Let's change for the good.

Thinking about doing a live show this weekend. Thoughts?

I'd like to get input, if anyone is even reading, on what I should do for my personal channel on YouTube. I'd of course like to cover more songs, and am working on a few songs of my own at the moment, but since I'm so busy, it's very hard to find time to write or learn songs. So, I've been thinking about doing a series of informational videos. I'd probably do mainly European History, as it would help me study for my AP Euro exam in May, but I'd also like to try to explain, in an interesting way, of course, a maths or chemistry topic. Ideas?

To get on to the blog post, I'd like to talk a little about a the song For Good, from Wicked. This idea came to me during my choir class at school today, because we're singing a medley from Wicked. While the altos were working on a section of the medley, I listened to the words they were singing, For Good, and delved into though upon the matter. We change people's lives every day, whether it be telling someone their jacket looks good on them, or even something like not holding the door open for the little old woman behind you. Not because you're spiteful, but because you truly were not aware. And now imagine how they have been changed by you. Has it been for the good, or for the worse? Can you feel what it would be like to hear a person say that because they knew you, they've been changed for bad?

The title and main line of the song has always interested me. By saying "I have been changed for good," do they mean, "I have been changed forever, I will never be the old me again," or are they saying, "I have been changed for the better because of you, and you have made be a good person." To me, I think they mean both. "Not only have I been changed for the better, but I will be changed for the rest of my life." Just think, now, of that one person who always smiles at you in the hallway during passing periods. When they smile, they make you smile, and you suddenly get a warm feeling in the heart of your stomach, and your day instantly gets better. So what I'm trying to get across, is that no matter how small of an action we make, we will affect other people, whether it be good or bad. Think about everything you do, and be inclined to change people for the good, rather than the bad.

Sorry to go all philosophical on you. Tell me if you're bored. I won't take offense (: