Current Inspiration

This blog post is over three things that currently inspire me to be better or to try harder in my everyday life. First, the song Sore Winner by the band There For Tomorrow from the album A Little Faster which is now retitled A F T R H R. Second, is my family and third is up and coming video games.

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So first is the song, Sore Winner. Now the perspective of the song is from someone who is forced to continually compete with someone better than him or herself and this person wins but they can't see that there a "sore winner".  When I listen to the song the impression I get is the loser whos is trying to keep up. The lines "scrap my hands and knees..." refers to the act of trying to push yourself and win against the odds. The song relates to me because I'm in the position of the person trying to win. At the beginning of our Cross Country season, I sprained my ankle and put myself out for 5 weeks of the season. While everyone else was getting better I was stagnant and it infuriated me and still does.  If there is one thing that makes me madder than anything else it's failing my own expectations and my goal for this year was to break an 18:00 5k and as of now my PR or Personal Record is a 19:29, which leaves me 3 races left to knock my time down. The song inspires me to keep pushing and meet my goals even if the chances are low. I don't want to be a sore winner but if things stay the way they are now, all be a sore loser and that's not any better.

Second, is my family and they inspire me in lots of ways, some of which they do by their own mistake and others by the love and support they give me every day. No matter what I know they will be real with me and that is a very reassuring feeling. They keep me on a straight path of forwarding progression. My family supports me and that inspires me to do the best I can so I don't let them down by failing their expectations or my own. Because of my brothers I know I can't slack off or they will leave behind and as competitive as we all are I can't let that happen. My sister inspires me to grab onto every opportunity I can because "If you don't you'll tell yourself no and at that point, it's out of reach." My mom inspires me to be the bigger person and respectful to people; showing them the kindness that I wish to receive. She also has inspired me to be as involved in high school as I can and her support is what allows me to be in sports, choir, and FFA. My dad inspires me with the way he deals with stupid people because let's face it the world's full of stupid and if you know how to deal with it life will be a tad bit easier. My nieces both inspire me. One is eight and she is going through a lot of major changes and even though her life has been short she's been through way more than her fair share of injustices. My other niece is not quite a year old but has struggled to just get through each day. They both inspire me to make the most of the blessings I've been given. When I say, family, I don't just mean my direct or immediate family. My grandparents inspired me to stay strong when things aren't going my way. Now, I could go through a lot of uncles, aunts, and cousins but I'll stop here.

The last this is really just a bonus incentive to getting all make work done in class and doing what I'm supposed to at home and it would be the new video games coming out this year. To be more specific the game would be Star Wars Battlefront 2. The demo came out this weekend and playing it has brought a lot of nostalgia from my PS2 days and the game itself is just awesome. It inspires me to keep the grades up and to get a job because I'm broke and new releases aren't cheap. P.S. Monster Hunter World release date is set for 2018, January 26st!!!!!!!