“Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?”

What is it about a song that can bring out so much emotion?  There are so many songs that can take me back to specific moments in my life.  For good or bad I will remember where I was, or who I was with.  The memory is usually not from the last time I have heard the song, but rather something that happened when the song was on.

For the last several years, the song “The Best of You” by the Foo Fighters doesn’t necessarily take me back to a moment… but it motivates me like no other.  Every time I hear it, my heart starts racing.  It’s like my very own Rocky theme.  Without a doubt it has played more on my ipod than anything else.

I’ve been hearing it a lot lately.  Mostly because it is on virtually every playlist I have that I use for working out.  When I am hurting and tired and thinking about quitting… this song keeps me going.  In fact, it energizes me and makes me move faster.  I had always heard the term “runners high”.  Until recently, the closest I had gotten to a runners high was when someone waved at me when I went by.

Now it seems that whenever I am running and I hear this song, I get a rush.  When you break down the lyrics it can be interpreted as a break up song.  For me though – when I hear it… I think about taking control of my life.  At 39 years old I am still trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up.  For the past 20 years I feel like there are many days that I have let someone get the best of me.

Things are different now.  Now I am getting the best of me.  I bring my best, or at least try to, every day.  Being married changes a person.  I definitely made some changes in my life.  Being a Dad changes everything.  I try to live in the moment and enjoy what my boy has brought into my life.  The reason I am working so hard to reach my goals is for him.  Don’t get me wrong… I want these things for myself… for my wife.  But more than anything else, it’s for Matthew.  And he will always get the best of me… ALWAYS.