Some people have mission statements and goals. I have theme songs.
Spurred on by my not-so-inner musical theatre geek (thank you, Glee, for making show choir cool), I chose Defying Gravity as this year's theme song.
Why? Because I needed to let go of the fear.
Of success. Of failure. Of what people do and don't think of me. Of the unknown. Of being unabashedly, unapologetically, authentically ME.
So I closed my eyes. I leapt.
And with the help of so many of you, I found my way to the truth. About my work. About my life. And yes, it's constantly evolving. But it's also worth celebrating.
So, La Vie Boheme.*
(And sing along--you know you want to!).
To days of inspiration, playing hooky, making something out of nothing
The need to express, to communicate
To going against the grain, going insane, going mad
To loving tension, no pension, to more than one dimension
To starving for attention, hating convention, hating pretension
Not to mention of course, hating dear old mom and dad
To riding your bike midday past the three piece suits
To fruits, to no absolutes
To Absolut, to choice, to the Village Voice
To any passing fad
To being an "us" for once
Instead of a "them"
La vie boheme
La vie boheme
The need to express, to communicate
To going against the grain, going insane, going mad
To loving tension, no pension, to more than one dimension
To starving for attention, hating convention, hating pretension
Not to mention of course, hating dear old mom and dad
To riding your bike midday past the three piece suits
To fruits, to no absolutes
To Absolut, to choice, to the Village Voice
To any passing fad
To being an "us" for once
Instead of a "them"
La vie boheme
La vie boheme
*lyrics (c) 1996 by the genius Jonathan Larson. Used only for sing-a-long and enjoyment purposes...
That song is a source of inspiration for me too. I wrote about it a while back as an example of inspiration to helps explain why I am so fascinated in social media: http://nextcommunications.blogspot.com/2008/07/musical-inspiration-for-social-media.html
ReplyDeleteCongrats on blogging for 100 posts. I love that song. And letting go of fear is no easy thing: it took Paxil in order for me to do it! Love to you, molly
ReplyDeleteDefying Gravity is a song that is on heavy rotation on my running mix...it's amazing what happens when you close your eyes and leap!
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