The Dream

So in life we all have our dreams. We all have our goals and our standards in which we would like to live up to. Not only for ourselves but for others as well. I personally and utterly believe that if someone has the underlying passion for something that nothing can or will be strong enough to stand in the way. Undoubtedly in my mind obstacles are merely the things in which you see when you take your eyes off of your goal. Life is full of many opportunities, and you must venture into them with an open mind, a beating heart, and a thriving determination. If at some points in your journey you run into obstacles, you must fight through them. If you love something enough you will jump over anything to accomplish it. Your eyes, your heart, and your feet will bring you to your life, your destiny, your fate, your love, and your goals. Whatever it may be...fight for it. Nothing in life worth it is easily given. Everything you fight for,and everything you love is worth the time, the patience, the love , and the fight. I, myself, personally have a secret love in which I can not go a day without thinking about. I wake up thinking about it and I go to bed thinking about it. Why? I really can not tell you. Is it even realistic? Probably not. But am I IN love with it? (Yes I said IN LOVE.)Yes I am. After much contemplation I have decided that if someone can't live a day without thinking about something, they always partake in it, and it always makes them happy, then it is worth the time and effort, realistic or not. Fight for your dreams, no matter what they are. Do not allow anyone to tell you you can not accomplish them or you aren't good enough, et cetera. If it means enough to you, go get it. & if people are telling you those things, use that in your defense and drive that much harder to prove them wrong. Never give up on something, because you do not want to look back and regret anything. You want to at least know that you put everything you had into something. That you utterly used your entire soul to obtain something. That is love. And I have written a poem about a love in which will encompass my life for eternity. It may seem silly, it may seem crazy and it may seem unrealistic, but i don't care. This is my life, and I will live it how I want to live it. I love what I love. I am who I am, and I only have to make sense to myself. What makes me happy does, and I am proud of it. You have the freedom to pass judgement and opinions, but if you know me, then you know how important this all really is. Furthermore; your DREAMS are important, and don't ever let anyone ever down play them...ENJOY:) && let me know what you think!

(sorry guys I had to take the actual poem down )

xoxo
Perfectly Imperfect
Crystal Kimberly

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"The actions you take today, will echo in eternity..."
-Gladiator

April 25,2009
The RESCUE
Invisible Children
115 Cities
10 Countries
ONE statement...
Free Joseph Kony's Child Soldiers!
Attention needs to be brought to this issue and in order for this to happen WE need to form together to make the difference. Just because we aren't seeing this crisis in our everyday lives here in America, doesn't mean that it isn't important!

xoxo
Crystal Kimberly

April 25, 2009

"No more pain, No more sufferin', Just start dancing and shine in the love "
-Maino

Support The Rescue - April 25th

Support- April 25th. All over the world in 115 cities. One statement will make a huge movement come alive. www.invisiblechildren.com to sign up and get more information:)

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"Sometimes when all your dreams may have seen better days

And you dont know how or why, but youve lost your way

Have no fear when your tears are fallin

I will hear your spirit callin

And I swear

Ill be there come what may

When you have no light to guide you

And no one to walk to walk beside you

I will come to you

Oh I will come to you

When the night is dark and stormy

You wont have to reach out for me

I will come to you

Oh I will come to you..."

-Hanson

You are who you are.

BE REAL, BE YOU!

Don't run away from who you are.

Embrace it:)

In life you are going to be thrown through many obstacles. You may have to endure things you never deemed possible. However; you may live your ultimate dream. You may find a path you are fit to walk. One in which you are fit to not be lost on. Whether you feel like you are constantly having to overcome obstacles or you are in a state of utter happiness you are who you are and you can't forget that.

There are times when people get so wrapped up in their surroundings that they tend to only focus on what is going on around them and not inside of them. This sometimes leads them to lose who they are as a person. Ultimately this is sometimes conceived as being fake. From my experience the difference between the two is this:

When a person is so caught up on things in which they can't control, on things that shouldn't be their main worry, and on things in which don't really matter they sometimes lose who they are as a person. This shouldn't be mistaken for being fake. Those people are those whom for instance; have gone through heartbreak and have lost someone they love so much and no longer know who they are, or someone who has just overtime been placed in an uncomfortable environment and they have lost themselves. FAKE is different. This is when someone has actually chosen to not be real. Someone who pretends to be something that they are not. They lead people to believe that they are one person, when they really aren't. I have said many times that it is significant in life to be real. To be who you are and not change for anyone. Being you is essential if you want to not only have others respect you, but for you to ultimately have respect for YOURSELF. You won't get anywhere in life being a fake individual. Once a person stops being real, they tend to lose all aspects of respect, all trust people have in them, and inevitably reputations are burst and lost.

