29 Gifts

Ive recently read an amazing book my the name of 29 Gifts, a book about how a challenge made a woman diagnosed with a horrible disease turn her life around. Ive just finished this book, and have decided to join up with the site that was in the book and I want to join the 29 Day Challenge. The challenge goes as this:

My synopsis: You give mindfully, fully, for 29 days, never missing a day, to see change happen in your life and the lives of those around you. You dont forget a day, you dont give without reason, resentfulness, absolutely fully and openly.

The synopsis from the book flap (which Im copying right now):

Then, as a remmedy for her condition, Cami recieved an uncommon perscription from a friend, an African medicine woman named Mbali Creazzo: Give away 29 Gifts in 29 Days. "By giving," Mbali told her, "you are focusing on what you ahve to offer others, inviting more abundance into your life." These gifts, she said, could be anything, but their giving had to be both authentic and mindful. At least one gift needed to be something she felt was scarce in her life.

This book is amazing, and every story I read about it seems amazing, and even though Im already living a pretty bountiful and happy life (no, really, look at my previous posts), I dont feel that therse a limit to happiness (this also relates to a wellness magazine I read not long ago... No really. All the magazines in my house are either wellness or travel :/). I believe that this challenge will increase my happiness even further.

Also, I want to change the community in which we live in. In the book, Cami had become more social, happy (oh, I feel as if this word is becoming overused nao), deep... You get the point. She had created a movement centered on giving - And I have now joined it.

This movement is centered on this site:

http://www.29gifts.org/

This site was talked about on the book, and the design was also spoken of, and not little. I imagined the design with a tree and a bird: and I found out that that tree and that bird actually exists: as well as Cami and Mbali and Mark and every other person who existed in the book. Its amazing.

These people started a movement geared towards giving and receiving, but in the resentful, ambitious, courteous way: giving from the heart and from the soul.

It way sound a little... unbelieving at first, but remember who youre reading this from. I am an avid follower of many spiritual exercises, such as The Secret, wabi sabi, and now I shall join in with the 29 Gift Challenge. Btw, bury me with other spiritual stuff in the comments below if you feel like it. :) All of these processes, such as the Secret, ahve helped me and many others so much in life. If you dont know what the Secret is, go Google it or something. I highly recommend watching the movie or reading the book though. The Secret for Teens and The Power are also good. The Secret and wabi sabi have worked for me, and I choose to try out another way of thinking. I can never have too many ways to happiness. :)

Also, I find that I have a rather large impact on my community, my table, the people at school with whom I interact with. If I change my way of thinking to the positive, grateful way of thinking, which includes giving small gifts from the soul, other people will latch on and spread the word. I believe in this ripple-effect. After all, obsessions work the same way. Shelks on Buzz got my friends and me accicted to Hetalia (and the addiction has not waned yet - were still reading history books like fanfics), and sooner or later, the 8th grade knows which songs were singing during lunch and what those characters we draw on teh board mean. Or somewhat mean. At least nthey knows it Hetalia-related (oh, and btw, Brist will watch Hetalia tonight and tell us the verdict on it tomorrow. Who else's esxcited?? XDXDXDXD). Sure, some people oppose this ripply of fangirldom, like those sticks and stones in a pond. But sooner or later they will join us too.

I know that this will change my life as I know it. Starting with tomorrow: Day 1 of the 29-Gift-Giving Challenge.

Stay bright and strong everyone!
Calli

Sick and....... Happy????

Yes. So amny of meh fwends may have noticed that I was gone today. Tessa shud of told Alice thatI was sick and Alice shud of told all of u.

So I was bored the whole day so I got an old book from teh shelf in meh room and so that's why I read Eragon throughout teh whole day. Just finished it a couple mins ago. Good book, but since 3 years ahve passed since I last rad it, its too simplistic for me. Really. Talk about lots of LVs. *rolls eyes* I'm sortakindaalmostish thankful to mr.calrk for telling us how to write intersting sentences. Cuz even though I read the book, its fairly interesting, but also fairly boring for those of us who have read interesting philosophical books like Animal Farm adn Lord of the Flies.

