Song of the Day: Bigger than my Body - John Mayer
I'm not really sure what made me decide to share my thoughts and experiences with the world, but I guess I just felt like someone else should hear them. Maybe what I have to say will change the reader in some way, because I know that things I read sometimes influence me.
I just moved to the city a few months ago, because I decided to go to college at Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta. Go Panthers! :) It's truly amazing the impact that the atmosphere has already had on me. I come from a small town where the biggest thing that happens is Friday Night Football at the local high school. Of course, my mindset always thinks about things in a more 'between the lines' kind of way. I loved football at The Branch because of how much it brought people together, and I didn't really think that was possible in a city of over 6 million people. But having lived in the city now, and being to call myself a resident of Atlanta, GA, I can sort of see how certain things bring certain people together. There are crowds of hobos doing the YMCA in Woodruff Park, parades on holidays like Labor Day, local bands and musicians performing at random times of the day and such.
Currently there's a movie being filmed around all corners of my apartment, and the masses of people that come to watch is an abnormal number of different cliche's of people and prospects. Everyone wants to be in the movie, everyone wants to see Ryan Reynolds, and everyone wants to be there to witness something so 'cool' and mainstream. But really I think it's because there's a piece of everyone that wants to be a part of something bigger than themselves. I know I certainly do. The question for me is what do I want to be a part of that can impact all of the culture around me? I know that I want to do big things with my life, I have huge aspirations and goals. I guess some people would say that they want to be famous, but I think the main concern with becoming a part of something bigger is knowing that you won't leave the earth without some remnance of you being there at all. Not being forgotten, or left behind. Leaving a legacy of some sort, and knowing that you had an impact on someone. I hate to think that I've 'left' earth after I die, whenver that time may be. The reason I want to to big things is because I want to be remembered for doing something big, something good for the human kind. I guess as soon as I find out what that is, I'll be able to start towards this goal. Until then, watching big things form, and people growing and changing as with the people and experiences around them will have to do.
The more you lose youself in something
bigger than yourself, the more energy
you have. -Norman Vincent Peale
