Teen Perfumes With A Difference

Perfume Gardens at House of Rose, LLC has just created a full line of fragrances especially for teenagers called "Scent Bent TM". Among the twenty-nine offerings are Peach, Caramel, Bubble Gum, Baby Powder, Chocolate Mint, Cinnamon, Lemonade, Peach, Peppermint, Watermelon & Vanilla. All are alcohol free so they last twice as long as other perfumes & they contain pheromones, which are attractants. The graphics on the bottles are bright & modern which reflect the young clientele.

Owner Jane Langdon started her internet business years ago catering to adults seeking floral perfumes & spice colognes not readily available in department stores. The business made a profit in the first year, which is highly unusual especially for an internet venture. She felt that teenagers should have their own fun fragrances & researched the market for scents that would appeal to them. After input from teens around the world the new line was launched in March. Orders have been brisk & comments from teens have been very positive. Word spreads quickly when they wear the new scents & their friends become customers too. Some order different scents for different moods. "I love the Baby Powder when I want a light scent & Tangerine for a fresh scent", says a high school freshman in New York. Some will combine Musk & Patchouli for a heavy, lingering scent & others will wear Ocean & Fresh Cotton together. Men like Watermelon, Sandalwood, Ylang-Ylang & the five Feng-Shui scents ... Earth, Fire, Metal, Wood or Water.

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Keeping Your Momentum

I always believed that life is a fast paced race way. Those that stop get left behind and those that continue despite breakdowns, pauses or interferences will ultimately in the end, win the race. As this relates to car racing, so this applies to your life. You're in the beginning of the race of your life and you have set out to accomplish whatever you set your heart to: you must keep moving, and you cannot stop.

When I was eleven, I was so fascinated with computers; building them, setting them up and troubleshooting them: you would have probably called me an obsessive nerd who woke up working on computers and sleeping with them. Everyday, I would read up on the latest new hardware, or the latest software so I knew exactly how they worked and exactly how to put it together. I felt that I was fairly competent to fix anything that was wrong with a computer.

Two years later, I decided that my life wasn't all about computers and I shifted my focus to business; I stopped reading and updating myself on the latest coolest things and I stopped building and repairing computers. When people would call me up to repair their computers, I politely mentioned that I was no longer in the business and that my interest was else well. A year went by and my dad needed a new computer; and because he wanted it custom built, he asked me to build one for him, I agreed.

I ordered all the parts, and I began to put it together: I was in the shock of my life, I haven't seen these new parts and I did not know how to put together the latest and greatest things. Instead of taking a few hours, it took a couple of days, I was disappointed about myself but I learned a great lesson.

You cannot expect to get back on the race track and immediately be number one when you have taken a pause or stopped. Your momentum is lost, your strength is gone and most importantly your drive and energy have weakened.

Right now, it is summer time and for most teens, they're out playing and generally having a good time and not worrying about school. If you expect that you can walk in onto your school campus on the first day be it high school or college and immediately get back into the rhythm of studying, working and keeping pace with the grueling work load, you're wrong. You must work it back, you must set a predetermined about of time during the summer to get your rhythm back, refocus and build back the determination you had prior to summer.

Smart teenagers that succeed constantly plan ahead; failure to prepare is preparing for failure. Life is built on momentum and smooth transitions; if you stop, your momentum is gone but you can always rebuild that rhythm back. It's not easy, you'll have to work, work and work at it. Today, I could probably fix any computer without too many problems, but no where like I was when I was really into it. But that's okay, I'm focusing on other things. Do everything you can to avoid bumps or pauses or stops in your life, because those are costly. Keep the courage, keep the faith and most importantly keep your momentum.

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Keeping Your Momentum

I always believed that life is a fast paced race way. Those that stop get left behind and those that continue despite breakdowns, pauses or interferences will ultimately in the end, win the race. As this relates to car racing, so this applies to your life. You're in the beginning of the race of your life and you have set out to accomplish whatever you set your heart to: you must keep moving, and you cannot stop.

When I was eleven, I was so fascinated with computers; building them, setting them up and troubleshooting them: you would have probably called me an obsessive nerd who woke up working on computers and sleeping with them. Everyday, I would read up on the latest new hardware, or the latest software so I knew exactly how they worked and exactly how to put it together. I felt that I was fairly competent to fix anything that was wrong with a computer.

