I made a friend today. It’s amazing what a person can gather from 20 minutes of conversation. Sometimes life offers these gifts, little pockets of pure connection between two people. I met him for a reason right? This conversation happened for a reason didn’t it?
This exact mentality is actually what dictated our conversation. Why do we make everything mean something? I liked the way he referred to people. He called us, “meaning-making-machines.”
He spoke of a theory that we are all vaguely familiar with; the theory that everything is nothing. Well, nothing can’t mean anything, so we are all struggling to make all of this nothingness have some sort of meaning. Every moment, every thought, every date, every glance, and every rainbow all have the potential to become something more, something significant. We give the day we were born a meaning, the simple pat on the shoulder from a parent a meaning, even the butterfly that lands on our hand for a split second before continuing on its way has a meaning. Giving meaning to things leads us straight into our peaks of happiness, and our valleys of sorrow. We can’t survive without meaning, simply because it gives us a purpose.
Inversely, when we don’t have a reason or a meaning, we tend to drive ourselves crazy. What my friend brought to my attention is this: if we can give meaning to something, and create a reason for the why’s, who’s, and how’s, then we have power. We have the ability to answer every question on our own, however we want. Let’s start writing our own endings to things. If we can create the reason, or the meaning, let’s make it a good one. Give it a period at the end, a conclusion. Don’t continue to spin around in circles, over questioning, just give whatever is bothering us an answer. Some of the greatest moments in life come from moments that are incomplete.
-Nikki
As I read this I was stunned, blown away immediately. It’s so true. I think we really complicate things we don’t have to. I think it’s good to see it the easy way sometimes. I’m a person who really always takes the onerous way and I don’t know why. Maybe I found the answer by considering this text. I’d be friends with this man within 20 thoughful mins,too. Also because I love to become acquainted with those easy,meaningfull wordly wisdoms- Great text.
Because, of course everything seems to have a reason to everyone. But when you give up on that, you feel sort of free. Destiny lets go of your hand, leaving you to paint the rest of the story.
Nikki, I luv u in the twilight movies and I think u r a really down to earth person.
Nikki, I luv u in the twilight movies and I think u r a really down to earth person.
this was written exactly one year ago. and I felt the need to read it again, even though I didn’t know. and this is exactly what I needed :’)
I have read this particular article over and over. I made my friends read it and I just posted it on my Facebook page. I LOVE IT! It’s so very accurate. Great writing!
I found myself drawn to check out your blogs based on the Q & A you shared with us at the recent Nashville convention. As a songwriter, I feel I am perceptive and I knew without a doubt, your spirit had important things to say, to share. Reading this blog magnifies this and thank you for sharing these thoughts about meanings, happenings, and the insight we can gain by engaging ourselves to find our paths to share with others! How exciting you got to visit the American Idol set and visit with new friends! and how thankful I am to have the opportunity to meet you. These blogs are inspiring and keep on writing!
Thanks again! Teresa Wright.
Hello Nikki I ask you a question?
Who do you think the kris prettier or Ashley?
Kris I prefer the taste of it as you both You two are both my idols more beautiful, you are very important to me …
Hey, friends mean everything. They look after you, and you can talk to them for hours. They’ll get sick of you adventually, but they wont tell. They’ll support you no matter what. Take care
-Girl 14
We ask constantly for meaning. Perhaps our mistake is the same question. Perhaps we should not make sense – but to give meaning.
Waooo, It’s just really inspiring! for so long I’ve been feeling like my everyday is so boring and it is still boring but a few months ago I’ve been feeling that I can accomplish my goals, I wanna be more active so my life can have a meaning while I work to accomplish my goal!
I doubt you will read this but it will put my mind at rest just to thank you!
I honestly love this article,it has given me an opportunity to think about many events in my life that force me to question the meaning of existing.Since my Father’s passing when I was six I have constantly been asking “why”, Why did it happen? and how there has to be a reason why! But by reading this article I have now considered that maybe there is no reason and has now opened my eyes. Now I can start to move on no longer feel obligated to search no more!
Thank you
Sophie x
P.S. Wonderfull job on the Twilight Saga so far!
