Relaxing among the stresses

The week is nearing an end, sigh what a wonderful day tomorrow will be. Don’t we all think that during the week. I do and personally wednesdays use to detest me because it was right in the middle where usually nothing interesting happens and you just wish it was thursday where it’s almost friday which means WEEKEND! Now here is where I will emphasize to live each day as it is. I admit this is easier said than done that’s for sure. Just remember you can always relax among these days. Worries and stresses will always be there but you don’t have to let it control you. Just put it aside if it gets overwhelming and just take it one at a time.

One day at a time. Breath. One thing at a time. Breath. And relax. And one thing at a time.

I’m seriously writing this more for me than you because I am one of those organized freaks who uses their agendas to the core and my life revolves around it. Sometimes you just need to be spontaneous and that’s where my friends come in handy 🙂 This week my schedule has been jam-packed and you know what, that’s not fun when you feel overloaded with stuff to do and this equals in a total burnout sooner than later. So just take it as it is. Breath. And Relax.

Now that I’ve emphasized the whole relaxing thing, I must tell you what I have done this week!!! I took my first ballroom dance lesson with a friend. It was awesome and he even had fun which is a plus, because it means I didn’t just drag someone who wouldn’t enjoy it. I would suggest you to be more like my friend and be open minded, yeah that’s right I’m talking to you BOYS who should go take dance lessons with your girlfriends/ girl friends! They will definitly be impressed… or maybe its just strange girls like me, but I like a boy who can dance lol. So anyway it was mostly older couples but lucky for us a few younger ones too. An adorable older couple was teaching it and they are sooo super cute! Random thought: but I want to be a cute old couple with my future husband someday haha. That couple was just so cute!

Okay so wednesday which is usually a day that I detest but it was a pretty great day. My class went Snowshoeing! Just around the school on the field next to it. I thoroughly enjoyed it especially the part where my instructor told us to grab a partner and knock’em over. If anyone knows me well, they would know I love to fight! Play fighting mind you… nothing serious I swear. It seriously is one of my favorite past-times lol. Trying to knock someone down in the snow is alot of fun and I would definitly suggest this to you… just make sure the person is game or that they won’t have hard feelings towards you after ;p

Alrighty so my week was pretty great despite some stresses of compressed time, it was a good week. Can’t wait to tell you what I will be doing tomorrow. Have a nice night everyone and remember to take some time to relax…speaking to myself mostly. Not working saturday is a blessing in disguise.

Percy S.~*

Sharing my Happiness with you

Have you ever felt a burst of happiness? Like a sudden sunshine that filled you to the rim of your “use-to-be,” half empty glass of water. I have. I’m in such a good mood although tired but just felt a sudden happiness like I’m getting back on track. Getting the sense of my “excited for life,” personality that had left me for a bit of time. But time is bittersweet 🙂

I had a revelation last night and have the need to share it to the world!!! Well to those who choose to read my blog… are truely blessed 😉 haha just kiddin..well if you do get inspired, blessed, a sudden wonderful realization, and encouragement from my blog. I am happy that you do. Okay so back to my revelation. Read below a verse that has been discovered the other night that gives me joy and hope.

Jeremiah 1: 5 “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose.”

Lately I have been wondering, searching and longing (longing is such lame kind of word but it pretty much described what I felt at the time) about what my purpose is in life and well I still don’t know. I’ve also been wondering about hope and this verse gives me a sense of hope to what I am looking for. I need to know about the “why,” in life but as I am searching, I’ve realized or more so a friend has shared some wisdom with me that sometimes we won’t get all the answers. Not all questions in life will be answered so I’m learning to be okay about it but I do believe that we all have a purpose in life and or else there would be no such thing as life and no point to it if there wasn’t a point in life. I truely believe there is a point even if we don’t know or see it.

“Faith is being certain of what you do not see.”

We all have a purpose. We are all meant to live. Not live to die for that was done for us by Jesus Christ. Sorry I am talking rather all spiritual now. This blog was meant to be an encouragement and sharing excitement for life, the primary reason for this blog was to share experiences and live life to the full. I am still about that but it has changed in many ways with my shared thoughts and all. I hope you will all continue to read and feel encouraged by these words I share with you. But over the past fews months I felt like I was living to die and felt like I didn’t have the energy anymore and saw no point in why we all do the things we do. I ask alot about the “why” in life and sometimes you just don’t get an answer but I believe that we should truely live like we were meant to live. Live with a hope, joy and a sense of peace. Enjoy life, one day at a time…isn’t that what they say? 🙂

