Positive Change

Hey I hope today is going well for you guys. Today was good to me, but yesterday was even better, especially during lunch. As some you some of guys know, I'm a hardcore PeaceJammer. One of the goals to achieve in PeaceJam is to LITERALLY create a positive change in any possible way on this drama filled, yet beautiful planet. And also to present the accomplished idea to the Noble Peace Laureate and our other 250+ PeaceJam friends at the conference in the Spring. Yesterday was the PeaceJam meeting at my high school and we focused on brainstorming ideas on what we're passionate about and what positive ideas we would like to act on before the day of the annual conference. My PeaceJam friends thought of some great ideas in almost every aspect of the key issues, such as showing awareness of LGBTQ, mental health, ending bullying, and so much more.

Mean Stinks

Well one of my ideas that I was extremely passionate and excited to tell at the PeaceJam meeting, had to do with ending bullying and mean behavior. I hope my PeaceJam group plans to have the Secret Mean Stinks Nicest. Tour. Ever. to come to my high school. It's Keenan West, a youth motivational speaker and vocalist, who partnered with Mean Stinks anti-bullying program, that causes this event to be amazing and inspiring. He's planning to come to over 100 schools all across the country and this could be your school. All it takes is one email. If you have witnessed bullying in your school and you hate it so bad that you want to do something about it, then hey this is your calling. Give it a try, you never know this could create a positive difference in your school. Always remember, don't wonder why somebody didn't do anything about it.. YOU are and will ALWAYS be somebody. Words can't describe for my excitement and happiness for this upcoming possible project for my PeaceJam group. I really hope this becomes a reality for my school.

 

 

 

Photos are from the Mean Girls Stinks website

Aspiring Youtuber

Ahhh let's not forget Kiana Mohr. So on Sunday, January 4th, I watched her YouTube video about giving back to the community and striving to make the year 2015 even better. Her video made me happy and inspired me even stronger to do something positive, like give back to my community, that would someday create a chain, like pay it forward. She mentioned few ideas, such as random acts of kindness. I really love how she thought of the idea of creating video challenges every now and then. I'm also excited to see what she had planned for the video challenges and this year. You guys should check her YouTube channel. She's funny and definitely has been living her dreams. Thank you, Kiana, I can't wait to see your next challenge video.

Also check out the collaboration she's a part of with her hilarious and talented friends, First Class Collab.

Quote of the day:

"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy

Caroline

Hey guys I hope you all had a great day today! I've been feeling bit stuffy and tired, so I ended up staying home today and hopefully I'll better by tomorrow morning.

 

I've been wanting to dedicate a post to the beautiful Caroline Richards, who recently passed away on January 9, 2015 from Osteosarcoma. I hope you guys appreciate this.

The very first time I heard about Caroline was when I saw her pictures with Cameron Dallas, Nash Grier, Carter Reynolds, and Hayes Grier from the FamTour meet and greet. Her and the boys' expression were full of happiness. I was just so happy for her and the boys, that they finally got to meet. It was so thoughtful for the boys to make her meet and greet a bit more special. That moment was so special that we shall think about it every once in a while. She deserved this a lot, more than we can ever imagine. I love how she got to see them again for the second time (Except for Cameron, since he was busy with Expelled). And she also got to meet Taylor Caniff at his RV Tour, which was also exciting.

 

 

 Pictures are from Caroline's Instagram

 

Caroline was an inspiration to all of us and taught us the joy of life. There's always a bright side in everyone's' life, we just have to believe in it and soon the bright side will shine bright like a beautiful afternoon sunshine. Trust me, it's somewhere there. I think the most important aspect of life we have learned from her was to smile and laugh as much as you can, surround yourself with people that makes you happy and let you be you, have strong positive vibes, and most importantly live life to fullest, where tomorrow isn't exactly there anymore. Yes I know, these helpful phrases are cliché', but let's be honest, it's the truth and we need to remind ourselves to put these phrases into actions into our lives. This would be something Caroline would want us to do. She believes in us.

I hope you guys took something away from this. Don't ever forget we are all in this together.

Here's a song we can all enjoy and learn from. I think Caroline admired this song as well. Rest in peace, beautiful. Thank you for everything.

Clouds By Zack Sobiech

Quote of the day:

"It hurt, because it mattered." - John Green



Inspiration

"Hello beautiful beings of the internet" (Lauren Elizabeth's voice), I hope you guys are having a great start of the new year, if not it's totally fine, we all have a different pace on finding positivity in our surroundings. You'll eventually get there, don't give up. Think happy thoughts and always remember.

Well today kicks off my last semester of high school, which is really crazy. I can't believe I'll be graduating in 20 weeks. Today was so good to me and I think it's because I woke up to one of my favorite songs, Home by Phillip Phillips, I was smiling really hard and decided that because of this, today is going to be so great and guess what? It ended up being a good day. I hope this was helpful for you guys to try to have a better day tomorrow.

So you guys are probably wondering, why I decided to start a blog. Well it was sometime last week, when almost everyone, was inspired to create YouTube videos and I wanted to do the same, but I felt like making videos right now wasn't the right time for me, because of how shy and awkward I can be in front people and safety reasons. Maybe someday I'll be able to also create videos to capture beautiful memories of summer 2015 and my freshman year of college or even now and I could upload them later in the future. Anything can happen, you know?

