I stand...

From birth, we are basically told to have a plan. To have a career that you'll invest your whole being into. What if I don't want that? What if my plan is different? What if I plan on traveling the world and seeing all it has to offer before I ever settle down, that is, if I ever settle down? What if I want to meet people along the way, and get to know them in their own cultures, and learn new things about myself and this world in the process? In such a huge world, I find it impossible to ever be able to say "this is what I want to do for the rest of my life", unless, of course the "this" is traveling... seeing everything I possibly can. Soaking up every minute of adventure, breathing new air in the millions of new realms of possibilities. We think we have so much time on this earth, but who are we to ever know? All I know is this- that this is the adventure. This is what I was made for. This is what I want. This is what makes me happy. I will not settle for a mediocre life, for anything less than happiness.


I watch so many people look through windows and wish their life was like someone else's, or wish they had something different, were doing something different. I used to be the same way, back in DC. I really hated life back then. But then I set my eyes on a dream. A dream that will allow me to travel the world, both the glamorous and beautiful places, and also the roads less traveled where people are hungry and need my help. I want to go everywhere, and do everything. And don't tell me I can't, because I can. I can defy gravity, and there's nothing that can bring me down.

This is my life. This is my vision. The vision is love... unyielding, uncompromising, passionate and extravagant love. I want my life to be a life of service and love. I want to change people's lives and let them infiltrate my heart in the deepest of ways.

So here I am. Standing outside the window, beckoning those who are looking out to live a life of love, of forgiveness, of understanding and compassion. Don't settle for anything less than happiness. It's all right outside our doors.

If you want to know what I stand for... listen to this song (by clicking on the link- "I stand"- Idina Menzel), and read the lyrics below. This is my life. This is the adventure. This... is me.

"I stand"- Idina Menzel- (who sends shivers through my spine because her voice is beautiful)


When you ask me, who I am:
What is my vision? And do I have a plan?
Where is my strength? Have I nothing to say?
I hear the words in my head, but I push them away.

'Cause I stand for the power to change,
I live for the perfect day.
I love till it hurts like crazy,
I hope for a hero to save me.
I stand for the strange and lonely,
I believe there's a better place.
I don't know if the sky is heaven,
But I pray anyway.

And I don't know
What tomorrow brings
The road less traveled
Will it set us free?
Cause we are taking it slow,
These tiny legacies.
I don't try and change the world;
But what will you make of me?

'Cause I stand for the power to change,
I live for the perfect day.
I love till it hurts like crazy,
I hope for a hero to save me.
I stand for the strange and lonely,
I believe there's a better place.
I don't know if the sky is heaven,
But I pray anyway.

With the slightest of breezes
We fall just like leaves
As the rain washes us from the ground
We forget who we are
We can't see in the dark
And we quickly get lost in the crowd

'Cause I stand for the power to change,
I live for the perfect day.
I love till it hurts like crazy,
I hope for a hero to save me.
'Cause I stand for the power to change,
I live for the perfect day.
I love till it hurts like crazy,
I hope for a hero to save me.
I stand for the strange and lonely,
I believe there's a better place.
I don't know if the sky is heaven,
But I pray anyway.