December 2009
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“If you want to do something, don’t have any regrets about it. Go out and...”
– Kris Allen (Top 3 Confessional)
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this is the start, this is your heart, this is the...
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SIMBA: father?
MUFASA: simba, you have forgotten me.
SIMBA: no! how could I?
MUFASA: you have forgotten who you are and so, forgotten me. look inside yourself, simba. you are more than what you have become. you must take your place in the circle of life.
SIMBA: how can I go back? I'm not who I used to be.
MUFASA: remember who you are. you are my son and the one true king. remember who you are.
SIMBA: no, please. don't leave me.
MUFASA: remember.
SIMBA: father!
MUFASA: remember.
SIMBA: don't leave me.
MUFASA: remember.
RAFIKI: what was that? hehe. the weather - very peculiar, don't you think?
SIMBA: yeah, looks like the winds are changing.
RAFIKI: aaah. change is good.
SIMBA: yeah, but it's not easy. I know what I have to do but going back means I'll have to face my past. I've been running from it for so long. *Rafiki whacks him in the head* ow! jeez! what was that for?
RAFIKI: it doesn't matter! it's in the past! hehehaha.
SIMBA: yeah, but it still hurts.
RAFIKI: oh, yes, the past can hurt. but the way I see it you can either run from it or learn from it. *swings again and Simba ducks* aah! you see? so what are you going to do?
SIMBA: first, I'm gonna take your stick.
RAFIKI: no no no no! not the stick! hey, where are you going?
SIMBA: I'm going back!
RAFIKI: good! go on! get out of here! hahaha! wooo!
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“Just looking back at this year, it’s the end of the year, end of the...”
– - David Archuleta, 12/30/09 (the end of ‘09)
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“What’s comin’ will come, an’ we’ll meet it when it does.”
– Hagrid
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Interviewer: How’d you get to be so optimistic? I remember you saying you weren’t always this optimistic, so was there a day you just, woke up and everything was positive, or did it take awhile?
Cheeks: Optimism is a choice. You aren’t born that way. You could be raised that way…but I wasn’t. Not that I was raised a pessimist, but I don’t think I had a genuine appreciation and gratitude for everything around me. Who does, really? We get caught up in what we’re doing and who we’re trying to be. These days, people just want to survive. I just found that real optimism and happiness comes from that appreciation and thirst for life. Honestly, living in southern California makes it much easier. Don’t get me wrong, navigating your way through Hollywood and your 20’s is not easy, but it’s got palm trees and sunshine. I think that combined with a personal commitment to living every day with love, slowly helped form the person I am today. I think that person is ever forming. I remember a time just a few years ago when I had to stop my pattern of thinking, reroute it, and focus on the new thought. Now though, it’s become more automatic. Over time, practicing just becomes doing. I think that’s the whole purpose of life. If that evolution and learning stops, what are you doing? That’s how I want to live. In optimism, in love, in happiness.
Interviewer: Do you have a specific time in your life that you would call a turning point, something that really changed your perspective or outlook on your life?
Cheeks: I think life is a series of those moments. I think life also has a lot of little moments that affect us as well. So little, we don’t even realize it. I’m not sure I could point to any one to draw any real conclusions. I totaled my car once and couldn’t get another one, so I had to get a “real job” at an office. I learned a lot about work, sales, people, life in general while there. Those are skills I needed in order to advance in my life and ones I will always have with me. So I guess you could say, I wrecked my car and had to grow up. But again, I think there are so many of those moments and other factors, both big and small, that it would be impossible to ever really determine where the chain begins or the ultimate result.
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I will be a kris stan for life because of this...