Calligraphy Practice

This is my calligraphy that I've been experimenting with lately. I am starting to get the hang of it and soon I'm going to try different things with it. Right now this is pretty basic but it's coming along :)

Inspiration

Why be jealous of someone who can do something better than you?
Take the opportunity to learn from the wiser one.
Why not use them as a lesson in life?
Let them be your inspiration.

You must not always be the "higher class,"
The one who's never wrong.
There's no one to look to for help!
So find your inspiration.

The world works in circles.
You may be the better one, but somewhere else someone is better than you,
But do not look down upon this.
Because you're there for your inspiration.

If you look up to the one you want to be like,
And tell them that they are your spotlight.
Chances are, you are their spotlight too.
Follow your inspiration.

Don't let it be a competition of better and best.
It's not being the best that makes you someone's dream.
Need not worry,
Because you're someone's inspiration.

If you feel that you're angry,
That someone is better than you.
Put it aside, and let them teach you.
Thank them, for being your inspiration.

If you find someone, who you want to be.
Do not hate them for having something you don't have.
It's how we learn, so let it be.
Let them be your inspiration.

Augustine

First Day of Lent

Here is a photo I took of my arm and my rosary. As some of you people may know, today is the first day of lent, and I've decided to give up chips. This is my first time doing this and I feel great doing it so far. But this sure raised some questions for me. What do other people see in this? I find so many people say, they don't think they can achieve it, or they don't want to do it because it never works, or they give up halfway through. When you think about it, that's what lent it trying to teach us, is to not be needy and selfish. Tell me... is lent for us? I don't think so. If it was then I could see why we would make this decisions. But that is the one mistake a lot of people make. If you don't believe in lent, don't do it. It's not a matter of HAVING to do it, you have to WANT to do it. So I tell you this, I'm not doing this for me and doubting whether or not I will succeed because I know I will. I know I will because I want to. All I'm hoping to do by posting this, is try to open some people's eyes, and maybe show them something they've never really thought of before.