Acca-Occasionally.

Okay. So you all know that I get inspiration from strange places.

But Tonight, during Pitch Perfect 2 I almost cried.

Here's why.

This whole year I have made it my focus to be myself through my music.

Now the whole movie is about that.

The Bella's being themselves.

And I realize this is totally obvious and totally corny, but.....(there is always a but..)

The producer in the movie asked Becca....

"What makes you special??"

She couldn't answer that right away.

But of course because it's a movie and movies pretty much always have a happy ending, she eventually does figure out what makes her special.

I read an incredible article the specifically spoke to 20 somethings.

It's said, figure out what makes you special, what you stand for, what makes you shine, and go with that. Know what it is.

It's so interesting to be in a world, not understand what makes you special.

What makes you, you?

And to be totally honest. I can't put my finger on it. 

I don't see the world in black and white.

There is a ton of grey area.

I love to sing.

I am different when I sing, because no one else sings like me.

Know one else can sing the song the way I sing it.

No one has my sound.

No one has my moves.

No one has my spice.

I am different then other people, simply because I can see the bigger picture.

I see a different picture.

So why are you different?

How do you view the world?

Do you see in black and white?

I doubt it, this world is rich with vibrant color strewn in every direction. 

When you see people do you see them for the mistakes they have probably made, or do you see them for the good that lies with in them?

Do you see the world flat or round?

How do you respond to criticism?

Does it hurt your insides, or motivate you forward?

Be you.

As My friend Dr. Suess once said....

"Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive that is youer than you."

Be that person.

We need more people in the world to be themselves and make big mistakes!

We need more people to be honest with themselves and others!

We need more people to be themselves, so that the people growing up behind us have examples of what it looks like to be themselves.

So we don't have this whinny bunch of youth not understanding what it looks like to be some one not behind a computer screen. (I catch the irony, thank you.)

We need leaders

and crazy thinkers,

and inventors,

and musicians,

and artists,

and politicians,

and doctors,

and farmers,

and teachers,

and astrophysicists,

and engineers,

people, all of whom look at this world, from a million different angles.

But we need to stop seeing it as a place, that one day we get to leave, that one day, "when Jesus comes back!" everything will be better....

No!

We need to look out and see the people that live here and now, and we need to see it for it's potential!

See it for the goodness.

See it for the greatness.

See it for the individuals on this earth that are having a hard time.

And we need to look at them in the face and go....

"I'm trying to be me.   I think you should be you.  We can do this you know?"

Benedict Cumberbatch once said "We need to start living life like this is where heaven exists!"

I mean he's right!?

Jesus exists here!

We exist here!

Isn't the definition of hell the absence of God?

I need to stop living like every obstacle that comes against me will be my last!

I just want to be myself.

That's it. Nothing else.

I just want to be who I was created to be.

I just wanna be me.