It’s so weird how I stumble upon this article the day after my cultural sociology class speaks of “meaning-making”. It’s supposed to be the definition of the most ambigous word in the-culture. Read Lyn Spillman’s an ‘Introduction to Culture and Cultural Sociology’, its her attempt at defining it with the concept of “meaning-making”. Spillman thinks culture is present because people are trying to give a reason and symbolism to EVERYTHING.I absolutly love your friend’s take on it thought because its so true. If you can’t indefinatly get an answer to something you have to give it an answer.
I think its such a fascinating topic that sticks with a person.
It’s so weird how I stumble upon this article the day after my cultural sociology class speaks of “meaning-making”. It’s supposed to be the definition of the most ambigous word in the english language -culture. Read Lyn Spillman’s an ‘Introduction to Culture and Cultural Sociology’, its her attempt at defining culture with her concept of “meaning-making”. Spillman thinks culture is present because people are trying to give a reason and symbolism to EVERYTHING.I absolutly love your friend’s take on it. It’ so true, if you can’t indefinatly get an answer to something, you have to give it an answer. Such a fucking resonating concept Spillman came up with.
haha i thought i was editing – apparently not. well happy february yall!
na dis means nutn to me… dat waz ur question rite??
This is probably my favorite blog entry of yours. It’s deep and full of meaning. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. Thanks a million for sharing your thoughts with us.
hi nikki i just wanted to say that i love your blog i think you are very talented and your stories really enter peoples hearts with such passhion that it stays with them forever.also i wanted to tell you that they couldnt have picked a better person to play rosealie hale she is my favourite charecter in the twilight saga and you are now my favourite actress thank you so much for the inspiration you give me.
Hey Nikki, Thank you for this! It helping me along to let go of something that has been bothering me for a while. Something I’ve been obsessing over again and again in my head because I’m a thinkingmachine and I just can’t seem to help it most of the time. I’m much more sensitive than I think I am, I guess, in regards with my interactions and relationships with people.
Anyway, while I would love to think a lot of things have meaning (and I do attribute meaning to them, sometimes) I also think there are some things that happen that just seem to be for no reason whatsoever! Completely random things that if we think about it enough, they really don’t have to hold any meaning – in fact it might be better if they were left alone, so that we don’t drive ourselves crazy!
Take care! I just heard about your blog today
you seriously are amazingg!
It sounds to me that this gentleman really made an impression on you. In fact, it reminds me of some of the first conversations I ever had with my husband. he is big on philosophy and we discuss things like the meaning of life and things similar to what you and your friend discussed. It’s important to have meaning in your life whether it’s a person or a thing. It’s those meaningful moments/situations that give us hope. Keep this person in your life, he sounds inspirational.
olivia if u read this i love u and i love u too nikki
hi,I AM a huge fan of u and i just wanted to ask u a few questions so if u get back to me i will let u know wht they are
Hello I just came across your website today. I like the character u were potraying in the Twilight series and how well you we justifying the role and i used to wonder sometimes what kind of a person you were in real life. Now that I have read some of your blogs I am totally impressed by you. Your writings they have so much of meaning and depth. I would like to be friends with you but though it is not impossible I guess it wouldn’t be. Still you are “WOW”
i have re-read this twenty times and still can not figure out what my favorite part it. every single word that you write shows meaning towards you and what you mean. this is amazing. honestly i have never read anything more powerful in my life.
Sometimes i fell like we are just some kind of bacteria in someone else’s world, world that is much bigger than ours. Some kind of bug in fur of rabbit that is just been drawn out of magicians hat. Is there something bigger and smarter than us in our space? Are just some pets to someone who has our “universe” in a jar like a little ants in it? You just give me one more reason to fell alive more than ever. Thank you.
