You just gotta ignite

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this before.  I love/adore/admire music.  Or as I like to put it (because it sounds even more amazing) J'aime la musique.

Some of the most recent artists I truly admire (Foo Fighters, The Beatles, The Who, The Bee Gees, The Runaways, Katy Rose..etc.  Go without saying) P!nk and Katy Perry.  Both aren't afraid to express their feelings and beliefs through their music.  They don't stop to think about how people might judge them or get in their way.  They let people know that they are loving life no matter what is coming or has come and that we need to see ourselves and enjoy who we are. (Yes I know others have done this but these are my favorites)

Now I've loved P!nk forever, we're talking the beginning of her stardom.  

Katy Perry is my most recent admiration. 

Yes she's adorable, her style is something I wish I could pull off somedays (vintage that is).

So you're probably thinking, "OK, we get it where is this going".  Well, I recently read an article another blogger linked in her recent post, here.

After reading this it made me think of Katy's newer song, "Firework". 

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag 
Drifting through the wind
Wanting to start again

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Like a house of cards

One blow from caving in

Do you ever feel already buried deep

Six feet under scream

But no one seems to hear a thing

Do you know that tehre's still a chance for you

Cause there's a spark in you

You just gotta ignite the light

And let it shine

Just own the night

Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you're a firework

Come on show 'em what your worth

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"

As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework

Come on let your colors burst

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"

You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own

You don't have to feel like a waste of space

You're original, cannot be replaced

If you only knew what the future holds

After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed

So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road

Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow

And when it's time, you'll know

You just gotta ignite the light

And let it shine

Just own the night

Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you're a firework

Come on show 'em what your worth

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"

As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework

Come on slet your colors burst

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"

You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own

Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

It's always been inside of you, you, you

And now it's time to let it through

Cause baby you're a firework

Come on show 'em what your worth

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"

As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework

Come on slet your colors burst

Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"

You're gunna leave 'em goin "Oh, oh, oh!"

Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

Boom, boom, boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

I recently watched her video and really listened to the lyrics, maybe I'm being a little emotional, but I was tearing up a bit. 

Even Pink's recent had some words that really make you wonder/think:

The whole world's scared so I swallow the fear...
Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel
Like you're nothing, you're perfect to me
You're perfect, you're perfect!

Now the article focuses on Mormon Mom Bloggers.  How their life seems simply perfect and they put on this "top surface" show if you will of how amazing life is.  How people are drawn to this lifestyle for how fantastic it may seem.  I'm LDS, I'm not active, and I know that it's not all picture perfect. Never the less...the thought is something we all fantasize about. I know I do, I dream of days that we don't have to worry about money, days where I can just focus on us as a family.  

There are so many people around me (not to mention myself) who are going through rough times.  Rough times that everyone goes through in one way or another ranging from heart breaking to a simple fit could fix.  Speaking for myself here I think I've been so stressed with life in general I've felt like a house of cards ready to fall down.  

It seems to be human nature to simply focus on the bad, to second guess ourselves as to why others lives or so much better than our own.  As if we were the only ones handed the losing hand in this giant poker game.  We may not all express is vocally and keep it to ourselves but everyone has those thoughts.  It doesn't help that we have society telling us that every thing is peachy keen and that if it's not then we are doing something wrong.  But why?  Can't we love our flaws?  Not fix them?  

I've had to sit back recently and tell myself, before completely melting down, that I'm doing the best that I can.  That I am a 20 something mom of beautiful perfect twin girls going to school to better my our life and theirs.  I love my mistakes, my subtle stutter (thanks dad ❤), my not so perfect smile, my ADD that causes me to move from activity to activity.  It simply comes down to needing to let myself out, to help others see that they can let themselves go!   To remember that this not so perfect life is perfect for me.  It's what I'm meant to do and who I'm supposed to be.  

I need to ride more rides, look at the stars more often, smile at the imperfections, laugh at the hard situations, go on more walks, paint more, draw more, dance more, play more, and most of all tell my gremlins every day (and myself):

You're Perfect and can/will do amazing things in this life ❤