Shania Thompson
Bio
I love to sing,dance,act and I enjoy being free and being myself in life. No one should feel cooped up or trapped in life. When life gives you lemons,you can let them be lemons or make lemonade. And I choose lemonade. ☺️
Stories (8/0)
Stop Living in Lies and Start Living in Truth
Let me ask you all something. What good is living in a lie? You become unhappy, you get stuck,your hoping of things getting better begins to wear. We all know problems, the lies,the deceit and the ACTUAL truth of it all. But,why is it that we still hang on? For the kids? To prove our families wrong? Afraid of leaving because you feel like you’ll have nothing and nobody? My thing is that if you’re unhappy with something,why stick around? You know it’s not gonna get better. You know it’s not worth being hurt and left broken hearted all the time. You know you don’t want your kids (if you have any) to grow up thinking it’s ok to let people treat you the way you’re being treated. I know, I’ve lived through it. I’ve been there. That’s why I’ve chosen to speak my mind,whatever bothers me, and not let anything or anyone run me over or take that away from me. Someone once took that away from me. Spent half of my life in fear and it was all too close for comfort being around it so much. Now,I’m not so blind and I’m not for the bs anymore. I’ve chosen to live in truth and that’s how I want to stay. No more lies, no more excuses, no more “it’s ok” or “everything’s good. I’m good.”. I’m getting older and I’ve had enough with the bs. I got out of that lifestyle a loooooooong time ago and I’m not going back. I’m not living another moment in a lie or being lied to all the time. I won’t do it. That is why I want to tel you all to stop living in lies and start living in truth. Open your eyes. Start thinking about the life you want for once. What’s right for you. What makes you happy and does it make you happy. Forget the lies,start aiming and wanting the truth. To yourself. To the life you want. Fulfill your dreams and desires without shame or guilt,even when others try to put that on you. You know that the life your living right now isn’t the one you want to live forever. So why even waste the time living it. Because when it comes to time,it’s very valuable. And life is too short to waste it being in a place where you feel endangered,depressed,unhappy and unsafe. We all can’t spend the rest of our lives trapped in a cage full of misery when there’s a life full of sunny days and sunshine out there for you. But,first,you have to stop lying to yourself. Because you know who you are and you know that you do not deserve the treatment you get right now. You are more worthy and beautiful than you already know. You know the dreams and life that you want do not require how you’re living right now. You know they don’t require the people that try to take it away from you out of spite. You know you don’t need that kind of shit in your life. And you know you don’t have to put up with it. Let me give you a little tip my friend told me to do. Take a notebook,write down all your goals,dreams and achievements you want to accomplish to get the life you want. And,then,write down everything that stops you from those accomplishments. It can be anything,don’t be afraid. It’s just you, a notebook and a pen (or pens). Afterwards,compare the two and think about what you need to do to get to where you want to be. That’s one of the first steps towards living in truth. Next step,take some time to yourself. Chill at home all day,take a walk. Do anything to help clear your mind and think about who you want to be. You can become anything and everything you want to be regardless of who or what’s around in your life. Just take a minute and think about you for once. Third step,remove the things that stop you from doing the things you want,especially on your free time. If there’s anything that shouldn’t be taken away from you, your me time and your rights to go places is one of them. Let no one dictate what you can do,what’ you can’t do,where you can go.....let no one have that kind of control over you. EVER. Take my advice. Do all of this,and I promise you you’ll be much happier. It may take a while to be happier,but time to heal is always great. Because the outcome will be better than you think it is now. ☺️
By Shania Thompson4 years ago in Motivation
My Dream to Be An Entertainer
I’ve always dreamt of becoming a big star. When I was 3, I was always told I was so talented and recognized for it. I can sing,I can dance,I can act. All 3 in 1. And,I don’t know. It’s something about being in the spotlight onstage just makes me feel like I’m at home. Bright lights, big crowds,cheering,yelling and screaming. It just makes me so excited! Singing my favorite songs both written and not written by me. When I think about it, I just feel like it’s where I’m meant to be. To be a big singer seeing her name all over the world at every concert and all the marquees she comes across. I know,sounds typical,right? But,what I would make different about beinf famous is that,yeah I’d be making a lot,but that’s not what I’m in it for. It’s about enjoying my passion and wanting to get up every morning to it. No dreading,just up and ready to go to work everyday,even if it takes hours and hours of accomplishment. It looks like a lot of hard work,I’m not gonna lie. I just look at some of the celebrities and sometimes I wonder how they do it and how they manage,especially with all the paparazzi involved everyday. Makes me exhausted for them just looking at them. 