Thank you, Meryl

Thank you, Meryl, for the movies we can relate to.
Thank you, for the emotion you have given ous on screen.
Thank you, for the inspiring things you say.
Thank you, Meryl.

Thank you, for reminding us to stay true to ourselves.

Thank you, for telling us that we're all beautiful in our own way.

Thank you for being the greatest rolemodel someone could wish for.

Thank you, Meryl.

Thank you, for the movies that make us cry.

Thank you, for the movies that make us laugh.

Thank you, for the movies that make us think.

Thank you, Meryl.  



Thank you, Meryl Streep.

I would like to devote this post entirely to every inspiring thing Meryl has learned us. Every advice she has given us. Everytime she has said something so overwhelmingly true and comforting. A thank you, for every time she made our look at the world wider and brighter.

"Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, being an actor has opened my soul."

-Barnard Commencement Speech.

Fame is a very complex subject. We all want to be loved, to be successful. But something people might forget is that success isn't equal to fame. You only realize how much you need privacy, when it's been stolen from you.

"The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself."

Stay true to yourself, to who and how you are, to your personality and don't change to be liked. After all, the only ones who will stay forever are those who like you for who you are.

"You don't have to be famous, you just have to make your  mother and father proud of you."

-Barnard Commencement Speech.

Fame isn't the importance it never has been. Yet again, Streep claims how unimportant and even deeply bothering fame is. The ones you love make you the person you are.

"Sometimes, with my children, I remember exactly how I felt as the child in this situation, not only how it feels to be me."

I think this quote points out why she's - in my eyes - one of the greatest actors.

"Be who you are, know what you know, because your own fingerprint is so indelibly unique. You should exploit what's different about you, not try to look like everyone else."

Personally, one of my favourite quotes. It's a reminder for absolutely everyone, to stop worrying about the things that differ with that grey crowd of people heading towards the same direction. Take a new way. Take your way!

"My advice: Don't waste so much time worrying about your skin or your weight. Develop what you do, what you put your hands on in the world."

-An evening conversation with Jane Pauley.

Something many girls have lots of issues with: their looks. Try to forget, to leave this pressure of trying to look nice and appealing to others. What matters are the things you do, the things you want to reach in life and the things you'll leave behind.

"Don't be married with beauty. Mix it up. Surprise people."

"You have to embrace getting older. When you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift."

Why this obsession with youth? I think the years bring with them (in some cases of course) intelligence and a wider look at the world. Be grateful for each day you can do the things you want to do and love the people you love.

"But blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back. Especially those in your own head."
Don't let anyone take away the happiness in you. Don't let anyone take away your hope and desire.

"My feelings about fear is, if you voice your fears,

they may come true. I'm supersticious enough to believe that."

"I want to feel my life while I'm in it."

"If you think you can, you can."

Finally, thank you, Meryl Streep, for being who you are.