lyric of the day.

so my friend colleen from the east coast is visiting here until sunday. she's awesome. she interned here two summers ago and that's when we bonded. especially during a upn party where we got to take a picture with missy elliott. funny enough, colleen is wearing a respect m.e. adidas track jacket today. anyway, her being reminded me of a lyric written by tempus, the band she manages. i don't even remember the name of the song, but i know the line well since i wrote it on a post-it and it's been resting on my desktop ever since.
it says "you say your life's over...it's really just beginning."
i don't know why i like this line so much. i don't even have the song downloaded or anything. i just look at it everyday and it puts a smile to my face. i guess it's because i was having a bad day when she was talking about it, and something clicked. everytime i read it, it empowers me not to let sadness overcome who i am. that there will be tough times ahead in many areas of my life, but i will not raise the flag of defeat. it reminds me to keep fighting for tomorrow, because that is a luxury that is, more often than not, taken for granted by so many of us. i admit, i'm guilty of feeling down at times but in the big scheme of things, i have so many reasons to keep going. to keep from saying "my life's over." my family loves and accepts me for who i am. i have a nephew who i adore and makes me appreciate life through his four-year-old eyes. i have a partner who loves me unconditionally and wants to spend the rest of his life with me. we are celebrating our one-year annivesary in two days. i have friends who are my backbone and the source of much laughter. i know it's cliche to feel this way, especially since it's the beginning of the year, but i am thrilled that it is up to me to make sense of the undiscovered. to learn and to grow, regardless of what is out there for me. "you say your life's over...it's really just beginning." i may not be kicking and screaming, but i feel like a newborn child.