"It's just a bad day, not a bad life" -Love Maya♡

Heya guys!

Well, first things first, where has this last week gone?! Honestly, it feels like it was only yesterday I was writing a blog post for you guys. This week has gone pretty quick, with starting school back on a full timetable, catching up with old friends etc. So it's safe to say it's been a prettyhectic but okay week for me. 

Today I thought I would just (try) to inspire some of you. I'm not the most inspirational of people, and sometimes I don't really know what to say in situations to help people, but I like to try.

I'm the sort of person that loves quotes of all kinds. I swear and live by quotes, whether it's to remind me to be happy and love myself, guide me in tough situations (personally or for helping others) or just because I find them so accurate and true. Like Augustus Waters' Mum (from the fault in our stars) calls them, "encouragements".  I feel like there are some quotes that do give me a little bit of encouragement when I'm having a bad day. So I thought I'd share with you my 5 top quotes to brighten your day!

1. Nothing is impossible, even the word it's self says "I'm possible" ~Audrey Hepburn

2. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean your going to fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in your self, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie. ~Marilyn Monroe 

3. Success usually comes to those who are to busy to be looking for it. ~Henry David Thoreau

4. For what it's worth: it's never too late, or in my case, too early to be whoever you want. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same,there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope that you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life your proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again. ~unknown 

5. Beauty is what you feel about yourself, not about what you see in the mirror. ~unknown 

Well, I could go on forever, but I think these are definitely some of my favourites, even though there are plenty more I have stored. But that's all for this week, and remember -smile, because happiness looks gorgeous on you!

Love, Maya♡

Media mis-leading our generation - Lollie

Hey guys, Lollie here. So, I was going through my laptop and I found a blog post I wrote for another blog that I had along time ago and I thought I would share it with you all.

The fabulous Marilyn Monroe, providing a wonderful quote.

Everyone makes mistakes and has flaws and if the people around you can't handle your worst, they definitely don't  deserve to have you at your best. Don't give your best to the people who can't appreciate that you make mistakes and sometimes things hurt you more than they should. Don't give your best to people who can't appreciate that you have imperfections.

We all have flaws and things that make us different to everyone else, but if we didn't have them, we wouldn't be us. These little things make us who we are and define us from everyone else.

So stop desperately trying to copy everyone else. 

It may sound harsh but, there is no true image of perfection. The perfect human being does not exist. Although, we may think some people look 'perfect', this is just the media playing on teenagers in advertisements and TV shows portraying a negative image of 'perfection' and the qualities you need to have to be 'perfect'.

What I'm trying to say is - the medias portrayal of 'perfection' is false. There are many girls and guys out their who are beautiful and perfect in their own respect. One of the sweethearts, Bri, actually, did a speech in English in year 9 about the media's portrayal of the correct dress size and how many teenage girls who are in fact very skinny, still see themselves as fat because they don't fit the 'normal' girls they see on TV adverts and in magazines. It's the sad truth and I feel like it isn't addressed as often as it should be. Media focus so much on obesity and how that is a wide spreading problem but what about the amount of people that starve themselves just to be accepted, surely that's not right? Surely, it shouldn't be ignored.

The truth is, each one of you has individual qualities and features that allow you to be yourself - your're perfect the way you are.

You are your own version of perfect and you should accept who you are and the way you look. Confidence is one of the first steps to 'feeling perfect'. 

I feel like you can never have an image of perfection. Perfection, to me, is a feeling. If you feel perfect the way you are then nothing else matters - if you don't feel perfect the way you are, don't look at others and compare yourself to them. Look at yourself. Look at all your flaws that make you, your own version of perfect.

So a summary of today's blog post:

- don't give people your best if they can't expect that you have flaws - you are human

- expect the flaws you have 

- don't waste your time trying to be perfect - you're perfect all ready

- if you don't feel it, try and be more confident, make a list of everything you like about yourself, body and personality. Look at each one and write why you like this particular thing about you

- Bri gives incredibly speeches but probably shouldn't look at people when saying 'you're fat' as part of getting across what model agencies say to everyone (Inside joke guys)

- your imperfections make you who you are

- be more confident in who you are and stop trying to copy others

- The media's 'perfection' will never be as good as yours.

I hope you enjoyed reading today's post! I will be back again next Friday, with another. I'm sure time will fly past incredibly quickly, just like this last week has, I have no idea where it has gone. I'm looking forward to watching Waterloo Road and Broadchurch on Monday if I totally honest with you - Highlights of my week!

Until next time, Allons-y! 

Lollie