I can brief on why "Sunshine on my shoulders" John Denver describes my life. I was brought into the world like an average baby with the mom, dad, maybe a sibling(s), the off chance you see an uncle or so. So they surround you with love, warmth and grace that they're blessed to see. Thats when I didn't know how much it meant to me. Shooting to age 16, I lost someone I grew up loving as my second icon, my uncle. He taunt me to be unique and live like you want to live and not follow the road most taken. He was the most loving, gullible, fat soab I could love to death. Before he died about a year to be more accurate I talked to him about if you could have a theme song what would it be. He was someone who could go much deeper than Inception. He said his theme song would be "Sunshine on my shoulders" John Denver. He said, "Whats a man got to live when he has already lived but not his way of life but by everyone elses?" I shruged. He put his arm around me and said, "You are a talented handsome young man. Most people use signs or vocalize their feelings/thoughts at whatever annoys them. Not you. Whatever situation is thrown at you, you act like it was a scratch from a playground. Just promise me you will your life like it is how you want it to live." I replied, "I can be whatever I want? Like a rockstar or an actor?" He nodded and said, "The sky isn't your limit, nothing is." Month later he got drafted into Iraq to serve the country. Weeks later he got stressed and had a drinking problem. He'd call us late at night drunk but we thought he would grow out of it until the next day. That next day, nothing. That three days, nothing. The fourth day, a call to my dad saying his brother had passed. I was 4 weeks of graduating from high school in honors because I made it my mission to be someone that isn't someone else. When I walked to get my diploma and have my hand shanked, I looked into the bleachers and then into the sky. The evening sky had one cloud. I knew he would never miss this day even if he passed. The song, "Sunshine on my shoulders" describes my life from what my uncle said to me," The sky isn't your limit, nothing is." Live each day not only as it was your last, but everyday and to not let the things bother you. To look up into the sky knowing theres always a sunshine on you, for you. Right now I am 18 heading to a university soon to start what I wanted to be, a Psychical Therapist. Helping people is what makes me, well.. Me.
