Friends

You know how nice it is to have friends?  If you're like me, you don't have a lot of friends (I mean, I'm not on Sherlock's level or anything).  The interesting thing is, you don't need a bunch of friends in order to be happy.  You really only need a few good ones.  It's interesting how God puts people into our lives specifically.  I'm a strong believer in the fact that God makes two people meet on purpose.  Or He at least gives them a gentle nudge towards each other.

The main point of what I'm trying to write is that it's nice to have someone to trust and someone to talk to about your joy, sadness, excitement, and basically anything else.  I know this was a really short post, but I wanted to take a moment to really appreciate the friends God has given me.

-Pepper, signing off!

Anything You Want

You know how great life in general is?  I mean, think about it!  God made our bodies to breathe in a special and complex way.  He made blood to make sure that our body would work properly.  He made eyes, ears, noses, taste, and the ability to feel things so that we can experience the world around us.  He made feet so that we could walk around and see all that there is to see.  There is often a sudden realization for me that I can literally walk anywhere I want and I can talk to whoever I want to talk to!  I can do literally anything!  Isn't that great?  You can do anything you want, anytime you want!  Come on, that's amazing!  So, I just want to encourage you to do something constructive that you've always wanted to do!  I mean, it doesn't have to be big.  It could be baking something you've never baked, walking somewhere you've never walked, meeting someone you've wanted to meet.  Not to steal off of Nike or anything, but just do it!  If it fails, look on the bright side!  At least you can say that you've tried it!

-Pepper, signing off!

P.S.

Today I got tickets to go to an Owl City concert!  I'm really, really, really, pumped!  Okay, that's it.  YAY!

Once again,

-Pepper, signing off!

Noise

You know how great noise is?

Okay, I haven't written in forever, and I'm really sorry about that.  Moving on!

Noise is a wonderful thing (no, not the Colton Dixon song, although that's great, too).  Think about how eerie and silent a world would be without noise!  I mean, if there was no noise in the middle of a city, it wouldn't really be much of a city anymore.  It would just be quiet, and sad, and you couldn't hear the cars and the people and the birds and the other assorted sounds.  There wouldn't be music, people talking at Starbucks, little kids asking their parents for something, there's just be...silence.  No, Whovians, not the Silence...although that's bad, too.

You don't really think about the simple things in life until they're gone.  Maybe just walking around Walmart with ear plugs might make us more aware of how meaningfully God made this world.  I personally would like to try and appreciate what God has intricately given us, and never take it for granted, you know?  However, for now I have to go.

-Pepper, signing off!

Stress

You know how quickly time flies?

 Hi, I'd like to start this post off by saying that I'm sorry I haven't updated in a really long time.  Anyway, time really does fly...it's only sort of a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.  It feels like I went only a month without updating this blog, but, in fact, it's actually been two months and twenty days.  Whoops.  Life gets super busy, so that makes it difficult to slow down and actually appreciate the things in life that God has given us to enjoy.  There's always another thing to do, another person to pick up, another project to get done, another chore to do, another blog post to write, or even another episode of that show you really love (Doctor Who or Once Upon a Time, in my case) that you have to watch.  Right now, I'm stressing because I didn't get to watch part two of this really great episode of Doctor Who, but I also really have to write this post.

 Do you see what I mean?  The stress of life can sometimes weigh us down, it makes life feel like you're constantly doing something but not actually getting anything done.  I strongly disagree with that.  Some of you may be thinking, "But, Pepper, no matter how many things I get done, there's always just another thing to do?"  Let me take the liberty to tell you, life is not just a giant obligation.  You can actually take a deep breath and relax a little before continuing on the many things you have to do.  Also, are all of those things really that important?  Is cleaning the sink for the third time this week really that important?  Either you did something really gross to your sink and you are thinking about cleaning it right now, or you just realized that cleaning the sink isn't actually the most important thing in life at the moment*. 

God gave us this life to enjoy it.  We don't have to always worry about doing things, because in the process of doing all of our responsibilities, we completely miss the wonderful world and the wonderful people God surrounds us with.  Anyway, I think I'm going to go play some Mario Kart with my brother.

-Pepper, signing off!

*Please don't take this as me saying you shouldn't ever clean your house.  Having a clean house is important...just try not to be over obsessive about it, and you might be happier.  Have a wonderful evening!

-Pepper, signing off!

Spiders

You know how amazing spider are?  I mean, I'll be the first to say that their creepy-yucky-crawly-grossness bothers me, for sure, but what's worse?  Having a surplus of flies, aphids, and all kinds of other creepy bugs all around your house all the time, or having the occasional spider in you house?  Without spiders we would have way too many bugs, and that'd be even scarier than having a rare spider creep under your front door.  Honestly, there are more dangerous bugs than say, the common house spider.  Mosquitoes are blood-sucking and creepy.  I don't know what purpose they serve, but if they do have one, I'm sure it's important.  It's my bed time now, so bye!

-Pepper, signing out!

Trees

You know how great trees are?  I mean, they're huge and they have amazing colors.  They also add to the scenery.  Imagine a forest without trees...ew!  Now imagine a mountain without trees.  Even that isn't quite as pristine if it didn't have trees.  Or even your yard...most people I know have at least one tree in their yard.  We have four, but most of our neighbors have about two.  If you took the trees out, it wouldn't be quite as beautiful.  You also wouldn't have paper, and that would be a problem.  You couldn't draw, you could only really work with canvas.  You also wouldn't have books.  I'm just saying, a Nook or Kindle will never have the amazing effect a book has when it's opened.  It just can't hold that kind of magic.

-Pepper, signing off!

Smiles

You know how great smiles are?  Think about it.  What kind of gloomy world would it be without smiles?  Smiles are basically an expression of joy and happiness. Think about if you said hello to someone, without smiling mind you, and they didn't smile back.  Wouldn't that be dreary?  Or you see something beautiful, and you don't smile.  Or even laughter.  What kind of laughter is it without a smile?  Smiles truly are important.  Anyway, my brother is calling me.

-Pepper, signing off!