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“Giving Up” - Ingrid Michaelson

What if we stop having a ball?
What if the paint chips from the wall?
What if there’s always cups in the sink?
What if I’m not what you think I am?

What if I fall further than you?
What if you dream of somebody new?
What if I never let you win, chase you with a rolling pin?
Well what if I do?

I am giving up on making passes and
I am giving up on half empty glasses and
I am giving up on greener grasses
I am giving up

What if our baby comes home after nine?
What it your eyes close before mine?
What if you lose yourself sometimes?
Then I’ll be the one to find you
Safe in my heart

I am giving up on making passes and
I am giving up on half empty glasses and
I am giving up on greener grasses
I am giving up

I am giving up
I am giving up
I am giving up on greener grasses

I am giving up for you
I am giving up for you
I am giving up

I really like these lyrics. A lot. 

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May 27, 2012
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inspirationandstoriesandjen: Oh the nostalgia…. NYC ‘07 with VPHS Chamber Singers Having breakfast with Sheila (3rd from the right) today. Celebrating her 21st birthday! Time…is….flying! So, ya, time really is flying.  I’m thankful for people. I’m thankful for possibilities. I’m thankful for change, despite how difficult it can be.  This picture was taken 5 years ago. 5 whole years. I was in NYC with mostly new friends in choir, and we went on a spontaneous adventure around Central Park in the rain instead of staying in the museum with the rest of chamber singers. [Note: I also had a thinner bottom half from my 10+ hours/week of dancing..] We have the best memories from that impulsive, sneaky decision. I feel like that’s a theme throughout my life (and most peoples’ lives, if they choose to admit it). We plan and plan, ponder the pros and cons, seemingly take advice from everyone, but ultimately take risks when we know we don’t want to stay where we are. It seems that the less we worry, the less we try to perfect, the more we actually listen to ourselves and end up in a place where we should be. In a place we’ll actually grow and learn.  I’m still scared of the future, I’m still scared of leaving college in a year (possibly more), but I’m comforted to know there are people in our lives that make change worthwhile, and that every little thing, will be alright.  P.S. I had brunch with my lovely friend Jen (3rd from left) today, one of our last as she’ll be heading to Columbia in the Fall. She framed me this quote: “I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.” Rainer Maria Rilke

inspirationandstoriesandjen:

Oh the nostalgia…. NYC ‘07 with VPHS Chamber Singers

Having breakfast with Sheila (3rd from the right) today. Celebrating her 21st birthday! Time…is….flying!

So, ya, time really is flying. 

I’m thankful for people. I’m thankful for possibilities. I’m thankful for change, despite how difficult it can be. 

This picture was taken 5 years ago. 5 whole years. I was in NYC with mostly new friends in choir, and we went on a spontaneous adventure around Central Park in the rain instead of staying in the museum with the rest of chamber singers. [Note: I also had a thinner bottom half from my 10+ hours/week of dancing..]

We have the best memories from that impulsive, sneaky decision.

I feel like that’s a theme throughout my life (and most peoples’ lives, if they choose to admit it). We plan and plan, ponder the pros and cons, seemingly take advice from everyone, but ultimately take risks when we know we don’t want to stay where we are. It seems that the less we worry, the less we try to perfect, the more we actually listen to ourselves and end up in a place where we should be. In a place we’ll actually grow and learn. 

I’m still scared of the future, I’m still scared of leaving college in a year (possibly more), but I’m comforted to know there are people in our lives that make change worthwhile, and that every little thing, will be alright. 

P.S. I had brunch with my lovely friend Jen (3rd from left) today, one of our last as she’ll be heading to Columbia in the Fall. She framed me this quote:

“I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.”

Rainer Maria Rilke

May 22, 2012
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My roommate/amazing friend Lisa’s gift to me for my 21st: an antique tea cup and saucer to add to my small collection :) This was so thoughtful.

My roommate/amazing friend Lisa’s gift to me for my 21st: an antique tea cup and saucer to add to my small collection :) This was so thoughtful.

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