I've decided to start a new thing on my blog every week called TED Tuesdays. For those of you who don't know what TED is: TED is a small nonprofit organization devoted to, what they call, "Ideas Worth Spreading." It is basically a collaboration of the world's most inspired thinkers and other curious people to discuss new ideas that can help inspire and change the world for the better.
On the TED website there are 700+ videos you can watch (most under 30 minutes) that talk about probably every subject you can imagine. I love going to TED and listening to the talks. I never fail to walk away feeling a little more inspired, motivated, and a little more knowledgable about my world. So every Tuesday from now on I'm going to post a TEDTalk. I hope you get as inspired as i do. :)
We're going to break in TED Tuesdays with Mallika Sarabhai, a dancer/actor/politician who uses the arts for social change. This particular talk of hers is called, "Dance to change the world".
What can you do to change your world?
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
#17 Beauty from Pain
By Superchick
The lights go out all around me
One last candle to keep out the night
And then the darkness surrounds me
I know I'm alive
But I feel like I died
And all that's left is to accept that it's over
My dreams ran like sand through the fists that I made
I try to keep warm but I just grow colder
I feel like I'm slipping away
After all this has passed
I still will remain
After I've cried my last
There'll be beauty from pain
Though it won't be today
Someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain
My whole world is the pain inside me
The best I can do is just get through the day
When life before is only a memory
I wonder why God lets me walk through this place
And though I can't understand why this happened
I know that I will when I look back someday
And see how You've brought beauty from ashes
And made me as gold purified through these flames
Here I am at the end of me
Trying to hold to what I can't see
I forgot how to hope
This night's been so long
I cling to your promise there will be a dawn
The lights go out all around me
One last candle to keep out the night
And then the darkness surrounds me
I know I'm alive
But I feel like I died
And all that's left is to accept that it's over
My dreams ran like sand through the fists that I made
I try to keep warm but I just grow colder
I feel like I'm slipping away
After all this has passed
I still will remain
After I've cried my last
There'll be beauty from pain
Though it won't be today
Someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain
My whole world is the pain inside me
The best I can do is just get through the day
When life before is only a memory
I wonder why God lets me walk through this place
And though I can't understand why this happened
I know that I will when I look back someday
And see how You've brought beauty from ashes
And made me as gold purified through these flames
Here I am at the end of me
Trying to hold to what I can't see
I forgot how to hope
This night's been so long
I cling to your promise there will be a dawn
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