I think you are so amazing. I really liked this post, and I also love your whole blog–it makes me think, which is wonderful. You are very, very, very talented-I am in awe of your creative abilities (writing, acting, etc.). I wish you the best in everything you do, even though I have to admit that sounds weird because I don’t know you-and just because you have a blog and you are famous I know that does not give me the right to think that I know you or have the right to know about your personal life or comment about you or your life (if you know what I mean…ok now I am rambling-sorry-think I might be nervous, which is stupid because I am just writing a comment), but what the hell I am going to say it anyways! I am also glad you started this blog because I have always felt compelled to thank you for the movie “Thirteen.” (so not sure you read all the comments, but hopefully this “thank you” will reach you at some point) It was almost uncomfortable (in a good way) how perfectly it captured things I went through as a teenager. I especially admired how it showed that teenagers, despite their age, go through very serious things that should be recognized, adressed, and validated. I think too often people just dismiss things as “teenage angst,” and in turn teenagers are left alone and can get really hurt. Thank you- and I apologize for this crazy rambling comment!
Nikki I like your blog. You’re soooooo cuuuuute.
Thought this was really cool. 
About you meeting this friend. <3 <3 & XOXO.
I just have to say I just started reading your blog today (because I saw on the Nylon magazine website that you have one)and I’m loving it!! This article is really great and it really made me think about life and the way we view things around us. I have always been a huge fan of yours and I’m SO glad you are a writer because I am in the process of starting blogs too. (i LOVE writing)
Have a great day and keep up the writing
-Amy L
Wow. That’s all I can say except for the fact that you could very well write a book and I would totally buy it and read it and get absolutely hook in it at the beginning just like this post. This is deep and meaningful. Now I have a lot to think about at this time of day when my brain usually shut down at this time. This post got it back up and running again lol.
Thanks for sharing this
hi Nikki
my name is Salma and i am from Egypt.
i really like this article, it is very inspirational and thoughtful. i like this sentence so much (some of the greatest moments in life come from moments that are incomplete).
i felt like this article is describing what i am going through right now. i am trying to give a meaning to my dream. everyone else thinks that i should give up because they think it is impossibe and so far away but i think it is only a matter of time and it will come true.
i have been working really hard to achieve it and still am working and i am waiting for it to happen. but while working, i try to enjoy what i am doing whether it is college assignments or my work to acheive my dream, help other people, enjoy every moment of my life and appreciate everything life offers because i believe that life is beautiful but we should just keep a positive attitude to be able to see and appreciate the beauty of life.
have a nice day and God bless you.
salma
Hi Nikki…Well I love your blog and the things you write,I really think that as humans we wonder about things that might be quite simple, if not things that we cared could live with more peace, life would be easier! I learned this year, with my mistakes and blunders we have to concern ourselves only with live, without question, no discussions going on right or wrong, just live! Let our hearts tell us where to go and dreaming because without dreams sometimes that’s left is just pain! I think that we are not just made of bones, we have to believe that anything is possible, we can not stop dreaming of love! As much as anything bad happens we have to believe something good can happen suddenly, because usually when least expected agent that good things come, as it already is meant to be, everything flows naturally, we just have to just live, and believe !
You really make me think about all what you say! Thank you!Love you! Kisses.
Hi Nikki!
I just sent you a letter! I was wondering if you got it… This is my first time on your site! It is amazing! You are a very inspirational person!
-Sahana
After much research and many hours trying to find my info I was fortunate enough to come upon your site. There is a reason for everything although at the moment we may not know what it is, but the drive to find out keeps us going.
My drive has been a fierce one and I am looking to contact Kristen. I am not sure why, I am not a celebrity person and never had been. But this drive to meet her from the look in her eyes is astounding.
If you could please have her email me.
Thank you,
That was absolutely beautiful! You’re a great writer Nikki!
What a wonderful food for thought. Thanks for sharing it with us Nikki!
Further proof that everything has a purpose and a meaning…♥…thanks Nikki!!!
i totally love u nikki! u r so amazing and smart! i wish you all the best!
Nikki,
Your personality & thoughts are so real, bare, & comforting. I enjoy reading your thoughts as they bring about new ones in mine. Its like reading small passages that have been written by an author of a beautiful book; your writing and depth blow my mind. Thanks for sharing who you really are with us.
