Lenten Promises.

After reading many different people's blogs, I've realized that I have forgotten to write about what truly is most important to me to share with the rest of the world while I only share what is going on within my own world of everyday life. I concluded that I'm going to write about something inspirational every time I write a new blog. I'm going to write about something that will continue to give hope to others or better, say things that others are too scared to talk about but agree/disagree with. I'm going to continue to bring hope and light into the world with my writing and hopefully inspire others to write as others have inspired me to jot down my thoughts.


So Lent is coming to a close. 6 days to be exact which means 41 days of abstaining from my Lenten promises. But what's the real meaning of Lent? According to many of the priests that I have attended their masses have said that "Lent is a time of self-evaluation. A time to change heart. A time to look at oneself and evaluate how God will see you if and when you die." You know, that's an interesting statement. Many people give up things for Lent only to jump back onto it with excitement and eagerness of "FINALLY! I CAN DO THIS AGAIN!" Although Lent is supposed to make one grow in the spiritual aspect of life, it's also supposed to test one's self-control on material items that essentially hold back one's relationship with our Higher Being. I, myself, am one who has said this. After looking back at what I gave up, I have not fallen on 2 of the 3 things I have chosen to give up. But has this made me a better person? Well, I do one of the 3 things less (although I have broken it quite a few times). I can now learn to say no and choose to be responsible and do what's most important over what's more fun. I have been healthier in choosing what I eat. However, how has this made me a better CATHOLIC? Honestly, I'm not going to lie, it has not made me too much of a better Catholic. I have not done anything to make me a better person spiritually. I forget that Lent is supposed to also be about the spiritual side as well as physical endurance. Just because I haven't grown so much and Lent is over in 6 days, doesn't mean it's over and I'm going to stop. I'm going to continue to try to be a better person AND Catholic regardless of what I've given up, regardless of how I haven't done anything in particular to grow in my relationship with God. Lent has done what it was made to do for me...I am self-evaluated & I can truly say, I could grow a little more in every aspect of my life.


-- Danielle Delos Reyes

Inspiration.

I'm INSPIRED. I am 100% completely inspired to shoot for what I can. I'm just gonna say right here. Right now. 2:47AM April 5th: I will shoot for the highest possible dream/goal I can. Nothing is going to stop me from getting what I want. [:



Short. Sweet. To the point. Inspirational.


Thanks for being the boost to my inspiration.


-- Danielle Delos Reyes

HappYness.

Dictionary.com:
Happiness –noun
1. The quality or state of being happy
2. Good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy

Wikipedia.com:
1. Happiness is a state of mind or feeling such as contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy.

Urbandictionary.com:
1. Happiness is like peeing in your pants. Everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth.



How it's true. [:




I'm happy. :D

-- Danielle Delos Reyes

S.I.C.K.

Sweet life. I'm sick and it feels great. -__- NAHT. Man the first week of school has already been a crazy one. Filled with a lot of "I miss you!" and "Where have you been?!" It feels good to be back. [: Well PaCN is coming up in about 24 days. Stoked? You bet I am. I just wish that I could've been the part that I would've been NOW since I'm not even taking my hardest class, Chemistry. Couldn't even get into that class. EFF. So now I'm stuck with really spaced out classes. But I guess that's good if I can fit some homework-ing in. Anywho, enough about school. Let's move on to something more...insightful.

Inspiration. For some reason, I've been inspired. I've been inspired to sing (although I'm sick again and I sound HORRIBLE). I've been inspired to play all the instruments I can. I've been inspired to write. All I can say is, I have an inspiration to keep me going and keep me smiling for the next quarter and perhaps more. This inspiration has allowed me to be excited to go to school. Excited to be part of Barkada events. I have this inspiration to be assured that it's okay to be a kid inside again. I love feeling this way. I love having something to look forward to every single day. I love knowing that my inspiration will always be there regardless of anything. I'm just a happy girl again & I'm stoked about this quarter. Everything will be completely random but always in a good way. I love it! :D

PICTURE TIME! (filled with OLD and NEW pictures. Enjoy!)











-- Danielle Delos Reyes

Spring Break.

Man oh man. Spring break has been a blast. BUT, I am glad to be back surprisingly. I miss a lot of my friends back here. I miss the spontaneity of the people here. I miss my Palmitas family a lot too. Let's recap Spring Break, shall we?


DISNEYLAND. Tons and tons of Disneyland fun. Thursday. Saturday. Sunday. No lie, I'm the biggest little kid ever when I go to Disneyland. I love it there! And NO I'm not too old for Disneyland says those who think they're too old for it. Other than that...I got my Disneyland Annual Pass! BAH! So, who's down to go to Disneyland whenever?! I AMMMMMM!

