Streetcorner Symphony

Some people, It's a pity, they go all their lives and never know how to love or to let love go. But it's alright now. We'll make it through this somehow. And we'll paint the perfect picture, all the colors of this world will run together, more than ever. I can feel it. Can you feel it? Come on over, down to the corner, my sisters and my brothers of every different color. Can't you feel that sunshine telling you to hold tight? Things will be alright. Try to find a better life... Come on over, down to the corner, my sisters and my brothers. There for one another... Man I know you want to let yourself go. We may never find our reason to shine, but here and now, this is our time. And I may never find the meaning of life, but for this moment I am fine - Rob Thomas "Streetcorner Symphony". This (very long) quote is so perfect for this moment in my life today. I think that I just obsess too much about trying to control my life and every single situation that occurs in it. Today has been, simply stated, a complete and total disaster, and one of the best days I've had in a long time, all magically rolled into one. I have been learning a lot about myself these days, and I think that I just really need to let some stuff go. Like this song says... I know you want to let yourself go... I may never find the meaning of life, but for this moment I am fine. This is the way I ought to view my life. The things that we (and by we, I mean I) view as "important" (grades, work, pleasing other people) are really so trivial when you think about the bigger picture. When was the last time I had a good long conversation with my Mom? Or called my best friend just to talk? It's these things, these relationships that will be more important in the end than any "A" we make on a paper, any promotion we recieve at work or any validation we could possibly recieve from another. Sometimes we just need to stop, take a breath, "go down to the corner" and stay for awhile.