Fight on, little Solider, fight on

I recently went on a trip with a friend. We took his car from the Purdue campus all the way to his house which is a suburb of Indianapolis. It was a fun trip. We left Saturday night, and Saturday afternoon was the Purdue vs Toledo game at home. It was a really bad game for Purdue, even though there were ups and downs in the game. The first half was just a big down. Then the third and beginning of the fourth quarter came around and it was a big up for Purdue. We were doing well, made Toledo turn the ball over, and decent on offense. But when the end of the fourth quarter came around, the game ended badly. The score was Purdue 20, Toledo- 31. The game was a bad game, with many downs. But this relates to life. You may be questioning, wait how does football relate to how I live my life? Well I mentioned that there were ups and downs in the game. The same thing happens in life. Things won’t go your way; things might go your way. You get high on life and happy, or you could get down and depressed. But one thing that has to be down is to fight on. Purdue was down the whole game basically, the worst part being in the first half. But they fought on. Even though they were playing bad, and things were not going their way, they fought on. Fight on little solider fight on. Even though things might not go your way fight on. Even if the pain you feel hurts to bad and you want to give up, fight on. If you don’t think there is way, fight on and you will find a way. Keep going on, look for the light at the end of the tunnel. Don’t have tunnel vision; don’t just see the darkness. Fight on and you will see the light.

There were a couple of things that struck me in Indianapolis. My friend and I went to his house. The next day we went to his church, and then went to Irving Theater to see a concert. The Almost and Between the Trees were playing, and I personally love those bands. I got to meet all the guys from Between the Trees before and after the show. All the guys were nice there. After the concert was over, I stood around talking to the bands and the people there. My second to last stop at all the merchandise tables was the Almost’s table. Jay, the guitarist, was there talking to some people. He was a cool guy. After my friend and I took a picture and I was leaving, he told me to wait up a bit and he wanted to tell me something. He told me he noticed that I was wearing a To Write Love On Her Arms shirt. He was like, “hey you know the girl, Renee, that like started all of this?” I of course said yes. “Do you know that the guys. . .” he pointed the area where Between the Trees were, and I rudely interrupted and said “Yes I know they were friends with her and stuff.” Then we talked for like thirty seconds on how it’s weird how this one girl started a whole revolution because of friends who wanted to help her. I think that’s what we should do with everyone. Not start a revolution, but be nice and help others. Care about them so much that you just need to help, write songs about them, help them fight on through the darkness.

Another thing that shocked me was a quick conversation that my friend and I had while we were in a neighboring neighborhood to his. Joking around, I say to him, “So are there any good looking girls in this area?” He did say to me that there actually was this one girl. She was like really pretty and nice. He was talking all in past tense, so being the questioning person I am, I asked what happened to her. He only said three words. Three words that always makes me question and wonder; three words that hurt so much no matter who the person is. The words he said were “She gave up.” I sat there speechless when he said this. I just started saying questions to myself, “Why?” “how?”. So I just briefly responded “wow”. I didn’t know what to say. I still don’t know what to say. I wonder if she had friends that could help her. Help her to fight on through the darkness. That’s why I think we should be someone’s Jamie T or Ryan Kirkland. We need to help other people out. Help them weather the storm. Help them get their eyes off something that will not accomplish anything good. Every person’s life is important, yet people don’t get that at times. But we really need to embrace that fact. We need to help fight on. Tell them there is a meaning in life. The pain will end. Help is real. We need to fight on no matter what. Tell people to fight on or help people fight on. Tell them their life is important. Tell them you were made to love and be loved. Help them fight on. Fight on. Tell them to keep going on, the pain is only for now, only temporary. Fight on, little solider, fight on.

I wanna live. . . .

Jon Foreman of Switchfoot says in the song "Awakening", "I wanna live like i know what i'm leaving". what is he trying to say with this? Could it be that he wants to live enough to leave this place with love? or he wants to live and leave because of what he has done good to the world? those made no sense but i sometimes wonder if im living my life enough to leave it with doing something worthwhile. i recently read this quote from Margaret Fuller that says, "Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live." Do we all forget to live by trying to make a living in this world? I think we do forget to live all the time.

i know for myself that i almost every day forget to live and forget that each breath is worth something special. I worry about stupid things and even important things that wont matter in a year or so. I worry abput getting homework done, worry about exams, not failing, etc. but is it worth all the worry? Am i still going to live on? Am i going to lose my sanity from failing one exam that is worth a fourth of my grade? Sure its not good, but time goes on. Life goes on. To quote Stephen Christian in his song "Naive Orleans", he says " well i finally found that life goes on without you, and my world still turns when youre not around". The world keeps turning. Whether or not you like it, the world goes on with or without you. Its your choice to stand still, or move. Dare people to move, dare yourself to move. Dare to be a part of something important. Do not let breaths be wasted. Do not spend your life away with worry and doubts. Be the change. Go up to that girl you cant talk to. Hold doors open for people you dont know. Try to smile at people ,because most likely they will smile back. Happiness is contagious. Do something different. Be a difference. Live liek you know what you are leaving. Leave an impact. Be something special. I think i will leave it at that. . . .

Peace 'n' Love
Mike