Hi, friends.
I am here today to tell you this one thing: sing in the car. You may be saying, "What, BT? Where is this coming from? You've been all serious and inspirational. Now, you're telling me to sing in my car?" I sure am.
This blog transpired today from my own personal rendition of Beyonce's "Irreplaceable." I have a full out chair dance to this song. I am able to do it with one hand on the wheel or with my knee on the steering wheel. (Side note: I only drive with me knee on straight roads. I promise not to do that around curves.) Anyway, I was cruising around in my Aveo, radio up, and making sure that I let everyone in LP know that the boy should never feel he is irreplaceable.
The point? I had a blast. I was silly, but I didn't care. I am sure every person watching me doing my award winning choreography thought I had lost it, but happiness was oozing out of me. I want every single person to be insanely happy. We are the only ones who control how we feel. We may not believe this, but it is true. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you deal with it. Let your hair down and have some fun. I know we have to be adults, take care of many other people, pay bills, and all of the other fun adult activities we are bound to, but never let that child in you die.
If singing and dancing in the car is out of the question, do anything you're comfortable with. Try skipping. I skip almost daily at school with my friend Mrs. Rogers. (See if you all can figure out who Mrs. Rogers is.) I promise that it is impossible to skip and frown. I just want you all to smile, laugh, and be as happy as you all deserve. Life is so much better when you choose to make it fun. My high school students taught me YOLO this year, and as cheesy and cliche as it is, it is true. You only live once. Don't look back and wish you would have loosened up and had more fun. Start now. If you need to hang out with Baby Teacher and Mrs. Rogers to see how it is done, we will welcome you with open arms.
Life is all what you make of it. Soak up every minute. Have fun. Choose to be happy. I promise if you put on a little Beyonce and crank up the radio that you'll be well on your way. Just watch out for the silver Aveo. I'll be doing my best to show you up!
Go do good things,
BT
I wish everyone in the world would read this blog post. You basically summed up my view on life.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing that's really fun is dancing down the grocery store aisles. That will never get old to me.
Plus, I don't trust people that don't know all the words to Irreplaceable. That song is the best. I think it's impossible for me not to break out singing it whenever someone says "to the left"