Just because you aren't perfect (noone is, and nothing is) doesn't mean you should hide the REAL you. I personally think that ones imperfections are their best qualities. When you look in the mirror and question yourself, that could be the time that someone out there could be looking at you in utter amazement. I think that imperfection is beautiful. As I always say being Perfectly Imperfect is something in which everyone grasps and should hold onto. There is someone out there whom may hear your words, see your tears, feel your happiness, smell your scent, and taste your love and think its the most gorgeous thing in this world. So why become a fake, stereotypical individual? Being different is amazing. No two people are the same, and to want to be pretend to be something that isn't you, is shameful. (In my mind) Personally I think you should embrace who you are. You should love your life and every realm of it. Ofcourse people run into obstacles, but fighting through those obstacles is critical . It makes it actually worth it. Some individuals think that what they see in the magazines, on television screens, or in clubs is what they should look like or act like. However; YOU should NOT. And sadly there are people out there who intentionally create lies in order to lead others on to believing they are one person. When they honestly are the opposite.

Be proud of who you are. Love your life and the people in it. Your family and true friends will embrace who you really are. In today's world is important to never lose yourself. To never forget where you came from, and to ultimately not forget your morals and principles on the way. It is a tough world, but we were put here for a reason. Each of us has a path in which we must endeavor onto. One in which will make a difference. Now that difference may be on others or on you. That is a choice you must make. . .

Perfectly Imperfect

xoxo

-Crystal Kimberly

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You can't have a better tomorrow if you're always thinking about yesterday. - C.Roth

Smile:)

Smile, because you don't know whose life it will change:).

(picture-invisblechildren.com)

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"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else"

-Unknown

Invisible Children

Invisible because

No records are kept of their numbers or age

Invisible because

Their own armies deny they exist

Invisible because

They simply vanish...

Three guys. A video camera. 300 dollars = One movement...

What started out as a filmmaking adventure in the Spring of 2003 transformed into much more when three guys from Southern California discovered a tragedy that both disgusted and inspired them, a tragedy where children are both the weapons and the victims...

Jason Russell, Lauren Poole, and Bobby Bailev were in search of a story. With three hundred dollars in their pockets and a camera in their hands they traveled to Uganda. A brief overview goes as is...It all goes back to when the British colonized Uganda. They gave jobs and education opportunities to the Southern Ugandan's however; the Northern Ugandan's were forced to become laborers. After their independence the Northerners rebeled and since then the South and North have fought each other for the utter control of Uganda. In the South Yuweri Musevini came to power (1986) which caused the northerns to rebel. A boy, Joseph Kony joined a group of rebel fighters known as the Lords Resistant Army. (LRA) He rose up to leadership claiming spiritural powers and promised success to those whom fought with him. However; Kony never reached the overcoming of Musevini whom is still President of Uganda today. Over the years Kony began to lose the support of his people. This caused him, out of frustration, to brutally attack them which led him to begin to abduct children to fight for his rebellion. In the last TWO decades Kony has kidnapped well over thirty thousand children for his army. In the year of 1996 Musevini forced the Acholi tribe into Displacement camps. Originally meant to protect the people, the conditions were so horrendous, a THOUSAND die every week waiting for emergency relief.

HOW does one man, Joseph Kony, have the power to terrorize MILLIONs? Well the people of Uganda believe Joseph Kony has spiritual power, that he walks on water, that his eyes turn red, and when the people of Uganda hear his name they run the other way. Kony has made the lives of millions of people miserable and he purely lives for evil. Those whom try to reach peace with Kony and make a peace offering usually do not come back alive. The power and influence this man has over thousands of individuals is unreal. He, himself, believes that he is a god. He mutilates children, and causes masacres were 300 children are killed at one time. Every peace talk has failed, and this war has continued on for the past twenty three years. Ninety percent of Kony's army are children.

A documentary was made "Invisible Children" by Bobby, Lauren, and Jason, which explains the longest running war to ever occur in Africa. It focuses on these children whom are forced to sleep in the streets in fear of abductions. Night commuters flee the rebels and their leader Joseph Kony. Because of this flee, people are living with no jobs, and therefore; the children barely have clothes on their backs. No education is given to them and they have no desire to live. Jacob, a young boy in Uganda, told Bobby, Jason, and Lauren that he does not want to live anymore. That he would rather be dead. To hear a small child utter words of that sort is the most heartbreaking thing a human can handle.