Love always,
Chelsea
You always post something interesting or relevant… I really enjoy reading what you write. Whenever I can, I try come here to read your texts. Thank you for this communication “channel”! Take care sweety! xoxo
You write things that happen often to people, it is true that when one says that if nothing is something, just that sometimes we prefer not to speak for fear they will say or think of you, then we prefer to remain silent and not give meaning to this thing.
from Venezuela … ♥
hey i agree with everyone nikki is a talented actress and she is soooooo pretty im sorry olivia i argued with you about her … and twilight please forgive me xxx
nikki ur really inspiring, you have another talent! u should so be an author, i’d by ur books! xxxxx p.s does nikki read our comments
hey livv i think she does read them i dont know im so sorry xxx
yeah she does but i have no idea if she writes back
First of all, your blogg is AWESOME!
Really AWESOME! Ilove you and what your’e doing in Twilight, it would be NOTHING without you! NOTHING.
I love you as an actor, and as Rosalie, your’e awesome!
And we would be really geatful (and I would like DIE, seiousally) if you could just visit our fan-blogg and maybe leave a comment ? Even if it’s written in Swedish… hehe.
But please, PLEASE, PLEASE can you write back to us?
WE ADORE YOU! YOU ARE THE BEST, TOU ARE SO TALENTED, SOOO BEAUTIFUL, AND, GAAH I CAN’T FINDE WORDS FOR IT! BUT ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS JUST THAT I LOVE YOU, YOUR’E THE BEST! hope you read this, and hope you understands how much I meen what I wirte to you, and once again, I LOVE YOU!
Well, I think we all have a purpose in life, and everithing has a purpose. We are meaning-making-machines, because that’s the way we could find out the purpose in our lives. That’s the way you could find out how special you are, and what makes you special
I’ve been writing a story… a love story, and I think that love is the only thing that human beings can’t put a meaning….
What’s the meaning of love?… Maybe your meaning would be different than mine, you see….
Definitely I love reading your blog… you’re such an amazing person!! and a very intelligent woman.
Lots of love from ECUADOR.
xoxo
Cris
Luv ya!!!
Nikki, I hope so very much that you keep this site going for a long time to come. Your sincere words matter so much and mean so much to me as a reader.
you and i would have some interesting conversations. stay awesome(>-)&<3 F
Thank you for writing that Nikki, that was something that i needed to read right in this moment! I guess i was MEANT to come to your site today and read that. ;o)
WOW. This really made me think and after reading it i showed my big brother and we had a really good convo about it. thanks for sharing things that actually mean something:)
Always a big fan
leigh
WOW. it’s so.. powerfull, overwhelming…
I’m going to make my mom read this…
btw, I don’t know if anybody read this, but if someone does… I read in an Israeli (which is where I’m from)
that your’e coming to Israel.
I would love to know id it’s true, and when…
thank you for evry effor you’ll do,
one of twilight’s biggest fans in Israel, Illy.
Hi Nikki!
I just have to say that I love you so freakin big much!
I think you’re terribly beautiful.
and I admire you, both personally (though I do not know you) and as an actor. When you played Sadie in The OC as I depend on, thus the oc. oh you were so good!
And now I found that you play, even Rosalie in Twilight films, was not on it before, but knew that I recognized you from somewhere. God be dazzled by your beauty, you are really pretty terrible, but it gives you probably heard a thousand times every day. Do not misunderstand me is not a lesbian or something ..
I love each and everything about you. Honest. <3
I just want to say once again I love you!
By the Way, named Nicole, but called Nikki:)
Oh my dream is to meet all of you from twiligt and all the oc!
OH I LOVE YOU GIRL!
Love
Nicole
Thank God we question things and we are thinking persons.
Man is by nature a political animal Aristotle
I really really enjoyed reading this blog entry. It gave me a lot to think about it and got me thinking about things that I normally wouldn’t think about for longer than 5seconds. I wish I could have a conversation like this with my friends but for the most part a lot of them wouldn’t want to get this deep. Thanks for sharing!
HI MY ANGEL. How are you?
I CAN NOT SLEEP.
I’M HERE LET A KISS AND SAY THAT YOU ARE D +!
