I am in the car going to school. It is a cool morning. As I make this curve the sun nearly blinds me. The most beautiful song comes on the radio, “Revolution Song”. As I am listening to this song it is reminding me of the most influential time in my life. Young Life camp. I almost hit a mailbox singing this song to the top of my lungs.
We are filing into this gigantic room filled with teenagers. The cool air escaping from the outdoors wraps around us like a blanket. The music is beginning to play. As I am hearing this song and really paying attention to the lyrics I start to tear up. “We all want the world to change.” If I could do anything to change the world to be prefect I would. I think about how thankful I am to be able to be in the mountains with my friends that will do anything for me.
I walk outside to the snow pounding me in the face. The sky is filled with fluffy, white clouds and snow falling like rain. My mind is telling me to start a snowball fight. The inner child in me is trying to come out. Madison is refusing to start a snowball fight because she does not want to get snow all over her. Being the only brave one I pick up a mound of the freezing snow and chunk it at Madison and Taylor. Madison is livid because she is getting snow all over her. But, it is fun so she will have to get over it. I run around collecting more snow and almost fall on my face trying to be hard. Of course almost falling on my face makes Taylor die of laughter. She isn’t even asking if I am okay! This reminds me of when I was little and my sister and I would run all through the yard throwing snow at each other. We built snowman and made snow angels together.
Taylor and I go sit on this wooden bench covered in fluffy, white snow. I open my mouth and breathe out to see my breath whirling in the air. A man is walking up to me and Taylor.
“Would ya'll ladies like a cup of hot chocolate?”
"Oh my gosh! We would die for some."
I am so excited since it is freezing in here and we just ran around like a lost dog. Taylor and I cannot refuse this offer! We are sitting on this bench drinking hot chocolate waiting to go inside and shop for a few souvenirs. I cannot even begin to tell you how good this hot chocolate is, especially after almost falling on my face trying to collect snow. That was the most I start to ramble to Taylor about how beautiful and peaceful it is with all the mountains and trees.
“We all want the world to change,” I am almost to school and can’t stop thinking about wanting to go back to Young Life camp. Even if it is just for two hours. If the whole world is like it is a camp everybody would be happy all the time. I wish the world would change to that environment. “Don’t you know it’s gonna be alright.” I have to listen to these words and pray that they are right.
