Who runs this world?

So a lot of you may know what this post is about if you have heard Beyonce's new song "Run the World (Girls)." Very few songs capture my full attention for the entire duration and after watching this music video I found myself in a daze over the awesomeness that is Beyonce. This girl never stops! I don't know why but my favorite part of the song is when she sings "My persuasion can rule a nation..."as creepy as that may sound I think I like that part so much because I was thinking, "How many girls would be courageous enough to say that? I know a few men out there who probably say that to themselves every night before they go to bed.  There is a female writing this blog so you had to expect I was going to slip a little "woman power" talk in here sometime. I don't call myself a feminist really but after I heard this incredible song I naturally thought of three of my closest friends that I would like to mention as the "I have friends who" part of this post.

So...I have three friends (you know who you are) who have amazed me (and still do) with their life adventures and have taken some pretty big risks without even blinking an eye. These three beautiful, young women have given me more courage and strength than I ever thought possible by showing me if they can accomplish these amazing tasks, surely I can. They may hate me for saying this but I think the four of us have had a little competitive streak between us over the many years that we have been friends, but it's a positive one. It is one that pushes us to better ourselves  and remind us that we have so much left to learn from each other and the world around us. We are all going in VERY different directions these days but I seriously believe these girls will run the world someday.


These wonderful friends of mine have given me sympathy when I need it, tough love when I don't want it, and laughter when I least expect it. I hope and pray everyone reading this blog has at least one friend like this to lean on and if you have not been fortunate enough to come across someone like that, lean on Beyonce. Cheesy I know, but her new song just made my night so she just might make yours. Live the dream.