OK, this is actually a horrible graduation song. I just love The Spice Girls so much and I had to find a way to include them somehow. This was the first song they produced without Ginger and I always felt like it was such a passive aggressive kiss off. “You know it’s time to say goodbye but I can still feel you here!” Mixed messages much?
“You are the only person who gets to decide if you are happy or not—do not put your happiness into the hands of other people. Do not make it contingent on their acceptance of you or their feelings for you. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if someone dislikes you or if someone doesn’t want to be with you. All that matters is that you are happy with the person you are becoming. All that matters is that you like yourself, that you are proud of what you are putting out into the world. You are in charge of your joy, of your worth. You get to be your own validation. Please don’t ever forget that.” — Bianca Sparacino
Excerpted from The Strength In Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino.
