Kathy Grindey:
CLASS OF 2003
Warren High SchoolClass of 2003
Warren, IL
Kathy's Story
Kathy is from Warren, Illinois. Kathy's schools include Warren High School.
Music Kathy likes includes Big Daddy Woo Woo, ArKana Ent., WHOIBEENbeatz. TV shows Kathy likes include I Used to Be Fat, Grey's Anatomy, WREX-TV.
One of Kathy's favorite quotes is:"Dear fellows....if you are married, committed, or have been in a relationship for just a few months, here is some advice-
Women with values don't go for men with girlfriends, wives, etc. Not because we think you're a dog (though we actually do)...but because we have respect for the hearts of those women which you have obviously lost appreciation for.
Save her the heartache. If you're going to be a selfish asshole, let someone else find that girl who truly admires and adores her.
âSomebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it, I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.â
Don't look back to where you've been, just keep your eyes on where you're going.
"Some moments you'd rather forget, because they scare you. Me, I lock on to them like a Pit, they just prepare you!"
Sometimes you have to forget how you feel, & Remember what you deserve.
When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to race, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us. We can alter the chemistry, provided we have the courage to dissect the elements.".
Told dude you in the right place, right here.. Canât run to your corner when life donât wanna fight fair. Thingsâll become quite clear, when you decide to wake up & stop having fantasies about a nightmare.
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One door closes, another opens. someone lets go and another grabs on.
I've got that smile you can see for miles.. it's not going anywhere â¥
....because sometimes you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be.the person you want to be. the person you are
Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous.
Feelings aren't facts remember that
"...I Guess It's Because We All Want to Believe That What We Do is Very Important, That People Hang Onto Our Every Word, That They Care What We Think and Feel. The Truth Is: You Should Consider Yourself Lucky if You Even Occasionally Get to Make Someone, Anyone, Feel a Little Better. After That It's All About the Peopl...e That You Let into Your Life..."
Be who you are and love who u want...nothing else matters.
Just pick yourself up, and dust yourself off.
Repent, Forgive, and move on, you have no control of the past or the futer. Worrying is a sin and shows little faith or none at all. Dont be misable because of someone else bad choice, stay stable, humble and step out on GODS promise. Do what you say you going to do when its hard to do.TRUST GOD and do good. Keep your joy.
Be a best friend, tell the truth, and overuse i love you. Never let your praying knees get lazy. Just love like crazy.
How do you know if you have made the right decision? ..its when you pick the harder choice, yet your heart is at peace..
Your only as successful as the 5 people you keep closest to you... So take a look around.
Noone can go back & make a brand new start, but anyone can start from now... & make a brand new ending.â¥
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
..life is a pretty picture if that's the way you paint it. =)
You just let people be to see their true colors. Some times weeds in your garden can look like beautiful flowers, until they become harmful to the other plants.
My lifes good ...even when it isn't.
Don't nobody else make me mad as u, but when we makin up I'm glad its u
"Put all the pieces together and you'll see there's no need for second-guessing anything. It might take seconds or maybe years, but once you have all the pieces you have your answer."
Pour a glass of motivation and cool it off with some determination and you got yourself a goal. Don't forget to add a lil bit of anger for flavor.
Everyone comes into your life for a reason: some for good, some for bad. They shape us, they form us: some may even break us, but in the end they make us who we are.
When things in your life don't add up.. then maybe its time to start subtracting.
Never hold the hand that holds you down.
Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.
Everything will change when your desire to move on exceeds your desire to hold on.
Follow your heart and don't look back. Sometimes life surprises you.
Those who discourage your dreams have more than likely abandoned their own.
No matter how well you think you know someone, you may find out that you never really knew them at all..
I love you, but i love me more.
Stand for something.. or you'll fall for anything.
As you journey through life, choose your destinations well, but do not hurry there. Wander the back roads and forgotten paths. Seek out new voices, strange sights, and ideas foreign to your own. Such things are riches for the soul.
At some point, you have to make a decision. BOUNDARIES DON'T KEEP OTHER PEOPLE OUT. THEY FENCE YOU IN. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines... that are way too dangerous to cross
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts do That.. Cause friendship's is like money, easier made than kept.
Sometimes the hardest part of finally seeing through someone is accepting what you see...
"Just because you love someone doesn't mean you have to be involved with them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds." (Huge Elliot)
Don't try to understand everything. Because sometimes it is not meant to be understood. But rather to be accepted.
Love is the most important word in the English language--and the most confusing.
Often the wisest person in the room...is the one that made the most mistakes...dont be afraid to take chances in life...
"In life we do things, some we wish we had never done, some we wish we could replay a million times in our heads. But they make us who we are and in the end, those experiences shape every detail about us. If we were to reverse any of them, we wouldn't be at the exact place that we are today... So just live, make mistakes, and have wonderful times. But never ever second guess who you are, where you have been, or most importantly, where it is you are going...Just have faith that life is happening as it should..."
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did."
"Tough times don't build character; tough times reveal character."-
"Sometimes, we expect more from others because we would be willing to do that much for them."
In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person will still think the sun shines out your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with.
I am amazed by how many individuals mess up a new day with yesterday...
Nothing we do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future.
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.
"Be proud, but never satisfied."
"There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them."
"Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you"
"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something. You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."
