I'm the King of New York! This might be slightly depressing..

Hey there kids :) I hope your day is going as well as mine so far! (I haven't done anything today and I actually have a cold, but somehow my attitude is in a good place this morning)

I have been thinking about two things so far this morning. (Duh obviously more than two...but only two of them are worth sharing in my opinion.)

1. The movie/Broadway masterpiece Newsies 
2. Living as if every day is your last 

Newsies has been one of my favorite movies of all time since I first watched it when I was maybe nine or ten. 

  GIANT shout out to the lovely Christian Bale, one of my favorite actors, who was so little (and good looking!!!) in this movie. 

The main reason that this movie holds such a special place in my heart is because of the music. I'm going to put my three favorite songs in, and if you don't watch all of them then at least watch the medley by BYU Vocal Point because it is also fantastic. (which is the one right below this)

This one^ makes me cry. It is just too beautiful.

This song is so much fun to dance around to. Take those pants of judgement off. I can do what I want. 

This last song is just epic. Epic. Don't try to tell me otherwise because my listening ears are OFF.

Ahhhhh such a classic movie. If you haven't seen it I absolutely recommend it to you. Duh. And moving on to my slightly more depressing topic for the day...

Live like you're dying

Everyone has heard that like a bazillion and a half times, so it shouldn't be anything new. I also know I blogged about living like that (or something along those lines at least) recently but hopefully this will come off differently in the end. We'll see where my brain goes today.

 Are you in the mood for a long clip? Ugh I know, enough with all the videos Charlotte! Just write something for once. Ummm okay, well if you want to get an idea of where i'm coming from with this topic then watch this video. I cried almost the entire time. 

Did you cry? Don't lie. I know you did.

Somehow I feel like I know him. Just from watching the video. At the very least I feel like if I could have met anyone in the world It would have been him. It is because of his attitude. I know you could look at me and say "you just feel bad for him" or "it's just the emotion of the video that makes you say that." Which might have contributed to it, but honestly I would give literally anything I have-minus my family-to be able to see this kid for one day. He is a GIANT inspiration to me. 

*the rest of this post might be slightly depressing so if you don't want to keep reading it feel free to...not keep reading.*

My family has been through a lot of loss over the past two years. Like a heck of a lot. We have lost my uncle to cancer, my great great aunt passed away at the age of 104, one of my cousins died in a car accident, my precious cousin Medea died in her sleep of a brain aneurism, my cousin lost her several month old baby, and my uncle's wife also passed away.  If you can't tell already, I'm kinda not over it. Like basically at all. It's as hard to face some days as the actual days that these terrible things all happened. 

It really really makes me think though. What if I suddenly died? What would people say about me after I was gone? Would they even remember me a few years down the road? I think one of the most important things in all of life is to make a difference that remains after you're gone. Life is fleeting. Stuff doesn't last. People don't even last. What are you going to do that lasts? It could be the simplest things, like smiling at every single person you see walking down the street, even if you have no idea who they are, or if they kinda creep you out, or if they look like they're in a rotten mood. Believe me, if a random stranger makes the decision to smile at me I don't think I would get upset. I think I would be thankful. And if my smile can make someone else smile then what is better than that? 

To be completely honest I'm not sure where I'm heading with this right now. I have so many thoughts and I don't know which ones to write down. I think i'll just end for now and say that no matter what you think, you really haven't the slightest idea when you, or anyone you love, will leave this earth. You don't know. Doctors don't know. Only God does. He can take you whenever the heck He wants to, and you can't do anything about it. So what are you going to do today that matters? What would you do if today was your last day?

XO Charlotte

I hate this movie but I had to reference it for the sake of my last few paragraphs :)