LOVE YOU. EVEN MORE!
wow that was DEEP! but i guess thats what we as humans do everthing has to have a meaning, without meaning there is no purpose and no purpose then we’d be nothing, we’d feel like nothing so its why we as humans do it, its in our nature to have to have meanings and a pupose in our life to feel complete.
hey niks,
will have to go through all ur blogs, it was a really good intellectual read. everything we do is done for a purpose, a meaning, a reason. And we need to have an optimistic, positive, constructive approach in life. wow that is deep niks, if only we start doing things keeping right and wrong in mind.
love u sweets
time
… that was really poetic! <3
and you're so right, everybody should start writing their own endings to things
I know I will!
Love
Thank you for this inspiring piece, it opened up my eyes. It’s wonderful how all these people (especially young women) find inspiration, comfort and advice in your words. Keep it up N.
thanks for the post nikki it was great and it did really mean sommething to me!
xoxo
vivian
Hi Nikki!My name is Dasha.I am from Rassia.I know english very bad,so i apologize for the error,just wanted to say that i realy like your game in the “Saga”
and in other films too.I wish you success and all the best!! Sincerely, Dasha.
Hi Nikki!My name is Dasha.I am from Rassia.I know english very bad,so i apologize for the error,just wanted to say that i realy like your game in the “Saga”
and in other films too.I wish you success and all the best!! Sincerely, Dasha/
well what can I say? everything has already been said
so true so true…I just couldn’t sleep after reading this, all the thoughts spinning around in my head. I’ve never thought about it that way, I know that everything happens for a reason but…there’ll always be “why?”. I thought my life ended in january, together with my relationship that lasted for 4years. She left me for someone else…I thought she was the ONE you know…she gave me the meaning in everything, she was my answer to every single question,my day and night, my sun and moon…well, seems now that only me felt that way. I was spinning in circles, questioning everything, I didn’t want that part of my life to end. My life didn’t have a meaning for me anymore.If it wasn’t for my friends and people like you Nikki I probably wouldn’t be writing this, I wouldn’t exist anymore. And for the first time in my life I was introduced to “me” and “myself”. I’ve never thought about what I want, what I need. It felt like my life always belonged to someone else. I felt lonely though I’ve never been alone. We’re never alone. My family and friends made me survive and it was rough…they gave me the reason why. They showed me that I’m good, that I can proudly say out loud “I am a good person”. And that’s really enough for a good start. I feel happy and complete.
So I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for sharing you’re thoughts with us.
Love all the way from Sweden
Ur friend is so right i do believe we are all the writers of our lives we become who we are because of the choices that we make. Is so easy and convenient to blame someone else of our mistakes. We can’t help it we are humans we have mistakes in life is the answer for everything when something goes wrong. We just don’t want to admit that something went wrong or that a relationship has ended. We are complicated. Sorry is two in morning and I’m half a sleep but here I’m still reading ur blog. U are great love ur personality and the beautiful soul God gave u.
Sometimes I wondered if I was the only person who thought like that. Now, after reading this blog, I know that I’m not alone.
Love u Nikki
WOW!
You most deffinitely one of a kind! i know this will sound corny but i am so glad you exist lol. What i mean by that is though you mabe like a super mega star you are also you, you’re not a fake and what you write you mean and it comes from your heart and not from what some over paid PA tell you to write!
you may not read this, i certainly hope you do!
Keep up the fantastic work you do both as a actress and as a inspiration. life doesn’t always go the way we plan as i have found out but “Some of the greatest moments in life come from moments that are incomplete”.
God bless
Ellie….. UK
Hi nikki reed! I just want you to know that you are my favourite caracter in the world! I love you sow much and I just want to say that you are so cute!♥
From a girl from Sweden!
THIS is why you are such an inspiration to me, you’re not afraid to say what you think or analyze who you are and put it out there for the world to see. You are a unique and wonderful human being.
“The best we can hope for is to be at peace with what we are”- I read that in a novel not long ago and was blown away by the reality of it.
It is because we want to be at peace with who we are that we give meaning to our actions and thus shape our lives into what we need them to be in order to be happy with ourselves. It’s all one big cycle that we as humans have to complete, and I think the best way to do that is, like you said, making those meanings good ones so that our lives can be fulfilling and free of regrets.
