Pandora is awesome. I was listening to my Happy Radio channel the other day when this song called Hey, Hey, Hey came on. It had a catchy tune, and some of the words seemed nice when I chose to listen closely. It was my first time hearing it, but I knew it had been around a while.
Somewhere in the middle of the song I hear:
There’s a crack in the gutter where a flower grows
Reminding me that everything is possible
Yeah, reminding me that nothing is impossible
You gotta live for the one that you love you know
You gotta love for the life that you live you know
Singing hey, hey, hey
No matter how life is today
There’s just one thing that I got to say
I won’t let another moment slip away
That got my attention.
How many times have you seen a plant (sometimes a weed, but that’s really in the eye of the beholder) growing out of a crack in the sidewalk, or the gutter? How about the tree that figures out how to grow from within a cracked boulder?
They’re not supposed to be there. It should be impossible for them to grow. Yet, there they are. Thriving in the most inhospitable of environments.
Each of us have the same ability to overcome adversity. To be the flower growing in the crack in the gutter. To grow and thrive in our little corner of the world, making a small but important difference to those around us.
Life is a journey, and it can be a struggle. But, it’s also a triumph, and an opportunity to make our mark in places nobody (including ourselves) would ever expect.
Here’s the whole song…and, yeah, it’s been around since 2010. Only took me five years to notice it (not good for my hipster cred): Hey, Hey, Hey
Encouragement is Personal 
Bob, your ‘hipster creds’ may have been tarnished but pat yourself on the back for your awareness to notice it at all. How many times do we go years and dare I say lifetimes not noticing? Something to ponder.
Deborah Morrison