Percy S. ~

My mis-adventure of the day

I have a short but funny story to tell you today. It’s a true story too. Somewhat of an embarrasment to me but hey I love sharing a good few laughs with people such as your darling little selves. So today I went to the first fitness class at the Y. I’m currently interested in becoming a fitness instructor so am taking the courses to become certified for them. The courses went well and this has no affect to the story besides the building it took place in. After the class was over, I called home for my ride and had to use the restroom before leaving. After I came out of the bathroom, the lights were all out and so I proceeded to the entry way. Much to my dismay, I discovered the doors were locked! I started panicking, thinking ‘ Oh NO I”M LOCKED IN! I’m going to be stuck in here all night!!!” These thoughts of mine were true.. I tend to freak out a little easy… so then I noticed the lock on the door and unlocked it with relief. Whew! But when I opened the see through glass door, THE ALARM went off!!!!  I didn’t know what to do so started FREAKIN OUT!! My first thoughts was the police arriving and handcuffing me while I scream, “I’m innocent, I swear I didn’t do anything!” In the midst of my freak out, I pulled my cellular device out and quickly called my brother’s cellphone. My sister answered to my relief and I started explaining to her what happened hense I freaked out again but while I was freaking out in anxiety, continuation of talking to my sister, not letting her say a whole lot than as if talking to myself I remembered I have the lady’s card who taught the class so I quickly scrambled for it through my bookbag and took it out while a light shone on it…in my head anyway. So God was looking out for me afterall, it had her cell number in it on the business card. Now the story ends well, she came and turned off the alarm and was quite calm and collected about it when I apologized about being in the bathroom when everyone left. While I waited for her to drive back… I stood outside with nervousness as I waited for my sister to pick me up. It was cold and rainy… just like a typical bad day eh? But Happy and relieved, I was inside a nice warm car and my sister drove us home, where I am happily warm, read and finished a good book by my favorite author Melody Carlson and had finished a warm camomille tea that calmed my senses. Also I get to sleep in a little tomorrow because class is at 9:30am instead of 8:30 amwhich is nice. So my day was quite alright.

Sweet dreams,

Percy S. ~*~*

P.s sorry I lied, I seriously thought this was going to be a very short story but I like to write as much as I like to talk 😛 Oh my in the life of Percy… interesting things always happen

Talent-less?

Talent shows always come up in some point in time. During retreats or coffee houses or some sort of occasion, there is a time to show off your talent… or share your talent with others. I am one of those people who have always wished that I had some crazy wonderful talent to share… but could never think of one. While everyone excitedly signs up on the sign up sheet with their talent right next to it… I would be trying to come up with a talent as well. The one I usually resorted to was Improv, due to my love for theatre/drama. Acting on the spot was always so much fun… even if I didn’t deem myself that great as an improver but still it was fun to make people laugh.

The thing is: Everyone has talents. Even if it isn’t something that you can show off on stage, you still have a talent. No one is talent-less. And this is the conclusion I have come to and I’m sticking to it! 😛

Now I would love to share my hidden talents with you… well not all of them as I like to appear somewhat mysterious to those of you reading this. hehe. So my talents= 1. Writing poetry 2. Sewing ( I have handsewed a summer dress, tried to follow a pattern but twisted it a little to match my uniqueness) 3. I’m A+mazing at organizing and planning events etc ( My goal/dream in life right now is to become an Events coordinator for festivals, concerts, weddings, conferences etc) 4. Acting ( I do admit, I am a little rusty but I’d like to think I’m still not half bad at it)

Not so talent-less, Percie S. ~*

Lyrics that fit my soul

Do you ever feel that some songs just match your emotions or who you are? I do… this may sound a little emo but lyrics to songs can really match my mood or what I am feeling at that exact time. Or lyrics to songs come up in your head when you’re feeling a particular way. I’m sure you catch my drift(interpretation = understand me).

This song really fits well with me. It’s more of an encouraging song, something I needed to hear and I just wanted to share it with you. It’s not some cheesy Disney song telling you to “try, try again,” or “These are what dreams are made of kinda deal. It’s better than that although I do have a love for disney movies… sorry back on topic. Check out this song at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX5OqyBYKh4&feature=player_embedded#! My favorite lines are the ones in color 🙂

Toby Mac: Get Back Up Lyrics

You turned away when I looked you in the eye,
And hesitated when I asked if you were alright,
Seems like you’re fighting for you life,
But why? oh why?
Wide awake in the middle of your nightmare,
You saw it comin’ but it hit you outta no where,
And theres always scars
When you fall back far

We lose our way,
We get back up again
It’s never too late to get back up again,
One day you will shine again,
You may be knocked down,
But not out forever,
Lose our way,
We get back up again,
So get up, get up,
You gonna shine again,
Never too late to get back up again,
You may be knocked down,
But not out forever
[May be knocked down but not out forever]

You’re rolled out at the dawning of the day
Heart racin’ as you made you little get away,
It feels like you’ve been runnin’ all your life
But, why? Oh why?

