“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”

It is so easy in our society to get caught up in all the things that are going wrong in one’s life. The feelings of inadequacy, guilt, the overwhelming feeling of never being able to do enough, to always wanting to give more. They say every coin has two sides and when you flip the coin you begin to realize, it is just as easy to be grateful for every single blessing this life has given us.

The problem is we often don’t open our eyes long enough to see things for truly what they are, beautiful, yes just the way they are. Every moment, every minute, every second we are on this earth we are blessed to be able to take another step, a step in the right direction. There will always be negativity, there will always be drama and chaos but when you stop looking at it, looking for it, it fades into the background until it suddenly fades away. If you do not invite darkness into your path you will always walk in the light. If you surround yourself with good with positive people and positive energy,  the bad will quickly not have a place to rest and will slowly dissipate. A process no doubt, but one truly worth the effort.

If you could choose happiness, if you could chose hope, if you could choose faith, if you could choose love,  the question is would you? How much would you sacrifice in order to live this way. Would you choose giving up on all those negative people who burden you with their negative energy’s, with their idle gossip,  with their pessimistic attitudes?  Ask yourself what are they bringing into your life? What and who am I choosing to surround myself with? The energy you are left with when you are done interacting with those certain people…does it refresh you or drain you? Make you happy or feel depressed?  Then ask yourself the tougher question, why am I bringing this negative energy into my life?

What is stopping me from living the life I have always imagined?

Nine out of ten times it is fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of truly seeing yourself for what you truly are, fear of the unspoken word, fear of others opinions, the fear of being disappointed & hurt.

Lets for once stop and look fear straight in the face. The Budhist’s preach that the more you walk into the fear the quicker it will dissipate.  For fear only comes from uncertainties. Yet, we must travel in the direction of our fear. Take time to sit with the feeling. Take a moment to get to know yourself. I promise the uknown is not that scary.  Let it bring feelings of exhilaration, let it stimulate your curiosity, leave you feeling refreshed and hopeful, stop being such a cynic!!!

The fear of seeing yourself as you truly are should excite you!  You had your best friend with you this whole time and you didn’t even know it!

Fear of the unspoken word and of others opinions somewhat go hand in hand. Why fear what people say, for it is only their opinion and if you have already done the previous step and now truly see yourself for the beautiful, newly inspired person you are; who cares what they think or say! True friends already know how incredible you are in the first place and the believer of their stories (and they are just that tales spun out of fiction a good 99% of the time) the believer of their stories is just someone intrigued by the drama of their tale. Either way it is nothing that should concern you or even slightly bother you! Let them have their strong opinions,  the only one they are weighing down is themselves! Keep giving everyone the benefit of the doubt. The next time when someone is spinning a pretty tale let them know that you are not interested in idle gossip or the dramatic tale they have spun. Most of the time, it is to make themselves feel better or they are simply  bored. Either way it is the inner workings of their small, sick mind, feel compassion for them & love them regardless.

For we should have the strongest compassion for those people we deem as our enemies. For that is the only way to cease hatred, to stand on a common ground, to truly know love.

As far as the fear of being dissapointed and hurt, we don’t live in a fairy tale world, there will always be some disappointment and hurt.  Yet, it is what you do with it that is significant! If the pain you are experiencing is coming from another human being, do you learn from it and vow to never bring such pain on another? Do you allow it to make you stronger and therefor a better person? Or do you seek revenge and the need to hurt another?

If you have sat long enough with yourself to get to know yourself truly,  you will understand that most of the time we bring the hurt upon ourselves. What you ask? Completely untrue and unfounded. She or he did this to me! No, you chose to let there words affect you in the manner that it did, therefor bringing on hurt and suffering to yourself.  Wether it be a conscience decision or not, the point is most of the time we allow ourselves to fall into this very sticky trap. It therefor becomes our job to be careful as to how we let others words & actions affect us, and in return to be equally as careful with our own words & actions as to not hurt another.

In a world were our human make up, our human genes from one person to the next are 99.9% the same, why can’t we realize that our similarities far outweigh our differences?

Perhaps, we will someday until then treat everyone with compassion & respect, choose love not hatred,  rise above fear,  pursue happiness,  your dreams, and have faith that the rest will soon follow. Remember it’s a process not a quick destination, be patient.

-Hanna  Dunn 03/08/2010

Thankful enough to keep going…

I refuse to believe that this is it.
That this is all the life is.
I must believe that there is always something more.
And yet be thankful for the blessings God has set before me.
I know not every wish will come true…
but I also know I must not stop believing.
I know that I will fail.
And I know that I will dust myself off and try again.
because this too is a part of life.
I must strive for perfection
Yet settle with imperfection.
A perfect balance of ups & downs.
some days are more down then others but I suppose that too will have to be ok.
As long as I’m alive today…
I shall smile…and be thankful…for today is just perfect.
I may not have it all figured out but im alive and for today that’s got to be good enough.