😂 I comend them for it all,though. I mean,if they didn’t go through all of that, they wouldn’t be some of the best in all the entertainment universe. But,at the same time,it all looks so exciting. Wearing your own outfits,rocking the latest Gucci and Dolce & Gabanna or maybe Louis Vuitton and doing favorite performances everyone loves,including biggest fans. And everybody loving you in every moment of it. Even if they don’t love you in real life. But,me,as I got older,I don’t think I can handle all of the crazy paparazzi, and beef with a singer I don’t even know and all the exhaustion and stress from trying to get everything to perfection before the day of my performances. Which is why i decided to do a YouTube channel instead. It’s more beneficial for me anyways I can make a video whenever I want to without the extra stuff. I like to treat it as my own little business I own. I can go to work whenever I want to, I control the time I spend it and I can make sure it’s perfect,I can make how many I need to to find the perfect one. One that I know will be the big seller. In views and likes,that is. The biggest and the best thing of them all, I CAN DO IT AT HOME!!!☺️☺️ I have aaaaaaaall the freedom I want too. Sounds awesome,don’t it? No hassle,no worry about being late. Just making songs,recording and re-recording all on your own terms. Never would’ve thought I’d be perform entertainment in my own home (no thanks to the COVID). And I gotta say. I REAAAAAAALLY enjoy it. Never thought I would ever say that ever. In fact,I never thought of doing my own thing in the media. I thought about having my own channels and all in the past, but I was always discouraged by some of my family. But now,I’m seeing the results and the progress I’m doing....and this is definitely something I can say I look forward to waking up to every morning (sometimes I check it immediately after I get up). And the only thing that stood between making my own videos on YouTube and enjoying watching and making the progress and process was discouragement,worry and fear. Never let that come between you and your dreams. If you want something,you go get it. It’ll take some sacrifice and a lot of hard work to get there,but always tell yourself you can do it. That you can have and live that dream. And as long as you see the progress getting better and better even after all the times you fall down,and you’re happy with how it’s going,then keep on. Keep up the good work and keep working hard. You’ll get there. Before I leave,there’s something else. To those reading this right now and to those who still use YouTube, feel free to check out my channel as well. It’s called Shania Thompson. Thank you guys so so much. ☺️
By Shania Thompson4 years ago in Motivation
Temptation Can Be So Bad At Times....Yet It Feels Soooooooo Good
Human nature is kind of funny. We think we’re strong enough to handle anything and everything....until temptation comes around. I mean,think about. We put ourselves on a strict diet,we go to the gym we lose the weight we want to,we grow out of bad eating habits, we get rid of our own toxic habits and get rid of toxic people in our lives. And then we turn back to them by giving in. All the hard work and you’re back to square 1 thanks to the power of temptation. Boy, is it powerful. Leads us into trouble by trapping us in its web by using its basket of goods. Ask Little Red Riding Hood,Hansel and Gretel and the Gingerbread Man. Some of us can relate. I know I can. I’ve been up and down that road too. Feeling like Superman with Kryptonite. Or Batman when he’s seduced by Catwoman. Or flies when they see lights. We all have had our moments with temptation. Some of us still have trouble fighting it. I know I still do. Let’s be real,it kicks our butts almost everytime. Some things were just so used to eating or doing,that it’s become an addiction overtime. Like eating Little Debbies and hot chips and Funyuns and chicken and other fatty unhealthy stuff knowing you’re suppose to be eating healthier. Or letting someone talk you into trying out a new drug or something else you is weird or bizarre or can hurt/kill you. Or bringing home your ex everyday for sex. some It’s like something pulls us towards whatever we can have or shouldn’t want or need. And the world doesn’t make it any better because TEMPTATION IS EVERYWHERE!! It’s promoted on tv, on the radio,in stores and restaurants. We can even try to outrun it,but it’ll still catch up and overpower us. No matter how fast you are,it’s gonna come and trip you over when your inches away from the finish line. Guess after all that we might as well call temptation our BFF. Our shoulder to cry on. Our safety for the evening. A friend in need. Our rock to stand on. I bet right now there’s a special place for Temptation in the hall of fame for all its “greatness and accomplishments”. And I thought life throwing lemons was bad enough already. If it ain’t one thing it’s another. And another. And another. However, I think I may have a solution to resisting temptaion as much as you can. By training your mind and brain to believe and