"There are only two options regarding commitment, You're either in or your out. There's no such thing as life in between." -
"To give any less than your best is to sacrifice a gift"
nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
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serve what you settle for.
"Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn"
I hate to lose more than I love to win.
The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. â¥
If ever there is tomorrow when weâre not together.. there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if weâre apart.. Iâll always be with you.
A true friend knows when to listen, when to stop listening.. when to talk, when to stop talking.. when to pour you a glass of wine & when you just hand over the whole bottle..â¥
"Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive, because your words become your behavior.
Keep your behavior positive, because your behavior become your habits.
Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny."
You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast and you'll eventually lose someone close to you. So, take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every 60 seconds you spend angry or upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back"
<3~But the struggles makes you stronger, & the changes make you wise.. And happiness has its own way of takin' its sweet time.~<3
"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway." - Mother Teresa
Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.â
I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while your on it.
The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be- and when they're not, we cry.
Through my hardships in life, if I learnd nething.. Its that sumtimes the wrst in life brings out the best in people. I believe in everything happens for a reason. I wish people would be as great as they are when sumthing bad happens, all the time. If we all learn sumthing from the bad, then it wasnt in vain. Too bad the price of knowledge is so high sumtimes, but as they say... the power of knowledge is infinite...
Reach for perfection - it may never be reached, but it is worth reaching for.
Problems are guidelines, not stop signs.
In life we do things. Some we wish we had never done, some we wish we could replay a million times in our heads, but they all make us who we are. And in the end, those experiences shape every detail about us. If we were to reverse any of them, we wouldn't be at the exact place that we are today. So just live.. Make mistakes, and have wonderful times but never ever second guess who you are, where you have been, and most importantly, where it is that you are going."
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
* I believe in pink, I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles *
-Audrey Hepburn
â¥100 years goes faster than you think.. Don't Blink.
I only want and expect the best things in life, anything else is what they refer to as settling! Im not gonna be able to take that path anymore.
I hope you do amazing things in your lifetime. I hope you kiss everyone you want to and build skyscrapers out of the love you make.
When you think your not happy with your life, always remember that someone else is happy that you exist!!<3
There are things that we don't want to happen.. but have to accept, things we don't want to know ..but have to learn, & people we can't live without ..but have to let go.<3
you have got to push yourself to the absolute extreme...because if you don't, there's that slight, but probable possibility you could have done just a little better....and no one likes that feeling!
happy people may not have everything in life, but they make the most of everything that they do have.
The best changes often start as single, simple thoughts. Think big, and discover how to make your dreams real.
Pretty pretty please, don't you ever feel like your less than perfect...â¥
There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them...
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles four things: a rainy day, the elderly, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
I've learned that, regardless of your relationship with people, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.
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I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life..."
I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.
I've learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you focus on your family, your friends, the needs of others, your work and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you.
I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
I've learned that every day, you should reach out and touch someone. People love that human touch -- holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone - Audrey Hepburn
"All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts" ~James Allen
"Maybe not all friendships are meant to be saved... Maybe we're meant to spend a certain part of our lives with certain people ..and move on.."
'It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
"You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.
And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their lifeâIf you donât like how things are, change it! Youâre not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your lifeâand it all begins with your very own power of choice.
Of all the people I have ever known, those who have pursued their dreams and failed have lived a much more fulfilling life than those who have put their dreams on a shelf for fear of failure.<3
SOMETIMES... when you stop chasing the wrong things in life, you give the [RIGHT] things a chance to catch you. â¥
Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.
If people are truly, madly, deeply in love with each other, they will find a way.
In order to move forward in life, you have to let go.. it doesn't mean that whatever happened didn't have meaning, it just means that you made peace with it.
In LIFE...
the greatest handicap is FEAR...
the most useless asset is PRIDE...
the hardest thing to do is BEGIN...
the scariest thing is to CHANGE...
............and the greatest mistake is GIVING UP...
FEAR not, forget PRIDE, BEGIN the path to CHANGE and never GIVE UP. . .
THAT'S LIFE
I'm not running away from you. I am walking away slowly, and inside it's killing me that you don't love me enough to stop me.
Saying sorry to me means nothing. You continue the behavior then you have shown no remorse. If you are sorry show me with your actions not your words.
If someone wants to be apart of your life they'll be there. So don't save a spot for someone who doesn't make an effort to stay.
All things happen for a reason but time will tie together all that's meant to be...â¥
It doesn't matter how weak you THINK you are. if your still standing and wondering if you can get through this, then the answer is YES, YOU CAN.. your stronger than you think!!
"Sometimes I forget what livin's for, then I hear my life through my front door, and I breathe it in, oh I'm home again.....All the empty diappears, I remember why I'm here, just surrender and believe, I fall down on my knees, oh hello world..." (Lady Antebellum)
A wise man once told me: Time is our worst enemy because it is the one thing we cannot control. The only thing about time you can control is how you spend it.<3
Every time you fall in love, it is a completely different experience.. So maybe it's a mistake to compare them.<3
To learn you must make mistakes. to live you must make mistakes. to love you must make mistakes. why do mistakes seem so bad. it helps you learn for the better. it helps you live for the best. and it helps you love for the most. <3
Failure is not an option. We are on a mission. People are watching to see what God is gonna do in our lives, so we may as well give a good show.. <3
Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
Give thanks for what you are now and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow..<3
What's in other peoples minds is not in my mind. I just do my own thing...<3
Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success...<3
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