Moment of Motivation Monday – July 26th
Posted by Teresa | Under Writing Lessons Monday Jul 26, 2010Last year a show came on TV called, GLEE. Now, when it first was publicized I wasn’t sure if I would watch it or not but my daughter said she thought it would be a good show. So when the season began we watched. And I have to admit, at first the story line was a bit odd. However, that is also what enticed me to keep watching.
Anyway, the young men and women on Glee are extremely talented singers so that is one of the reasons I tuned in each week. And the strong message of doing what you want to do despite being an outsider to the “popular” crowd really resonated with me.
Those kids realized that they were better people when they were a part of the GLEE group then when they were with their “friends”.
One of the songs that they sang earlier in the season but I feel really summarizes inspiration and motivation is the song, “Defying Gravity”. I hadn’t heard the song before this and now it is one of my favorite songs when I need a little motivation.
Here are few of the lyrics–
“Something has changed within me, something is not the same. I’m through with playing by the rules of someone else’s game.
“Too late for second guesses, too late to go back to sleep, it’s time to trust my instincts, close my eyes and leap”.
“I’m through excepting limits, ’cause someone says there so. Some things I can not change, but till I try, I’ll never know”.
Remember, no matter what other people tell you, try to convince you of, you are the only person who can make the decision to follow your passion. So, if you really wish to be a writer or author, you can do it. And don’t let anyone make you think you can’t.
You can buy the song on iTunes.
Every time, I hear this song, it reminds me of moving forward to creating my passion and living the life I love.
So I hope this Moment of Motivation as encouraged you to keep your passion alive and continue to spread the message of your writing and book to others.
Please come back if you listen to the song, and comment on what your thoughts are on the song.
Thanks and until next week–
Keep Writing!