My answer might be alot different from most of the answers people write on this site, but I am just going to go for it. It's a bit long, but I think it is worth reading. Even if you do not agree with it, it is interesting :)
           I look for God in the Holy Bible but it doesn't just stop there. After I have have had Daily Bread and filled myself up with His Word,  I look for God in the beautiful external world around me and in my own life's story.
             As I close my Bible, I stretch out on my bed, I close my eyes and I feel the soft sunshine coming through my lavendar curtains and kissing my cheek. I think to myself that it is not just the sun's warmth that make this moment beautiful.  The sun is trying to tell me something. It is saying, "God loves you, my precious child". When I go for a walk and the warm breeze intimately plays with the strands of my hair, I know it is really just trying to show me God soft, loving touch. The ocean reflects His beauty and the sky points to His vastness. All of the landscape around me whispers His name.
      I go home and open up one of my old notebooks. The words written there pierce my soul like daggers. The notebook contains some of the uglest most selfish thoughts I have ever written. Every page drips with hate and pain. As a tear drips down my face, I am reminded of who I used to be before I gave my heart to God, this twisted unhappy person. I give thanks to God for rescuing from what I was.  He loved me before I was lovable. He died for me and healed me of my sins before I even knew Him. He held my hands and picked me up when I fell back into my old selfish ways. He taught me to love and to put others before myself. I look at His perfect beauty and I still am amazing that He could love me, both who I was and who I am; for I still fall short daily.
       As I praise God, I can see the setting sun from my window. Looking at the splashes of amber, lavendar and pink, I realize that the day is almost spendt. But for some reason I am not sad. The beauty of the painted sky somehow takes away all the sting of the day's ending. I know that the sunset is also trying to tell me something. It is telling me that when I grow old and death finally takes me, there will be One waiting on the other side. Jesus will be there with open arms to take away the sting of death forever.  These are the things I hold sacred.


This is not my video and it is a little strange at first, but by the end it just blows you away :)

I am learning to be less isolated and to depend more on friends. I am also learning how to balance my extremely compassionate nature with "tough love".  I am getting more involved in my faith and becoming more confindent in sharing it with people who I sense are searching for God, but just don't know it yet.

Let me think......

all the time

all day

everyday

as often as I can

I am almost in a constant state of reflection. I can't help it. If I have even one spare moment where my mind is free, I will instantly start reflecting. I meditate on the past, the present, and the future possibilites. Reflection is a good thing, but be warned, it is sometimes possible to be so involved in your thoughts and reflections that you even forget to live; so into figuring out your feelings that you actually stop feeling. I've been there and I am trying to improve this by giving reflecting a rest. Every now and then I have to tell my brain to shut up so I can stop and smell the roses, instead of just thinking about them.

1) What do you love to do in your free time?
 Explore the web and look up random things. You name it, from game theory and logic to recent movie, I will be online researching them (usually through Wikipedia)
I also love reading, networking with potienial friends, and creative writing.

2) What music helps you relax?
Ali Rogers, if you don't know who she is you should really look into her. Her music is so different than anything else i listen to. It's like soft pop meets folk music. When I listen to her music I think of twilight mountian and gentle rain. There is a sense of danger, like I am alone in the wilderness, mixed with an incredible sense of peace, like nothing will ever hurt me. It's like magic. It always make me think of God.

3) What movie did you enjoy recently?
I just watched Wall-e tonight and I thought it was so sweet :)

4) Who makes you laugh?
Boys usually. They aren't as afraid of looking silly like all the  girls my age. My twin is also really funny.

5) Where do you go/ do to recharge?
 I wish I had a better place to do that. My house has a really open floor plan so everyone can hear almost everything going on in the house. Sometimes the only thing I can do is blare my music to block it all out. I really like finding strange places to go to be alone, that way people don't come and bother me. Not that i don't love them or like being around them, don't get me wrong, because i do. It's just that sometimes I need "me time" so I can continue functioning. Otherwise i get a little.......cranky. I wish that wasn't the case but it is.

My mom has always worked hard to let me know that I am loved and wanted. Having someone behind you like that who is always telling you how much potiential you have and how much you are capable of, well,  that really helps you find strength in difficult times.