I Won't Back Down

I love me some Tom Petty right now. "I Won't Back Down" has made its way to top my of "recently played" playlist on my ipod. What a great song. It's so solid. Good rhythm, simple lyrics, solid beat. Its just a really great song. Petty wrote the song in 1988 [though not released till '89]. I like to think that ol' Tom could feel something crazy about to be birthed into this world, so he wrote this song as an intro for my life.

In all seriousness, I love this song. How can you listen to:

Well I know whats right, I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
But Ill stand my ground and I wont back down

and not get just a little pumped up. Cause isn't that what we all want? Something to fight for. Something that we can be passionate about. Whether or not we want to admit it...no matter how laid back and mellow we want everyone to think we are...

We're all looking for that variable in life that we could stand up at gates of hell for and we wouldn't back down.

Something that so captivates us that we can't contemplate taking that easy way out.

We want something to fight for. We desire passion. I've been finding out recently that I desire to be so passionate about something that it totally and completely absorbs every part of me. I want a passion that makes me fearless.

[A lot of times we mistake the concern for the way our passions are carried out for fear.There's a difference between concern and fear...but that's a different blog for a different day]