Two years later, I decided that my life wasn't all about computers and I shifted my focus to business; I stopped reading and updating myself on the latest coolest things and I stopped building and repairing computers. When people would call me up to repair their computers, I politely mentioned that I was no longer in the business and that my interest was else well. A year went by and my dad needed a new computer; and because he wanted it custom built, he asked me to build one for him, I agreed.

I ordered all the parts, and I began to put it together: I was in the shock of my life, I haven't seen these new parts and I did not know how to put together the latest and greatest things. Instead of taking a few hours, it took a couple of days, I was disappointed about myself but I learned a great lesson.

You cannot expect to get back on the race track and immediately be number one when you have taken a pause or stopped. Your momentum is lost, your strength is gone and most importantly your drive and energy have weakened.

Right now, it is summer time and for most teens, they're out playing and generally having a good time and not worrying about school. If you expect that you can walk in onto your school campus on the first day be it high school or college and immediately get back into the rhythm of studying, working and keeping pace with the grueling work load, you're wrong. You must work it back, you must set a predetermined about of time during the summer to get your rhythm back, refocus and build back the determination you had prior to summer.

Smart teenagers that succeed constantly plan ahead; failure to prepare is preparing for failure. Life is built on momentum and smooth transitions; if you stop, your momentum is gone but you can always rebuild that rhythm back. It's not easy, you'll have to work, work and work at it. Today, I could probably fix any computer without too many problems, but no where like I was when I was really into it. But that's okay, I'm focusing on other things. Do everything you can to avoid bumps or pauses or stops in your life, because those are costly. Keep the courage, keep the faith and most importantly keep your momentum.

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Keeping Your Momentum

I always believed that life is a fast paced race way. Those that stop get left behind and those that continue despite breakdowns, pauses or interferences will ultimately in the end, win the race. As this relates to car racing, so this applies to your life. You're in the beginning of the race of your life and you have set out to accomplish whatever you set your heart to: you must keep moving, and you cannot stop.

When I was eleven, I was so fascinated with computers; building them, setting them up and troubleshooting them: you would have probably called me an obsessive nerd who woke up working on computers and sleeping with them. Everyday, I would read up on the latest new hardware, or the latest software so I knew exactly how they worked and exactly how to put it together. I felt that I was fairly competent to fix anything that was wrong with a computer.

Two years later, I decided that my life wasn't all about computers and I shifted my focus to business; I stopped reading and updating myself on the latest coolest things and I stopped building and repairing computers. When people would call me up to repair their computers, I politely mentioned that I was no longer in the business and that my interest was else well. A year went by and my dad needed a new computer; and because he wanted it custom built, he asked me to build one for him, I agreed.

I ordered all the parts, and I began to put it together: I was in the shock of my life, I haven't seen these new parts and I did not know how to put together the latest and greatest things. Instead of taking a few hours, it took a couple of days, I was disappointed about myself but I learned a great lesson.

You cannot expect to get back on the race track and immediately be number one when you have taken a pause or stopped. Your momentum is lost, your strength is gone and most importantly your drive and energy have weakened.

Right now, it is summer time and for most teens, they're out playing and generally having a good time and not worrying about school. If you expect that you can walk in onto your school campus on the first day be it high school or college and immediately get back into the rhythm of studying, working and keeping pace with the grueling work load, you're wrong. You must work it back, you must set a predetermined about of time during the summer to get your rhythm back, refocus and build back the determination you had prior to summer.

Smart teenagers that succeed constantly plan ahead; failure to prepare is preparing for failure. Life is built on momentum and smooth transitions; if you stop, your momentum is gone but you can always rebuild that rhythm back. It's not easy, you'll have to work, work and work at it. Today, I could probably fix any computer without too many problems, but no where like I was when I was really into it. But that's okay, I'm focusing on other things. Do everything you can to avoid bumps or pauses or stops in your life, because those are costly. Keep the courage, keep the faith and most importantly keep your momentum.

