Finally Feel Like Living

by Elizabeth Hunnicutt & Joel Hanson

I heard somebody say,

"The worst decision you can make

is to make no decision"

& I think they may be right,

I'm still trying to decide

Oh this feels like a collision

Cause what if I regret some choice along the way

What if failure finally catches me

If I want to fly

I'm gonna have to say goodbye

& start a brand new way of life

That finally feels like living

& I've got to to try

Stop holding on to all these lies

I'm tired of wasting all this time

I finally feel like living

I could wait until I know

just what to do & where to go

But I might be here forever

I could surrender to my fears,

like I've done for all these years

& never know if it gets better

There's a chance that I might miss

these old familiar walls

& these chains I couldn't even see

Oh I thought I was

But I wasn't living

I'm stepping out

Into a new beginning



I had the privilege of having lunch with a friend and talking about the future...the desire to walk a different path from this point, to move ahead in health and faith instead of remaining in ways that have become so easy and familiar.  I love that this song points toward that direction--the fear of leaving behind a life that has become comfortable and the tension of walking ahead into the unknowns.  It's a new beginning.