Sunday, 3 August 2014

Am I Wrong?

The children in my class are putting on a drama show for our school assembly in a couple of weeks time.  One of the songs that they wish to perform is called Am I Wrong?

The lyrics are as follows:

Am I wrong for thinking out the box from where I stay?
Am I wrong for saying that I choose another way?

I ain't tryna do what everybody else doing
Just cause everybody doing what they all do
If one thing I know, I'll fall but I'll grow
I'm walking down this road of mine, this road that I call home

So am I wrong
For thinking that we could be something for real?
Now am I wrong
For trying to reach the things that I can't see?

But that's just how I feel,
That's just how I feel
That's just how I feel
Trying to reach the things that I can't see

Am I tripping for having a vision?
My prediction: I'mma be on the top of the world

Without my children having chosen this song to be a part of their assembly item I would not have thought twice about the lyrics, but when I have sat back and considered what the lyrics are saying I have begun to see a connection between some of the lyrics and how I have felt at different stages over the past couple of years.

I have high ambitions and am always  striving to reach things that are beyond my grasp at the present moment in time but that with effort and dedication will become achievable and successful. At the moment, this goal is to organise and begin my masters in Education.  Peers and colleagues of mine have mentioned that I am crazy for re-entering study before being fully registered - however I know that "I'll fall but I'll grow" and I will achieve success. Yes it will get crazy busy, yes it will be a challenge but if I did not accept this challenge I know that I would not be pushing myself to my full potential and would not feel satisfied. 

Am I wrong for thinking out of the box from where I stay?  Am I wrong for saying that I will choose another way?  For me, I am not.  I only hope that in time others will see, and I will be able to prove to others that no I am not wrong for thinking outside of the box, that no I am not wrong for choosing my own path and that I am right for following the path that I know will lead me to a feeling of internal success and accomplishment.

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