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Back to School Show & Tell

One thing you can count on during the first days of school is the inevitable question of "What did you do over the summer?" Here are a few creative ways to describe your summer experiences for the first edition of Show and Tell.   1. Flip Books Create a moving picture of your summer fun with a flip book. Start out with a Post-It pad or a pocket-sized spiral notebook. Draw the first picture on the last sheet of paper and work your way to the first page by changing the picture little by little. For instance, if you learned how to surf over the summer, you might start with a picture of you lying on a surfboard in calm waters. The next picture could show the waters growing a little choppier. The following drawings could be of you slowly turning, then standing on the board as the wave grows larger, and so on.   2. Summer Collage Illustrate your summer happenings with one of my favorite forms: collages. Simply use glue to cover a poster board or even several small postcard-sized papers with magazine cutouts, sections of road maps, photographs, movie and concert ticket stubs, restaurant menus, train schedules, and any other mementos from your summer.   3. Map It Instead of just telling the class where you went and what you did, pinpoint our summer destinations and activities on a map. If you stayed close to home, use a local road map. If you were able to travel to several cities and states, use a countrywide map. Glue magazine cutouts of activities, or actual photos of your fun onto the map. For example, if you went to a dude ranch in Dallas, glue a picture of a horse onto the map in Dallas. If you visited Mount Rushmore, glue a photo of your family onto the map in South Dakota. The same goes for rock climbing, swimming, snorkeling, and anything else you had a chance to enjoy over the summer months.   4. Seashell Memories Capture every fun moment of summer vacation on seashells. If you didn't get a chance to go to the beach, don't worry-most craft and hobby stores sell bags of seashells. Use acrylic paint and a clean paintbrush to paint pictures inside the shells. My son's summer shells feature an octopus in the ocean (from snorkeling-we didn't actually see an octopus, but he wishes he had), a colorful clown from a friend's birthday party, an airplane in the clouds, and the night sky filled with stars and a bright crescent moon.

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Teen Perfumes With A Difference

Perfume Gardens at House of Rose, LLC has just created a full line of fragrances especially for teenagers called "Scent Bent TM". Among the twenty-nine offerings are Peach, Caramel, Bubble Gum, Baby Powder, Chocolate Mint, Cinnamon, Lemonade, Peach, Peppermint, Watermelon & Vanilla. All are alcohol free so they last twice as long as other perfumes & they contain pheromones, which are attractants. The graphics on the bottles are bright & modern which reflect the young clientele.

Owner Jane Langdon started her internet business years ago catering to adults seeking floral perfumes & spice colognes not readily available in department stores. The business made a profit in the first year, which is highly unusual especially for an internet venture. She felt that teenagers should have their own fun fragrances & researched the market for scents that would appeal to them. After input from teens around the world the new line was launched in March. Orders have been brisk & comments from teens have been very positive. Word spreads quickly when they wear the new scents & their friends become customers too. Some order different scents for different moods. "I love the Baby Powder when I want a light scent & Tangerine for a fresh scent", says a high school freshman in New York. Some will combine Musk & Patchouli for a heavy, lingering scent & others will wear Ocean & Fresh Cotton together. Men like Watermelon, Sandalwood, Ylang-Ylang & the five Feng-Shui scents ... Earth, Fire, Metal, Wood or Water.

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Keeping Your Momentum

I always believed that life is a fast paced race way. Those that stop get left behind and those that continue despite breakdowns, pauses or interferences will ultimately in the end, win the race. As this relates to car racing, so this applies to your life. You're in the beginning of the race of your life and you have set out to accomplish whatever you set your heart to: you must keep moving, and you cannot stop.

When I was eleven, I was so fascinated with computers; building them, setting them up and troubleshooting them: you would have probably called me an obsessive nerd who woke up working on computers and sleeping with them. Everyday, I would read up on the latest new hardware, or the latest software so I knew exactly how they worked and exactly how to put it together. I felt that I was fairly competent to fix anything that was wrong with a computer.

Two years later, I decided that my life wasn't all about computers and I shifted my focus to business; I stopped reading and updating myself on the latest coolest things and I stopped building and repairing computers. When people would call me up to repair their computers, I politely mentioned that I was no longer in the business and that my interest was else well. A year went by and my dad needed a new computer; and because he wanted it custom built, he asked me to build one for him, I agreed.

I ordered all the parts, and I began to put it together: I was in the shock of my life, I haven't seen these new parts and I did not know how to put together the latest and greatest things. Instead of taking a few hours, it took a couple of days, I was disappointed about myself but I learned a great lesson.

You cannot expect to get back on the race track and immediately be number one when you have taken a pause or stopped. Your momentum is lost, your strength is gone and most importantly your drive and energy have weakened.

