One of the characters in the show Haley, played by Bethany
Joy Galeotti seemed to always stand out for me. As the years went on she very
quickly became my role model, it was more than how she played Haley in the show
that made me like her as an inspiring role model for myself. I started to take
an interest in her and wanted to see what she was like as a person outside of
her character. I started to follow her music and follow other projects she was
doing outside of one tree hill.
Just from listening to her music and seeing the different
projects Joy was involved in, I knew that I had picked a great role model to
inspire me. When listening to her music I love how you can feel the message she
is trying to put across and making the connecting of helping us all to look at
the bigger picture in life. For me I loved that her music was channelling made
me think about the deeper message. The music for me was a way to relax and get
away from the outside pressure of life and just have some fun.
More recently Joy started up a blog and her own band Everly
with one of her great friends Amber Sweeney who is another great role model for
people. Together these ladies created great music that I have developed a great
connection to and help me at different time in overcoming different
experiencing in my life. When it came to Joy’s blog, I loved getting an insight
into her world and seeing how she liked to view. For a while I was having a lot
of bad experiences with friends and getting the feeling like they never really
wanted to accept me as there friend. I knew that joy blog was always something
that I could turn to and make me feel better in the darker days.
Last month my world changed and I got the chance to go to
Wilmington and meet the cast and crew of one tree hill. It was the best
experience of my life. All the people were so kind and welcoming, just for a
week I felt like I was part of their big family. Getting the chance to meet my
role model Bethany Joy Lenz was an unforgettable experience in itself. Joy
is an amazing person. It was a pleasure to meet her and spend time with her on
a personal level. She made my trip so special for me, showed me how to feel
normal even with my disability.
I feel so honoured to have such an amazing role model, to be
inspired and encouraged by every day in life. She is the most down to earth and
caring person I have ever. Her attitude and outlook on life our amazing, I have
seen first-hand how great a mom and friend she is surrounded by family and friends. I
hope she knows just how great of a person she is to inspiring so many young
people like me. Through sharing her own life experiences she has definitely
changed my life, made me understand with the right attitude and the right
amount of faith the world is full of magic.
Wow, what a great text you have written, it was amazing, I felt like I was in the same room when you wrote this.
ReplyDeleteJoy is my role model to, she has for the past 9 years been a inspiration for me.
I´m from Sweden, and it´s MY DREAM to meet Joy, and go to a concert with everly. One tree hill and Everly is the best show and band.
I have to say that im SO jelaous of you that you meet the cast on OTH.. And you deserve it :)
Love and regards from Michaela in Sweden :)
Beautiful writing!
ReplyDeleteI love your account of your experiances, Zara! Thank you so much for sharing! You are a true inspiration and i'm so glad that Joy helped you to realise how wonderful you are! Never forget how special you are because whenever people are small minded enough to judge anyone who is slightly different from themself, what they fail to relise is that that person has been through so much more than they can ever imagine and because of it, are a stronger person! I agree that Bethany Joy Lenz is the best role model that anybody could have and I hope that she too realises how special she is :) xo
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