Love from Venezuela <3
omg nikki you are soooo insightful, I don’t even know what to say I’m at a loss for words I keep reading all these comnets hoping to find somthing to say but in the end I have nothing to say I’m just really blown away !!!!!
Love this Nikki, and you are so right! Not everything has to have a meaning. That kind of thinking can just drive a person crazy. I like what you said about starting to make our own ending to things……I think I’ll try and do that.
This was all very insightful, thanks for sharing.
I think, that these words has a meaning. I believe, that everyone of us thinking about that, cause every moment in our life has a meaning, but majority of us don’t care about these. It’s a good material for sink deep into thought.
Thank you, Nikki, than you live and make so wonderful things! I love you!
I am also the kind of person who looks meanings from everywhere. Maybe I have to, because otherwise I would dissapear under this meaningless. It feel like no one understands when I say that I’m drowning in all this meaningless and emptyness.
Maybe we have to make even the bad things have a meaning, to make it all better.
Anyway I love your blog, you’re inspiration to so many people
I love this, it makes complete sense to me!
Hello Nikki!
I whish You could read my thougts on my blog… I know, I write it in polish… But we are what we dream of, aren’t we? Thank You for every thought You put in here.
Greetings from Poland! Your website is great! You know, it’s amazing what a person can gather from a few minutes of reading somebody’s thoughts!
Wishing you the very best,
Ola
Wow…I would like to sit down and have a conversation with you. I like it when people can think beyond themselves, you seem like a deep person and it is hard to find people willing to delve that deep.
Wonderfully said! And just what I needed to hear to be completely honest with myself, so thank you.
Love always!
Jessica
Well, I think we all have a purpose in life, and everithing has a purpose. We are meaning-making-machines, because that’s the way we could find out the purpose in our lives. That’s the way you could find out how special you are, and what makes you special
and a very intelligent woman.
I’ve been writing a story… a love story, and I think that love is the only thing that human beings can’t put a meaning….
What’s the meaning of love?… Maybe your meaning would be different than mine, you see….
Definitely I love reading your blog… you’re such an amazing person!!
Lots of love from ECUADOR.
xoxo
Cris
nikki come to mexico! kisses! I love you!
nikki ven a mexico! besos! te quiero!
You are so amazing. This really makes a person think! Love you Nikki!!
Cona i am sorry i just saw your message so we are two Greek now
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Hello(kalimera) Nikki,everybody! My name is Eftichia(means hapiness)and i am from Greece:)I saw that nobody wrote anytime from Greece so i desided to make some greek sense:P I think you have visit my coyntry don’t you? I hope you enjoied greek souvlaki xaxa;) Well about the topic.. ofcourse there is a power maybe is god or something like this behind facts,persons,relasionships etc in our dayly life! The reason is to take different lessons so we could be better! Allthought if something we want badly in our lifes doesn’t come.. noone of us must be sad.there is a reason to!Everything happens for our progress thats why we have to accept any fact as it comes in life;)) Have a nice weekend everybody!
Hey Nikki!I’m Cona and I come from Greece. I just found out that you wrote “thirteen” and i was like OMG!! thirteen is one of my favourite movies ever i dont know how many times ive watched it and i really loved your performance! i can say u r the reason i love it so much!I send you my love and wish u luck in everything u do and happiness in your life!
you’re a genius. thanks for making my day brighter. :] *love*
The meaning of life in my humble opinion is this: Living life like there is no future. Loving like there is no tomorrow. Looking at the now and cherishing every moment.
If you can treasure every moment including the challenges and the victories.You will be content.
There is no meaning except life.
I have to say that i loved your post was really inspired to me, makes me wonder about many things in my life, i can say that your post really fits on me today, i fell like you have heard my mind! GREAT!
nikki you are amazing just it i have to say because everything you do and say is beautiful and don’t let anyone say anything different from that.
kisses and hugs from brazil
Oh my Gosh. You do not understand how much of an inspiration you are to me. I love you, so freaking much. This makes so much sense. You have a wonderful talent for writing as well as acting, screen writing, and directing. I love each and everything about you. Honest. <3
Loads of Love,
Erin.
