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Hey guys! I just wanted to update you since I haven't in a while! Well, my cousins and I just made a video and we have spent most of the day working on it! We had a really fun time though and we are really happy with the way it turned out! We all thought it would be a good idea to post it on my website to get more people to watch it and say how they think it turned out. We are proud of it and hope you like it too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl_n3TplJGI&feature=plcp

I have another blog!

I just made a blog at wordpress.com! It's for all those bookworms and writers out there. So if you want to check it out, just go to amandarosesblog.wordpress.com
Tell me what you think of it!

-Amanda

The Positive Possibilities!

I've learned from personal experience that you can't change others around you but you can change yourself. You can change yourself for the better! Look at all the possibilities. Nothing's impossible! The word itself says "I'm possible!". Think about it. Anything is possible when you set your mind to it.

So get out there today! Don't continue to wish for the world to become more positive when you can help your community, town, city, or environment become positive! Every little bit helps; you just need to open yourself up to the possibilities.

Don't know where to start? It's simple and the possibilities are endless! Tell your friends about being positive and blogs like mine that are out there. Share positive quotes, blogs, websites, videos, and even TV shows to your family, neighbors, and friends! It all starts with one action that causes a chain reaction of people spreading the world with positive!

Honestly, you being positive around others will start to become contagious and you will soon notice others becoming positive.

The Saying of the Day (Friday, August 24th, 2012) is "The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination." - Tommy Lasorda

Everyday there is a different saying to the right of my blog posts! Check them out when you enter the website. They're pretty hard to miss :).

-Amanda

Have you noticed...?

Have you noticed that the negative stories are more popular on news than positive stories. I'd personally love to hear some positive news more! Why is it that people have to exaggerate the negativity just so it can be a good news story? I understand we should be updated about this news and it isn't always the best type of news but I don't ever see positivity on the television. People are spreading negativity on the television and internet and maybe they don't realize it, but they might!

Stop wishing that the world were more postivite and get out there and spread the goodness, the gladness, the positivty! It's much more fun to smile and laugh than to frown and cry.

We Are Strong

Being Strong because you know your weaknesses
Being Beautiful because you know your flaws
Being Fearless because you know illusion from real
Being Wise because you learn from your mistakes
Being a Lover because you have felt hate
You can Laugh because you've known sadness

Do you know your weaknesses and flaws? Do you know illusion from real? Do you learn from your mistakes? Are you a lover since you have felt hate? Can you laugh because you've known sadness?

Pictures and Quotes!

The Safe Harbor

    It's comfortable, so nice and beautiful; the safe harbor. Now, you can stay in the safe harbor forever, stay in your own little place and never experience new ideas. But would that do you any good? Wouldn't it be kind of boring to stay in this one little place your whole entire life? Leave your comfort zone and take some risks. "You'll never cross the ocean if you can't lose sight of the shore." -Christopher Columbus. Actually, I took a risk today and I'm still a little nervous but if I hadn't done it, I would still be asking my self "What if I had?". Instead, depending on the answer, I can say "Oh well" or possibly be celebrating. Get out a little bit and get some new experiences. Stay around the positive people but don't stay in your own safe harbor forever.

Postivity Quotes

These are some amazing quotes I got on my positive quotes app on my kindle fire. Enjoy!

"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves."
-Thomas Edison

"The best things in life are unexpected because there were no expectations."
-Eli Khamarov

"Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings."
-Ralph Blum

"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."
-Christopher Columbus

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
-Leo Buscaglia

"Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it."
-Rabindranath Tagore

"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience."
-Victoria Holt

Songs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yemz30I6Tv8

    Okay, this is a song by Taylor Swift called "Sweet Tea and God's Graces". It may sound like an odd title but it is a wonderful, inspiring song. But that's only in my mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3TeskgpWvE

    Great song! You'll find out what it is. It's so encouraging, inspiring, incredible!

Your Assignment!

    Now don't start asking me why! Ask me why not! Be yourself tomorrow. May 30th, 2012 your assignment is now officially assigned by me. Haha. When you're having a good time tomorrow sometime and you just feel randomly happy start dancing. NO REASON! Don't ask why, ask why not. Go for it! Hope you enjoy yourself!

Tips to Being More Positive!

    These are just thoughts of mine to get you more positive!
Think of What You Are
    Think of what you are, who you are, who you want to be, what you want to do, what you can change. Can you look in the mirror, stand confidently, and say "I'm proud to be ____(name)_____". If you can't, then what can you change about yourself that you want? Let your inner self come out. I did that today and I had an incredible day! It took me awhile to be myself and I'm still trying to be comfortable with it which leads into the next tip!
Leave Your Comfort Zone
    This is also very hard and probably none of these tips are easy, but they all will get you through life without beating on yourself. So the tip is just what it is! Leave your comfort zone! You've got to take some risks in life and stop being so cautious. I'm still learning this one but we all have our weaknesses and this is one of mine. It's great and safe and lovely, yet it's not life without risks.
Read Positive, Think Positive
    So you read about positivity, and you think positive thoughts and it doesn't work? Hmm...well, I have the solution: It takes time! Yeah, you can read and think positive and soon enough you WILL be positive, but don't expect it to happen the next day. This takes time. Patience is a virtue.
~Amanda

Kill them with kindness

    Why be mad at people being mean to you? Why be so hurt that you do something that you'll regret later? Kill them with kindness because guess what? It gets them even madder and finally they learn to stop being so rude and hurtful! If you're nice to most people, have you ever thought that they'll be nice to you in return? They might because there is a world of possibilities and I bet you that at least one if not more people will stand by you when you're down.
    Back to Pollyanna for example. Pollyanna was nice to everyone and tried to help people as much as she could! In return, they were nice to her and loved her! When she became depressed and pessimistic, the people were there for her and she ended up feeling better.
    Kill them with kindness!

It's how you look at it!

    Some people think of the negative side of things. But change your perspective and think about it. Take roses for instance! You could be sad because roses have thorns OR you could celebrate because thorns have roses!
    Have you ever heard of Pollyanna? It's a book written by Eleanor H. Porter in 1913. It is a beautiful novel with a wonderful message. Pollyanna plays a game that is called the "Glad Game". To see a silver lining in every cloud! In the book, she started playing this game with her father. She had been begging for a doll for a present. Instead, she got crutches and she was upset. Her father told her about the "Glad Game". She could be sad that she got crutches instead of a doll, or she could be glad because she's not using the crutches.
    So let's all play the "Glad Game" and if not for Pollyanna, do it at least for ourselves! Think about being glad and not being so depressed.

In My Mind

    I created this blog to share with people the things I learned. When you're knocked down or you're trying to get to what you want to be, you've got to be yourself. Forget what everyone else thinks because you can be anything you want to be, if you have the right enviroment and the right mindset. "The distance is nothing; it's only the first step that is difficult." Marquise Du Deffand said and he was right! The distance is nothing. Most times, the first step is the most difficult. I can't tell you what you want to be or how you're going to be it, but I can give you hints and help you with the first step.