What Do I Stand For?

A few days ago, I posted the song "Some Nights" by Fun as one of my new favorites.  If you haven't heard it yet, you really must.  The tune gets stuck in my head consistently and the message is pitch perfect.  As I was listening for about the 3rd time on my way in to work this morning the refrain popped out at me:

"Oh Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for oh
What do I stand for? What do I stand for?
Most nights, I don't know anymore..."

I'm never one of those people that are absolutely sure of anything.  I think one thing, but it's very easy for that opinion to be swayed by a logical argument to the contrary.  Don't get me wrong, I'm extremely stubborn and will argue with most people but I can be swayed.  So if I'm this wishy-washy, what is it that I actually will or won't stand for? 

~I stand for care and concern for others.  I hate seeing others bullied, hurt or blamed.  The Golden Rule is big in my book.  Everyone deserves respect.  Hurtful words are never ok.

~I stand for equality.  No one should be told they are less because they are different.  The world would be a very boring place without these differences.  I will not stand for intolerance and hate.

~I stand for discovering new things.  Whether through travel, school, food, or reading, you are never too old to learn something new.  There are so many experiences out there just waiting for us to have them.  How fun is that?!

~I stand for creativity in all forms.  "Imagination is more important than knowledge, for while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination leads us to all we might yet discover and create!"  The world wouldn't be worth living in if we didn't have the elegance of a Shakespearean sonnet, the beauty of a Van Gogh painting, the spirit of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, the rhythm of the Beatles or a simple rainbow in a child's drawing.

~I stand for logic.  While I may not always be logical, I know an illogical argument when I hear one.  This is the major reason I won't debate politics, I know I'm not smart enough or calculating enough to not get flustered.  But when someone can make a brilliant point while being completely logical: it's an impressive thing!  And those people are the ones that deserve to be informing us, leading us and governing us.

~I stand for letting kids be kids.  They are our future after all, they deserve this time to play, and dance and create.  We don't need mini teenagers.  They'll be that age soon enough.

~Lastly, I stand for (and I have no other way of saying this that doesn't sound hokey) Love.   We all deserve that spark of magic in our lives.

That's that then.