chance or choice

"When we meet the right person to love, at the right place, at the right time...that's chance.
When you meet someone you're attracted to, that's not a choice...that's chance.
Being caught up in a moment and there's a lot of couples who get together because of this is not a choice, that's also chance.

The difference is, what happens afterwards?

When will you take that infatuation, that crush, that mind-blowing attraction to the next level?That's when all sanity goes back, you sit down and then contemplate whether you want to make this into a concrete relationship or just a fling. If you decide to love a person , even with his faults, that's not chance...that's choice.

When you choose to be with a person no matter what, that's choice. Even if you know that there are many people out there who are more attractive, smarter and richer than your mate, and yet, you decide to love your mate just the same, that's choice.

Infatuation, crushes, attractions come to us by chance. But true love that last are choices made.

Regarding soulmates, there's a beautiful movie qoute that i believe is so true about this--" FATE BRINGS YOU TOGETHER, BUT IT'S STILL UP TO YOU TO MAKE IT HAPPEN." I do believe that soulmates do exist. That there is truly someone made for you. But it's still up to you to make the choice if you're going to do something about it or not. We may meet people by chance, but loving and staying with them is still a choice we have to make. And by making that choice we have to make sure that no matter what we're not going to regret it in time......"

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Of Being Loveless

"At one point in our life, we've all experienced what it's like to be alone. How it feels to be without someone beside you. There are times when we can get by with this feeling and life seems to go on the way it should.

But there are days when the longing is just so bad you end up in self-pity, crying in one corner of your room. You begin to recall past loves and try to figure out what went wrong.

The day starts and ends like a boring routine. Upon waking up, you check on your cellfone to see if there was any message sent the night before and as usual there's none. You get yourself ready for work; pick out anything from the closet without even looking if they match. A stroke of brush on your hair, a dab of color on your lips and you're off to work.

At work, friends ask you if you're ok. The empty look on your face makes them think you're not feeling well. Your cellfone lies dead on your desk - no ring, no beep, and no nothing. You can't help but glance at the wall clock every 30 minutes and for some reason the hands of the clock seem to move so lazily. And just when the girls are busy retouching their make-up, getting ready to be picked up by their respective boyfriends, you get yourself ready for a long ride home....alone.

You're home by 6 o'clock. There's nothing interesting on the boob tube so you decide to go to bed early. By your bedside, you stare at the telephone wishing there's someone you could make telebabad with. Burning phone lines, exchanging sweet nothings are the stuff you sorely miss.

Being loveless to the hopelessly romantic is like eating pancakes without maple syrup, Kentucky Fried Chicken without gravy or manggang hilaw without bagoong. But hold o n! It's just one of those days. It's normal to experience low days. Even the prettiest, smartest of girls and hunky, cutie guys have their own share of low days and loveless seasons at that. If you have seen Joyce Jimenez' interview at Jullie Yap Daza's talk show, you'll be surprised to know that this pantasia ng bayan is not only loveless but also "suitorless"! So dear readers, it's not the way you look.

Stop thinking that there is something wrong with you. Stop starving yourself to death just to lose that 5 pounds you've been dying to get rid off. Stop wishing you had skin as white as the models of whitening creams and lotions. Love won't come rushing in just because you've finally reached your ideal weight or after a visit at an expensive derma clinic. Come to think of it, we really can't tell what triggers cupid's arrow to come flying our way. Love is mysterious indeed and I think that's what makes it wonderful. The popular cliché is true - love comes from the most unexpected places.

Live each day to the fullest. Walk with your head up, full of confidence and keep that smile on your face. Yes, smile even to people you don't know. A smile won't cost you anything. It takes only a few face muscles to smile. There is so much to gain - friends, friends, friends! - and nothing to lose. So what if the smile wasn't returned? You did a polite gesture. Smiling is not cheap and definitely not weird. Before you know it love will come smelling in the air with hardly an effort. You probably won't even remember it was actually love you were searching for.

Confidence and a cheerful attitude are very attractive. Refuse to allow your gloomy feeling to show with the way you fix yourself up and with the way you relate to people. Sometimes it starts with a little pretending that you're ok and soon enough you'll realize you're not pretending anymore and you're actually in a bright mood! Just remember that when the one-of-those-days syndrome strikes again, just think that tomorrow is another day."

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Have you ever wondered???