Right now, it is summer time and for most teens, they're out playing and generally having a good time and not worrying about school. If you expect that you can walk in onto your school campus on the first day be it high school or college and immediately get back into the rhythm of studying, working and keeping pace with the grueling work load, you're wrong. You must work it back, you must set a predetermined about of time during the summer to get your rhythm back, refocus and build back the determination you had prior to summer.

Smart teenagers that succeed constantly plan ahead; failure to prepare is preparing for failure. Life is built on momentum and smooth transitions; if you stop, your momentum is gone but you can always rebuild that rhythm back. It's not easy, you'll have to work, work and work at it. Today, I could probably fix any computer without too many problems, but no where like I was when I was really into it. But that's okay, I'm focusing on other things. Do everything you can to avoid bumps or pauses or stops in your life, because those are costly. Keep the courage, keep the faith and most importantly keep your momentum.

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Back to School Show & Tell

One thing you can count on during the first days of school is the inevitable question of "What did you do over the summer?" Here are a few creative ways to describe your summer experiences for the first edition of Show and Tell.   1. Flip Books Create a moving picture of your summer fun with a flip book. Start out with a Post-It pad or a pocket-sized spiral notebook. Draw the first picture on the last sheet of paper and work your way to the first page by changing the picture little by little. For instance, if you learned how to surf over the summer, you might start with a picture of you lying on a surfboard in calm waters. The next picture could show the waters growing a little choppier. The following drawings could be of you slowly turning, then standing on the board as the wave grows larger, and so on.   2. Summer Collage Illustrate your summer happenings with one of my favorite forms: collages. Simply use glue to cover a poster board or even several small postcard-sized papers with magazine cutouts, sections of road maps, photographs, movie and concert ticket stubs, restaurant menus, train schedules, and any other mementos from your summer.   3. Map It Instead of just telling the class where you went and what you did, pinpoint our summer destinations and activities on a map. If you stayed close to home, use a local road map. If you were able to travel to several cities and states, use a countrywide map. Glue magazine cutouts of activities, or actual photos of your fun onto the map. For example, if you went to a dude ranch in Dallas, glue a picture of a horse onto the map in Dallas. If you visited Mount Rushmore, glue a photo of your family onto the map in South Dakota. The same goes for rock climbing, swimming, snorkeling, and anything else you had a chance to enjoy over the summer months.   4. Seashell Memories Capture every fun moment of summer vacation on seashells. If you didn't get a chance to go to the beach, don't worry-most craft and hobby stores sell bags of seashells. Use acrylic paint and a clean paintbrush to paint pictures inside the shells. My son's summer shells feature an octopus in the ocean (from snorkeling-we didn't actually see an octopus, but he wishes he had), a colorful clown from a friend's birthday party, an airplane in the clouds, and the night sky filled with stars and a bright crescent moon.

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Keeping Your Momentum

I always believed that life is a fast paced race way. Those that stop get left behind and those that continue despite breakdowns, pauses or interferences will ultimately in the end, win the race. As this relates to car racing, so this applies to your life. You're in the beginning of the race of your life and you have set out to accomplish whatever you set your heart to: you must keep moving, and you cannot stop.

When I was eleven, I was so fascinated with computers; building them, setting them up and troubleshooting them: you would have probably called me an obsessive nerd who woke up working on computers and sleeping with them. Everyday, I would read up on the latest new hardware, or the latest software so I knew exactly how they worked and exactly how to put it together. I felt that I was fairly competent to fix anything that was wrong with a computer.

Two years later, I decided that my life wasn't all about computers and I shifted my focus to business; I stopped reading and updating myself on the latest coolest things and I stopped building and repairing computers. When people would call me up to repair their computers, I politely mentioned that I was no longer in the business and that my interest was else well. A year went by and my dad needed a new computer; and because he wanted it custom built, he asked me to build one for him, I agreed.

I ordered all the parts, and I began to put it together: I was in the shock of my life, I haven't seen these new parts and I did not know how to put together the latest and greatest things. Instead of taking a few hours, it took a couple of days, I was disappointed about myself but I learned a great lesson.

You cannot expect to get back on the race track and immediately be number one when you have taken a pause or stopped. Your momentum is lost, your strength is gone and most importantly your drive and energy have weakened.

Right now, it is summer time and for most teens, they're out playing and generally having a good time and not worrying about school. If you expect that you can walk in onto your school campus on the first day be it high school or college and immediately get back into the rhythm of studying, working and keeping pace with the grueling work load, you're wrong. You must work it back, you must set a predetermined about of time during the summer to get your rhythm back, refocus and build back the determination you had prior to summer.

