightly. Friendship is something to be cherished, to be loved, and to be taken care of. True friends dont come around very often, but when they do, hold on tight, and make sure to never let go. Friends are someone to laugh with, have fun with, someone to lean on, to cry to, and someone who will support you no matter what. Just like the seign says, a friend is someone who would bail you out of jail, but a true friend is the one sitting next to you saying, dam that was a good time, but boy did we mess up.

I admire those with a few close friends, and i pity the ones with just many aquaintances. I frown upon those who find joy in putting others down, and I praise those who live to bring people up. A true friend wont judge you, and a true friend defienelty wont turn their back on you when they dont agree with something you did. They will be there for you when it is convienent, and most importantly, when its NOT convienent. The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention, and a true friend always gives you 110% of their attention.

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners and belittled at all costs. In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. YES. Friends, no matter how bad the situation, will always stick up for you, always have your back, and wont back down at any costs. A friendship should not be defined by the differences between the two people,nor should it be determined and controlled by one person. A friend will always be behind you and support you, no matter how much they disagree with your choices or decisions.


No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Think about this next time you find your "friends" betraying you, belittling you, or turning their back against you. Are they REALLY your friends?

It doesn't matter what those horrible people say. To me, you're ALWAYS a somebody.


much love and friendship,

<3 Amanda

Looking back. At the Past.

What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now.


Have you ever been asked, if you could go back to your past and change one thing, what would it be? I'm sure we all have, and honestly, i HATE that question. I've learned over the years that it doesn't matter what your past holds, and no one should ever judge you on what you have done in your past. What matters is NOW, TODAY, and who you are right now. As long as you are happy with who you are today and what you are doing, your past shouldnt matter, and it shouldnt keep you down or be a deal breaker for ANYTHING.

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that we acted in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.

My past made me who I am today. And i'm very happy with who I have become. Would I change any of it ? No. Do I wish i could do something different? No. The mistakes and dreams of my past, are now the reality of my wonderful future I have ahead of me. Thank you to everyone who has been in and out of my life, shaping me into who I am. Without you, I would not be who I am today.


God Bless.

<3 Amanda