think you can conquer and overcome it. Increase your hope to be able to walk past something you see that looks “delicious” or “interesting”. Make your mind believe you need someone or something you don’t need to satisfy you night and day, especially if you’re just using them for your benefit. That people that “love you” and all the cakes,cookies and chips are not gonna help you in any way. They are just gonna suck you dry and ruin your chances and goals of losing weight. Everything that glitters ain’t always gold. Another thing you should train your brain to think about. The things we have to deal with in this world, I tell you. It’s never ending. Would y’all agree? Penny for your thoughts? Let’s just think about it for a second. It’s like we’re bees when we smell or see honey. That’s how temptation works. It lures us in with its sweet smell and taste that we don’t know what’s coming on the other side. It blinds us from seeing what’s really in store for us. Because we allow it to sink us in using its charms and assets,we get into trouble sometimes. Before you answer,just take some time and think about these questions I’m going to ask you. How many times have we dodged temptation and succeeded? How many times have we been tempted by something or someone we shouldn’t want or need? No shame or guilt. Everybody isn’t perfect,you know. We all have our downfalls. We’ve all been there. We all got dirt. We’re humans. We make mistakes and more mistakes and we learn more and more from them everytime. And the best way to lure yourself away from temptation is to teach yourself to walk away. To say to yourself “Nope,not today.”. And to feel good about it. It’ll be hard,but you can do it. Temptation is nothing but an undercover sexy temptress just trying to make it hard for you to accomplish anything and have your own say. Demolishing everything in its way to do it too. But,it cannot demolish your piece of mind and confidence unless you let it.
By Shania Thompson4 years ago in Motivation
Remembering Yourself
Sometimes we just get so busy with our lives that we forget about ourselves. Between taking care of family, running errands for our spouses/partners, taking care of the kids, double shifts at work with a side of a shitty boss overworking you, bills on top of bills, and life overall just throwing you lemon after lemon, we barely have enough space to fit Me in. At least just for a day or the weekend. You look up in the mirror one day and you say to yourself “What happened to me? Whew,I look a mess! And I’m sooooo tired.”. I mean, when was the last time you got your hair and nails done? When was the last time you had a spa day? Went out with the girls? Treated yourself to dinner and a movie? Well, now’s the time to drop some of that weight you’re carrying and take a load off, ladies. Turn off your phones or put em on vibrate. Tell everyone “I’m taking care of me right now. I’ll call/text you back later.”. Or, heck, don’t pick up the phone at all if you wanna take the whooooole day. I don’t blame y’all for that one. There are times, ladies, where we need time off from being Ms. or Mrs. Everyone’s caretaker just for once and ditch all of the priorities and responsibilities. So what if others get upset? LET THEM! I mean, come on. Not having time to let your hair down every once in a while and have a little fun messes with our sanity!! And besides, some of us don’t like getting split ends in our hair or chips in our nails. What girl does? Having time for Me is like a breath of fresh air for us. Taking that deep breath, feeling nothing but hands lathering your beautiful locks, hands, and feet with every lotion and shampoo galore or just taking a nice hot shower night or day.....FEELS LIKE HEAVEN!! Sometimes we need to just say “You know what? I think I’m gonna take some time for me. She and I haven’t hung out in a while. Think I’m gonna do that today/this week.”. Another thing. Don’t forget about your dreams. We get so crammed in our lives, we forget them too. Your future achievements, who you are, what you are, who you want to be. They’re all just as important and you should include that with your day with Me,even if that’s only a couple times a week. Because remembering you is very unique. Especially for all independent, confident, beautiful women like yourselves. Much love to y’all. 🥰 Because we are all beautiful. And we owe it to ourselves to self-treatment for that. For all our hard work and being the women we are today. When is it our turn for our happiness inside out? When is it our turn to do something we want for a change? When’s it our turn take recognition in who we are? Our personalities,our likes, our dislikes, our favorite restaurants, what we like to do for our free time,what careers we want and what dreams we have? Whether it’s what we wear,how we do our hair, the way we dress, what hobbies we have and like to do,we should be able to should be able to have a break for all of that. We deserve it after all. Especially if some of us are in the house all day managing the house. Well,I say, it’s time for us to drop the role of a Cinderella for once and have a night being Shania Twain! Have a night to yourself or with the girls! Do you,boo! And feel good about it. Never regret a moment or a minute of it either. Have fun remembering you. And always remember you.
