Your Spirit is Your Freedom

Daily Insight: “The best things are created at random and if you look around you are surrounded by God’s random wonders.”

Well, another random blog post on the first day of November. The air is changing and the trees begin to change into their alternate forms of God’s great Earth.

I must attest that my spirit comes alive in music. Music is the door to freedom and to words, stanzas, and lines set to melodious and sometimes rambunctious harmonies. I love music and I feel that whatever type of music is played, I connect with it. Today I listened to a song “Closer to the edge’ by a great band called 30 Seconds To Mars. Something about the powerful tones and rhythms and drum hi-hats hidden in the lyrics stirred my spirit.

This is why I choose to write today. Often times you hear a song that reminds you of someone. I have songs that remind me of not only the person, but the time, the place, the memory, the happiness. Music fills my heart and continues to overflow.

God gave us mouths to speak and proclaim and hands to write and create. He did not hinder us explicitly to what is known as ‘art’.

Take a moment and appreciate it. You’re surrounded by it all the time. Hold it and love it before it’s gone, or rather, before you are.

An excerpt from Closer To The Edge: “Can you imagine a time when truth ran free/ A birth of a song, a death of a dream/Closer to the edge/This never ending story, hate 4-wheel driving fate/We all fall short of glory, lost in ourself ”

Music is love.

Tiff

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Just wanted to create a post dedicated to all of the women who have battled and won against the fight with breast cancer.

Also taking the time to reflect on those battles that were lost. Please show your support. Wear your pink ribbons.

Remember to encourage all women to get tested.

Save. Heal. Cure.

"Gone, but now I'm back again.."

Daily Insight #9: Never judge a book by it's cover. Open it up and flip through the pages. You may be in for a good read.



So this is pretty random. Tonight I published a quote that I came up with on my Facebook page this evening and I figured...why don't I post it on my blog.

I haven't written in such a long time, I decided that this may be good for a post randomly onto my page. So here goes...



PS. I'll explain how this came to me later, in the meantime back to my studies.

Ta Ta For Now.

-TiffuhKnee

Pushing Through and Moving On

Not much to say today.

Just realize that each day you dwell on what has happened in the past takes time away from the moments you can create TODAY.

What is done, has been done. What has happened, has happened. We cannot change it.

We PUSH THROUGH and MOVE ON.

One day at a time.

Birthday Dedication to Mummy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY!

You don't look at day over...

haha, nevermind.

:)

Lockdown

Daily Insight #8: You are not stuck, you just haven't had someone to help pull you out.

I  battle back and forth with my choices in life, but as each day passes by I am even more optimistic and excited about what the future holds for me. Your mindset may feel stuck at the moment. You might feel obliged to do something that in your HEART may feel like a burden. You must realize however that there are many different paths in achieving your ultimate goal.

You're surrounded by people who seem to be going in the right direction. People who have the best of the best resumes. You feel like you're in last place and everyone else can finish the race. Blah, blah, blah.


The first thing you must do is....STOP IT.

Stop doubting yourself, stop burdening your mind with negatives, begin to feel and think the positives. Of course you have your bad days, but I am sure you will be rewarded with the good. There is always someone there to help you...just look above.

God loves you enough that he wouldn't let you down.


Peace & Love & All The Above.

Jitterbug (Snap, Snap)

Daily Insight #7: When I find something I love, I do it.

The other day I explained to my beau that I have always wanted to do a pageant or a competition of some sorts to showcase my....talent. I am a true drama geek and I was very involved in theatre and the arts for many years, especially in high school. Everything from directing, to acting, to building sets, and designing costumes.

Shoutout to District 3 Troupe 35 & I.T.S!


So researching what I can jump back into, or well; practice just for my own fun, I decided to look for my ultimate MONOLOGUE! Something comedic of course. I already had an idea in my mind and I would love to perform it, but I was not quite sure how it would go over with the crowd. So I searched for another one. And last night I found it! It was perfect!

Now the next step is actually getting out there to do it...

Here goes nothing...(Walks out unto future stage)

Peace, Love & Theatrics.




"Be The Monkey"

Cartoon Philosophy: Charlie Brown

Daily Insight #6: When the chips are down, realize they can always be picked up again.

