One thing i have realized, is that I do not keep myself fully up to date with the latest songs and such, songs such as No Boundaries.
Every time i scan through the online list to find someone to talk to, i will surely come across one or two friends having "No Boundaries - Kris Allen" as the what-i'm-listening-to status. I could not care less, until today.
So i went to youtube, typed in that song, waited unexcitedly for it to load, and soon, i click "play".
Expecting it to be a love song, i was dead wrong. In fact, its like a coincidence that i heard it at this very point in time, expecially when concerning that prefects and such like that.
Seconds, hours, so many days
you know what you want
but how long can you wait
every moment last forever
if you feel lost your way
What if your chances are already gone
starting believing that I could be wrong
But you give me one good reason
to fight and never walk awayHere i am still holding on!
Every step you climb another mountain
Every breathe its harder to believe
You'll make it through the pain
whether the hurricane
To get to the one thing
When you think the road is going nowhere
Just when you almost gave up on your dreams
Then take it by the hand
and show you that you can
There are no boundaries
There are no boundariesI'm faulting my landing
to stand on the edge
What if today is as good as it gets
Don't know what the future is heading
Nothing's gonna bring me down
I've jumped every bridge
I've heard every lie
I risked being safe but i always knew why
I always knew whySo here I am still holding on...
(back to chorus)
Is isn't it amazing? Let me explain why it is to me personally.
Starting from verse 1
I have preparing myself both spiritually and mentally make it to top ever since form 2, i knew what i want, but it just seems so long, yet i waited till that day. I did not lose my way, that's for sure, but as of now, after the long wait, my chances, are gone, literally gone. Could I be wrong after all, after all this while? Was i wrong? But my passion gave me that one good reason to stay in the board.
pre-chorus
That's why i'm still holding on
Chorus
Every step another mountain is being climbed, whether be it i succeed or i fail, I know that i'm still nearing the tip of the mountain, but it takes every step. At this point in time, the truth, hard truth is still really hard for me to accept, makes every breathe harder, more intense in my emotions. But i suppose i will make it through this pain, whether its a hurricane of emotional pain or image, i will make it through, because i know i will continue to strive for that one thing. When i first knew the results, really, i thought that's the end, the road is going no where, I almost gave up literally. But people and passion reminded me and friends took me by the hand, not literally though, and comforted me and showed me that whoever is at the top, i still can bring change and influence around it. Not that i'm trying to take power, but its about bringing together a unified power and decision to change. And finally at the end, he sings "there are no boundaries" this maketh the song title, but somehow, i deny its existence. Indeed there are a lot of boundaries, whether teachers, my personal emotions and the board's unity plus many more.
verse 2
throughout this whole time, i was standing on the edge, on the verge of getting surat amaran and being fired, have i landed safely? did i fail to land properly? That day when results came out, it was really as good as it got, I was 6th, just a few little votes away. I really at that point do not know what the future is heading, because if i was there, my preparation, my focus was all already set. I knew what i was going to do. Now, everything is so vague, i do not know what the future holds. Despite me not knowing, i'm not going to give up, a normal prefect could actually be the piece of the puzzle that joins everything together and makes it prefect. I may not have jumped every bridge or heard every lie, but i surely have been through the times i stood in front of teacher telling them what's wrong, times when i give seniors constuctive criticism, times when i hear people backstabbing others, me included, and because of all this, i risked being safe, i risked that position of mine, but at least i knew why, i knew why.
(back to pre-chorus and verse)
I know that there is a bridge, but only that part of that song is to me, rather irrelevant for me.
In the end, i like the pre-chorus the most, because I will still hold on.
Love,
Wai Leem
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Dear Wai Leem,
I understand your disappointment. But more importantly, do try to understand that not all are called to be leaders. Jesus only had 12 among his multitude of followers. But there were many along the way who had assisted him in his mission. As you remain in the board, I personally hope you will bring about some positive good to the prefects. As God's people we must strive to always brighten the little corner where we are. We don't all have to be kings to make a difference! David was only a shepherd boy initially!
Despite what you have experienced remember as long as we have life, we can always offer something good.
Pn Joyce!
Thank you! You have been reading this blog for quite some time i suppose, haven't you?
But yea, I understand all those, its just that sometimes, at times, reality is not that easy to accept when you have been preparing a long time for it. But i'm over it now, and as suppose to what you have read in the post, i'm sure you would also understand that I did not give up neither did I intent to quit, I'm ready for 2 challenges, an emotional one, and a mental one.
It came to me in the end, that no matter how much a great leader can be, and be that great piece of the puzzle, sometimes, it is the normal people, the so to say "background" workers, that is the last piece of the puzzle, to make the picture look beautiful. Would you agree?
Thank you once again, Teacher. And if any way that i have offended you and disrespected you, i'm truly sorry.
Wai Leem