I love this. 

Do you ever look at the stars and their constellations and think wow?

Or see pictures of the many nebula's in our solar system and stare at them, because they're like a work of art?

There's so many beautiful things in this universe. 

(of course there are some ugly things as well, like Crocs. I'm ashamed to say that I used to own a pair)

Apparently, according to science, all of these natural wonders are a result of the Big Bang and are just entirely coincidental,

but what a beautiful coincidence. 

Advice to my Younger Self

I was just having a conversation with my friend and the subject of our teenage years came up.

Thinking back, I realised that I wasn't a typical teenager of my time. 

I didn't do fun things with my friends every weekend. I didn't do random spontaneous things that got my adrenaline pumping, and then laugh about them later on. I didn't make new friends at parties every other weekend. Hell, I think I went to all of three disco's while the rest of the people I knew had lost count.

I didn't do these things because I wanted to be a goody two-shoes, to grow up and make everybody in my family super proud of me because I was 'perfect' in their eyes, because I wasn't part of the crowd that were actually having fun with their lives.

No, I remained in the house for most of the time. Didn't even bother to ask my parents to go to places with my friends because I assumed the answer would be 'no'. So I sat around, ate a lot, watched a lot of Disney Channel, and followed a schedule. Dancing, Hurling training, Soccer training, homework, eat, repeat. 

Looking back, I must have been bored as f***.

I regret not making more of myself when I was younger, all because I was afraid.

Afraid of what, I hear you ask? I don't know, and I still don't know!

I wasted almost 4 years of my life obeying rules, making sure not to even look at boundaries, let alone cross them! 4 years. 208 weeks. 1461 days. Time wasted.

So now that I'm a bit older, although I'm still a teenager, (but will soon be 18 (a certified adult; ugghhh) ), I can think of a billion things that I would have liked to be able to tell myself. But I'll only name a few, the ones I think are important. 

1. Don't be afraid ~ your teenage years are supposed to be crazy! You're supposed to enjoy yourself, not to care about the rules, to learn not to care about other people's judgements, and find yourself. Fear is natural, just don't let it become part of you. 

2. Food is NOT comfort ~ as nice as food can be, it is not a substitute for suppressing your feelings or making yourself feel better, because trust me, every time you look in the mirror, you feel worse about yourself. Food doesn't give you hugs to comfort you when you cry. Food does not ask you how you feel in an attempt to find a way to cheer you up. Food does not help you through tough times. You cannot confide in food. You cannot ask food for advice. Food doesn't wipe away tears. Confide in people; they last longer.

3. You will be okay ~ teenage years can be tough. You'll go from extreme to extreme. Love to hate, happiness to sadness, highs to lows and everywhere in between. You'll hit rock bottom, and it will feel like you'll never get back up. But you will! Because even in the depths of despair, you secretly never gave up on yourself; never have and never will. Don't worry too much about everything, because some things won't matter that much in the long run. You'll be okay.

4. People will like you for you ~ don't be afraid to be yourself. Don't try to morph yourself to fit in with the people around you. You will get accepted into Transition Year, and you will do it, and damn it, you will meet the best friends that you could have ever asked for that like you for you and not for the person you think you should try to be. 

5. You will make mistakes ~ don't even bother trying to be perfect, because it won't work. Because perfect doesn't exist. Everyone has their flaws. You will make false judgements about people, make big mistakes and then feel a wave of regret for making those mistakes. But you know what? What's done is done. It's in the past. It can't be changed. But what you can do is learn from these mistakes so that you know it was wrong, and you will never make the same one again. 

6. Be happy ~ in the end, all you want to be is happy. Do whatever it is that makes you happy! You don't want to sit miserably on your bed 4 years from now thinking of all the things you could have done, should have done but didn't do. All the things you could have been, should have been. Smile everyday, laugh everyday, do something that makes you happy everyday. 

7. Don't forget these ~ when you reach this age, it doesn't mean you can't still learn from yourself. Don't be afraid of growing up and not seeing your friends every day; you will see them again. You will be okay, everything always turns out okay. Mistakes will be made, but learn from them. And be happy, even if that's the only thing you remember from this. 

I really wish I could go back and tell myself all of these things, but even if I did, I still wouldn't believe myself. In a way, I wish I had of done more with my life back then, but on the other hand, the person I was has made me the person I am today. And I'm glad. I kind of like me. 

Planet Earth Is You

I could say so much but this video practically says it all. 

It is exactly what I've been trying to preach all this time, but couldn't find the right words.

Just watch, listen and understand.