Awesome Isn’t Everything
What does awesome mean to you?
When you think of awesome
You think of that great big success
You think of acing that end-of-year test
We think of celebrations and parties
And being our best
Yet around the world people don't get food everyday
Much less celebrations
Or music to play
Kids worry about where they are going to sleep
They don't have any possessions to hold or to keep
Hungry babies just two or three
Kids just as old as you and me
They run the family
And scavenge for food
But these are things you and I don't have to do
We eat three meals a day
And come home to our beds
We don't have to worry about a roof over our heads
That is why awesome to me isn't some beautiful sight
It's not some thrill ride that gives me a fright
Awesome is just the way I live every day
It’s the things I do
The words I say
The choices I get
And the breaths I breathe
These are important to me
This is the awesome that so many don't know
They have too many struggles to pull and tow
They don't have anything awesome to show
I could tell the story of some crazy dream
Or the time I found that one special thing
But instead I will tell you something that is true
What’s awesome are the basic things I can do
I'm glad that I can sleep in a bed
Much less paint my nails or dye my hair red
I’m overjoyed that I have a place to live
Much less having gifts to get or to give
I'm delighted to go to school every day
Forget about chores or having bills to pay
I’m ecstatic I have a family that cares
Forget having things that I need to share
Yes there are things I love and hate
But I don't have to worry about when I last ate
Maybe you work long hours or your homework stinks
But are you so hungry you can't even think?
Have you ever been so thirsty you couldn’t move?
Have you ever been without a single pair of shoes?
For us, everything is awesome
But awesome isn’t everything
Some people have too much
Some have nothing
And yet we don’t try and change this
We say it’s just aimless
So what will you do?
Let me ask you again
What does awesome mean to you?