A bracelet campaign was started in order to raise money for these children and in order to help end the war. These bracelets are actually made by the children in Uganda and each one represents the story of a child affected by this neverending war. The proceeds from these bracelets go back to Uganda to provide mentors and education for the children. At this point the three boys recruited more individuals and what once was a small story became a national movement. They began to tour around the country and get the word out about this horrific happening. A nation wide event was also created in order to bring more awareness to the situation called the Global Night Commute. And in April of 2006 eighty thousand people left their homes and slept in their downtown city district just like the Invisible Children in Northern Uganda.

So many children in Uganda are going unseen, and their beautiful faces are becoming nothing but invisible. This movement is life changing, and I have never been so passionate about helping a cause before. I have taken part in displace me, I have seen the documentary multiple times, and I have done so much in the organization thus far and my ultiimate goal is to go on tour and spread the word enough to finally end this war. These children are innocent yet are losing their lives, their families, their smiles, their hearts, and their hope. And for what? For a war that does not need to be occuring. HELP! Please everyone take the time and learn more about these children. They are amazing and they inspire me as a person. All these children want are normal things in life. They too want to have a profession, many want to be doctors, teachers, and lawyers. And for what purpose. They all say they want to take part in these jobs in order to help other kids and keep all safe, healthy, and free.

Go to http://www.invisiblechildren.com/home.php to learn more. There is a worldwide tour beginning in April in order to continue the word and to ultimately get the children who are forced to take part in Kony's army OUT! When it comes down to it, yes these children are brutally murdering other individuals but they are being forced to. If they do not do so they will be killed, and not just killed by tortured and left to suffer. Also not only will they themselves be killed but all of their family as well.

Help these children get their lives back. Relieve their pain, whether they are girls whom are being raped at the ages of 10 or guys watching their brothers being murdered in front of them. Those whom are told if they cry they will die, those whom are told if they don't do what they are told they will not see the light of tommorow.

Making a difference in one person's life is more than I could ask for out of my own.... How about you?

Reason for everything?

"It disgusts and inspires"

-Dan Eldon-

Do you ever sit at home sometimes and just question things? Why this happened, or why that happened? We all do at some point of our lives. The power of our thoughts is incredible. We could sit and analyze a situation in so many different ways and for so long and still not come up with the reason for it..
Too often I am asked if I believe if everything happens for a reason? And my answer for that question will always be yes. OVERALL, rather in general, I believe that in this world, most things have a reason behind them. However; there ARE instances that are just purely unexplainable. I believe in this world without sadness we wouldn't experience happiness. Without heartache we wouldn't know what love really felt like. And you don't know how precious the gift of smiling is until you can't do it. Moreover; things happen, in my opinion, whether good or bad, to show the rest of the world. People are sufferring around the world, but people are also looking at those whom are suffering and realizing the amount of joy they have in their own lives. As much as the suffering disgusts everyone to see, it also inspires those same individuals to do something about it. From those in which are suffering comes a lesson to those belittling their actual joy. They begin to learn of the true amount of joy that encompasses their lives and how they should treasure it as others are living a life with no real joy. Now let me get this straight. I am not condoning suffering in any way shape or form. Rather, I am trying to look at things from a different perspective. Really when it comes down to it, who really decides in this world who is going to have a life full of suffering, a life without love, a life without the simple ability to smile? Vice versa, who is going to have that amazing life, living on a beach with no worries about debt from college, or how your next meal will be on the table? It is unfair, and its horrible some of the things people go through in their everyday lifes.

However; it's life. We must do all we can to help those suffering, those crying, those unhappy, and those lacking love. We must supply them with all the help, care, love, smiles, et cetera that we can and show others how to appreciate what they have. We must express to others not to take life and what life has brought them for granted because others do not have that simplicite luxury.

This leads me into my main reason for this blog. My next topic, something I am so incredibly passionate about. Invisible Children.

