In the Quiet

+ J.M.J. It was great at the very start Hands on each other Couldn't stand to be far apart Closer the better This is the infatuation stage. Every relationship is exciting at the beginning. You want to be around each other all the time. Now we're picking fights And slamming doors Magnifying all our flaws And I wonder why Wonder what for Why we keep coming back for more Every healthy relationship has fights and disagreements. It matters how you solve them. Slamming doors isn't a great way to do that. But I will say, that a relationship will show all your flaws more than anything else will! This girl is questioning whether the relationship is worth it since they fight.  Is it just our bodies? Are we both losing our minds? Is the only reason you're holding me tonight 'Cause we're scared to be lonely? Do we need somebody Just to feel like we're alright? Is the only reason you're holding me tonight ...

+ J.M.J. Photo from IMDb A week ago, I saw a movie that actually surprised me a lot. Usually when I go to the theatre, I expect to be entertained but not necessarily in the way that I would like. This time was different. I am unusual in my age group for the fact that I enjoy "old" things, also known as classics. I love swing dancing. Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart are familiar names to me and beloved ones too. These elements showed up in this movie, and I suspect that an older audience was targeted as well as a younger one. Nostalgia was a big seller here. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone painted a delightful picture with their initial sarcastic banter that turned into something more. This movie is an illustration of the fact that your original dreams don't always materialize.  This is a chick flick, as it were, but don't expect the usual outcome. The ending makes the whole thing more real but not as satisfying. We have come to expect perfect...

Taken on an adventure with Matt + J.M.J. Happy New Year! This post was inspired by  Verily.  I was thinking about what advice I would have given myself on January 1st of last year if I had known what was coming. I realized that I actually learned a lot, and decided to share. Don't ever assume. A situation may look a certain way, but if you just assume that it is the way that it looks to you, you may very well not know how it actually is. Ask questions if what you're seeing or what you know makes you uncomfortable! Don't be afraid to be happy. Your life may not have turned out great or as you wanted it to in the past, but that doesn't ever mean that there is no hope for the future. There is lots of hope. And there is a lot of good going on in your life too. Look for it, and your joy will start to grow. It's okay to try new things, like traveling internationally and interacting with people who don't speak your dialect. It will expand your worl...