Dying to be alive...

The city is awake. I have been for about 2 hours. I'm not sure that the city ever sleeps, actually. But somewhere between 5:30 and 7:00 it starts to show signs of another busy day. Today it seems tired. Clouds cover the sky, which reminds me that it is supposed to rain today so I should probably pack my umbrella. Cars are moving slower than usual and someone has painted an achromatic scene outside my window. I am okay with this. We all need a day like today once in awhile. Although some would prefer to embrace their pillow and sleep on a cloudy day, I do not. For some reason I thrive on gloomy days. They are comforting to me and make me feel as though I have more structure. Unfortunately, I cannot explain why. 

As I told you, I have been up for a couple hours now. Usually, when my alarm goes off, I proceed to hit snooze, getting 5 more minutes of sleep in return. After nearly half an hour of "5 more minutes" I begin to feel completely lazy and foolish. This is when I decide to get up. Luckily, I always set my alarm for an hour earlier than the time I need to get up, knowing that this little episode will happen. However, today it did not happen. Today I woke  up to a new song. I typically pick a new tune on my phone to use as my wake up call, as I did last night. So at 5:30 I began to hear my motivation. My motivation to not only get up, but do something, make something of my day, and just be alive. If you haven't noticed, life just passes us by. It does not care what you want, it does not care what you are going through, and it certainly does not care how you choose to spend it. Sure, we could all lay on the floor, expecting someone to come along and pick us up, tell us what to do. However, that would get us nowhere. I've realized that no one is going to live my life for me. No one is going to smile for me, no one will accomplish things for me, and no one will love myself as much as I can. We were all given this one body, this one life to live. Yet most of us treat each day as if it's a chore. Unfortunately, these people will look back at their "bad days" and realize the only reason they were so bad is because they let them be.  If you are alive and well, you should have no complaints. Today will end, a new day will begin. It will not stop to wait for us.


Please ignore the video and just listen to the lyrics. It's the only one I could find to share with you guys! :) 
Hanson - Dying to Be Alive