"Have you ever wondered which hurts the most?
Saying something and wishing you hadn't?
or Saying nothing and wishing you had?

I guess the most important things are the hardest things to say. Don't be afraid to tell someone you love them. If you do, they might break your heart...if you don't, you might break theirs.

Have u ever decided not to become a couple because you were so afraid of losing what you already had with that person?

Your heart decides whom it likes and whom it doesn't. You can't tell your heart what to do. It does it on its own.... when you least suspect it, or even when you don't want it to.

Have you ever wanted to love someone with everything you had, but that other person was too afraid to let you?

Too many of us stay walled up because we are too afraid to care too much...for fear that the other person does not care as much, or even at all.

Have you ever denied your feelings for someone because your fear of rejection was too hard to handle?

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger. Life is all about risks and it requires you to jump. Don't be a person who has to look back and wonder what they would have done, or could have had.

*What would you do if every time you fell in love you had to say good-bye?
*What would you do if every time you wanted someone they would never be there?
*What would you do if your best friend died tomorrow and you never got to tell them how you felt? (even if it is that you don't care anymore)
*What would you do if you loved someone more than ever and you couldn't have them?
*What would you do if you never got the chance to say I am friends with all of my family and they know I love them?

People live, but people die. And I want to tell you that you are a friend. If you died tomorrow (God Forbid), you would be in my heart. Would I be in yours?

We might be best friends one year, pretty good friends the next year, don't talk that often the next, and don't want to talk at all the year after that. So, I just wanted to say, even if I never talk to you again in my life, you are special to me and you have made a difference in my life, I look up to you, respect you, and truly cherish you."

written by ...... someone

Moving Thoughts

1. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.
2. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.
3. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
4. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
5. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
6. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
7. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
8. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
9. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
10. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
11. There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.
12. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.
13. Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.
When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives. Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back! Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.

It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy. Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

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There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life. Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now a float;And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose the ventures before us. - William Shakespeare, Julius Ceasar

The Nutrients of WATER

The Nutrients of WATER


WATER is considered one of the most important nutrients needed by the human body in order to ensure good health and, yes, survival.

Its role:

Regulates body temperature Excretes waste products from the lungs, skin and kidneys
Excretes toxins

In the order of importance, the human body needs air, food and water. The body loses water through sweat/perspiration, urine and bowel movement. Total water loss per day is 2.5 liters (10 cups). Water loss could be much more during hot days.

It is recommended to replace water lost by consuming more than the actual 10 cups that are excreted. One cup is equivalent to one glass. Thus, 12-15 glasses of water is a healthy consumption rate.

But how much is enough depends on a person's activity level. The general rule is, the more active you are, the more water you require. The Food and Nutrition Institute, Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST) recommends an intake of 1 ml per kilo-calorie (Kcal) of energy expenditure.

Example: An average man whose energy expenditure is 2,490 Kcal would require 2.4 liters or 9-10 cups of water daily. Experts say water needs may vary according to a person's lifestyle, body weight and environmental temperature. However, note that the younger the individual, the greater the need for water per body weight.

The following are the causes of water loss:

Alcohol - For every glass of alcohol, you lose 1 glass of water.
Stimulant drinks - colas, caffeine, coffee, tea. These are natural diuretics (substances that increase urine production), so drink water after every serving of any of these drinks.
Activity/exercise - Sweating means loss of fluids. Add an extra liter of water for every hour you exercise.

Sleeping - While sleeping, the body loses fluids through normal metabolism and sweating. When you get up in the morning, rehydrate with one full glass of tepid water (not cold). Also, make sure your breakfast has high water content like yoghurt and fruits.

Illness/recovery

When you are sick, the immune system works overtime to fight the infection or viruses. When you are feverish, you become dehydrated. Keep your fluid intake high.

Spices/stimulant foods

Your favorite herbs can dehydrate you like curries, chili, spices, juniper, dandelion and nettle teas. Foods that increase the heat in the body use up your fluids. If you are taking any diuretic products, take more water.

Urination

Obviously, the more often you go to the bathroom, the more you lose fluids. Have a glass of water after you empty your bladders.

Here's a water nutrition plan:

Drink at least two liters of water-pure, plain as you can take it, daily (approximately 9-10 cups). Anything you drink over and above this is extra. Never consider a beverage as a substitute for your daily water intake.