By Shania Thompson4 years ago in Motivation
When Life Gives You Lemons....
So you’ve got a little bit of happiness and success through all your years of hard work. You have your nice big house,you’re wealthy,you’ve got everything you ever wanted. Basking in the glory of it all,feeling on top of the world. Unstoppable. But,oh,no...LIFE! And it’s got a cute little brown weave basket in its hand. You see a little smidge of yellow from a distance. You suddenly realize... “Oh,no! It’s LEMONS!!” You’ve got it all together until life throws you lemons. Sometimes the biggest ones it can find and it’ll take ‘em and just toss ‘em at you like the best umpire in baseball. A real SOB life can be. Hell,a pain in the ass,a buzzkill,a killjoy,the most heaviest weight of all weights in a gym you could ever life and carry. It even puts even mooooooooore weight on you just to give you a hard time and make you wanna drop as fast as a snap of your finger. It makes you through hardships,it kicks you down and down some more and it’ll leave a lotta sand it’s kicked in your face. It’s ok to cry and scream and shout. GET IT ALL OUT!! But,the question (to yourself) is: do you really wanna do that for the rest of your life? Throughout all that pain and agony does come good times and great memories. I’m not saying life is all sunshine and rainbows. IT’S NOT! I’m not saying it’s an easy road either. I’m saying when life starts sucker punching you,you can let it keep beating you down and stay down or you can get up,dust yourself off and fight back. I’m other words,kick life’s ass or you let life kick your ass. You’re giving life the “ok” to keep letting life bully you and push you around if you keep letting it. But if you keep getting back up,you’re showing it your strength and your courage. You’re telling life “You can’t beat me. I got this.”. Life is like one of those bullies you have to deal with or witness from kindergarten to high school. They’ll humiliate you and treat you like dirt if you let them. But,try not to think of the hard times they gave you. Think of your outcome and how you overcame that instead. Think of life as one of one of your bullies and compare that to how you made it through and got past all those bullies. So again, the choice is yours. When life gives you lemons,you can let them stay as lemons or you can take them and make lemonade. What’s your decision? Lemons will only stay lemons if you let them. But,if you take squeeze them and keep squeezing them,you’ll get all the lemonade you want. You’ve just gotta be strong enough to handle the sourness to get the sweetness. That means it’ll be tough to get to the other side where the grass is greenerbut it’ll be worth it when you get and/or have what you work hard for. You can pray and hope for it as well,but you have to play your part too. You have to work hard for what you want,even if it means breaking sweats 24/7, 9 to 5, maybe even 6 days a week. So,when life gives you lemons,remember these 2 options: a basket of lemons or lemonade. The choice is yours.
