At This Moment

At this moment:
I am at my Yuletide Concert.  I am most likely wanting to kill someone.  I have shed a few tears and pulled out a lot of hair along the way, but I guess that is what a person does when they love doing something.

What is my love?  My love is singing.  I don't have a great soloist voice, but I know I can make an ensemble shine.  It might be presumptuous for me to think that, but I am fine with that.  I enjoy singing out.  I love singing loud and proud.

I began taking private voice lessons in fifth grade.  Those lessons taught me a lot about life.  First, life is full of hard work.  You have to give sweat, blood, and tears before life even begins to think about giving you something back.  That is the beauty of it.  Secondly, singing taught me that the world is full of beauty.  Give me a good melancholy, Irish/Scottish/Celtic sounding song, and that for me is true beauty.  The minor keys that lead to hope... perfection.  Thirdly, music in general taught me to go for what you believe in.  I know that I will never be a singer on Broadway, and I am fine with that.  I don't want to sing on Broadway.  I just want to have fun and sing me some Latin and Italian.  If that makes me weird, then I am perfectly fine with being that way.

So, at this moment, I am singing at my college's Christmas Concert.  I am ready to kill someone, but that is fine.... I'll get over it..... I will wow the crowd (with the help of my fellow singers).... I will change the world, one song at a time, and that makes me smile.  So what are you doing at this moment?  Are you making a difference, adding in your two cents by doing something you love?  I am, and you should too.

Alexandra

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

-Tony Robbins