Why the title "There is a better way"?

Well here I am. My first blog! This is something I've wanted to do for years, but FINALLY it has come to pass. Where's the champagne?!
I guess for my first post I should at least explain why I chose this title for my blog.
When I was a boy of 9 or 10 years old, my family lived in St. Louis, MO. A large bank there called Boatman's Bank was running an extensive marketing campaign during that time. At the end of each of their commercials there was a tag line that was sung. It was female voice simply singing the words, "There is a better way". The idea of there being a better way of doing things infatuated me. What if I looked at life that way? Well, that's pretty much been a theme of my life since. I tend to look at any situation with an attitude of:
"There is a better way... now, let's find it!"
-JBenjamin

Sunday, September 7, 2008

I Am Changing


I find great inspiration in music. One of the most inspirational songs to have come along in a movie in a long time is "I Am Changing" from Dream Girls, sung by Jennifer Hudson. I feel like the lyrics speak for themselves. I really don't have anything else to say about them. I'm listening to the song as I write this. Here are the lyrics, let me know what you think.


Look at me

Look at me

I am changing, tryin' every way I can

I am changing,

I'll be better than I am

I'm trying-to find a way to understand

But I need you, I need you-I need a hand

I am changing, seeing everything so clear

I am changing, I'm gonna start right now, right here

I'm hoping to work it out, and I know that I can

But I need you, I need a hand


All my life I've been a fool

Who said I could do it all alone

How many good friends have I already lost

How many dark nights have I known

Walking down that wrong road, there was nothing I could find

All those years of darkness-can make a person blind

But now I can seeI am changing, tryin every way I can


I am changing, I'll be better than I am

But I need a friend-to help me start all over again,

oh-that would be just fineI know it's gonna work out this time'

Cause this time I am-This time I am

I am changing, gonna get my life together now

I am changing, yes, I know how

I'm gonna start again, I'm leaving my past behind

I'll change my life-I'll make a vow

And nothing's gonna stop me now.
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