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Lol it’s that book she considered writing! (In 2014, she wondered what it would be like to write a book.) @taylorswift​

‪Taylor during reputation: there will be no explanation, there will just be reputation‬

‪Taylor during Lover: HERES 120 PAGES OF MY PERSONAL DIARIES OVER 13 YEARS WHERE YOULL FIND THE ORIGINAL LYRICS TO ALL TOO WELL HAVE A GRAND TIME‬

#taylorswift #taylor swift #lover

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¡Te amo, Taylor! @taylorswift

Just an idea . . .

Wouldn’t it be cool if all we reblogged for the next 13 days is … LOVE YOU, @taylorswift.  Nothing more.  Nothing less.  Just those 3 words and her tag.  If anyone else participates, feel free to reblog their “LOVE YOU” message to Taylor.  I’ll start …

#taylorswift #instagramlive #instagram live #loveralbum #lover

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Hey, Tay!

Taylor, if you see this… Regardless of what will happen with “Fearless,” “Speak Now,” “RED,” “1989,” etc. in the future, I am sure you know other people CANNOT and WILL NOT take away all the cherished memories, heartfelt messages and awesome times that those albums and eras brought. Personally, for me, I want you to know just how much “Mine” and “You Belong With Me” mean to me. Those songs really helped to change my life and outlook on everything in my eating disorder recovery in 2009 and 2010 (full story link in bio). Please know that I am SO PROUD OF YOU. You and those songs have a special place in my heart. Nobody will ever be able to take that away. May God continue to bless you @taylorswift

#instagramlive #instagram live #loveralbum #lover #lover album #istandwithtaylor #taylorswift #swifties

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I’ve never met Tay! My sister saw her mother in Indianapolis at #reptourIndy!

Team Never Met Taylor

Reblog this if you have never met Taylor. Maybe she will see this and stalk us!

#taylorswift #loveralbum #lover album #instagramlive #instagram live

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Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez in Pasadena, CA, Saturday, May 19, 2018

#reptourpasadena #selenagomez #selenators #reptour

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work it smoochie

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7/17 and Me

A year ago today, I almost ended my life. But I was rescued by God and the Power of the Cross. ☦️ ✝️ Depression and suicide try to steal our lives. But know that you are NEVER alone. People care about you and you are loved. More importantly, God loves you and you are His child.

Coincidentally enough, on this date a year ago, Tuesday, July 17, @taylorswift performed in Cleveland as part of her reputation Stadium Tour (shout-out to Cleveland!). She had been bullied and treated poorly by others in 2016 on a day which coincided with National Snake Day. Like the serpent that tempted and antagonized generations of Christians throughout world history, Taylor was tempted to fall into total despair and give in.

I was also tempted on 7/17 but in 2018 — for my life. The Cross saved me, especially as the Troparion to the Cross crossed my mind (“O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance. Grant victories to the Orthodox Christians over their adversaries. And by virtue of Thy Cross, preserve Thy habitation.”) Note: The Church Slavonic/Russian is also beautiful: “Спаси, Господи, люди Твоя, и благослови достояние Твое, победы православным христианом на сопротивныя даруя, и Твое сохраняя Крестом Твоим жительство.”

Darkness tries to take a hold and cloud our brains and souls with negativity and loneliness. Light is stronger than darkness. Sometimes out of darkness, life can even come. Sometimes we also have to be brought to our knees to be humbled, to know just how desperately we need God in our lives.

#nationalsnakeday #mentalhealth #mental health #orthodoxchristian #taylorswift #swifties #lightoverdarkness #reptourcleveland

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Don’t forget the most beautiful person too! @taylorswift​

@taylorswift u need to know that ur the most iconic person wen u basically just talk :)

#taylorswift #taylor swift

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“’Cause you’re so gorgeous it actually hurts. Honey, it hurts.”

That lyrics is so right!

I’m doing better than I ever was 

@taylornation @taylorswift

#lover #gorgeous #taylorswift #primedayconcert #prime day concert

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GOSH I ABSOLUTELY LOVED this look of Taylor’s at the “TIME” 100 Gala on Tuesday, April 23. Of course Taylor is absolutely stunning and beautiful, but Taylor’s style is so unique and definitely her own. She TRULY is the only one of herself!