Hi, my name is julia and i am a really big fan of you and of twilight! I love to reading your blog you writing so beatyfull. As you can see i´m not very good in english x)(I am from sweden)But please please i would love to here from you! Please can you visit my blog and write a comment i would be so greatful!! I love you!♥♥♥xx
Oi Nikki,
realmente pra tudo na vida tem um motivo,
mas também não devemos responder todas as perguntas pois algumas coisas não são feitas para serem respondidas ou compreendidas mas sim sentidas…
E como você mesmo disse: Alguns dos melhores momentos da vida vêm de momentos que são incompletos.
beijos… ♥
Nikki I LOVE You * ^_^ *
Carol do Nascimento
Hi Nikki!
I thought about this a couple of days ago and yes, I do believe every happening has a meaning with it and without meaning in our life, we wouldn’t have a happy life. Well yeah, that’s what I thought about and I like your text!
You really are a beautiful person, Nikki, not only on the outside!
Much Love
Madelene
OMG.
You´re incredible. You are making me think in this. It´s true!
I want to meet somebody like this, to show me this type of things.
I hope you come to Spain!
I love your posts!
I really love you, Nikki!
wow that’s so sweet and thoughtful nikki
and i totally agree with you, i think that even some tings don’t mean something for real, we have the power to make them mean something for us, at the same time giving us what we need to feel like comfort, hope, reason
kisses from Greece
Christina
wow that was great nikki!
it realy opened my eyes!
<3
Please, please, please Nikki… this sounds so silly but… can you e-mail me? (You can like make an new e-mail address and just use it to e-mail me, then you can remove it so you don’t have to worry that i will like give it to all my friends or something).
I have so much to say, but i can’t say it here. I have dreamed of having a converation with you for years, and i really mean YEARS!
I’m not crazy, but i always think that: “I can’t die tomorrow ’cause i have’nt talked with Nikki Reed yet”, it’s silly right. But please, just one e-mail! (If you want).
I need your advice so bad! I know it’s wierd, but you can’t think of me as a fan. I’m a girl who needs advice from a really intelligent person who have so much life experience!
Love Felicia <3
Wow, this is amazin to think about and its so true!! Xxxx
I love you Nikki! <3
I’m come from Taiwan.
That’s a little country next to China, I hope you google it, to know our country. If you can.
I Love U, and I expect you new movie.
Mer XXX
wow. this is very inspiring. along with all of your posts. i enjoy reading everything you write. keep up the amazing work!
this post is great, infact all of your posts are. Thanks so much for sharing that with us.
xxxxxxx
So true! I want to scream to the world “It’s all in your frame of mind!” We can choose to be happy, and once the choice is made, it’s amazing what everything around you looks like! Everything takes on a whole new light….Thanks for posting this Nikki! BEAUTIFUL!!!!
I read this post over and over.
And I can only conclude one thing: Nikki, you’re totally right. I’ve learned a lot of this message.
The spinning around in circles has been a problem for me in the past. But I’ve recently discovered that I already knew the answer (involving some people) and I’ve made my choice. Since then I’m happier and more relaxed. I’ve stopped over questioning everything and just do what I want to do. Because we only live once and we need to make the best of it.
You are truly an inspiration for your fans! Love ya!
xxx Felien
Fear motivates us to give meaning to something. However, the majority of the time our labels are lies due to our naivity. So, it is as if our lives are based on lies because we are afraid of reality. Rather, if we just observe the moment and feel the intimacy of eye contact with a loved one, we can step into Truth….Thanks for the post Nikki, ironically I am learning this in my own life. You’re great
It means alot. You´re intelligent Nikki and a great actress.
Love Malin <3
Nikki this is so beautifull. Just simple and to the point but it really connected with me. Sometimes I spend WAY too much time over-analysing things when I should just accept them and move on. Little peices like this really put things into perspective, thankyou so much Nikki. Lots of love from Australia XOXO
Nikki..Do you have twitter account.. ? there are so many people who are claiming they were you..
