Roots Before Branches

I love the music on Glee!
It makes me want to dance, sing and makes me wish life were more like a musical.
However the final song performed on this week's episode really made me think, so here is where I attempt to explain my thoughts in a not so drawn out way.

The song is called "Roots Before Branches", originally done by Room For Two.

The entire episode was about the characters graduation and how far they have come since the first season. Oh, graduation...I remember how sad I was about leaving high school. It was an amazing four years. However, while the last three years since graduating from high school have been filled with many challenges, stress and lots of changes I think I have to say that I have truly come to appreciate them much more than I did my high school experience.

Florida is a great place to live. Where I live especially; it's paradise, but I knew that if I wanted any sort of growing experience I would need to go somewhere after high school that would give me more opportunities to do so. To make a long story short, 3 years and 4 schools later I have finally found the place where I belong (please excuse the very cliche phrasing, I simply couldn't think of any other way to say it).

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So what does this have to do with the song? Well it is all about growing up, finding out who you are and becoming the person you want to be. The song pretty much put into perfect words what I feel like the last few years have been for me; growing those roots, creating a foundation, learning lessons and going through experiences that have helped me really grow up and realize that while high school was great and I definitely had my standards set, that was really the time in my life when seeds were being planted, and now is the time for roots to begin growing. Okay, I feel as though I have sort of exhausted that metaphor for life, so to end I will just say that I don't completely agree with those who say its good to just put the past behind you. I think it is good to look back on the past in order to see how far you have come, and to remind yourself that there is always room for growth in life. We can always be growing those roots, and the stronger the roots we have the stronger we can become.