I have always enjoyed cartoons when I was younger. Never cared for Charlie Brown that much though, yet it's funny how I'm doing an entire blog post on some of the quotes from it. Charlie Brown aka Peanuts is a young, unlucky kid who just doesn't seem to be winning at anything, including life and love. I think we can all relate to C.B. at some point in our lives.

"In the book of life, the answers aren`t in the back."

"Happiness is anyone and anything that`s loved by you."

"That's the secret to life...replace one worry with another..."

“Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night."

“This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this.”

"You're a good man Charlie Brown"

A Mother

Daily Insight #5: Love can stem from any heart, but ultimately begins with the heart BEAT of a mother.

This short poetic stanza was written by a very dear friend of mine. He is extremely talented and I figured that as an appropriate beginning to my blogs for the month of May I would choose something based upon Mother's Day. Here it is:

My Happiness Suffers Drought, She Arrives Unannounced, A Sublime Summer's Eve Shower, Her Tears Of Joy Manifest A Small Reflection Of Heaven, That I Jovially Stretch From One Ear To The Next, She Hums The Most Enchanting Song As Stars Pierce The Velvet Sky In Attendance, The Nimble Wind Blissfully Joins In The Alluring Melody, She Continues On In Her Song, Artfully Carving Into Me Her Wisdom, Courage, Perseverance And Love, Who Is She?......Mama :] ♥

-Desmond Darville (Quan TuFli)

To discover & read more from this artist follow this link: Click Here

Reap & Sow

Daily Insight #4: An earnest man will have earnest rewards.




So good guys always finish last huh?
The worst people always seem to get the best things right?
Why them? Why not me?!


I asked myself these same questions the other night, and I have asked them many times prior. The fact of the matter is....Well, you read the daily insight right? (Don't remember it, just scroll up).


Someone who works hard will get their reward in the end. Someone who pretends to work hard will (maybe-kinda-sorta) get a reward, but it won't be as genuine and as fulfilling as your own. People will do what they have to do at that moment. YOU are preparing for what you have to do for that moment AND the next.

So no more sulking. No more arguing. No more ranting and raving. You will get what you work for.

End all, be all: God knows.

But What If...

Daily Insight #3: If there is no answer today, look for one tomorrow.





At the University of Florida students are exposed to so many different cultures, backgrounds and ideas. I look around everyday on this campus and I see a new face. Whether it be on a bus, the library, or simply walking to class. Each student on this campus has a personal story to tell. Some may be happy. Some may be sad. Some may be a 'WTF' moment. Nonetheless, there are stories behind...let's say...Jane's sunglasses, or Ben's Gator hat, or the weird guy on the set's hula hoop and boombox. Often times I think about what story I have to tell. I haven't traveled many places. I haven't done many things. But is there a story for me to tell you guys??

The past three years at UF has been some of the most challenging times which I have had to face alone. Yes it has built up my confidence and strengthened my ability to interact and talk with people, but what if I hadn't stepped out of my box? What if I was walking daily in my own anti-social world? Would I have been the same person as I am today?

The questions of what if arise so often as we move through the years of our college lives. I always seem to wonder..."Am I missing the big picture?" Well by-gollyI hope not! I don't want to miss anything. I don't want to miss a football game. I don't want to miss a lunch date with my friends. I don't want to miss class (despite how much I may hate the drone of my professors' voice). I don't want to miss a day that could've been used for something GREAT.


If I come home at the end of the day with the question "But what if..." in my mind, then maybe I haven't satisfied my curiousity. Maybe I haven't learned all that I need to. Maybe I'm actually afraid to find out what the 'if's' are truly going to be. Then again, maybe the 'if's' are simply meant to be. I question myself sometimes and often feel as if things aren't as they should be. Then again, who am I to control my own destiny or my own fate?

So looping back to my personal story that I am suppose to be telling you all about....Wellll (pause)....At the moment there is none. My story is not complete because I haven't answered all the "What if's" yet. I still need the time to find out and decipher what is at the end of my 'IF'. What will the outcome of my 'IF' be? My story isn't near completion and I hope that you don't think your personal story is either. We have many if's to answer my friend. Many, many if's.

Think about what yours are.


Peace, Love, & WhatyoutalkinboutWillis?!

Daily Insight #2

"Men will appreciate you...

...only if you let them."

When Keepin' It Real Goes Wrong...

Daily Insight #1: Please don’t bring the heat if you cant take it coming right back at ya.

