Say A Little Prayer.

Have I ever told you you’re loved? Because you most definitely are. I know this sounds so cliché, I really do. And I know sometimes you just want to curl up in a corner and cry for hours, and never come out, and never face all the world brings to you. But hear me out. Listen to what I’m say—well, writing: You have never been unloved.

You are so loved.
You are so loved.
YOU. ARE. SO. LOVED.

You’re so loved I can’t even begin to explain it!
Someone is ALWAYS looking down on you and smiling.
He is ALWAYS looking down and saying, “Hey you, let me repair your heart; let me heal your open wound. I love you for exactly who you were meant to be. I love you…for you.”

Gosh! Doesn’t that just make you grin ear to ear? I mean, no matter what I say, no matter what I do, no matter what mistakes I make, no matter what I wear to school, no matter what my favorite band is, no matter my bad habits, no matter what my secrets are, He loves me!

And I love you too.

I love love. Heck, I just love the word love! It’s just so flawless, so perfect. In fact, I’m pretty sure love is the only perfect thing in the world. (Which makes it even harder to find and recognize, by the way). But that’s what makes it even more exciting and even more worthwhile.

I know a bunch of people who’ve had a tough couple of…8 weeks? Including myself. I know that you feel like no one understands, I know that you feel like you have no friends, no one to trust, I know you feel like all of this falls directly on your shoulder.

But guess what. It doesn’t. You know that hope is hard; you know that having faith is shaky; you know that sometimes it’s just hard to love anything, anybody, or even yourself.

Just remember. You are always always always always ALWAYS times infinitely loved.
More than you can imagine. <3

Sometimes we fall down and can't get back up
We're hiding behind skin that's too tough
How come we don't say “I love you,” enough
Till it's too late, it's not too late

Our hearts are hungry for a food that won't come
We could make a feast from these crumbs
And we're all staring down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you
What would you wish you would've done

Gotta start
Lookin’ at the hand of the time we've been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start pickin it
Every second counts on a clock that's tickin'
Gotta live like we're dying

We only got
86,400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we're dying

And if your plane fell out of the skies
Who would you call with your last goodbyes
Should be so careful who we live out our lives
So when we long for absolution
There'll no one on the line

We never know a good thing till it's gone
You never see a crash until it's head on
All those people right when we're dead wrong
You never know a good thing till it's gone

We only got
86,400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em
While we got the chance to say

Gotta live like we're dying.

So every day, just be the best person you can be. And love yourself for who you were meant to be. Don’t be afraid.

You’re never alone. You might feel like it, but you’re not. He is always here for you. And so am I.

I’ll always be here. I’ll be your cure.

This week, I had to write a paper for English class. (I’m a junior). It was a ‘Paper of Choice’ I guess you could say. Now I’m not the kind of student who’ll just write some nonsense down and shove it in the Teacher’s face. If I’m writing a 4 page paper, it’s gonna be mighty good.

So I thought and thought and thought. What the heck am I going to write about? I considered ever single humanly thing. I you know what I finally decided on?

Guess.

Go on, guess.

FEAR.

That’s what I wrote about. FEAR!

Fear is such a big thing.

It stops us every day! It traps us. It glues us down. It holds us back from following our dreams, trying new things, and adding more pages to our life’s journey.

Now, I try and love everything and everyone in the world. But fear. Fear’s a foe.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s okay to be scared and feel alone. But you can’t let it take over your life and prevent you from at least trying all these opportunities God and the world have in store for you.

Do me favor. All tomorrow, and all next week, and every day you can, depend on yourself. Love yourself. Cherish yourself. Realize how incredibly phenomenal you are. Be happy to be who you are.

Find happiness from within.

This is it.
Let go.
Breathe.

Be happy.

I don’t ever wanna see you sad.

Be happy.

If you can’t love yourself and realize how unbelievably special you are, how can you expect someone else to do that?

I know it’s hard, really hard.

It’s a lot easier to type these words down on my screen while watching “The Office” then “Community” than it is to actually wake up, hop out of my bed, look in the mirror, and chant it.

But guess what. I’ve never been unloved. I’m always loved.

Just like you.

You’re always loved.

Love love love.
You’re one of a kind. And you’re loved for that reason!

Not one person thinks the exact same things as you.

So share your thoughts with the world! I mean it.

The world needs to hear them.

…I need to hear them.

You can trust me with your secrets.

I don’t break promises.

I love promised, actually.

Promises are magical.

The show trust.

They show friendship.

They show love.

Promises change the world—just like you.

You determine your life and your world.

You can put a smile on someone’s face.

Or you can break someone’s heart and bring tears to their eyes every night.

Love yourself.

Love others.

Love everything.

Love everyone.

Even when it’s tough.

Just remember you’re always loved by Somebody.

He’s always looking down towards you, with nothing but pure love.

And wouldn’t you just feel soooo great making another person feel loved?

That’s what we were made for. To love!

You’ll be much happier. <3

Just try it, not for me though, for you. :)