Reason To Sing,

"When the pieces seem to shatter, to gather off the floor.

And all that seems to matter, is that I don't 

feel you anymore. No, I don't feel you anymore.

I need a reason to sing." Reason to Sing, All Sons and Daughters

Aslan: Lucy. 

Lucy: Aslan?

Aslan: What have you done child?

Lucy: I don't know, that was awful.

Aslan: But you chose it, Lucy.

Lucy: I didn't mean to choose all of that, I just wanted to be beautiful like Susan. That's all.

Aslan: You wished yourself away and with it much more. 

Your brothers and sisters wouldn't know Narnia without you, Lucy. You discovered it first, remember?

Lucy: I’m so sorry.

Aslan: You doubt your value, don't run from who you are.

Keep fighting girls. I know it all seems like such a burden at the moment, and nothing's going right. The deadlines are mounting up and you realize the road to the future you envisioned at the start of high school is not as easy as you dreamed. But remember, your intelligence is not based on what your teachers grade you with, your beauty is not based on who did or did not ask you to formal, and your value is certainly not based on someone who changed their mind. 

 Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.

Decide

So, do it. Decide. Is this the life you want to live? Is this the person you want to love? 

Is this the best you can be? Can you be stronger? Kinder? More Compassionate?
Decide. Breathe in. Breathe out and decide.

— Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy

It's so easy to lose ourselves in the monotonous, unchanging routine in your daily life, that so often, we forget to stop and take a look around to reflect ourselves. In the midst of stress and busyness, we lose our sense of purpose, our goals and that determination to reach it. It often strikes me as invigorating and daunting at the same time, that we can literally be whoever we want to be, in the spur of a moment, with a decision made. We're not lazy or unlovable or pretentious by nature, it's not set in stone in our personalities. These are things we can change at any moment we decide to, so why don't we? Change can be scary, but change also allows for room to grow, to experiment, to experience. It's all in the thinking. 

Grade 12 has hit us hard with the heavy workload that it promises; trying to keep that under control while trying to enjoy every single last moment you can spend with these wonderful people is one of the greatest challenges. I think in this busy and stressful time, we shouldn't neglect to see the little things, the beautiful things and be thankful everyday.

Good luck with school for everyone, especially our fellow seniors.

Have a wonderful and BLESSED day.

Leaving you with another Grey's Anatomy quote that motivates me everyday 'cause I can.

"Have some FIRE. Be unstoppable. Be a force of nature.

Be better than anyone here and don't give a damn what anyone thinks."