LOVE IT!! truly an inspiration.. I was kind of upset awhile ago.. thanks to this post..
I feel better 
Everything has a meaning.. and It happens for a purpose 
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wow, that really made me think; it was very beautiful, (the post, not me thinking.)
thank u nikki…this was so inspirating and it made me remeber how much we can do by just changing the way we look at things.
I also wonder what kind of questions … But people of my city are not very “open” and do not really talk about it. I was glad to see that I’m not the only such complex questions! With all my love, Cindy.
Good Morning Nikki,
I was very happy to see your post today.
Wow all of this from 20 mintues of conversation.
You sure have given me something to think about.
Thank you.
Wishing you the very best,
Cherry
WOW
u are soooo inspirational, your posts inspire me, because like right now I’m writing my english essay, you’re blogs have helped me sooo much and I’ll be sure to mention your in my dedication
Chey xo
Thats a very interesting post. I also wonder sometimes what the meaning is? With everything that is…
Thanks for sharing!!
This is the reason we reasoned God, I dont know if there is something at the end of this, but i sure rather think ther is than wait for a big nothing. If nothing exist, than something also does…Guess who will live will see!
Indeed.
Funny, because when you raise such an issue, makes us start thinking about how we actually assign a meaning to everything. Such as why you have raised this issue just today. Made sense to me.
” Sometimes life offers these gifts, little pockets of pure connection between two people.” a sentence that makes perfect sense.It deserved to go to my diary today.
I was reading the other replies and I started wondering why on earth, in front of such a magnificent text, people have the need to ONLY say how much they love you. And you now what? I don’t need to find a meaning to it. you’re just a mess. a beautiful mess. you’re always funny, always smiling. Always showing your complex thoughts. Your complex faces. Your messy opinions.
I often read how people keep saying shit about you and that’s another thing that don’t need to have a reason, because you don’t give a shit anymore. And we, your admirer ( i don’t like the word fans) don’t give a shit either. we love you because you’re just like this.
And the last thing I can’t find a reason is why we love you?! how can I love a person doesn’t even know I exist? How can I be happy for you, smile for you, talk about you?
I never wanted to find a reason neither a meaning. But today I couldn’t help it. You gave me the answer:
“little pockets of pure connection between two people”.
Even if you’re not speaking directly to me.
That is the best most insightful piece of any information I have read thank u Nikki for sharing it
What an enlightning piece! That’s what I love so much about you and your sight, you have depth and substance. You always leave us feeling enlightened or with a wonderful food for thouht. Kind of like the book Sophie’s World. We, you readers is Sophie and your the enigmatic person who’s always leaving Sophie with great philosophical ideas. Thanks so much for sharing this with us! Ever since I started reading your blog, my point of view in life has completely changed in a positive way. So again thank you and I hope you continue sharing such wonderful and inspiring new ideas with us.
I absolutely love the way you write. I believe that in conversation that you would be a very eloquent speaker. I would love to sit down and have a conversation with you for even 5 minutes. I believe that I would be a better person for having a conversation with you. You really are amazing.
i really love your writing and your word choice. i wish i can meet you and have a conversation with you. i think it would be very interesting and fun.
your writing is so amazing that it drives me to tears lol in a good way. its funny how words can mean so much to you and change you just by reading them.
I love your postings they make me thing.
I love so much
What a beautiful … I do not know if someday you will read this, but I felt an urge to comment on your post: Since the beginning of my adolescence, I feel a strange fear of loving and being unloved. And, strangely I take that to my idols, live punishing me if I love an actor / actress / singer … I think my love is naive and stupid and that maybe if they knew me, would not like me. But with you (my favorite actress) is different. I do not feel that fear, because I give you, and you give me. I love you, and you, even in the most distant (I’m Brazilian), you teach me. Thank you, and fervently hope to meet you one day!
WOW! all i can say is that this really opened my eyes… that was an amazing thing for thought! like i had never really thought about this till now so i muct say thankyou
especially the last couple sentences! i appreciate it! <3 xx
I really enjoyed reading and thinking about that. I’d love to have conversations like that with my friends, but they aren’t interested.