Favorite Piece of Writing

Like most people, it is much too difficult for me to pick a "favorite" anything, much less a piece of writing. For this week's assignment, I'm going to choose lyrics from one of my "favorite" artists, Jason Mraz. Hold your moans and groans please.


"Climb up over the top
Survey the state of the soul
You've got to find out for yourself whether or not you're truly trying
Why not give it a shot?
Shake it. Take control and inevitably wind up
Find out for yourself all the
Strengths you have inside of you"

Song: Song for a Friend
Artist: Jason Mraz a.k.a Mr. A-Z ("he's all about the wordplay")


A little corny right? But when it's being sung by a full choir with sonorous trumpets in the background, it's pretty shiver inducing. I find this particular lyric in the song holding much relevance to my current state of life. After a shaky first year in college, I was finally getting used to the system. Classes weren't so intimidating and I no longer felt like the buildings were always looming over me. I began to get comfortable. Too comfortable. I already had an established set of friends, was in the second year of my mind-numbing library job and was continuing with my "you can do anything with it" major, Business. Here I was dreaming about greatness and there I did, settling for safe.

Fast forward one year, I'm in a job I love, and in a major I feel excited by. Through out that whole year, I was listening to this song on and off. I even made sure it was in all the new CDs I was burning. The lyrics are simple but the message is universal. Every time I felt a little doubt in things such as my Radio, Film and Television minor, this song was like a little hug to my soul (Ok this one you can groan at). This song reminds me of how good it feels when I actually truly, try. Not the "I'm going to do well at a job I hate" kind of trying, but the "I'm going to try to find my passion." It's so much more fulfilling. Obvious as that sounds, I just didn't get it then.

So I wrote a little bit too much, but it just shows why this song is so great. It has a huge "call to
action" ending and holds relevance to almost everybody. It is a message that is timeless and inspiring, but simple enough to not scare you off. All it's asking is for you to try.