Brave.

Have you ever wanted to do something crazy? I don't mean go out and dye your hair purple or pierce your nose because your mom said no. I mean, something meaningful but yet defiant. Something that is going to live in you but also outlive you. When I say outlive you, what I mean to say is something that people are going to hear about after you die. I'm not saying that you have to end up in history books, heck, in 25 years kids probably won't know what it's like to carry tons of books home. Back to crazy. Maybe I don't mean crazy, maybe my version of crazy is your version of everyday, perhaps it's something you've never heard of, it might even be something you've wanted to do forever and haven't had the chance. For me, it's a bunch of things that I haven't gotten to do yet. They might not change the whole world, but to me these things would be so influential and life changing that it might scare a lot of pessimists. I want everyone to think about something they want to do, that you've wanted to do but have been scared of the outcome. If you want to talk to your crush but don't know how, just do it, if it doesn't work out at least you tried. If you want to get a new job, you have to look, it isn't going to come to you. If you want to lose weight, that's on your head, you have to be willing to do the work, it doesn't come from just eating right. There are infinite possibilities of what you can achieve if you just try it, go out and do it and don't let fear hold you back. I know a lot of people who don't do the things they want to because it's either not right for their friends, they don't like trying new things, or it won't keep them up on the high horse that we all sit on at some point. This whole go out and do something attitude of mine came about the other week, I found a song called Brave and it's by Sara Bareilles. It isn't just the words in this song that are inspirational, the video is as well. It's a bunch of people just getting the courage to break out in dance at the mall, in the gym, at the library, and a lot more. But what I think everyone should take from it is that no matter what you want to do, if you're brave enough, you can do anything. You don't have to listen to the rest of the world, and when they come at you with negativity, you just throw a handful of happiness in their face. I want to propose a challenge, to those of you who might read to this point. My challenge is this, find something you find terrifying, exciting, thrilling, brave, and do it. Maybe you'll record it and post it to my blog (that would be awesome) or just do it for you. But I want to know what you guys are crazy enough to try. "Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live Maybe one of these days you can let the light in Show me how big your brave is." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4