Smart teenagers that succeed constantly plan ahead; failure to prepare is preparing for failure. Life is built on momentum and smooth transitions; if you stop, your momentum is gone but you can always rebuild that rhythm back. It's not easy, you'll have to work, work and work at it. Today, I could probably fix any computer without too many problems, but no where like I was when I was really into it. But that's okay, I'm focusing on other things. Do everything you can to avoid bumps or pauses or stops in your life, because those are costly. Keep the courage, keep the faith and most importantly keep your momentum.

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Back to School Show & Tell

One thing you can count on during the first days of school is the inevitable question of "What did you do over the summer?" Here are a few creative ways to describe your summer experiences for the first edition of Show and Tell.   1. Flip Books Create a moving picture of your summer fun with a flip book. Start out with a Post-It pad or a pocket-sized spiral notebook. Draw the first picture on the last sheet of paper and work your way to the first page by changing the picture little by little. For instance, if you learned how to surf over the summer, you might start with a picture of you lying on a surfboard in calm waters. The next picture could show the waters growing a little choppier. The following drawings could be of you slowly turning, then standing on the board as the wave grows larger, and so on.   2. Summer Collage Illustrate your summer happenings with one of my favorite forms: collages. Simply use glue to cover a poster board or even several small postcard-sized papers with magazine cutouts, sections of road maps, photographs, movie and concert ticket stubs, restaurant menus, train schedules, and any other mementos from your summer.   3. Map It Instead of just telling the class where you went and what you did, pinpoint our summer destinations and activities on a map. If you stayed close to home, use a local road map. If you were able to travel to several cities and states, use a countrywide map. Glue magazine cutouts of activities, or actual photos of your fun onto the map. For example, if you went to a dude ranch in Dallas, glue a picture of a horse onto the map in Dallas. If you visited Mount Rushmore, glue a photo of your family onto the map in South Dakota. The same goes for rock climbing, swimming, snorkeling, and anything else you had a chance to enjoy over the summer months.   4. Seashell Memories Capture every fun moment of summer vacation on seashells. If you didn't get a chance to go to the beach, don't worry-most craft and hobby stores sell bags of seashells. Use acrylic paint and a clean paintbrush to paint pictures inside the shells. My son's summer shells feature an octopus in the ocean (from snorkeling-we didn't actually see an octopus, but he wishes he had), a colorful clown from a friend's birthday party, an airplane in the clouds, and the night sky filled with stars and a bright crescent moon.

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Back to School Show & Tell

One thing you can count on during the first days of school is the inevitable question of "What did you do over the summer?" Here are a few creative ways to describe your summer experiences for the first edition of Show and Tell.   1. Flip Books Create a moving picture of your summer fun with a flip book. Start out with a Post-It pad or a pocket-sized spiral notebook. Draw the first picture on the last sheet of paper and work your way to the first page by changing the picture little by little. For instance, if you learned how to surf over the summer, you might start with a picture of you lying on a surfboard in calm waters. The next picture could show the waters growing a little choppier. The following drawings could be of you slowly turning, then standing on the board as the wave grows larger, and so on.   2. Summer Collage Illustrate your summer happenings with one of my favorite forms: collages. Simply use glue to cover a poster board or even several small postcard-sized papers with magazine cutouts, sections of road maps, photographs, movie and concert ticket stubs, restaurant menus, train schedules, and any other mementos from your summer.   3. Map It Instead of just telling the class where you went and what you did, pinpoint our summer destinations and activities on a map. If you stayed close to home, use a local road map. If you were able to travel to several cities and states, use a countrywide map. Glue magazine cutouts of activities, or actual photos of your fun onto the map. For example, if you went to a dude ranch in Dallas, glue a picture of a horse onto the map in Dallas. If you visited Mount Rushmore, glue a photo of your family onto the map in South Dakota. The same goes for rock climbing, swimming, snorkeling, and anything else you had a chance to enjoy over the summer months.   4. Seashell Memories Capture every fun moment of summer vacation on seashells. If you didn't get a chance to go to the beach, don't worry-most craft and hobby stores sell bags of seashells. Use acrylic paint and a clean paintbrush to paint pictures inside the shells. My son's summer shells feature an octopus in the ocean (from snorkeling-we didn't actually see an octopus, but he wishes he had), a colorful clown from a friend's birthday party, an airplane in the clouds, and the night sky filled with stars and a bright crescent moon.

