Final Rain

You mutter goodbye
And run away, leaving my umbrella behind
Sadness rains down, covering the town in a silver fog
But it can’t erase you
I ran after you and just held you
So you wouldn’t get wet in the final rain
And closed my eyes

I’m not going to love someone so much it brings me to tears
If it’ll just be forgotten
If you’re under someone’s spell
I want to hold you so tight that I crush you

You spread out your loose hair
And wrapped my night in it; you’re such a sweet guy…
When a wave of anxiety carried you away like a sandcastle
Did you wish someone was there?
All I taught you was how to pretend to be strong
Your smile no longer holds a dream we share

I’m not going to love someone so much it brings me to tears
If it’ll just be forgotten
Even your lips as they say goodbye
Are mine, I won’t forget you

Even though the love that can save you tomorrow
Isn’t mine
I’ll still keep gazing at you like this
Yeah

I can’t put my love into words
I can’t connect to you with words
My love for you has nowhere to go, but it won’t stop
I threw away my umbrella and looked up at the rain

I’m not going to love someone so much it brings me to tears
If it’ll just be forgotten
If you’re under someone’s spell
I want to hold you so tight that I crush you

WhY MeN LiE

One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a river, his axe fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?" The woodcutter replied that his axe has fallen into water, and he needed theaxe to make his living. The Lord went down in the water and reappeared with a golden axe. "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked. The woodcutter replied, "No." The Lord again went down and came up with a silver axe. "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked. Again, the woodcutter replied, "No." The Lord went down again and came up with an iron axe. "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked. "Yes", he replied. The Lord was pleased with the man's honesty and gave him all three axes to keep, and the woodcutter went home happy. Some time later the woodcutter was walking with his wife along the riverbank, and his wife fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?" "Oh Lord, my wife has fallen into the water!" The Lord went down into the water and came up with Angelina Jolie. "Is this your wife?" the Lord asked. "Yes," cried the woodcutter. The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!" The woodcutter fell to his knees and cried, "Oh, forgive me, Lord. It is misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to Angelina Jolie, You would have come up with Catherine Zeta-Jones. Then if I also said 'no' to her, you would have come up with my wife. Had I then said 'yes,' you would have given me all three. Lord, I am a poor man, and am not able to take care of all three wives, and I love my wife such that I don't want her to share me with anyone, so THAT'S why I said yes to Angelina Jolie." The moral lesson of this story is: Whenever a man lies, it is for a good and honorable reason, and for the benefit of others...MOSTLY his wife!

Is He Really Worth the Wait, or are You in Denial?

Dating is not always easy and finding an interesting person to even consider dating is often challenging enough as it is. So when we do find someone interesting enough, we often hold on to them, with the hope that the connection will grow into something special.

The question you need to ask yourself however, is: How special is the connection between you and this “interesting” person?

As women, when we meet someone we really like, we often become infatuated quickly and without intention, create this illusion that leads us to disappointment and injured emotions that we do not deserve.

Have you met someone you feel drawn to romantically and want things to head to the next stage, but just cannot seem to get there? If so, welcome to a common situation many of us women find ourselves in. Is this new man in your life really worth your time and patience, or are you just in denial about how special the connection between you really is? It is important for you to be observant and pay attention to whether or not you are making excuses for him when he does not put in the effort you would like him to.

Making excuses for someone is something very common that people do, especially women. When we like a man enough, we convince ourselves that he is worth our time by making excuses for his lazy and inconsiderate behavior. Deep down however, you already know whether he is truly crazy about you too, or not.

Here are some signs of a man who truly does want you:

1. He calls you and gets in touch with you (phone, e-mail, etc) as often as he can.
2. Calls you when he says he will
3. Pays attention to what you like (example: types of movies, flowers, food, music, so on) and then invests efforts in making sure he can provide you with it. So for example, if he knows Italian is your favorite food, he will try to find a nice Italian restaurant to take you to, because he wants to impress you and make you happy.
4. He expresses his feelings to you and lets you know how much he likes you.
5. He does not mind doing most of the chasing

Now, here are some signs of a man who is not that interested in you:

1. He takes his time to get in touch with you and does not seem very excited to talk to you again.
2. Tells you he will call you, and then breaks that promise.
3. Leaves you wondering about how he really feels about you. Not being emotionally expressive enough.
4. Does not invest much effort in trying to impress you or set up nice dates.
5. He seems relaxed and not concerned with chasing you all that much- leaving a lot of room for you to look for him.

If you find yourself making excuses to any of the signs above that point to him not being very interested in you, you are not alone. You obviously like this man a lot and like him enough at this time to feel he worth making excuses for, but…are you really happy?

Sure, there are exceptions where we should give people the benefit of the doubt, but there is a difference between a mistake we can of course excuse and forgive and man who simply does not treat you well enough.

Yes, we are living in modern times where women play strong roles in the career and work field and are not afraid to take charge and be aggressive, including in the romance department. If we see a man we want, most of us are not old fashioned enough to just wait around. We are ready to take charge and flirt, e-mail and call- if it means starting up a relationship with a man we want. While this is great and we should feel strong and confident enough about ourselves to do this, we also should not forget how men are programmed by nature. Do not rob a man of the fun he has in chasing after a woman he really longs for. As fun as it may be for you to be the aggressive one, the truth is, if you spend too much time being aggressive and getting in touch with him all the time, you are not giving him or yourself the chance to really find out how much he wants you. Do not be afraid to lie back sometimes and see just how much effort he feels you are worth. If he really wants to get to know you and be with you romantically, then he will not miss his chance to call you, e-mail you, or make the time to take you out.

So be honest with yourself and do not make excuses, no matter how much you like him. After all, you want to be with someone who wants you just as bad and shows it- not someone you have to run after and wonder about.

One Important Note: Avoid the “Busy Excuse”

Do not make the busy excuse for him. Yes, people get busy, but if you are not too busy to think about him, then he is not too busy to think about you either. If you really are on his mind, he will make the time, if only a moment, to let you know he was thinking about (whether through a phone call, text message or e-mail.).

Sometimes a person can have a crazy day and this is okay, but if it happens too often, then it has nothing to do with him being busy- it has to do with him being lazy, and you are worth more than that!

Things You Must Know About Stomach Fat

Are you tired of your stomach size? Do you feel your belly is growing in leaps and bounds? That how much ever you may try, it just keeps coming back. Before we get to know the how part of losing stomach fat, let us explore what is it and why do we get it?

The part of the body where we tend to gain weight, stomach in particular depends on various reasons

· Lifestyle - the kind of food or drink that we take, the kind of stress level we are prone to.

· Age - with age, people tend to get a bit heavier on the stomach and the thigh area.

· Genetic - Fat belly has a lot to do with genes - if it runs in the family, chances are you might get one too.

Body fat is nothing but adipose tissue. This is the what part of fat. When our body breaks down the calories of the food that we consume for example carbohydrate and protein, certain part of that calorie is converted in to body fat. Mostly carbohydrate has a tendency of accumulating as fat. So now that you know what causes fat, may be you know what to watch out for when eating. Now the how part. So how do you lose the stomach fat? Losing fat whether in the stomach area or somewhere else is easy as long as you follow the factors that control weight loss. Out of the three factors discussed above, Lifestyle is the one which is totally under your control. A healthy lifestyle can easily prevail over weight gain due to age or genetics.

Quick and Sustained weight loss is a combination of external and internal factors. The external factors of exercise and diet are of course helpful to lose weight. But you need to equally focus on internal factors of boosting your metabolism and keep yourself motivated to loose weight.