I eman, my art teacher Lena has seen teh movie Twilight before reading the boka dn now shes klsitening to it on audiotape and she says that its too pefct, too detailed, nawt enouph emotion, adn that she hates it. And ashe says that its too simple, unlike the movie. Well, lets just say that i told ehr to stop lsitening, grab the book, and jst ignore Twilight adn step onto New Moon. She basically knows what happened in Twilight, so its nawt that big of a prob for her.

AND I finally showed her teh email I sent ehr 2 months ago wiht a ton of videgogame msuic in it. I had her lsitne to teh Okami Main thme and she was all like "its so beautiful!!!" and then i showed her the oficial art of okami adn she was failry amazed. but when i told ehr that i wish i cud express myself the same way as those artists, i wud. then she started ranting on how far ive come into expressing myself and how amazing i already draw. well, i guess not every 7th grader in teh world can cope with drawing flowers for 4 months adn creating something fairly amazing out of it. ewven though i totally hate teh trio now. since "the flower trio" was my first big project in the art class. Its three long panels and each of tehm has a flower on it. and i did it for the living room, cuz its so empty adn teh wall that its gonna hang on is just pure empty. and its a huge wall.

and so now im drawing a fairy, laying down on the roof of somebodies nhouse, enjoying the sunset. so far ive finished teh pic, only now i need to add mucho more contrast. adn i eman alot. its looks like.... dull. more colr, brighter, greater showdos adn more reflection adn harmny within teh pic wud be nice too. but its still my first major project with watorcolor, and its alos my first prfessional pic with a human form. when lena saw my dodle of it, she was all like, "she has finally broken her hand". i think that she meant like ppl ahve broken a horse, i ahve finally broken my hand. actually, nawt really. im still learning. but nawt as fast as i wud like.

ya wanna know the story of how i started the fairy painting? well, i wanted to draw a fairy after my flower trio, and so i got this calendar that lena had with a TON of fairies in it, adn i picked a pose i liked, adn started drawing it. and i toally epicly fairled. i eamn, it was HORRIBLE. and so tehn, being the waittle frusterated person i am, i just started doodling, adn came out teh sunset fairy. ooh. i think ill call ehr that from now on.

adn so eyah. every time i move i end up couhping. adn its so freakin annoying. i eamn really.

and so eayh. *couph* dah epic failness *couphcouph*

IM NAWT EVEN MOVING!!!!!!!!!!!! my body wants to kil me. T-T. but now i have an excuse from sitting out of PE tomorrow *does teh cali happy dance*

oooooooooooh im so havin fun listneing to twilight "teh score" msuyic rite now. epic electric guitar. *does horrible air guitar* i think illo stick to air-violin....... *hehe*

so bai.

*cough*

Happyyyyyyyyyy

I dunno about u guys bit I am over happy right now.

i went to skl thinking that i NEED to look uber0hawt so u put on jeens and a girly shirt wiht my old paint splattered gray tank top underneath and my orange headband and my coach shoes and i felt LIKE A GIRl. I felt so freakin hawt.

adn so then i was so happy.

i was just happy tehw hole day.

we had a fire-drill, so we went outside so i could refreash myself befoer eh chem test, so i gues that ahd something to do wiht it.

and i felt so happy.

considering the fac that i was so freakin depressed yesterday. i went o skl and i wasnted to go home so badly.

and now i feel so happy.

it must be also teh fact that i was wearing winter clothes. i ahve this pecial feel for winter. i love warm clothjes. i love jeans and long-sleeve shirts an keds and the cold wind in my face, i love it. i love teh yellow grass. one day it was greena dn teh nest day it was yellow. it was FREAKY!!!

and so eyah. i8 was dancing carmellandansen adn singing butterfly adn bumbleee adn jumping around yeklling KATENGERI!!! and yelling about random stuff wiht alicein teh car and it was fun.

wny cant we have these days alt eh time?\

actually, i just thin i have to just look like a girl everyday.

but these jeans are so epic. i love them!

and this shirt...

and the undershirt.. and the keds... adn teh watch...and the orange headband....

and b/c meh friends asked for it, im gonna post those happy songs i was telling u about. tehyre all in japanese.. exacept carmellandansen, which is in sweedish.