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Back to School Show & Tell

One thing you can count on during the first days of school is the inevitable question of "What did you do over the summer?" Here are a few creative ways to describe your summer experiences for the first edition of Show and Tell.   1. Flip Books Create a moving picture of your summer fun with a flip book. Start out with a Post-It pad or a pocket-sized spiral notebook. Draw the first picture on the last sheet of paper and work your way to the first page by changing the picture little by little. For instance, if you learned how to surf over the summer, you might start with a picture of you lying on a surfboard in calm waters. The next picture could show the waters growing a little choppier. The following drawings could be of you slowly turning, then standing on the board as the wave grows larger, and so on.   2. Summer Collage Illustrate your summer happenings with one of my favorite forms: collages. Simply use glue to cover a poster board or even several small postcard-sized papers with magazine cutouts, sections of road maps, photographs, movie and concert ticket stubs, restaurant menus, train schedules, and any other mementos from your summer.   3. Map It Instead of just telling the class where you went and what you did, pinpoint our summer destinations and activities on a map. If you stayed close to home, use a local road map. If you were able to travel to several cities and states, use a countrywide map. Glue magazine cutouts of activities, or actual photos of your fun onto the map. For example, if you went to a dude ranch in Dallas, glue a picture of a horse onto the map in Dallas. If you visited Mount Rushmore, glue a photo of your family onto the map in South Dakota. The same goes for rock climbing, swimming, snorkeling, and anything else you had a chance to enjoy over the summer months.   4. Seashell Memories Capture every fun moment of summer vacation on seashells. If you didn't get a chance to go to the beach, don't worry-most craft and hobby stores sell bags of seashells. Use acrylic paint and a clean paintbrush to paint pictures inside the shells. My son's summer shells feature an octopus in the ocean (from snorkeling-we didn't actually see an octopus, but he wishes he had), a colorful clown from a friend's birthday party, an airplane in the clouds, and the night sky filled with stars and a bright crescent moon.

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Good Friends, Great Life!

While I was in high school, I developed this habit of always watching people and how they responded to things. When I'm walking, when I'm talking, and when I'm eating, I love to watch people. I don't know why I do it, but I think it's just my curiosity of wanting to understand all of the various human characteristics.

About two years ago, in one of my high school math classes, I met this unbelievably down to earth girl (let's call her Sarah), but she always seemed to be sad. Everyday when I had class with her, I would try to take a look at her when I can to observe and perhaps better understand why she seemed so sad. Later as I began to talk to her I soon found out why and I was shocked: she always gone out with the wrong guys and some of them raped her.

I was in disbelief. I have so much respect for girls and when I find out that other guys mistreat girls I often get quite angry about it. However, in this case as I kept on talking with her, I couldn't believe why she let things like this happen. She seemed so strong, so focused, so appreciative of life, but she let herself hang out with the wrong people.

Life is a series of light and darkness. We all want to be in the sunshine, feeling the warmth, that great feeling when you're out in the sunshine. At times cloudy storms tend to disrupt that light, making us feel uncomfortable and uneasy. However, we can always get back in the light; we can always push the darkness away: light and darkness cannot be in the same room.

I have this quote hanging up in my room and I live it everyday: "you are who your friends are." In my life I try to be around positive and successful people because that is who I am. I know that may sound selfish and egotistical, but you must set high standards for yourself. If you want to lead and achieve, you must receive the friends who fit your standards. Your standards are there to protect you and to guide you to success, don't lower it for anyone or anything or you'll regret it for the rest of your life.

As for Sarah, I am truly sorry for her and the things that the guys have done to her, but she shouldn't have been there in the first place. She shouldn't continually be around the same negative people who may do those kind of things. She needs to understand the power of saying "no". It's not rude in life to sometime say no to the wrong people, it's not rude at all. If you were driving down the highway and you noticed a road block, you wouldn't try to run into it. You would go around it or move it aside. That's the way you must be with your friends: life is short, you don't have time for people that will bring you down or hinder your success.

As Eminem said in his rap song "lose yourself", you have one chance, one opportunity don't blow it!

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Good Friends, Great Life!