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"In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away"

-Uknown

Dislikes and Likes in this world...:)

I really dislike the liars
But love a life full of desires
Forget about the fakes
And the tremendous heart aches
Love living in the moment
And jamming out to tunes
With air full of Optomistic scent
A Sky full of balloons
Freezing in the cold
Is really getting old
But I really like laying in the sun
Or being with a loved one
It angers me when people take things for granted
I love closing my eyes and dreaming of a world enchanted
I love to be loved
And hate to be shoved
Being Spontaneous
Enjoying the miscellaneous
Road trips, flower fights, and car sufing too
I've always wanted to get a tattoo
I hate procrastination
However; it's what I always do
It fills me with frustration
Much like deja vous
I love getting lost in conversation
However; I hate imitation
Singing fills my heart and soul
I lust losing utter control
I love temptations
But hate commercials on radio stations
Rock and Roll has ruined my life
However; Someday I'd like to be a darling wife
Corny musicals and movies make me smile
Laughing makes life purely worthwhile
I hate those subdued in depression
Or those without any expression
I love to question things on this Earth
I take it for what it is worth
The stars mean the world to me
And Riley will always be my baby
I dislike the color brown
And I HATE when I see a clown
The Dentist will be my hell
And sometimes I can't stand to spell
I love bright colors, they keep me sane
When life is good, you shouldn't complain
Ice cream, chocolate, and peanut butter keep me satisfied
I hate hiding things on the inside
I love imperfection
It makes life interesting
I love feeling protection
And I want a dang peace ring!
New York City is by far my favorite place
I hate how somethings in life we cant rewind and erase
I love to write
And I hate to fight
Texting occupies my days
And I love to be amazed
Volunteering, running, and keeping busy
Sometimes all at once makes me completely dizzy
I love the moments where I can't breath
Or when my heart skips a beat
I hate when someone I need does leave
It makes life incomplete
I love the moments that are to live for
The Past, the Present, and The future
Time to put memories in my drawer
Overall I need to feel secure
Living, laughing, and loving, never to forget
I hate when people live in regret
I love to be who I am today
And I love to live in the U.S. of A.

Life is what you make it
So fill it with your dreams
Make it totally epic
And take it to your extremes....

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"The eyes tell the tale, while the smile hides the truth, the information lacking is the substance without proof."

-Unknown

What do you do when the minutes seem like hours and the hours seem like days?

Have you ever been awaiting something in life when all time seems to halt and your days seem to last forever? Seconds slowly turn into minutes, minutes into hours, and hours into days?! It seems as if this world likes to make a monstrosity of our minds. It's as if when we want to savor a moment in time, it flys by faster than the speed of light, yet when we want to push time away and have it speed up, it tends to actually slow down. What is with that?!

I know that we should never wish time away, and we should appreciate the now. But I mean is it really wrong of me to look forward to things that await me in my future? Right now being in college, is just NOT what I want to be doing. Yes, ofcourse, I have always thrived on a good education and I will continue to attend and get good grades, but unlike others I know what I want to do in the future. When others are confronted with the question, "What do you want to do after you graduate?" They answer with a hesistant, "I don't know?" And me, well I am so excited for that day. I have so many hopes and dreams for myself. I would answer with "I want to make a difference in this world!" I want to move to either New York City, or California. I want to get out of this town and branch out. I want to experience the world around me instead of just watching it pass me by. I want to meet new, exciting people. I want to plan events of wide ranges. whether that is weddings when Im older or outrageous Hollywood parties at my years of prime, it doesn't matter. As long as I love what I am doing in my life, i dont care. I want to write a book, based on current and past life experiences (I am actually in the process of doing so now..when I have free time that is.) I want to do something with music right after school. I know that seems insannnneee, but its a dream of mine. I want to tour with my best friend ( LOVE YOU KNJ) and just experience what we have both wanted for so long. I want to compile my songs and poems and share them with the world. Whether that is done through a book, or through my voice on tour, we will see. But I do know that I so badly hope that it happens. I have a lot to say and share and I hope I get the chance to do so.
I also have a lot of love to spread around the world. I want to volunteer around the world. I want to help the Invisible Children in Africa. ( If you haven't heard of them, it is heartbreaking and all of you should look it up.) I did an event for them before and it was life changing. I also want to start my own non-profit organization sometime in the future. I just want to help as many people as I possibly can. I want to make others proud of me and most importantly I want to make myself proud. And as many of you know, making youself proud can be harder than making others proud.
All in all. when the minutes seem like hours and the hours seem like days I guess the best thing to do is just stay focused on the present and not too much on the future, because you do have to try and enjoy life in the now and every minute of life is too precious to waste away. Ofcourse you can dream and have high ambitions and excitement for the future, but you dont want to spend all your time doing so. Time is precious:), and you need to enjoy it. As much as my future excites me, my present is ah-mazing too. I have ah-mazing friends and family, I write everyday, music is my life, school is also very important, and i love learning new things. So there is no room for complaining!

So moral of the story:: DREAM BIG, LIVE LIFE, LOVE A LOT, NO REGRETS, AND SING LOUD!!;)

xoxo
Perfectly Imperfect
The end.