Winna's Debutt butt. Wow. I saw a lot of people that I haven't seen in so long. It's been good because I really miss all my boys back home. It's good to see those I haven't even talked to in so long. I miss it all. And man! That girl looked goooood. Oh debuts. How fun are you. [:

WednesDATE. Beach! Pier! Shopping! CPK! Story swapping! Christops! How much more could you ask for? Bonding time is always great! Had way too much fun and Christops officially outdated *ahem on the Santa Monica date. Buahahaha. No shame. I said it, what now? :D

Sportsfest Friday. Awesome fun! Bowling is quite the exciting sport. No lie. Hahahahaha. Fighting with CSUN & what not....Eh! Whatever! It was still fun.

Webcamming every night with different or certain people. Traffic school (Sike, that wasn't fun). Well I mean, there wasn't A LOT of events but they were all worth while. All the people I shared it with made everything so much better. I miss everyone back home but I also miss everyone back here in my 2nd home. School is gonna be a crazy one this quarter BUT, I know I can do my best. AVS112/114L, CHM121/121L, MAT106, COM204...I got this. PaCN is coming up. Who's stoked? I sure am. Bring it on Spring Quarter. I'm ready for you. [:

-- Danielle Delos Reyes

Home, sweet home.

I AM HOME!

I swear, I never thought I would be so excited to be home. I guess because when I'm in Pomona, I'm surrounded by drama. Surrounded by stress of schoolwork. It's just been a crazy quarter and I must say...I'M SO GLAD THAT IT'S OVER. But, it's worth it. This quarter has brought so many things up while at the same time, brought so many things down. Let's recap my entire quarter, shall we?

So, a lot of bads happened. The biggest bad of this quarter was losing my car. Yeah, getting into my car accident was definitely the worst way to start off this quarter. I'm still dealing with all my car accident stuff. Insurance dealings suck. I owe so much money to traffic school, tickets, loss of car. It's ridiculous. I swear, with everything, including my lost car, I honestly think I lost around $27,000. I have no more car to drive whenever I want. I have to take traffic school probably twice. One for the LA county and one for Bakersfield. I mean, dealing with all my car stuff was the worst of my bads. From this car accident, I had to drop out of a good role I could've had in PACN, my parents, well my mom officially HATES Barkada & I can only do ONE dance because of school & the time where I had to call my parents to show that I was "studying". I also had to deal with trying to up my failing class of biology. Drama from a lot of people's drama. Bad break-up. I mean, a lot of things happened that I can say was really bad from this quarter. I just wish that I would never have to deal with any of this ever again. At least not the car stuff. I couldn't stand to have to deal with that again. That, I can honestly say, was HELL.

However, there were tons and tons and TONS of goods that happened this quarter. First of all, I've become such GREAT friends with certain people who I now consider some of my very best friends. I've gotten super close with my ates & oh gosh, I'm so glad that I have them to watch my back. Not only that, I've lost some friends that I don't need because they only caused drama in my life and completely disregarded my trust as well. Honestly, that's good for me. I've also gained more self-respect for myself. After dealing with certain someone, I've learned that I'm very strong. Nothing can push me down for anything. I alsooooo...WENT TO SEE LMFAO/SHWAYZE with my ates! Ridiculous. I even went to DISNEYLAND and I'm getting an annual pass! BYAHHH! How exciting and how FUN. No lie, I'm so stoked to get it. Disneyland makes me so happy and I can't wait until I get to go whenever I want...Well, when people decide to go. I even bought a Nintendo DS today AAAAAAND Pokemon Platinum. I'm so nerdy BUT I'm so excited that I have it. Hahahahaha. Anywho, there's plenty of things that added to make the bads not so bad, but I have to say that the bads outweighed the goods this time. BUT that doesn't mean that it won't get better this next quarter.



Today (March 23) is my little sister's birthday. She's 13. Weird. Feels so good to be back home. Until next week. [: Pictures next time.

-- Danielle Delos Reyes

New Occurances.

Well, many things have come into my life that I'm completely glad I have. I really do have some amazing friends. [: I have some friends that I thought I'd never have anything in common with or be able to do, say, act, think the same things that I do! I never really realized that I have such great great great friends. BAH! I'm happy that people care for me and care about me this much. *Sigh* no more emotional roller coaster alone! [:


Short brief blog. Just wanted to say that I'm really happy. I'm way happy. And I can't wait to see what else is gonna brighten up my week and/or month. [:




ps. I think.................you're really cool. :D




-- Danielle Delos Reyes