Dare You To Move
July 16, 2008 3 Comments
Welcome to the planet Welcome to existence Everyone's here Everyone's here
You see light for the first time. It feels unbearably cold. You hear joyous exclamations, and you hear happy sobs. For one moment, you feel welcomed.
“I can do this.”
You don’t have to be a genius to know what that means. Humans have been instilled with survival instincts the moment they were created in their mothers’ womb. A skill we all underestimate.
Everybody's watching you now Everybody waits for you now What happens next? What happens next?
You feel the heat down your neck. It’s your first major examination, and you feel like choking the person sitting right next to you.
It’s your first job interview, and you want to impress your interviewers. They ask you a question that isn’t in that script that you’ve rehearsed hundreds of times.
You fall in love for the first time. But until you speak, you remain invisible.
I dare you to move I dare you to move I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Like today never happened Today never happened before
So you have it all. A high-flying career and every single person in town wants to get to know you. You have someone who wakes up beside you every morning.
You wonder if that’s how it plays out for everyone. School, degree, jobs, family, bigger family, and six feet under.
You have money, you can have your ashes scattered at the highest mountain or across the most beautiful lake like they do in the movies.
Welcome to the fallout Welcome to resistance The tension is here The tension is here Between who you are and who you could be Between how it is and how it should be
Not all days are good days. You’ve failed your exam before. Few months ago, your best friend passed away. Yesterday, your partner betrays you. Today, you spilled coffee onto your pants.
And tomorrow. What about tomorrow? Sometimes, you don’t want to know.
I dare you to move I dare you to move I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Like today never happened Today never happened
You open an old notebook you used to scribble in when you were in high school. Your best friend and you wrote of things you both wanted to do when you grow up. Out of the chunk of dreams and hopes, you realized you have only fulfilled one: Get a good job. You didn’t get to marry that handsome football player because you realized he’s too fat now.
Things change. But you wonder – have they changed for the better?
Maybe redemption has stories to tell Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell Where can you run to escape from yourself? Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go? Salvation is here
You go to your ex-partner’s place to have a cup of coffee. You didn’t say much. But as you are leaving, you give that person a pat on the shoulder and say,
“I forgive you. Nice coffee.”
You return home to your family, and you hug each and every one of them. You have planned to sky dive for the holidays, and you want to rebuild your business from scratch.
For the first time, you ask them if they want to join you.
Your little one whines. First major exam tomorrow. You smile.
I dare you to move I dare you to move I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor I dare you to move I dare you to move Like today never happened Today never happened Today never happened Today never happened before
You no longer want to have your ashes scattered over the most prestigious places. You want to see all of that before you die. And when you do turn to ashes, the only place you want to be is where you can have a scenic view of your loved ones.
I dare you to move.
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