Right On The Edge

I am right on the edge of something new. Something great. Something that will change everything. I don't quite know how to explain it to everyone I know and love, but beginning January 11th, everything I know and everything I am is going to change.

I have been accepted to be a roadie with Invisible Children for their Spring tour of 2009. For almost five months, I will be spreading awareness and raising support for a cause greater than anything I have previously devoted my life to. At the base of that cause is love. Because of love, IC exists to stop injustice.

I know, from talking to friends of mine who have done this, that it changes everything. I have been told that going back to what you know is virtually impossible. It seems that it is beyond difficult to assimilate back into a society that is either unaware or turns a blind eye to the injustices of the world. Not that I will be some kind of fanatic. Unless maybe I will be.

Whatever the case, I am many things. Exhilirated. Terrified. Refreshed. Eager. Worried. I know that I am where I am supposed to be, and really, who can say that? Not many people that I know. I am fully aware that this will change everything. I think that, for the most part, that will be the best, healthiest thing I can do for myself, but I am a tiny bit concerned about some things that are already good in my life. Will they become less important? I would like to think that they won't, but how will I know until May 26th rolls around and I am suddenly pushed back into my old life? Unless maybe I won't be.