31/365

God heard my prayers about Glee. This episode was so much better than last week's. So, let's jump right in.

The episode began with Sue telling us the rules of the mini-competition. The New Directions, struck with the rule that they must have 12 members, rush to recruit Kitty. Of course, she doesn't come too easily. It takes her a while for her to come around, but it's Glee, so she does.

Sue is still obsessed with Klaine -- or Kurt and Blaine. Who else was disgusted by Kurt deciding to date the old guy? I didn't even take the time to learn his name; I was too busy yelling at him from my sofa, to listen to what they were actually saying. So what can you possibly do to two people that are at odds? Well, put them in an enclosed space with no escape, obviously. The key to exit? A kiss.  It doesn't take too long and, no matter how much Blaine and Kurt protest, the feelings were definitely there. 

The New Directions won the invitational, of course. They win by using a set list that is Sue's downfall. Good idea, Kitty.

catch you later,

Karleigh

They're gonna throw fruit at us. And I just had a facial. // Kurt Hummel

30/365

Why don't we do another FlashBackFriday? Last night, I was thinking about turning twenty-one this year and that got me thinking back to my twentieth birthday. Ed Sheeran came to Nashville on my birthday this past year so I made plans to go immediately after I found out. So, as my FlashBackFriday, I think we would relive my Ed Sheeran concert!

My mother is also a huge fan of Ed Sheeran, so she and I drove up to Nashville. We'd only ever been once, to another concert the year before. The first time we took the interstate, so this time we took the trace. The Natchez Trace is so beautiful. It's so wonderful to get to look out at all of this land that God has created. It's so green and beautiful. I'm a city girl through and through, but there's something so beautiful about the 'country.'

The concert was really wonderful. I'll never forget my mother squeezing my shoulder when he sang "Afire Love," which is her favorite song.  I definitely recommend going to see Ed Sheeran if you ever get the opportunity. He's really wonderful.

catch you later,
Karleigh

Your soul could never grow old; it's evergreen. // Ed Sheeran

29/365

Do you remember when everyone started getting Facebook? I remember coming home from school and creating my account with one of my best friends at the time, and we carefully thought about everything I put on there. I would later delete that Facebook account for personal reasons. 

How many hours a day do you spend on social media? Go ahead and factor in the times when you are alone, maybe waiting for your friends before lunch, and scrolling through Twitter just to not look awkward because you are standing outside of the cafeteria by yourself. When you are alone, do you often go on social media so that people won't talk to you? 

I'm guilty of being in both those scenarios and doing those exact things. Our phones have become our safety nets. We rely on them when we have no other form of entertainment.

So, here's the next thing: how obsessed are you with social media? If I followed you on Instagram and you followed me back, then I later unfollowed you, how long would it take you to notice? I do not pay attention to this. I have never been that concerned with who follows me, but I know people that are. For example, I have unfollowed people on social media and received angry text messages coming up with reasons on why I didn't want to follow them. The reason that people unfollow others on social media is really simple. They just don't want to follow you anymore. I don't know why this is such a big craze, but if it bothers you, let it go. Nobody has time to listen to you get angry because you lost one of 249 followers on your Instagram.

Also, do you delete posts if they don't get a certain amount of likes? I've seen people do this and I simply cannot understand it. The obsession with people approving of you on social media is one you should try to let go of.

Don't get me wrong. There are a lot of wonderful parts of social media. Staying connected to distant family or activities at school -- the only reason I created my new Facebook -- is important. So, I guess you just have to make up your own mind. Or is it like everything in the twenty-first century where it'll be obsessed over and then later die away. Remember MySpace?

catch you later,

Karleigh

"The more social media we have, the more we think we're connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other." // JR

28/365

On some days, it is very clear what I want to do. And other days, it is not. Throughout my entire life, I've wanted to do a lot of things. I wanted to be a veterinarian, flight attendant, teacher, writer, doctor, etc. I really remember a day when I was getting ready to graduate high school and one of my teachers made us go around and say where we were going and what we were going to do. And I joked and said, "Today, I want to be a flight attendant." 

And a girl I had known all my life said, "No, you're gonna go into journalism." 

