Brittany Renee

First and foremost, my blogs aren't going to be simple and mindless. I have a lot to share with the world. Some, if not all, of what I have to say will be on another level. Read with an open heart and mind. I'm also going to share things most people wouldn't. I want to make a change in this life I've been given. I feel this may be the best place to start right now.

Enjoy. Embrace.

Here and now.

Last night, once again, I was presented with a situation that left me to take a stand on how I feel about who I am. The kind of person an individual is shows through their actions. Don't get me wrong, it has taken my whole twenty-two years to get to where I am as a person. This will only continue to blossom. There's always something to learn.

This is how I truly feel.

~ Every single person needs to be honest with themselves at all times.

~ Once you can be honest with yourself, be honest with your friends, family, and well everyone. Always.

~ Not knowing hurts more than knowing.

~ Don't conform to what everyone else is doing. Be original. (This has taken me years to realize.)

~ Stray not from who you are, stray from who you never want to be.

~ Everything in life is simple. Our minds are what complicates everything.

~ Fear is the idea of fear. What you're "fearful" of isn't even scary.

(These are just a few. Believe me, there's plenty more to come.)

I'm defining and refining who I am on a daily basis. I consider myself a "seeker". If you've got something meaningful, insightful, or simply beautiful to share with me, I want it. When people attend my funeral when I leave this Earth at a beautiful eighty five years young, the one thing I want to be said is, She created a positive change in the world. This world is a better place because the things she knew others did not, she shared to help people become the best they were meant to be.

Change starts small. I'm starting here for now. Where this all goes, I have no idea.

Side note:

Watched Batman Begins with one of my best friends, Corey Miller, the other night. Watching a movie with him means feeling the movie they way it was intended to. If you've never seen it, ~~watch it~~ feel it. Absorb every meaningful message, quote, scene. The quote I loved the most was, "It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me." Seep this into your skin, feel it for all it is.

For today, the beginning of my blog journey, I will leave you with this:

"If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, you become something else entirely."

And now a few fun pictures of the beautiful snippets of my life.