In college these days it seems like such a taboo to speak your mind. You hear chatter and bickering and moaning because you’re being the “opinionated” one, the aggressive one, the one who always has something to say.

Well, gee…I thought that’s what we came here for?!?!

An opinion is not something to hide. A thought is not something to shun away when someone doesn’t agree with you. A suggestion is not something you should hold back just because you may hurt someone’s feelings. Feelings are emotions that get caught up in everyone’s minds. Oh you’re mad!! Oh you’re angry?! Oh you’re annoyed??!

No. I’m fine, I just have something to say.

I think that would matter, don’t you? *Audience nods head*

People who hold high titles or positions in certain organizations become too caught up in just THE TITLE (Ta-Da!) when all of the work is being done by someone else. Someone told me that it will probably be like that wherever you go, so what can you do? Well, speak your mind every once in a while. If you’re afraid to tell someone what you think face to face, there’s EMAIL people! Or, you can wait and see if the situation changes for the better…or hope it changes…or keep waiting…and waiting...and waiting...and well, you get the point.

The title, When Keepin’ It Real Goes Wrong suggests that when you let someone know something, things take a turn for the worse. A downhill spiral, a crash, a fail, a "'I wish I never said anything in the first place" moment. Well, not if you let them know in the proper way. Right?? What if tomorrow things get even worse than they were today? Who cares if the person gets upset about it. You know things have to be fixed and if you don’t do anything, then (you got it…) things wont be fixed.

It’s your life, you can do what you want! Just make sure that what you want to do doesn’t get you shot. But, I’m pretty sure that the person you want to speak with isn’t carrying around a 9 mm in their back pocket…on campus at least.

**You have a right to everything else in the world, I would like to think your opinion is included.**

Peace, Love and Vegetable Oil.

(Kitchen references, don't you just love 'em)

Tiff-UH-Knee

SO YOU WANT TO START A BLOG?

Bypass the intros, let’s get to the point…

Now-a-days it seems that blogs are the newest “LiveJournal” with a little more personality and technology. I had an online journal when I was in high school, but coming to college it seemed that all of my writing (stories, plays, poems, etc) had ceased. I hadn’t known why, but it did. For the past month I've been debating the whole blog thing, but now I would really like to get back on the writing path that I fell off a few years ago. So, here goes nothin'…

The title of my blog as you can see from the fancy headline is ‘Because tomorrow isn’t guaranteed…’ Wanna take a wild guess as to what I’ll be writing about???? If you thought it was living life to the fullest, or making sure you live each day like your last, or trying to create your own bucket list, well…you’re wrong.

The fact of the matter is that as college students we don’t have time to do those things! We’re too busy worried about our next exam, trying to please our parents, trying to get the head position in ANY and EVERY organization, moving up the ladder of success, or making as many friends as we possibly can. Tomorrow is already guaranteed in our minds, therefore we don’t look at "What am I doing today"?, we look at "What am I doing for the entire week, month, year"? Our minds are scattered and our brains become pools of “What do I have to do next” rather than “What have I already done TODAY”

The end-all-be-all for most people is death. But why should we wait until death to see how many people care about you? Why should you even wait for validation from another person? Do you really need to be seen to be recognized? To be important? Within this blog, you will get a chance to re-evaluate yourself and your life. Not all at once but daily. This is not a new year’s resolution, this is an everyday celebration. This blog is not meant to cure all your problems, or answer all your questions, or lift your spirits. If you’re mad, be MAD! If you’re happy, be HAPPY! If you’re pissed, be PISSED. No one can tell you how you’re supposed to be, just like no one is going to tell me how to write my blog, It’s my blog (Lil Wayne voice).

I hope you find my future blog posts interesting, funny, thoughtful, or just as a random peek into my life and thoughts when you're bored It's all in good favor.

And now, finally for introductions; here's the rundown:
Tiffany A. Junior College Student majoring in Anthropology on the Pre-Health track with the intentions to become a Physician’s Assistant and later in life a philanthropist focusing on Global Hunger. I love music, writing, singing, dancing, eating, sports, the beach, sunshine, movies, and everything THEATRICAL! I like other things too, but I don’t think you guys would care that much.

Any questions, comments, concerns…there’s a comment box…SO USE IT!

I don’t have a fancy blog name so….

Peace, Love, and Hair Grease,

Tiff-UH-Knee