Sadly the main MV for this track has disabled its embedded by request. However, the main link is available @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrXIQQ8PeRs, and i suggest ya'll click that link instead of playing the one ontop.
So well, took me awhile to come back here; was already planning on blogging bout this song for quite sometime now, just couldnt find the time to. Nonetheless, I'm here, and let me just get to the point.
To be honest, I find too many people taking their lives for granted. Too many people are just wasting their days away. Be it doing things that are unproductive, wasting their time hating on each other, or simply just getting in a mess with their emotions. Many don't realise it, but I shall just quote from the song, as i would for a few others later on. "My best friend gave me, the best advice. He said each day's a gift and not a given right". This is the very first line of the song, and it already speaks so much. Every day that we are given to live, we are not entitled to it. It is a gift, from whichever God we believe in. There is no contract in life stating "I can live for x number of days/years." Things could just end, just like that. And what amplifies this is the fact that so many disasters are happening around the world right now. So many lives are being lost. Plane crashes, North Korea, Floods, Volcanic Eruptions, etc. Those people sure don't know that their last days are coming.
And with that in mind, what do we all do to gifts? We treasure it. Shouldn't it apply all the more so to our lives? Our days? It's a gift from God. Its the biggest gift you can ever have. So i dont get the point why people are always whining about their lives. People with perfect eyesight, hearing abilities, people who can run, jump, have a great time. Why do they always seem unhappy with the things that's happening? Why do they seem like they are better off not existing in this world? We all are blessed my friends... It doesn't mean that just because things aren't going our way, or that life starts getting challenging, that we feel that life sucks? Where is the challenge in life if things all just go how we want it to be? How do we grow and become stronger then? Think about it, if we all aren't dealt the heartbreaks from different encounters in our lives, wont we just be as innocent and fragile as we were in primary school? Wont we start crying at every small shit that happens? Wont we all start running to our parents when we get bullied? Its these shit that happens in life that makes us stronger. Why are we hating it?
And to my next point and quote, "If today was your last day and tomorrow was too late, could you say goodbye to yesterday?" Are YOU going to let go of the mistakes that you've done in the past? Are YOU going to forgive yourself and start anew? Well i definitely wont deny that i have made some stupid mistakes that got me into rock bottoms in the past, but i have moved on. Maybe its time to take a step back, maybe its time to tell yourself, to move on... Many times, its the mistakes that we made in the past that gives us the phobia and fear of trying something similar again. It is the mistakes in the past that keeps bringing our memories back, hurting ourselves over and over again... But why are we doing so? Why are we acting like its mistakes that's gonna cost us our lives? Think about it, if today was your last day, would you still want to be holding on to those mistakes? Would you want to know that you've not moved and gotten anywhere from where you've fallen? Or would you rather have moved on, took those mistakes and learning issues with you, and tried again? Who knows, you may have succeeded a long time ago, when you were still wallowing in self pity.
"And would you call those friends you never see?" With our hectic lives, sometimes we just dont have enough time for the people around us, or maybe we just dont think we have. Honestly, i'm someone who's critical about friendships, and i really don't believe people when they say they don't have time for their friends. Not at this point of lives. We are mere teenagers, all we can be busy with is school work, and maybe for the minority, work. And i'm not going to believe that just with school work alone, you can be so busy to the point you dont have time for friends? I'm not referring to friends in general, I'm referring to those who takes a place in your heart. If today was your last day, are you going to call them up? Or are you going to be doing your projects and tutorials? Think about it the next time you put your education at such a high importance. And of course, I'm not encouraging anyone to neglect their studies. All i'm saying is, we aren't sure when our lives would end, so i guess there should be a balance of both. Make time for your friends as you would for your studies.
And to wrap up this post, "Would you forgive your enemies?". Would you? This is the point that saddens me the most. The fact that people just can't live together in peace. The fact that people just have to hate each other for some reason or another. Heard of the saying "hate the sin, not the sinner"? Hate is the reason why the world is at war. Hate is one of the main reason for unhappiness. Hate is a main contributor to death. So why hate? What is the point of hating? Ask yourself. Is it to merely boost your ego? Is it to lower the other party's self esteem? You tell me. What do we bring to our deathbeds when we hate? Do we bring pride? Do we bring honour? Do people remember you for it? Why hate? Yes of course you would say that person did so and so that's why i hate him/her, or the person is like this and that that's why i hate him/her. But always remember, to hate the sin, not the sinner. And if you think you really can't do that, then i guess its better to just ignore him/her, and just put the whole situation out of your mind. There is so many other happier and brighter things in life to reflect on than the person you dislike.
“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”
And that wraps up why this song is my favourite song. Check out their other songs as well, because Nickelback just speaks sense through their songs. They motivate and try to make the world a better place. Somewhat so like how MJ tried to decades ago. Always keep in mind, that each day we live, we are only gonna live it once. Today's the 10th of Dec 2010. If I dont live it wisely, its never coming back. Many in this world are unfortunate and unable to see this day. Will i treasure today? Will i make the most of my time and be happy? Or will i be burdened by the problems i could do without. I'll make my choice, and i hope you make one that's not too shabby as well. Have a great day (:
