This is me by Keala Settle

“Don’t quit; keep trying.
Don’t stop; keep moving.
Don’t despair; keep believing.
There is a way. There is always a way.”
Richelle E. Goodrich

Have you heard of the song before? I mean the one as the title of the post. This is the song I am singing for the Hive Open Mic challenge and should be posted today or tomorrow but I am willing to do it today so I can have time for more challenges on Hive as I wouldn't want to miss Friday´s challenge in "TheWeekend" community.

Though the song was originally sung by Keala Settle, but I only listened to how the greatest showman sang it on YouTube. I have been learning this song since on Sunday and I decided to sing it yesterday so it won´t be a rush when I needed to post it.

I had to take some pictures first and make something creative on VivaVideo to edit and beautify the video too. Seriously, I love how my pictures turned out to be.

I even customized one of the pictures as my cover page.

Here is the black and white I made for Blurttribe's daily reality show on Blurt this morning.

I have joined Hive Open Mic for a while now and it has been interesting even though I still get confused understanding how the theme for the week works. After asking and asking too much of questions from those who knew about it, I was made to know I have not been getting the whole gist before because I am always talking about why I like the song I chose instead of why I picked the song to relate with the theme´s week.

Olasquare also explained too when I did last week´s own and I felt sad I didn't get the gist because I did something different to every other people but I didn't let the pain sink into me as I told myself "I will try my best for the next one".

And yes, I think I am getting the whole gist now. Thank God I gave myself in to learn and make corrections and I am loving it now.

When I made this video, I sent it to Olasquare for him to preview and help with where I needed to make changes before finally submitting it and I am glad he gave a positive review and compliment which made me think I am good to go with it.

Seriously, it is not easy learning a new song for the first time but you have to be patient, to keep making errors and correcting yourself.

Keep trying when you fail. You are getting better at every mistake, once you learn from them.

When I first started on Hive Open Mic, I was so shy to face the camera to sing and I was afraid I would commit blunders. I placed my laptop in my front for the recording while I was using my phone to play the instrumental beat to the song. I kept making mistakes and I was feeling sad along the line, I wanted to give up and close it, but I said no until I get the perfect video.

It took me more than twenty times to keep deleting the video I made just because I keep making mistakes. There was a point I sang well, but getting to the end, I fumbled, it really pained me but I started all over.

There is stress in making a video and another stress in editing and trying to post through 3speak. It was really frustrating that time but I didn't stop until I posted.

The following week, I rehearsed and learnt the song to use, I still committed a lot of mistakes but it wasn't much as the first time.

I missed a week or two of singing and posting my video because I didn't have time, and I was also at my Aunt's place then, I knew I won´t have the time because if I start to record myself, my aunt could just call me anytime and that could distract.

When I got back to school, I thought I wouldn't be able to sing again on Hive Open Mic because of these students who would always make noise all around, but I decided to try my best. Perhaps singing at night when they had gone to sleep or finding a time during the day and, it worked last week. There weren't many students at home and it made the noise lessened and I was able to do something cool even though it was somehow blurring and not bright.

So, for this week, I did better and I know I would keep getting better at it once I don´t give up. I am not shy anymore since I have been used to singing through the camera and it´s really amazing.

The song by Keala is trying to empower every individual who has been shunned, bullied and ignored because of some factors especially their low self-esteem and physical disabilities, they need to know who they are and understand that they are unique. Accept who you are and don´t feel sad about whatever society says to you. Once you learn to live a beautiful life and ignore every criticism, you will be fine.

Thanks for reading

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