By Shania Thompson4 years ago in Motivation
My Most Favorite Love Song
Have you ever had a love you regret not having, not telling the person how really feel and letting them find love from or in another person? Or maybe imagined a love you’ve wanted with someone for a very long time,like a best friend or a crush? Ever had it so bad that you can’t help but to lose yourself at the sound of their voice,the way they walk,the way they talk or the way they smell. Just makes you melt from outside to inside,right? I experienced that. In fact,I still experience that....and it is BEAUTIFUL! And this song makes me believe in love. That it’s possible and still out there waiting for you. It may sound cheesy,and I’m not trying to sound like one of those “everything is a sin and blasphemy” religious people (though I am a Christian),but if you just take the time and patience for yourself to believe love is possible and meaningful to you,and there is a person willing to give that all to you,then you’ll see that it’s all true and you’ll maybe even gain some hope of it being alive. Something you’ll look forward to waking up to in the morning. When you go out for your first and/or your second dates. When you sleep at night. When you dream night and day. When you’re alone watching tv or working out. When you write in a journal or type about it on your computer/laptop. You then realize,it’s not just amazing to have. It’s not just a temporary fling. Love is the real deal. It’s special,it’s amazing,and there’s so much to give and have and learn from. It’s one of the keys to life. A happy life. Yeah,I’ve had crushes in high school in the past that made me feel like that. I mean who hasn’t anyway? I got butterflies,I wanted to see them everyday. I was “head over heels” for them as you could say. But,there was one person that can across my in my life that really made me have these feeling like this song I’m sharing with you all. And she still gives me the same feeling. Goosebumps and all. ☺️😍This song represents,not only me, but the love between my best friend. When I met her,love for just grew on me naturally. I don’t know what it was and is about her,but she makes me feel like I can be myself. I feel protected and safe around her. I feel like I can sleep at night and all my worries fly away when she wraps me in her arms at night. When I’m around her,and when I look at her,I get so nervous and chills take over me inside out. This song is also representation of my love. My love for other people like my family and my friends. The warm-hearted personality I have. Sometimes I think of a random love fantasy when I listen to this song. Almost like one of those old school romantic music videos. I love it though! This song also shows and tells me what how it would feel to pretend to not love someone when you can’t help but to show it, let alone resist it. Love is very strong,especially when it’s with someone you could be with forever one day. Even when you know it. You try to hide it,even when it’s just natural for you, but it doesn’t work. It may for a little while,but it’ll also kill you inside the longer you try to hide it. This song,to me,is a symbol of all of that. Regretting telling someone how you feel,wanting so much to be with that person, pretending to not have the same feelings as someone else,trying to move on but can’t,hiding your true feelings from someone because of fear,living a lie,lying to yourself,fear of rejection. I chose this song because it shows true love and exactly how it is with the true one you love. And it’s very beautiful to have. In fact,when you know you’re with the right person,it’s more than beautiful. It’s ecstatic. It’s a cloud 9 feeling. It’s a Kodak moment. Most of all,it’s something you want to have and look forward to having for the rest of your life. ☺️
By Shania Thompson4 years ago in Humans
My Vocal
Hi,I’m Shania. Let me start by saying I’m very excited to start sharing some of my stories with all of you. I heard about Vocal through Facebook and I thought I would be a great Opportunity for me to share some of my posts,interests,likes and dislikes and maybe some “feeling of the day” kind of stories/posts. My background? I am very photogenic,I love to be out and about everyday, and I am COMPLETELY in love with entertainment. Singing,dancing,acting. Anything that’ll make me feel free, and make me feel like I can let go for just a moment. I love theatre,especially musicals and broadway. I mostly love to sing,though. Music has always been my most favorite passion. It’s like the love of my life. I started singing when I was 3 years old and I haven’t stopped since then. I’ve always felt this strong, and amazing connection with music. I guess I could say music and I hit it off the bat the moment we met. Every genre, every instrument, every lyric,every word, every song, they all made me feel like I was in different places and I felt like a different person everytime. I would feel like a cowgirl, a burlesque dancer,a gypsy dancer, the belle of the ball,a soul train dancer. Anything I listen to makes me feel like any type of dancer. Of course there are songs I don’t like,but I just really enjoy music and listening to different songs every once in a while (we all get tired of the same old same old sometimes,let’s be honest). Yes,I’ve had haters,but that didn’t stop me not one bit. And I’m not gonna stop even if the hate came harder. Because,when you have ambition and strong love for something, that conquers all.And I want to be able to express that with you all through My Vocal. Other interesting facts about moi? My favorite color is blue, favorite food is pasta. Favorite hobbies? Well,besides entertainment,swimming,tennis, and writing poetry and stories. Having Creativity with a creative mind is awesome,even when all you need is a pen and some paper. Or music and a microphone. I think it’s great to embrace your own