Welcome 2008!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! This year (month actually) is monumental to me- I turn 30! Though I feel no closer to being an adult then I did when I hit the other milestone birthday- 21, I am told that your 30's is where it all comes together.... here's hoping:-) To begin the official month celebration (that will continue until the 29th of January- My official b-day) I thought that I would post a song that I am considering my anthem for this year (no it's not "Baby Got Back" although that was a close second when I was deciding). If you have never actually listened to the song... I recommend it. Emphasis to lyrics mine... obviously.

I CHOOSE- India Arie

Here I am now looking at 30 and I got so much to say,

Gotta get this off my chest, I gotta lit it go today

I was always too concerned about what everybody would think

But I can't live for everybody; I gotta live my life for me

I've reached a fork in the road of my life

Ain't nothing gonna happen unless I decide

And I choose, to be the best that I can be

I choose to be authentic in everything I do

MY PAST DON'T DICTATE WHO I AM

I choose

I don' been through some painful times I thought I would never make it through

Filled up with shame from the top of my head to the soles of my shoes

I've put myself in so many chaotic circumstances

BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD I'VE BEEN GIVEN SO MANY SECOND CHANCES

BUT TODAY I DECIDED TO LET IT ALL GO

I'M DROPPING THESE BAGS, I'M MAKING ROOM FOR MY JOY

Release the guilt about why things happen the way that they do

Cause life is gonna do what it do

And everyday I have the opportunity to choose

From this day forward, I'm going to be exactly who I am

I don't need to change the way I live my life just to get a man

I even had a talk with my mama and I told her today that I'm grown

From this day forward every decision I make is gonna be my own

I choose, to be the best that I can be

I choose to be courageous in everything I do

My past don't dictate who I am

I choose

I choose