John Mayer sings:
Me and all my friends
We're all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There's no way we ever could
Now we see everything that's going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it
So we keep waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change.
Lecturing on the campus of Appalachian State University yesterday Mayer’s lyrics caught fire in my imagination refusing to be controlled nearly twenty four hours after the episode.
If waiting for change is your thing you’ll never change. Society has turned it into a choice. Politicians speak of change as being an item that instantly changes while Preachers continue their journey of warning wandering souls that change is on the way. But just like free crab legs at Joe’s tomorrow, tomorrow never gets here.
Major mile marker moments one hundred times larger then your greatest Christmas ever invokes change and until you have one…everything else remains.
A fellow broadcaster explained to me his reasons for leaving Charlotte, calling it a decision based on the wisdom of his father-in-law; Only three times during the average lifetime are you given the opportunity to endure a once in a lifetime moment. If your final decision isn’t to embrace the change, it could be decades before the next once in a lifetime opportunity arises.
If life truly delivers only three changes…what if time already spent reveals you’ve got only one left?
What is opportunity other than the art of communication? If the plan unveils your two feet firmly stuck in quick dry concrete that might explain why everyday lollygags its way down the path labeled the final horizon.
Change happens while it’s happening creating more reasons not to wait for change but rather become part of its continuation. How many retired people do you know that passed away a year after letting go? Compare that to the number of coworkers and family members in your life that still have jobs but have decided not to grow?
Mayer continues his song;
It's not that we don't care,
We just know that the fight ain't fair
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change
No page is written inside books of history without there being change. Be it by man, nature or from places we can’t identify…it’s never if but rather when. Then it becomes our choice to change with it or give permission to the wisdom of fate to take our hands and guide our dreams down a different street.
A single guitar string can be finely tuned to tease your ear but until it’s introduced to five others like it…music waits in the corner of the creative mind to be born. Or does it? We were so poor growing up that my guitar featured only three strings which never stopped me from creating change.
Change doesn’t always win public approval for decision making offices sought. Change isn’t just coming it’s already happened. Change is a choice no matter how many opportunities time allows to unfold. If three is all you need then it was your choice to stop playing.
Where are you today? What’s keeping you from change?
I will always believe in you first…
arroecollins@clearchannel.com
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