116.365 :: I've Got Soul, But I'm Not A Soldier

SoulPancake Week 3: Get Punched!

 

I got soul, but I'm not a soldier...

 

...While everyone's lost, the battle is won

With all these things that I've done

All these things that I've done

~The Killers, All These Things I've Done

[one of my favorites to jam to]

 

I've never been in a fist fight. In middle school there was a girl that wanted to fight me. We had other people around us, and she just kept ASKING ME to hit her first. I didn't. It'd mean I'd be the one to be suspended and I didn't want that. She eventually walked away and that was that.

 

Aside from the physical, there's the mental and emotional punches we get. And when I get one, and it's hard enough to stick w/ me and hurt, like a bruise would, I keep it moving forward. I put on my make-up, put on clothes and shoes that make me feel good, listen to good music and keep going. I don't "mask" the bruise, but I don't give it any glory. I find my way of healing instead of staying in the nursing stage too long.

 

So as the lyric says, "the battle is won, w/ all these things I've done".

Done