Eat at least three full meals a day or five small meals daily.
Eat at least five portions of vegetables daily.
Eat at least five servings of fruits daily.
Eat two portions of fish, beans/pulses a day.
Eat at least one portion of rice a day (preferably brown or red).
Eat at least one portion of oil or cheese per day (note: this already includes the oil used in cooking).

The Fluid Law: The more you drink water the more you have. You can't overdose on it.

Health and beauty bath

Kneipp bathing - Sebastian Kneipp developed in the 19th century a technique to ensure and stimulate free flow of blood and circulation using water in alternating temperatures-hot and cold. He believed that hydrotherapy (using water as therapy) and thermotherapy (temperature as therapy) were essential to body health. The center for his treatments is in Bad Worishofen, Germany.

But you can have the Kneipp bath in the privacy of your own home if you don't have the time to visit a spa.

If your shower and bathtub are separate, it's easy. Run a hot bath as much as is comfortable. Soak in the hot bath for three minutes. Get into the shower for a cold rinse for one minute. Repeat five times, and feel revitalized. (Note: In the absence of bath and shower, dousing yourself in alternating splashes of hot and cold might just do the trick.)

Bowl bathing - Get two large bowls. Fill one with cold water and the other with hot. Place both feet in hot water for two minutes. Then immerse them in cold water for two minutes. Repeat five times. Feel balanced and renewed.

"Let the waters of life run through me."

stolen mobile phones

Each of our Mobile Phone handsets has a unique serial number.
Check this number by keying in the following digits on your phone: *#06#
A 15 digits code will appear on the screen.
This number is unique to your handset.
Write it down and keep it somewhere safe.
If your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code.
Then they will be able to block your mobile phone, and render it useless, even if the SIM card is changed. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that who ever stole it will be unable to use it but perhaps as a paper weight.
If everybody did this, there would be no point in stealing a mobile phone.

Movie Lines

Josie Geller: Sometime you'll kiss someone and know that's the personyou're supposed to kiss for the rest of your life.----NEVER BEEN KISSED

The only wrong thing would be to deny what your heart truly feels.---THE MASK OF ZORRO

You will see a lot of things,But they will mean nothing to you If you lose sight of the one you love.---AT FIRST SIGHT

If you love someone you say it...you say it right then,out loud...or the moment just...passes you by.---MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING

I would rather have had One breath of her hair,One kiss from her mouth,One touch of her hand, Than an eternity without it...---CITY OF ANGELS

You will be doing anything For the one you love...Except love them again.---FAITHFUL

Fate exists but it can only take you so far, Because once you're there It's up to you to make it happen.---CAN'T HARDLY WAIT

When you've found that person you want to spend the rest of ur life with, you want the rest of ur life to begin right away."---When Harry Met Sally

"Sometimes when you hold out for everything, you walk away with nothing." ---Ally McBeal

I hate the way you talk to me And the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare. I hate your big dumb combat boots And the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick --It even makes me rhyme. I hate the way you're always right. I hate it when you lie. I hate it when you make me laugh --Even worse when you make me cry. I hate it that you're not around And the fact that you didn't call. But mostly I hate the wayI don't hate you --Not even close, not even a little bit, not any at all.---Kat Startford (10 Things I Hate About You)

"if two people are meant for each other, it doesnt mean that they are meant for each other NOW."---pacey whitter "DAWSON'S CREEK

"Lois: You know, if somebody had asked me three days ago who the one person in the world I admired most was, I'd have said you. But, without really knowing what that meant. Without understanding that the hardest thing about being you is all the things you can't do. All the cries for help that you can't answer, and how that quietly tears you apart. But it never stops you. And after living a little of that myself, I realized something...something I never thought was possible. Clark: What? Lois: I love you more. More than I ever have and more than I everthought I could love anyone, and so, I wanna ask ... Will you marry me? ---LOIS AND CLARK

I know it's a cornball thing, but love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? I say fall head over heels. Find someone you love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart... Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because the truth is, there is no sense living yourlife without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love -- well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived... Stay open. Who knows? Lightning could strike. ---MEET JOE BLACK>

Man: "Will you love me for the rest of my life?"Woman: "I will love you for the rest of mine."---PHENOMENON

