I got a nose ring.

I just got a nose ring.  Why did I do it?  I’m not sure.  All I know is that for the past year I’ve wanted a change.  Something that will set me apart from the nice little Lisa that everyone thinks of me as.  I’m a nice person; don’t get me wrong.  The fact is that I’m too much of a nice person.  My close friends and family don’t take advantage of this.  But now I’m beginning to realize that some of the people that I met in college that I thought were true friends, weren’t.  I was a pushover with them, and they knew it and liked it. 

            So this brings me back to the statement I said earlier:

I got a nose ring.

Some of the people I know still can’t believe this.  It’s completely out of character for me, which is why I’m making it such a big deal.  I’ve been realizing, however, that I wasn’t living life and taking chances my whole life.  It wasn’t until this year that I feel like I’m actually living!  I’ve been seeing more places, doing new things, cooking, and the next big thing on my agenda is getting a tattoo.  My idea: a tree with birds perched on it, some birds flying away (tree and birds will be a light shade of black) and the word free in a reddish orange color.  I’m going to wait, however, to get it till after I lose all of the weight I’ve been aiming to lose.  How have I been losing it?  Running; although this rainy day really isn’t helping with that. 

So today I am going to leave you with three quotes that I’ve decided to live my life by:

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."-Albert Schweitzer

“Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.”-Frank A. Clark

“There’s no next time; it’s now or never.”-Author Unknown

            You will never get the same opportunity again with the same people, and at the same place.  Everything you experience is original.  You as a person, are original.  Another thing: do everything that you do with your whole heart.  Smile, laugh, and be merry.  Do things that you wouldn’t normally do, just because you can.  As cliché as it is, it’s true: You only have one life to live.