And it become very obvious to me. Writing is what I enjoy -- though some days the last thing I want to do is write these posts -- and it makes me happy. Now, there are a lot of things I'm good at. And I don't think it's wrong to say that. You are also very good at a lot of things, even if you don't think so. I promise we all have many talents. What you choose to do with one of your talents is usually your career -- if you choose to make it so. I'm not going into journalism though, but she pushed me in the right (write, if you will) direction.

Ideally, we would all get to do what we love. It's not always the case. Either way, now I study English in college because that girl pointed out something that others could see, but I could not.

So, open your eyes if you don't know what you want to do. It could be right in front of you. Or three desks back. 

catch you later,

Karleigh

Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip Toe if you must, but take a step. // Naeem Callaway

27/365

What is faith?

I know someone that asked a group of young girls this question and they had difficulty answering. It's hard to come up with an answer. We toss around the word faith a lot. To have faith in something is equivalent to trusting in something -- or someone. So now you can give me a definition. Trust is defined as the belief that something or someone is reliable. So, we could say that faith is relying on something. So what are you relying on? What do you have faith in?

We often use the word faith as a synonym to religion. So you have faith in a deity of your choice. For example, I have faith in God.

How do I have faith in God? In relationships, we have faith in our partners. We trust them and we rely on them as an extended part of us. The difference in God and your boyfriend -- which is a weird comparison -- is that you can see your boyfriend. You know that he is real, and you will find out if he is trustworthy. 

We cannot see God in front of us; even though we are taught that God is everywhere we go. He is inside of us, should we choose to place Him in our hearts. The thing about God is that to say that He exists -- and I would -- you have to have faith.

So, I suppose faith is knowing that someone or something is there, despite seeing or touching. Faith is a strong sense of belief or trust in someone or something. So now that you know what faith is, I guess you have to ask yourself if you have it? And if so, what in?

catch you later,

Karleigh

 

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. // 2 Corinthians 4:18

26/365

This morning I saw a man that had been pulled over by a police officer and I thought that that must be an awful way to start the week, much less the morning. Sometimes, we have days that are cloudier than others. We wake up on the wrong side of the bed or wake up to negativity that had settled in the front of the brain while you were dreaming. It's not always explainable; it's just what it is. Some days are better than others. 

So now, it is Monday evening and you may judge the week from this point out. Is it good or bad? If bad, what can you change to make it good? How can you change your week to be one to remember instead of one you are dying to forget?

I'll tell you how.

Change the way that you are thinking of the week. Now, today may have been rotten from start to finish. Things could have endlessly gone wrong and, if they did, you may not know exactly why. Well, don't dwell on that too much. 

Have you ever seen "Gone with the Wind"? Do you remember the end of the movie when Scarlet has been left by Rhett Butler and she looks towards the sky and utters her most famous lines? 

"Tomorrow is another day."

Well, it is. So think happy thoughts and make tomorrow better than today.

catch you later,

Karleigh

"If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." // Roald Dahl

25/365

I don't have that many regrets -- not unless I think about it for a long time. Obviously, I regret wasting time with certain people and I regret how I responded to certain situations but my biggest regret was wasting a lot of my life away from the Lord. I mean I am only twenty years old and it doesn't seem like I wasted that much time, but I didn't live my life in the ways of pleasing the Lord until about three years ago, despite being saved and baptized when I was nine yeas old. I just wish that I had done a few things differently, in the way that I would do them now. 

Can you think of someone who has this mindset: "I'm a Christian but I am young and have plenty of time to go to church and serve Jesus. I'm going to live my life how I want to now and live for Jesus when I am older."

This idea is so upsetting to me. From the day that you commit your life to the Lord, you are supposed to throw away all of your sinful ways and live your life as the Lord has written out in the Bible. Obviously, we all make mistakes, but learning from those mistakes and asking the Lord to forgive them and guide you to avoid them in the future is what we are meant to do. 

It's very natural to question God at times and it's natural to have doubts. This is where your faith steps in and I think when you are able to see Jesus in your life again that you are made a person of stronger faith. But when you are questioning, it doesn't mean that you can throw away all the morals that you've had. 

The Lord will always be there but you won't always be here. Don't wait until it's too late.

catch you later,
Karleigh

Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. // 1 John 4:13-15 KJV