I guarantee it won't be easy I guarantee that at one point or another One of us is going to want to leave. But I also guarantee that If I don't ask you to be mine I am going to regret it For the rest of my life Because I know in my heart You are the only one for me.---RUNAWAY BRIDE

Dear Catherine, I'm sorry I haven't talked to you in so long. I feel I've been lost. No bearings, no compass. I kept crashing into things, a little crazy I guess. I've never been lost before. You were my true north. I could always steer for home when you were my home. Forgive me for being so angry when you left. I still think some mistake's been made and I'm waiting for God to take it back. But I'm doing better now. The work helps me. Most of all, you help me. You came into my dream last night with that smile of yours that always held me like a lover, rocked me like a child. All I remember from the dream is a feeling of peace. I woke up with that feeling and tried to keep it alive as long as I could. I'm writing to tell you that I'm on a journey toward that peace. And to tell you I'm sorry about so many things. I'm sorry I didn't take better care of you so that you never spent one minute being cold or scared or sick. I'm sorry I didn't try harder to find the words to tell you what I was feeling. I'm sorry I never fixed the screen door. I fixed it now. I'm sorry I ever fought with you. I'm sorry I didn't apologize more. I Was too proud. I'm sorry I didn't bring you more compliments on everything you wore and every way you fixed your hair. I'm sorry I didn't hold on to you with so much strength that even God couldn't pull you away. All my love. G.---MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

"The only feeling of real loss is when you love someone, more than you love yourself." ---GOOD WILL HUNTING

"I love that you get cold when its 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle in your nose when you're looking at me like i'm nuts. I love that after i spend a day with you, i can still smell your perfume on my clothes. and i love that you are the last person i want to talk to before i go to sleep at night. and it's not because i'm lonely, and it's not because it's new Year's eve. i came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."> ---WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

When you love someone, And you love them with your heart, It never disappears when you're apart. When you love someone And you've done all you can do, You set them free. And if that love was true, When you love someone It will all come back to you---FORGET PARIS

You cannot find true love where it does not truly exist. And you cannot hide it where it truly does.---KISSING A FOOL

I created my very own first breakup rule: Destroy all pictures where he looks sexy and you look happy. Breakup rule No. 2: Until emotionally stabilized, enter no stores. Breakup rule No. 3: Never stop thinking about him, even for a moment. because that's the moment he'll appear. And finally, the most important breakup rule: No matter who broke your heart or how long it takes to heal, you'll never get through it without your friends.---Carrie, from the sitcom SEX AND THE CITY

" i miss you so much it hurts"---SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE"

Half my days i cannot bear not to touch you, the rest of the time i feel it doesn't matter if i ever see you again. It isn't the mortality, it is how much you can bear....."---THE ENGLISH PATIENT

Do you believe in love? I bet you don't, you're probably too sensible for that. Have you ever seen someone and you know that if only that person really know you, they'd dump the perfect model they were with and realize that you are the one they want to grow old with? Have youever fallen in love with someone you've never talked to? Have you ever been so alone you spent the night confusing a guy in a coma?---WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

"anything less than mad, passionate, extraordinary love is a waste of your time. there are too many mediocre things in life to deal with and love shouldn't be one of them."---A DREAM FOR AN INSOMNIAC

"i'm here to love you, to hold you in my arms and to protect you. i'm here to learn from you and to receive your love in return. i'm here coz there's no other place to be."---MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

"Me? I'm scared of everything. I'm scared of what I saw, of what I did, of who I am. And most of all, I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you."---DIRTY DANCING

"When you kiss someone, everything around you becomes hazy... and the only thing in focus is you and this person... And you realize that this person is the only person you should be kissing for the rest of your life... And for one moment, you get, this amazing gift... And you wanna laugh and out wanna cry... Cuz you feel so lucky that you've found it and so scared that it'll go away all at the same time..."---NEVER BEEN KISSED

"It's funny how we set qualifications for the right person to love while at the back of our minds we know that the person we trully love will always be an exception"---Ally McBeal

"how can you assume to be friends with someone when all you think about when you look at him is how much more you really want?"-joey, DAWSON'S CREEK

if two people love each other, but just cant seem to put things together, when would that point be.. when one would say enough is enough? NEVER. ---THE MEXICAN