So you’ve pulled away from the love that wou’d’ve been there,
You start believin’ that your situation’s unfair

But there’s always scars,
When you fall back far

We lose our way,
We get back up again
Never too late to get back up again,
One day, you gonna shine again,
You may be knocked down but not out forever,
Lose our way, we get back up again,
So get up, get up

[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/get-back-up-lyrics-toby-mac.html ]

You gonna shine again
It’s never too late, to get back up again
You may be knocked down, but not out forever,
May be knocked down, but not out forever!

This is love callin’, love callin’, out to the broken,
This is love callin’.
This is love callin’, love callin’, out to the broken
This is love callin’.
This is love callin’, love callin’,
I am so broken
This is love callin’ love callin

Lose our way, [way way way ay ay ay]
We get back up, [get back up again]
It’s never too late [late late late ate ate ate]
You may be knocked down but not out forever!

Lose our way,
We get back up again,
So get up get up
You gonna shine again
Never too late to get back up again
You may be knocked down,
But not out forever,

This is love [lose our way] callin’ love callin’ [get back up again]
To the broken
This is love [never too late] callin’
[may be knocked down but not out forever]
This is love [lose our way] callin’ love callin’ [we get back up again]
To the broken
This is love [never too late] callin’
[may be knocked down but not out forever]

This is love callin’ love callin’
Out to the broken,
This is love callin’….

~Percy S.

Woke up on the right side of the bed

This morning I woke up on the right side of the bed ( speaking both literally and metaphorically). If I woke up on the left side it definitly would have been the wrong side since my bed is against the wall, I would have smacked right into it 😛 So the right side was definitly the right side. Alright enough about that, despite the early morning which it will take awhile to get use to again, I felt in quite good spirits today. I’m in a pretty good mood. Might have also been due to the fact that I finish classes by 12:30 lunchtime every fridays and I’ve already been loving it. Every other day it will be a long day and fridays will definitly feel well-deserved.

A new semester. A new positive attitude towards all the new classes and a new workterm keeps my excitement. Glad to have some form of schedule again. I really wish I did do college before I attempted University, and this is a suggestion for all you level 3’s/ 12th graders out there. I didn’t do so well in Uni… well depended on the course and my interest and motivation in the courses but I would recommend College if you’re straight out of High School. It helps you transition from the spoon feeding you get in Highschool… which most of you won’t admit but compared to Uni, you will understand. Well I suppose it depends on you. For me personally, I know that I should have went to College first. It’s like a bigger and better version of Highschool without the popularity game, pretty much friends with everyone in your class/ program and you’re with people who actually want to be there which makes it alot easier.

Hum…funny how this blog turned out… I meant to actually tell about my day and how it’s going fairly well. I’m also excited for tonight to see my friends from Student Christian fellowship that I have attended for more than the past year now. Most have been gone back home during the holidays so I’m excited to see them and to run and pounce on a few good natured friends 🙂

Have a Fantastic weekend guys! I’m leaving to dinner out with my family soon celebrating someone’s special day!

~Percie S.

New years Resolution

I feel as though I have neglected my blog for sometime now and it is my New years resolution to write in it everyday. And today I feel as though my dear blog deserved two posts!

OUTRAGEOUS! I know!

Back to the life of Percy. Season 2. Episode one. What happened to Percie S?

The reason for Season 1 ending so soon was for the fact that Percie was in a state of emotion that kept her from diligently writing in her blog. (yes I am talking in third person…seems kind of lame…which I admit I am but seriously one should give it a try..it’s rather fun 😉 For how can she write with the Zest of life when she felt she was not in that position. How could she encourage, enlighten, bring joy to others when she held a darkness within. That is the fact, to write such things would seem hypocritical if not in the right mood. This blog that was created was meant for a more deeper purpose and she felt she could not fulfill it at the time. She promises to continue even if it gets hard with her emotional state but things are looking up as she writes in thought. It’s good to be real and say what troubles you but being real doesn’t also mean to constantly look at all the problems around and complain about it like a constant dripping of water in a sink where the handle is not tight.

There is a time for everything. A time to cry. A time to be joyful. etc. There is also a time to get up and continue to walk down the path of life. Where will you go or how will you grow if you stay in the exact same spot?

Percie realizes that she has had enough time to be grumpy, sad, mad and whatnot and wants that zest of life that is also within her soul that dares her for adventure! She knows somedays will be mediocre but some days will be a time that she will never forget. She also knows that the heart takes longer to heal and it’s okay like that.

Okay! Stop! Enough of the cheesy crap! Well in all honesty I think I am a cheesy person but I’m okay with that.

“Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all that hope in the Lord.” Psalm 31:24

Percy S. ~ * ~

What’s on my mind right now

Hope.

Wanting Hope.

Searching for Hope.

Percie S.