#me #time100 #time100gala #time 100 gala #onlyoneofme #taylorswift

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WHAT AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE.

Love yourself. God does. He made you!

Loving yourself does not mean you are IN LOVE with yourself. To love yourself is to regard yourself as special, as meaningful.

Taking care of yourself is not to be selfish. It is a matter of taking care of priorities. If you neglect yourself and your own needs, then you will not be able to take care of others very well or as well as you could.

Love yourself first.

#lovemyself #mentalhealth #mental health #recovery

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Truth: Selena Gomez is very beautiful! And, any friend of Taylor’s is a friend of mine!

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#lover #youneedtocalmdown #you need to calm down #selena gomez #selenators

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It is so great how HAPPY Taylor looks! She is such a refreshing person and deserves to feel happy. Sending her good wishes!

#prime day concert #primedayconcert #lover #you need to calm down #taylorswift

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For My Friend!

Here is my friend Rick’s unusual but very interesting Taylor Swift story if anybody wants to help share it. He posted it to Medium.com in May 2018.

I am a self-proclaimed Taylor Swift superfan who wants to share his remarkable story with others. I have only shared this full story with one other person and have struggled with how to communicate it, but here it goes.

Since my elementary and middle-school days I had suffered from body image issues, thinking that I was too heavy and needed to lose weight. For three years I would revamp my diet, count calories, weigh myself almost daily, and slim down. Deeply entrenched feelings of self-worthlessness would ensue. I had to receive perfect grades — nothing less than a score of 96% on an exam would suffice — and if I wasn’t “perfect” or “near-perfect” I was undoubtedly worthy of draconian punishment. I would look in the mirror and was nearly disgusted with myself.

In April 2009, I was formally diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, also joining a special group of the mere ten percent of anorexia nervosa patients who are male. For four months, I participated in out-patient care with other high-schoolers suffering from anorexia and bulimia (and yes, as the only male). In the midst of my eating disorder treatment, I was beset by a string of other diagnoses: depression, anxiety (hello, Ativan!), and Asperger’s syndrome. Unfortunately I was very close to ending my own life that summer.

During times of tumult many of us can turn to music to find comfort, and for me, Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” became an instant hit. Being in high school made relating to that song fairly natural. I recall the conversation at our clinic’s lunch table the day after Kanye West’s infamous interruption of Taylor’s winning of the MTV Video Music Award in September.

What struck me most about Taylor was the fact that she was so pure and unsullied. She was so innocent (excuse the song reference). Contrast her and her personality to the rest of the mainstream world of entertainment and there simply was (and is) no comparison. While most music stars exuded raunchy, troubling behavior in an overtly coarsened culture or went from child star to drug addict, Taylor stood alone among role models for the younger generation.

Although my eating disorder was officially under wraps by the summer of 2011, what remained was myriad fundamental issues — mentally, emotionally and socially. While my body weight was normal and I was no longer malnourished, nearly all of the underlying causes of my eating disorder still lingered: depression, anxiety, a near total void of self-worth, and social awkwardness. I would spend some lunches sitting by myself at school and walking around school thinking people abhorred me. Inwardly, I still felt as though I deserved to feel miserable.

While I share what may be a conventional, ubiquitous story about how her music helped me through a particularly trying time in my life, my story runs much deeper.

Like so many twenty-somethings, I fell in love with Taylor’s music, especially her “Speak Now” and “RED” album. Although I never attended either of those tours, I deeply yearned for such a chance; unfortunately, that desire never came to fruition.

Unfortunately for me, I began to experience another problem stemming from my eating disorder, which turned into an all-out addiction. Since I had previously met the criteria for Asperger’s and still juggled severe depression, it remained difficult for me to make friends. Complicating matters, the fact that I was (and remain) an extreme introvert did not play to my benefit. Meeting new people could be daunting but was even worse with my feelings of worthlessness. In what is all too common an occurrence for today’s younger generations, on November 2, 2013, suicidal thoughts engulfed me again. Thinking my days were numbered, I was nearly convinced that suicide would win the fight for my life.

