i'm a happy girl.

fellow bloggers.

i've decided that i am so happy.
i cannot just be sad all the time!
i know who i am. why i am here. and what i need to be doing with my life.
this, my friends. is my definition of summer:
(also ways to be happy:)


eating popsicles that stain your mouth.
taking pictures.
swimsuit tan lines.
chalk drawings.
running through the sprinklers.
walking everywhere.
going to gas stations without money.
no shoes.
blasting music.
wind through your hair.
smiling.
laughing.
singing in the shower.

i love to give advice. lately, two girls have told me they do not feel pretty.
when they are both absolutely beautiful.
and i wonder, 'why? why do they feel like that?' but then i think, everyone goes through this.. every girl has a moment in their life when they feel like they aren't pretty enough, or skinny enough. they don't feel like they measure up. it happens.
the world wants you to think that you can't measure up to girls in magazines. or little stick figure models. but you are worth so much. i say this a lot..
but it's true.
here are some lyrics to two of my favorite church songs.

"to become like him"

you look around you,
and you wonder if you'll ever measure up
in this world it seems,
you may never be enough
don't let anyone
convince you that it's true
so much beauty
lives inside of you
you are enough
just look up

remember you are greatest
when you walk with god
when his light is in your eyes
you are truly strong
you don't have to prove your beauty
in the eyes of men
you are divine within
you were sent here to become like him

"beautiful to him"

cause i define myself and find my beauty in
the light he gives
i'm refined by his divine intentions every day i live
it doesn't matter what the world believes
or what they say that beauty means
it comes from within..
i wanna be beautiful to him.

girls. you are beautiful.
do not let anyone tell you otherwise.
do not convince yourself that you aren't.
you all are much appreciated and loved.
notice that.
you don't have to prove your beauty, in the eyes of men.