I so dig this tune, and this video. Not to even mention Carrie Underwood's incredible voice and performance...
I inadvertently came across this when I was still living in Maryland, and during a time when I had just come back from a very disappointing job interview in North Carolina, around July 2012, that may have also been a learning experience, in a way, I don't know. You see, since around the summer of 2011 my instincts kept telling me in an ever stronger way, that I was going to be moving, and quite possibly relocating to North Carolina; and thought to myself, "No way. Every time I try, I fail. Maybe, my instincts and intuition are wrong. Maybe I don't want to live there after all. Nothing seems to be working out. I don't get it?"
But, to make a long story short, and as things would have it, about a year and a half later, I actually wound-up living in North Carolina!
I still don't get it. But here I am. Not sure why though. Because, allot of other things kept weighing heavy on me as well, that I am not going to get into here. And it was really a tough go...
This video really inspired me however, and sort of gave me hope in a way. (I remember watching it, sort of like in a daze, after that very first disappointing trip to the state for the job interview during that time period, and at the same time, and also back in Maryland, intuitively picking-up on so many things that were extremely puzzling, and which I still wonder about). And, I still can remember actually looking into possibly relocating to the state around 17 years ago already, (even before I rather unexpectedly had to relocate to Maryland), when I was still living back on Long Island, no less!
I did happen to mention it to a couple of friends and some family members back then, as well as visiting the state several times over the years, submitting resumes and even going on a couple of job interviews there, (while also still living in Maryland), and during a time when the economy on Long Island had pretty much tanked, which seemed to be partly caused at least, by so many of the higher paying Defense Manufacturing jobs, which had been a mainstay of its economy for so long, leaving the Island; (with the president of Grumman Aerospace Corp under arrest for fraud and corruption), while the already high property taxes and cost of living kept going higher and higher for some reason. Recipe for disaster! (Interesting to note, that after I had relocated to Maryland, I had also discovered, much to my astonishment, along with some other Defense and Military related companies and Government agencies like the D.O.D., that the company now named 'Northrop Grumman', also had somewhat of a presence at a place called: Fort Detrick, in Frederick, Maryland as well!) So, it must have become known, in a way, from the days when I still lived in New York, that I was looking into possibly moving to North Carolina. (As I also had family that lived in the state). And most likely, because of the relocation package I was offered to work at their Frederick, Maryland site, from the credit card company that had closed their operations on Long Island, that it must have also been somewhat known that I had moved to Maryland...
And, Long Island, towards the end of my stay there, to be quite frank, had become pretty corrupt, and was becoming increasingly controlled by Organized Crime. (You see, me and corruption never really got along). As, the owner of the Oak Beach Inn nightclub, Bob Matherson could attest to himself, and had written about in his locally infamous, yet relatively little known book, back in the 90's...
So, since that time, (like Matherson), being cut from a different cloth and all, I am sure (and as my instincts kept telling me, and even like warning me in a way), that it must have become known by that sort of like, underground (sociopath) criminal element if you will, that I kind a' had my sights set on possibly moving to the state...
So, that may explain some things in itself, which I am not even going to get into here any more then that. (Except, to say, that I did hear some very strange things, once again, on definitely more then one occasion, that definitely validated what my instincts were telling me).
But anyway, getting back to this, I think it is such a positive and powerful music video, that sort of like makes you forget about "everything else". Yet, really makes ya' think about certain other things at the same time as well...
Not sure if maybe I was meant to come across it for a reason. As, I just came across it again now, and thought I would just post it here. Maybe it was sort of like meant to be shared. And maybe I was meant to see it again. I don't know. I think it may be like anointed or somethin'...
Yet, being really saddened by the recent passing of my Aunt Anna, I started to also once again think about the shortness of life, and what it all means. You see, part of the message in this song seems to be, that when you have people that really care about you: "It sure makes everything else seem so small."
But, I am not even going to go there right now. Allot has gone down within the last several years or so, that I am still trying to wrap my mind around. Way too personal at this point...