Ok i feel so stupid posting this, but I found a TP carmellandansen. yes i toaly spelled that wrong. i dont care. but carmellendansens are found for everying. i found one for ssbb too.



do HQ!!! its so much better!!! midan looks deformed... i love teh ending!!! "whrere teh heck did he/she come from??" and tehn link si blushing when ehs standing next to midna..a dn zant's dancing alone,,,, OH!!!!!!!! this reminds me so much of those times when i was obsessed wht animation. carmelandansen was such a fad backt ehn. if u didnt make a carmellendansen u werent even looked at. allikatnya started it in teh warriorcats communtity adn tehn darkokiri followed it.. and so eyah.

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this one you guys amy remmeber. this ones also a fad, but nawt as big as crmallendansen. it reminds me of RoS for some reason........ oh.... i want this song for a ringtone!!! i ahve it on my comp (in uber-horrible quality)so if anyone wants it, enail me someime :)



i want to go around singing this someimes. we shoudl like, get a steareo, put a CD wiht this in it, adn just go around skipping in teh hallways during latebird singing this on te tops of our lungs. we shud so do that!!!! but i dont have a high-quality rtecord of this song *japaese wah*.

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Ok so u guys ahve probly heard me sing this in teh cafateria today before classes. but i love this song! we shuid like, get all these epic songs and make our own dance party! but we need more japanese songs first.......

ok so i know i got it wrong. i thought it was "see how i move" but its actually "green black adn blue". how stupid is that??? but i love this song, i wil never let it go.

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I love this song!!!! I was singing this one too!! I messed up. I though ti was "little beetle bumblee bee" when its "sweet little bumblebee". but i lve it anyway!!'



now i reallywa nt to start a dance party!!! turn it up on full volume!!!!

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Now this one is just plain weird I found this song wiht *TP adn SSBB* clips attached to it.. it was weird....



Don't watch teh video, just lsiten. It's such a happy song!!! I love it so much *sniff sniff*
Now I'm having trouble thinking of cute songs... think........ think.......

AHA!!!!!!!!!! TOKYO MEW MEW ENDING!!!!!

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Ok this videog has the HQ while the one below actually has teh animations that go wiht it.



This song is so cute!!! it reminds meof the good old days in april... oh, i miss those days. thats when i first satarted gettings addicted to anime and TMM.....

*(snidd sniff*

but the song is ultra-cute anyways.

cuz it just is.

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Ok so this is realy pathetic but those are my ahppy go lucky songs. POh wait, I forgot Cherry Saky Yukii!!!



OK so this is a flashback for winter...... in colarado.... dang... songs mean alot to me, adn this one especialyea msn slot... i lsitened to it on y t10.... now my T10 is gone....

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Another one is White Destony, another winter flashback. I didn't ahve anouph un-tiredness to acytaly put it on erhe, just lookk for it urself. Oh dong, nostalgia.. (which i strangely probounce nostalgaga).... I actually wanted this to be teh Warrior Cats theme for my series, but since i quit on teh series adn i havnt acutally been on my YT account for like, 5 months... well, its too painful. nevermind.

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So yeah.

Enjoy it.

Dang becasue of hose flashbacks I'm all sad again!!

DANGIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or should I use those words that link uses in teh manga........ :))))) Like 'rest in peace, will ya???"

oh dang i love link :)

But right now I'm too tired to talk about him. I'm gonna go search for my T10. Also, Trili, could u go around and see if I left my T10 at ur house? Cuz I havn't seen it since the time I went to ur house in teh summer. I miss my T10 :'(.

so bai.

gona go search adn enjoy meh songs.

KATENGERI!!!!!!!!!!!!