I was also inspired by my favorite blogger, prepofthesouth. I'm so happy she started blogging again. She also has a Tumblr, but I believe that her blog posts are more personal and it creates a solid connection to her readers, because the posts are from her thoughts. Based on her responses to the questions she receives each day from her Tumblr, her thoughts are open-minded and respectful and of course helpful. They also tend to be relatable and definitely creative. I get super excited when she post the little things about her life. I know for sure the posts from the studies section of her blog are going to be helpful to me when I enter college.

So basically the people, who I've been "surrounded" by, have inspired me to do this amazing opportunity. Thank you a lot. And don't EVER EVER forget that you can do anything if you set your mind to your goal.

Have a lovely day and don't forget to find your positive vibes, remember it takes time.

Here are some videos that may be helpful to you.

• HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY  
• This helped me a lot
• You're not alone

Quote of the day:

“Celebrate the people in your life who are there because they love you for no other reason than because you are YOU.” - Mandy Hale

Fun Questions Tag

Like I said before I'm excited to be starting on this blog! To able for you guys to get to know me better I found this questions tag created by Hilda.

1) When is your birthday?
October 9th

2) What are your 3 favorite colors?
Pink and gray (I like to wear gray a lot) and I don't think I have a 3rd favorite color.

3) What are your 3 favorite quotes?
"Kill then with kindness." - anonymous

"Be the person you needed when you were younger, while being the person you need to be right now." - anonymous, but my friends helped me arranged the words (My Senior Quote)

"Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about someone isn't the way they actually are... People are different when you can smell them and see them up close.." - John Green

4) Are you addicted to YouTube?
OH MY YES IT'S LITERALLY MY SUMMER BESTFRIEND OR JUST MY BESTFRIEND IN GENERAL

5) What are 3 of your favorite shows on TV or YouTube or both?
TV: Pretty Little Liars, Teen Wolf, Baby Daddy
YouTube: LoveLaurenElizabeth, jennxpenn, and meganrosette
NO WORRIES I HAVE MORE FAVORITES

6) What are 3 qualities you like in a best friend?
Acceptance, trustworthy, and being yourself

7) Do you like you name?
Yes, I admire it a lot

8) If you have the choice to pick your own name, what will it be?
Nina

9) What is your fantasy dream?
I want to be a mermaid and be best friends with Arielle and let Cameron Dallas be my Prince Eric so yeah

10) Do you wear makeup?
Nope! I prefer the natural beauty life all the way!!

11) If you could write a book, what would be the title be and what would it be about?
I would title the book, Sameera, because I feel like if I ever plan on writing a book it would an autobiography.

12) What makes you cry?
I can be emotional and sensitive, so lots of things makes me cry, but it's mostly too much worriedness, overthinking, and even something positive, like laughter and tears of joy.

13) What makes you angry?
Oh gosh.. Snobby stuck-up mean people, politics, negativity, cockiness, selfishness, and fakeness in people.

14) What makes you happy?
Nice people, the sunshine, beach, positivity, good music, happy phrases, idols, the hippy vibe and so much more.

15) What is the "Fangirling?"
Hahaha I thought this was funny that this question was added!
Someone who 100% fully supports their idol. They may have an account dedicated to them, such as Twitter or Instagram. While doing this, they also tend to make friends! Although this may either lead to positivity or negativity, it depends on your perspective.

16) What are 3 favorite foods?
Costco vegetable pizza
White Tandoori Naan with Chicken Curry
Checker's seasoned fries

17) What are your 3 favorite drinks?
Sweet Tea of any brand, but mostly from Publix
2% Reduced Fat Milk from Costco (I think it's cheaper)
Original Orange Juice from Publix

18) Can you tell us a little about yourself?
As of right now, I am a Senior in high school, who is super excited about graduating in May (my school is actually the first school in my county to graduate this year) so I can finally move on to more exciting aspects on life. The keys to my heart are positive vibes and good music! And of course, I have mad respect for the beach.

19) What are 10 random facts about you?
- I'm an active Peacejammer and so was AnnaSophia Robb.
- I've met 2 Noble Peace Laureates so far, Leymah Bowee and Óscar Arias.
- As of right now I want to raise a family with my future husband in Destin, Florida.
- Tears may have appeared on my cheeks towards the end of the very last episode of Hannah Montana.
- I met Pattie Mellette aka Justin Bieber's mother last summer at her No Where But Up Book Tour at Books A Million.
- I have a bucket list filled with crazy and cliché ideas that I hope to finish someday.
- I've never been to a concert before, but I still plan to go as many as I can.
- Ya girl right here plans to be a Pediatric Doctor someday.
- I strongly think that you can still live an extraordinary life, while having a 9-5 job.
- I freaking love quotes, those arrangements of words are what makes us want to live more. It's inspiring.

20) What are 3 fun things to do?
Well in my opinion..
Taking pictures of everything
Having conversations with my friends.
Catching up on my favorite TV shows

Well that's me! I hope you guys enjoyed reading these little facts about me. Have a lovely day.

Another quote of the day:

"I didn't set out to be different or unusual, I just wanted to do things my own way." - Lilly Pulitzer

Something New

Hey guys! I'm Sameera and I'm going to start blogging, blogging whatever I like and you guys like too, such as my thoughts, my life, positivity, advice, music, my likes/dislikes, Cameron Dallas, and so much more! I'm really excited about starting this new idea/hobby! I'm still deciding when I'll be posting, whether it will be daily or every few days. Comment below what you guys would like to read! I hope you guys enjoy! Stay beautiful and much love.

Quote of the day:

How to blog: 1) Write down your thoughts
                  2) See What happens
- Pentel aka prepofthesouth


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