Tuesday, March 23, 2010

"I Was Here"

For a couple of years now I've had this insane desire to visit other countries and provide humanitarian aid. I want to go to places like Nicaragua, Africa, Central America, South America, wherever; and I've been thinking about it a lot lately. One day, I am going to go and do some work. I want to be a part of something huge that is beneficial to hundreds of people. Be it an ambassador, volunteer, coordinator, etc with some organization, I want to do it. I want to leave my mark, but more importantly I want to make a difference is someone else's life. I want to influence for good and I want to contribute portions of my time and life to helping others.

So in 2008 (during the Olympics) when I heard "I Was Here" by Lady Antebellum, I felt like my life's goal had just been put into song. I recently rediscovered the song in my i-Tunes library and have decided that it is the new theme song for my life. Here's the chorus:

I wanna do something that matters
Say something different
Something that sets the whole world on its ear
Wanna do something better
With the time I’ve been given
I wanna try
To touch a few hearts in this life
And leave nothing less than something that says
I was here

I absolutely love it. So here it is, my life's new theme song. :)

1 comment:

Tiffany said...

Love this post! I know exactly how you feel. One of the main reasons I chose the medical field is because I have a big dream to travel to third world countries and give charitable healthcare. You can guarentee that if I was done with school, I would have been gone to Haiti.

Wonderful married shenanigans and adventures. :)