While I was in high school, I developed this habit of always watching people and how they responded to things. When I'm walking, when I'm talking, and when I'm eating, I love to watch people. I don't know why I do it, but I think it's just my curiosity of wanting to understand all of the various human characteristics.

About two years ago, in one of my high school math classes, I met this unbelievably down to earth girl (let's call her Sarah), but she always seemed to be sad. Everyday when I had class with her, I would try to take a look at her when I can to observe and perhaps better understand why she seemed so sad. Later as I began to talk to her I soon found out why and I was shocked: she always gone out with the wrong guys and some of them raped her.

I was in disbelief. I have so much respect for girls and when I find out that other guys mistreat girls I often get quite angry about it. However, in this case as I kept on talking with her, I couldn't believe why she let things like this happen. She seemed so strong, so focused, so appreciative of life, but she let herself hang out with the wrong people.

Life is a series of light and darkness. We all want to be in the sunshine, feeling the warmth, that great feeling when you're out in the sunshine. At times cloudy storms tend to disrupt that light, making us feel uncomfortable and uneasy. However, we can always get back in the light; we can always push the darkness away: light and darkness cannot be in the same room.

I have this quote hanging up in my room and I live it everyday: "you are who your friends are." In my life I try to be around positive and successful people because that is who I am. I know that may sound selfish and egotistical, but you must set high standards for yourself. If you want to lead and achieve, you must receive the friends who fit your standards. Your standards are there to protect you and to guide you to success, don't lower it for anyone or anything or you'll regret it for the rest of your life.

As for Sarah, I am truly sorry for her and the things that the guys have done to her, but she shouldn't have been there in the first place. She shouldn't continually be around the same negative people who may do those kind of things. She needs to understand the power of saying "no". It's not rude in life to sometime say no to the wrong people, it's not rude at all. If you were driving down the highway and you noticed a road block, you wouldn't try to run into it. You would go around it or move it aside. That's the way you must be with your friends: life is short, you don't have time for people that will bring you down or hinder your success.

As Eminem said in his rap song "lose yourself", you have one chance, one opportunity don't blow it!

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference   

Keeping Your Momentum

I always believed that life is a fast paced race way. Those that stop get left behind and those that continue despite breakdowns, pauses or interferences will ultimately in the end, win the race. As this relates to car racing, so this applies to your life. You're in the beginning of the race of your life and you have set out to accomplish whatever you set your heart to: you must keep moving, and you cannot stop.

When I was eleven, I was so fascinated with computers; building them, setting them up and troubleshooting them: you would have probably called me an obsessive nerd who woke up working on computers and sleeping with them. Everyday, I would read up on the latest new hardware, or the latest software so I knew exactly how they worked and exactly how to put it together. I felt that I was fairly competent to fix anything that was wrong with a computer.

Two years later, I decided that my life wasn't all about computers and I shifted my focus to business; I stopped reading and updating myself on the latest coolest things and I stopped building and repairing computers. When people would call me up to repair their computers, I politely mentioned that I was no longer in the business and that my interest was else well. A year went by and my dad needed a new computer; and because he wanted it custom built, he asked me to build one for him, I agreed.

I ordered all the parts, and I began to put it together: I was in the shock of my life, I haven't seen these new parts and I did not know how to put together the latest and greatest things. Instead of taking a few hours, it took a couple of days, I was disappointed about myself but I learned a great lesson.

You cannot expect to get back on the race track and immediately be number one when you have taken a pause or stopped. Your momentum is lost, your strength is gone and most importantly your drive and energy have weakened.

Right now, it is summer time and for most teens, they're out playing and generally having a good time and not worrying about school. If you expect that you can walk in onto your school campus on the first day be it high school or college and immediately get back into the rhythm of studying, working and keeping pace with the grueling work load, you're wrong. You must work it back, you must set a predetermined about of time during the summer to get your rhythm back, refocus and build back the determination you had prior to summer.

Smart teenagers that succeed constantly plan ahead; failure to prepare is preparing for failure. Life is built on momentum and smooth transitions; if you stop, your momentum is gone but you can always rebuild that rhythm back. It's not easy, you'll have to work, work and work at it. Today, I could probably fix any computer without too many problems, but no where like I was when I was really into it. But that's okay, I'm focusing on other things. Do everything you can to avoid bumps or pauses or stops in your life, because those are costly. Keep the courage, keep the faith and most importantly keep your momentum.

Keeping Your Momentum   Teen Perfumes With A Difference