On a brisk night soon thereafter, I prayed to the Lord at school. I prayed for a friend, a girl whom the Lord would send to me to comfort me and somebody to whom I could relate and talk. Little did I know what would happen next.

During Lent of 2014, I experienced the all but mandatory “there is no God” phase which people experience especially in young adulthood. Among various thoughts, I thought, “If there is no God, then there can be no love. Nobody loves me.” The night before my birthday, I turned on “Saturday Night Live.” Now, “SNL” is not a show that I watch and I had not watched it for some time. It just so happened that Ed Sheeran was the musical guest. During host Seth Rogen’s monologue, Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance. (Clearly Taylor was there in support of Sheeran, although this possibility had not crossed my mind.) Suddenly I felt a sense of comfort. At the time I didn’t know what had happened. But by the grace of God my disbelief phase was very brief.

It took me a few weeks to process what had happened, but I realized that I had received a sign from God. Over the next nine weeks I would receive communication ad infinitum from the Lord through Taylor, mostly through her songs, especially through her landmark 2010 hit, “Mine.” Specifically, the signs conveyed the message, “I am here. I exist” from the Lord. To this day “Mine” is my favorite song not only since I enjoyed it but for this reason as well. How did I know that these signs were from God and what were the signs telling me? For starters, songs of Taylor’s would come on the radio — admittedly not too uncommon — but at totally unexpected times. Her songs also came on in various stores. They would also begin almost right after I entered the car or the store. One thing that I had learned about the Lord was He works on His own timetable, not ours. Surely the Lord had to have known where I would be at all those times. What was more, the continuous nature of the suspected signs was too suspect for them to be mere coincidence coming from Taylor Swift. I also saw her in newspapers and on television, all at times when I happened to be in the right place.

“Mine” proved especially to be an important song to me: In overcoming my second addiction, I remembered the words of Taylor Swift in “Mine”: “Hold on. Make it last. Hold on. Never turn back.”

Seeking out more information, I spoke with my psychologist who had helped me since my eating disorder days. I asked her for counsel on whether I was truly receiving divine signs. Confirming my signs, she told me, “Because that’s how He [God] knows how to reach you.” Indeed, part of the reason that Taylor was the perfect medium through which the Lord sent me signs was the ease with which I would recognize the signs — and, having as much righteousness and being as selfless a person as she is, Taylor fit the mold.

In terms of further explaining how I knew these signs were divine, I would tell others that I just knew. My countenance confirmed it time and again. Furthermore, I would experience a feeling of joy deep down. This emotion was the most beautiful, enthralling feeling I have ever experienced. The Lord cared enough to communicate with me, His son! (And He cares about you, too.)

I have dreamed of meeting Taylor Swift and speaking with her at length for a good 5+ years. I have desired to share my story with her and to thank her for what she has done for me (i.e., “changed my life,” in the words of my psychologist). I wish that there was some way I could repay her. I intend on seeing her “reputation” stadium tour multiple times. [He ended up seeing her show twice that tour.]

I am currently working on a memoir of my eating disorder, recovery, and mental health experience. This TSwift story is going to be expanded upon in more detail and given its own chapter.

I am so, so blessed that God sent her and her music into my life. What an amazing gift it has been. I recall the byline of one Swiftie’s Instagram account: “If you ever get sad, just remember that you were born to live in the same time period as Taylor Swift.”

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Taylor gave us a hint during her interview on ��The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that @ellendegeneres would be in the video, and we did not even realize it. @ellendegeneres was just trying to help us Swifties out!

#goodmorningamerica Lover YouNeedToCalmDown EllenDeGeneres EllenDeGeneresShow TheEllenShow

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Uggghhh “You Need to Calm Down” is out NOW!!

#lover youneedtocalmdown preorderlover taylornation swifties

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Taylor Swift’s 7th full-length album, “Lover,” is set for an August 23 debut. New single “You Need to Calm Down” will be out at midnight tonight/Friday morning.

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