"So this is love...so this is what makes life divine. I'm all a glow,and now I know. The key to all heaven is mine. My heart has wings, and I can fly. I'll touch every star in the sky. So this is the miracle, that I've been dreaming of... So this is love."---CINDERELLA

Don't you understand? That everything I do, I do for you? Anything that might be special in me...is you.---GREAT EXPECTATIONS

One day, you look at the person and see more than you did the day before, like a switch was flickered somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is suddenly the only person you can imagine yourself with.-Xfiles (series)

I feel like the best version of myself when i'm with you... and that makes me doubt everything else.---KEEPING THE FAITH

Is it possible to be just friends with someone i have these sort of non-moderate feelings for?... Or am I doomed forever to just be in love and ultimately significantly hurt?-Felicity

"There are some people who meet that somebody that they can never stop loving, no matter how hard they try. I wouldn't expect you to understand that, or even believe it, but trust me, there are some love that don't go away. And maybe that makes them crazy, but we should all be lucky to end up with that somebody who has a little of that insanity. Somebody who never lets go. Somebody who cherishes you forever."--- Ally Mc Beal

"I'm scared...of not being with you."---A Walk to Remember

In my life, YOU have been nothing but MAGIC..."

Most people are afraid of growing old.
I'm afraid of growing old...and boring.
Many people are afraid of growing old, alone.
I'm afraid of growing old...and insane.
Most people are afraid of losing their looks.
I'm afraid of losing my dreams.
Many people are afraid of losing their youth.
I'm afraid of losing my soul.
When you're 15, 35 seems so ancient.
When you're 35, 15 seems juvenile.
A turnaround in a split sec- 2 decades zoom past and before you know-
It's only a mile to the next millennium.
Don't fear age- it is a right of personhood.
Don't fear death- it's God's greatest jest.
Don't grow old- you don't have to.

Don't date because you're desparate.
Don't marry because you're miserable.
Don't have kids because you think your genes are superior.
Don't separate because you think it's fashionable.
Don't drink because you have troubles.
Don't gamble because you think winning is inevitable.
Don't philander because you think you're irresistible. Most likely, you're not.
Don't associate with people you can't trust.
Don't cheat. Don't lie. Don't pretend.
Don't try to buy your way into heaven.
Don't dictate because you're smarter.
Don't demand because you're stronger.
Don't sleep around because you think you're old enough & know better.
Don't hate your kids because loving them is harder.
Don't sell yourself, your family or your ideals.
Learn a new skill.
Find a new friend.
Start a new career.

Don't live in the past. Time can't (and won't) bring anything or anyone back.
Don't put your life on hold for Possibly Mr. Right.
Don't throw your life away for Absolutely Mr. Wrong because your biological clock is ticking and you can't afford to have your eggs harvested before the next millennium.

There's always a mad rush to something, somewhere...
But victory doesn't always come to those who finish first.
Sometimes...there's no race to be won, only a price to be paid for some of life's hastier decisions.
You can't always go with the throng who could be wrong.
Sometimes you have to be alone...to be enlightened.

To terminate your loneliness, reach out to the homeless.
To feed your nurturing instincts, care for the needy.
To fulfill your parenting fantasies, get a pup.
Don't bring another life into this world for all the wrong reasons.
To keep yourself warm, buy a jacket. In the long run, it will be less complicated & costly.

To make yourself happy, pursue your passions & be the best of what you can be.
Simplify your life. Take away the clutter.
Get rid of destructive elements- abusive people, nasty habits & dangerous liaisons.
Don't abandon your responsibilities, but don't overdose on duty.
Don't live life recklessly w/out thought and feeling for your family.
Be true to yourself.
Don't commit when you're not ready. Don't keep others waiting needlessly.

Fall in love- it's the most amazing thing on earth. But take care & remember, after the fall, must come the rise.
Go on that trip. Don't postpone it. Say those words, don't let the moment pass.
Do what you must- even at society's scorn.
Write poety. Love deeply. Walk barefoot. Hold hands. Dance with wild abandon. Cry at the movies.

Take care of yourself. Don't wait for someone to take care of you.
You light up your life. You drive yourself to your destination.
NO ONE COMPLETES YOU- EXCEPT YOU.
It's true that life doesn't get easier with age. It only gets more challenging. Don't be afraid.
Don't lose your capacity to love.

Pursue your passions. Live your dreams. And don't lose your faith.
Don't grow old. Just grow up.