From Man of La Mancha:
“To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star
This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far
To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march into Hell
For a heavenly cause
And I know if I’ll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I’m laid to my rest
And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star”
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Pure LOVE,
guided by the IDEALS
of this song,
transformed my life forever.
When I am conflicted
between settling for the Easy Road
and taking The Road Less Traveled,
I listen to THIS song.
By the end of the song,
I have to do the right thing.
It does make it difficult
to be in relationships,
because I BELIEVE
that the Higher Ideal
REALLY DOES take precedence
over the needs
of an individual.
I SUCK ASS at relationships,
I actually believe
that Love is a Holy Act.
I’ve been accused of being disloyal
in more than one relationship,
because I WILL CHOOSE
The Ideal
over Human Flaw.
THIS is why I Love Symbols.
THIS is why I am Addicted to Words.
Words & Symbols
POINT our Lives
in the direction
of their meanings.
IF I chose to listen to Beck’s:
I’M A LOSER BABY,
SO WHY DON’T YOU KILL ME,
I would have killed myself
years ago.
If I read murder mysteries,
you wouldn’t be alive to read this.
THIS is why I keep
a picture of JESUS by my bed,
the first thing I see upon waking.
Jesus sounds like a chill guy,
one to emulate.
Seeing HIM first thing
makes for a peaceful day.
BUDDHA on my shelf
makes ME smile.
THIS is why I have
a FUCK FEAR tattoo
circled around my wrist.
I need a DAILY reminder,
because life can be scary
when I CHOOSE Fear.
THIS is why I SAY
that I’M THE HAPPIEST MAN ALIVE,
because saying it
creates THAT reality.
Go back and read the words
of THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM,
but read them knowing that
you may end up alone,
lying peaceful and calm,
unabashedly believing
that you can reach
the unreachable star.
From the collection of Kate Pierson