-Hanna Dunn

Impermanence

         I’m not always sure the right path of action to take, but I suppose that’s just part of being human. In this ever-changing world how do you know you’re on the right path? Constantly wondering if these questions plaque every human mind or am I distinct in this aspect. Where to go? What to do? Constantly weighing the options of taking one road compared to the other. We are constantly being affected by the choices others make, the roads they decide affect our own. Perhaps, we don’t have to live this way. Can we be so separate from everyone else that it’s our own decisions that ultimately guide us or are we all ultimately linked?
Confusion plagues me as I decide my next course. Wishing I could part yet clinging on the familiarity of it all. It is often I feel stuck in this world, in this state, in this moment. Wishing I could pack up and travel yet too many things bind me to this life I’ve chosen, here in this moment. We live in this dream world that we will always be here, that their will always be another tomorrow. Yet, maybe we should start living in reality and asking ourselves what if there wasn’t? What would you do? Where would you go? Would you spend time fighting or loving? Would you take that trip you’ve been waiting to take or would you put it off another day. Would you smile more and cry less? What would you do if today you could change your life, be what you’ve always wanted to be, do what you’ve always wanted to do. Now ask yourself this what’s holding you back? Is it the choices and roads of other people? Is it the distinct ties you’ve made in this life and when you don’t have one more day will there choices matter? Are you going to wish you had just one more day. If so make that day today, stand up and do something…live, love & laugh. Don’t wait for tomorrow cause after all tomorrow is never promised.

 

-Hanna Dunn

Laughing at life…

” Sometimes you just have to do it…you have to laugh at life. Not take it all to seriously. Realize that no matter how bad it gets we always have tomorrow to turn it all around. It’s hard to remember this and even harder to remember the things in life that you actually have control over. Let me tell you theirs not a whole damn lot that we have actual “control” over. Matter of fact the only thing you really have control over is your self and your own reactions…so take them seriously. Stop getting so upset over things that don’t honestly matter. Stop to pause and think before you speak. Stop to think about the chaos… is it yours or someone else’s? Stop involving yourself in things that have nothing to do with you. Let people carry their own baggage for a change it will feel a whole hell of a lot heavier on their shoulder then yours. *Its time for a major change.* Time for me to realize that the only person I have control over is myself. When situations get tough I promise to take my own inventory not anyone else’s. Gasping…what a long lists of to do’s I have created for myself. But it is truly time for change. I am sick of being stuck in my yesterdays always living for tomorrow, always wondering what tomorrow will bring. Let today be the first cause *** I’m letting it all go****. Yes, all of it. All my fears, my past wishes, my dreams its time to start a new. To create new dreams, new wishes and yes, even knew fears. I’m not there yet but the most important part is that today I woke up with faith. Faith in a new day, but most importantly faith in a brighter tomorrow. Yes, with or without anyone I will stand on my own and create a better tomorrow because that’s what I need to do…. not for them*** but for myself.***

-hanna dunn

A few of my fav. quotes

My name is Hanna.. I am new on here as you can probably tell from the fact that I have no previous blogs posted (haha.) I like writing, poetry, quotes, lyrics…anything with words pretty much, and photography, so figured this would be a good site to use when I’m to bored to do something productive with my time and therefor myself. I thought perhaps I would share for my first blog some of my older quotes and keep you updated as I go along.  Well here goes it. Hope you enjoy. <3 Hdunny

“Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love that people who treat you right, forgot about the ones who don’t and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.” -Hanna Dunn

“”Life is how you look at it. Life is what you make of it. Perception therefore becomes the key. How you perceive life and the millions of situations that make up your life is what ultimately becomes you. It is what makes up your personality and how your view of life.. It is ultimately what makes you an individual in this crowded world. It can cause you heartaches, but it is also what allows your heartaches to become lessons. It is important to make the most of every situation, of every heartache, of every lesson. Or otherwise you will never move forward, move on, or grow strong.” -Hanna Dunn

“Take time to slow down and breathe in the moment…” -Hanna Dunn

“Have no fear of the future…for fate takes over to guide your soul…” -S Dunn (my brother)

“The thing is you never know if you’re doing the right thing for the wrong reason or the wrong thing for the right reason..Sometimes you just have to jump with your eyes closed and believe your making the right choice with all your heart. Sometimes you just have to believe you’re doing the right thing for the right reason…and if you fall flat on your face pick yourself back up and believe in the lessons you’ve learned…for this is the definition of both strength and growth…” – Hanna Dunn ♥

“Have courage, have faith, take hold of love, grasp friendship, escape jealousy, make mistakes, learn something, rid drama, never fear the unknown, take time everyday to breathe, live life slowly, but passionately, and honestly just live.” -Hanna Dunn