creativity. Nobody should have to hide it. I mean,forget what others say,right? Your talent is your talent. Be proud of it. Be grateful for it. When I heard about Vocal,I thought it was interesting for me. I mean,I have Facebook and Instagram and,sure you can express yourself on them too,but I just thought this was something more exciting for me to try. To be able to express my true self on different type of social media. Thing I learned in life is to always be yourself and to let no one take that away from you or make you feel like you have to put them above yourself and love yourself for who you are. Your talent(s),who you are as person,even before your first relationship with someone,wherever you go and whatever you do,REMAIN YOU,BOO!! Nobody can change who you are,not even if you’re gay,straight,bi,transgendered,black,white,brown,red,yellow. Be who you are. No one can control that or take that away from you. You are beautiful. You are strong. Your heart is pure gold. Your soul is a precious diamond. You are the sailor of the sea. You see the dream, you want that dream, you make that dream come true. Like Jessie J said “Sometimes it hard to follow your heart. Tears don’t mean your losing,everybody’s bruising. Just be true to who you are”. Let no one tell you “you can’t”, “you won’t”, or “you’re worthless”. There are gonna be haterade drinkers out there in the world,but the lovers and the love you have for the passion and the goal(s) you want are always going to outweigh them. Which is what I choose to express to you all in this first story. As you see at the top is a video. It’s an intro to my YouTube channel,which I’ve had for a year now and an awesome success so far. ☺️Nothing major,but just something I love doing. I do hope you all enjoy. For more and to subscribe to my channel,just hit this link (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG1WPyLGmR7YLgcKHf_Tipw?sub_confirmation=1). ☺️☺️
By Shania Thompson4 years ago in Motivation
Controlling People
All my life since I was a kid,I’ve felt controlled. Whatever I thought of doing or wanted to do,fear had stopped me everytime. Like I was pushed around or kicked down,even when I had a chance at happiness when it was right in my face or in my reach. You try to do something right or try to help only to have dirt kicked in your face or spat on for even trying to do some kindness and good for others. And to feel forced to keep doing good for them knowing you’re just gonna get treated the same way and having to keep your head down or blind yourself to it....that was difficult and saddening. I was so used to hollering,screaming and name calling that sometimes I don’t know when someone is just talking to me peacefully. Or I worry if I get or do something,the hollering and screaming matches begin. Sometimes I hesitated to pick something up or make myself something to eat because I was afraid it would be a target for an argument. Let me not forget the sound of broken materials and seeing little pieces of them on the floor. The whole house would look like the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina or a tsunami and you’re always the one stuck to clean it up,which also became a problem if it wasn’t. Yeah,I know. It’s more brutal than you think it is. Try spending your childhood listening to people who don’t even love you at all calling you names you never thought you’d hear as a child,making a big deal about little pieces of garbage on the floor,or starting random arguments out of the blue just to get a rise out of it. And anything you did right,always wrong. It was always a problem,no matter what. You deal with it for so long that it’s too close for comfort. Hell is a place you call home. When you’re young,you have no choice but to come home to it. Worse about it is you can’t say anything. It’ll make it worse. Especially upon you. Oh,the pressures of all the abuse. Emotionally, physically, mentally and verbally. Almost makes you believe this Is the life you were meant for. To be stuck in this abuse cycle for the rest of your life. No hope for freedom,peace, or happiness. Just stuck being screamed at or worried for it until the life is done for. Walking on eggshells being hard to do. Tears and heartache lay in and on your beds and pillows every night. Losing sleep because of worry and fear. Can’t even sit down for a second without that becoming drama either. You dream everyday of filling the empty space in your heart with peace and happiness,the world being rainbows and butterflies when it isn’t. Seeing some families happy and smiling,enjoying their time out and about whether it’s out to eat, at a park or at an amusement park. And you look at what you go through right now thinking “why can’t I have a life like that?” Or “how come we can’t go out in public without worrying about hollering and screaming everyday?”. To have the opposite happen is an impossibility for yoy because you've dealt with it your whole life!! Being a little older now,I know that I don’t want to spend the rest of my life tolerating that kind of nonsense anymore and I don’t feel like I have to. Family member,friend,girlfriend,boyfriend,stranger. What time do I or should I have for that anymore when I can just easily walk away from it and not look back at it at all? Heck, why should I waste anytime on what I don’t have to deal with or tolerate? I don’t have to stay in the bull crap people want to pull. I don’t have to pull it along anywhere I go. I’m not going to let it chain me up or make me feel chained up. I’m not going to let it dwell on me or take over me and my life any longer. You can only take so much until you have enough and a person can and will do to you what you allow them to. But,no more. It’s my turn to call the shots now. It’s my turn to run the show. It’s my turn to say what I need to say. It’s my turn to feel free for once.
By Shania Thompson4 years ago in Motivation
