Finding The Right Direction To Sail In
I think it started when I was seven. My mom bought me one of those "Disney Mania" CD's. I played those tracks for hours, belting out the songs covered by Ashley Tisdale and the Jonas Brothers. My mom heard me and came in one day.
"Was that you singing?"
"Yeah mommy why?"
"Keep going."
I joined chorus in fourth grade because she gave me courage. I got every solo they could give me without being unfair to the other kids. I stuck with it in fifth and sixth grade. When it came to seventh grade, I got bullied into not joining. All my courage melted down. So I quit, and that is one of my biggest regrets to this day. It made me happy and I let someone take it away from me.
I am eighteen now and I still have that Disney Mania CD. My singing doesn't come out from behind the shower curtain or blast out of the car windows and it is all because they dulled my sparkle.
I used to pretend I'd audition for American Idol. That was my plan. I'd be famous and I wouldn't have to grow up and go to college. Now I'm heading into my second semester of freshmen year and I couldn't be more lost at what I want to do with my life. I joke about marrying rich, maybe I'll be Mrs. Justin Bieber. But I want more than that.
I want to wake up every morning and be so overly excited to go to work. I want to never shut up about how fantastic life is because I'm doing something that I love.
American Idol is going to end very soon (or so they keep saying). So what do I want to do now?
I want my cheeks to swell up with joy. I want to find peace within myself and discover a whole new existence.
There are so many things I want to do, see and experience.
I want each and every one of you to feel the same. Don't settle for something because it pays. The only payment you should really look forward to is the magic that will occur when you discover your passion. Find what brings you a smile each and every day. Plaster it on your face and don't let anyone rip it off of you.
Do the thing that you're afraid to do, the only person standing in the way is you.
The storm will be rough. Don't anchor yourself down. Push through. Sail straight to victory island. There's treasure waiting for you there.
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