*It is still amazing to me that I have this forum…..outlet to express myself and give my opinions and views to so many people all across the world.*

My favorite stage play/musical and movie is Rent.  It is absolutely one of the most powerful productions ever made.  I fell in love with the musical in 2000 so two years ago I was ecstatic at the prospect of a movie.  If they could entrance me with just that little bit of stage imagine what the impact would be when they had an entire city to play in.  I sing every single song right along with the cast and I could most likely recite all of the lines as well.

The most poignant scent to me is the one where Mimi is singing Without You as the movie progresses for several months….ending at Angel’s funeral.  During that progression you see people (more than simple bodies) disappering from life support meetings.  You know those emptying chairs represent people, REAL PEOPLE who have lost the fight for their lives.  Right after that is Angel’s funeral and the burial with Joann and Mimi singing in unison, “I’d be happy to die for a piece of what Angel had…” and that’s when the tears flow for me.  Not just because I’m sad about Angel dying.  Not because of a true love like for Mimi and Joann.  I cry because of all the people in the world who are homeless, hungry, poor, and dying in an attempt to fulfill their dream and at the end of the day they manage to be happy.

Who am I to worry so much about being comfortable that I’m willing not be happy?

Every time I watch this movie I chastise myself for not leaping off this ledge and trying to grab that brass ring.  True the leap is dangerous as hell but if I don’t try how can I ever get it.  There are so many things that we can’t control in life, who am I to be afraid of something I can?