Living My Life Like it's Golden

Today I wanted to write another post about one of my favorite songs, "Golden" by Jill Scott. The song was released the summer before my senior year in high school and I would cue this song while driving to school everyday so it was the last song I heard before I got out the car to start my day.

In the song she discusses taking her freedom and living her life to its fullest potential. She sings about taking ownership of her freedom by pulling it off the shelf, bringing it along wherever she goes, it being a part of her. This is so important as we often allow others (family, friends, culture, etc.) to dictate what matters to us and/or determine how our moments, days, and even life unfold.

One of my favorite lines from the song states:

I'm taking my own freedom
Putting it my song
Singing loud and strong
Grooving all day long
I'm taking my freedom
Putting it in my stroll
I'll be high-stepping y'all
Letting the joy unfold

This line is powerful as when you live YOUR life in the manner you wish to live you are liberated and living life to the fullest.

My other favorite line is:

I'm holding on to my freedom 

Can't take it from me 

I was born into it

It comes naturally

This line is amazing as your freedom is a basic human right that no once can take from you. If someone or something is attempting to hold you back from your freedom, do you really need them or it in your life?

Overall the message conveyed is living your life like it matters. In the pursuit to break our barriers we must take a stand and live our life by our standards and not by someone's else. This is how you live your life like it's golden. What impediments are inhibiting you from living your life like it's golden?

-BB