I Believe I Can Fly

The winner of the TV show "The Voice" performed the song "I Believe I Can Fly."  It really got to me because it reminded me of a very down time in my life when I needed to believe I could fly to keep me glued together.  I needed to believe that I could get through this negative depressing time of my life by truly believing I could control my happiness and take actions to overcome the negative situation I was in.  I eventually believed I could fly.

My negative situation was many many years ago and the song "I Believe I Could Fly" was not yet written.  The song, at the time, that got me through was "The Rose" by Bette Midler:

"Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed.
Some say love, it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed.
Some say love, it is a hunger,
An endless aching need.
I say love, it is a flower,
And you its only seed.

It's the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance.
It's the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance.
It's the one who won't be taken,
Who cannot seem to give,
And the soul afraid of dyin'
That never learns to live.

When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose."

I truly believed that in the spring I would become the rose.  I was a miserable soul, but had so much love for life that I believed the good times would return.  The second paragraph of the song gave me the strength to take the risks and make the tough decisions that were required to make me a happy and positive energy person again. 

I didn't want to be the heart afraid of breaking because I wanted to be the one that learns to dance.  I didn't want to be the dream afraid of waking because I wanted to be the one that takes the chance.  I didn't want to be the one who won't be taken because I wanted to be able to give.  I didn't want to be the soul afraid of dyin' because I wanted to be the one that learns to live.

Never let life take you down.  Always believe life is beautiful and worth living.  Never let the negatives in your life make you believe you are not good enough.  Always believe you are or will soon become "The Rose."  Never let others make you believe you can't do what you need to do to make yourself happy.  Always believe YOU CAN FLY.