A song that is resonating in my mind and constitutes a virtue I am trying to embrace is "Never Too Late" by Three Days Grace. When I first heard this song liked it because of the guitar, the way it started; slow and steady, almost creating a relaxing yet still restless feeling. Like the calm before the storm. I think what was intended was that no matter how calm someone may seem they are in fact fighting their own demons. Then it builds up, with the bass guitar and drums, then it goes back to only the acoustic guitar and drums in the background; to symbolize that a person may begin to battle and confront the demons and struggle until they reach the end. Never calm always fighting. Adam, the singer of the group and on guitar, sings "maybe we'll turn it all around. It's not too late it's never too late." I think it means that no matter how down we feel, or how bad life may get or even if it is at a serious low point, you can still make amends and rebound . I am not just saying apologize if you hurt someone but also forgive those who have hurt you so that you can begin to forgive yourself. To begin to turn your life around into something you may have missed and to at least make up for what you have lost as best you can.
Chances are it wont be easy, there will be speed bumps that make it seem as though giving up would be a better option; but better for whom?
Alan Watts makes a point that rather just focus on the end goal, work hard to get there and only find out that is was all for nothing is not what we should pursue. Sometime it's the speed bumps in life that make us stronger, forcing us to slow down and enjoy what we have done so far because sometime looking back on what was good and what was bad lets us enjoy the note we are on. If we are to only zip through life and not take the time to appreciate all the work we have done then what is the point of getting to the finish line or the end of the composition? We have to get in the mindset of valuing not the goal, even though it is important but the journey. No matter how hard it may be, how many times we fall, almost give up, we need to keep pushing forward. To get back up, sometimes ask for a little help and eventually we do get through it, step by step, day by day.
The virtue that i have been trying to understand is that in order to keeping moving along we have to forgive ourselves and other for the mistakes that have hurt. As difficult as it may be that be eve if there was great pain involved. To be honest i can see why most people can hold a grudge and even be mad at the situation or person that caused it. But sometimes playing the blame game will only go so far in reasoning what has happened. Such as the music video, when we see the little girl and and older female. The first thing that popped into my head was that they are the same person probably because of a shared traumatic experience. But i wasn't quite sure, yet even if they are not, Three Days Grace, might have intended to send the same message. In the beginning of the video you can clearly see that they go from a state of joy to a sudden state of depression and pain. But then somehow an angel, not like angel we have come to know, a different angel; which can represent the will to overcome and forgive. They finally began to let go of the person or situation that hurt them, fight their inner demons, shed the masked that covered their true potential and become who they are.
Eventually, when it come down to it, we have to forgive and it is never too late to reach our true potential, escape our cave and explore who we are. To be, not the calm before the storm but the moment in which we reach the ultimate calm and feel satisfied with life, enjoying it little moment.. The songs goes from the storm to the satisfied feeling, as it goes from just the guitar with Adam singing, then him with drums in the background then ending on him and the guitar.
I feel the lyrics are true "it's never too late" to be who we really, to get what we have always wanted from life, rather regret all that we have missed once we have reach the end of our journey. Then maybe we can begin to enjoy the music that is our life. After all it will not be what other expect us to do. Everybody has their composition that are being composed everyday by every moment, every lesson and every experience. If we were all similar then the music we create would not be any good but be just a deafening tone. We are who we are, lives will be different and by embracing them maybe we can really enjoy the goal and not feel like we got left with an empty bag.
I sometimes feel that my bag will be empty because all i am doing is rushing and not enjoying what is going on around me not really enjoying the life i have with the people i am with. The song make me stop and think about what i have done, what i might do so that i can be more in the moment and enjoy it. Perhaps even feel as though i will no longer feel like an shell empty. Then hopefully once I get to the goal I will have turned everything around, reached the potential that dwells in me and no longer blame other for what they have done and it's rippling effects. After all, i can't just stop and play the blame game if i want to enjoy my music and dance to the notes.
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