I have never had epiphanies at a concert so much as i had tonight when i saw Tegan and Sara live for the first time. Something about this show just felt different than usual. Normally, when i go to a concert, i dance like i've never danced before and sing along at the top of my lungs, but today, i just felt like listening and watching, soaking in every word and every note played.
At one point, Sara shared a story about when she was 8 or 9 and got to see the New Kids on the Block, and just the awe that she experienced, the overwhelming feeling that there was someone famous, who she looked up to and loved in the same building as her.
This got me to thinking; i love singing more than pretty much anything else on this planet. One of my top goals on my Bucket List that i've been working on the past few weeks is to start a band and go on tour, and do what i love and spread what i have to say to all who will listen. Thinking about this, i looked out into the crowed below me (we sat up in the balcony) and at all the people around me, and thought, wow, if my dreams are so big, i wonder who else has similar dreams, or even bigger dreams. Maybe this girl sitting beside me will be the girl who cures cancer. Maybe that guy who's got his arm up in the air, singing his heart out down in the 4th row, maybe he's gonna win a gold medal for Canada. Or the young girl dancing like an idiot, who knows, maybe she's the next Picasso, Van Gogh... maybe there's a Bach out there, a Coco Chanel.
What i'm getting at, is that everyone has dreams. Whether they realize it at this moment or not, everyone wants something more from their life. Everyone wants to make something of themselves. And everyone is good at something, AMAZING even. Next time someone shuts you down and tells you that you will never be able to do what you dream of doing, be who you dream of being, whatever it may be, listen to a band you love. watch some paraplegic basketball. someone told them once they couldn't make it, and look at what they've accomplished. you can do anything you set your mind to, and if you want it bad enough, determination and hard work and learning from criticism - good or bad - will get you there.
So Shine, little star, I believe in you.
Yes, you.
