12:48 a.m., I slide my phone open. One new message from Facebook; one of my friends just updated her status. Strangely, I decide to actually read the message before deleting it, and I'm glad I did. What I read will change my life: "There's a really big world at your fingertips & you know you have the chance to change it."
I read the text . . . and read it again . . . and again. I'm not sure why, but this one little sentence flips a switch inside me. It sets me off to a new track in my mind, really makes me think. I begin wondering exactly what this means to ME, how this applies to MY life. Am I seizing my chance to change the world?
Although this sentence could be just a line in a song, it's begun to mean so much more to me. I've realized that where I am in my life is not where I want to be; I'm not where I need to be. I need to be in the skyscraper cities, a place where I can make a difference. I need to be pushing myself to new heights, taking it all the way to the top. I need to be letting my music talk to the world for me, letting my mind and heart be heard. And mostly, I need to be making a change in the lives of others.
With that said, I refuse to let my chance slip through my fingers, as I have let so many other things. I WILL grab onto my dreams and make a difference in this world. I want you to know my name. I want to make you feel every emotion. I want to be with you at your lowest and your highest. I want to take you with me as I strive for something more than we've ever known.
I've set my wheels in motion, and I'm starting a new road in my life. For now, all I can do is sit on my bed at one in the morning and strum on my guitar. And that satisfies me for the moment. But when tomorrow comes . . . tomorrow, I will know so much more, I will see so much more, I will be so much more. I will be.
"There's a really big world at your fingertips & you know you have the chance to change it." Are you seizing your chance?
-Soap
