Releases

Called my dad, front seat of the parked car  

Rain hard on the windshield, we’d been here before  

White knuckles ‘round the steering wheel as I had drove and cried  

I got there wanting to go home not go inside   

Bags heavy in the back, another scouting tour  

Phone steady in my hand, he would answer, I was sure 

Dad? I don’t wanna go in, not today  

He said don’t worry kid, you’re gonna be okay   

He said,  You’re gonna be fine  

You’re gonna be more  

There’s a great big world that’s full of things  

you don’t know you’re looking for  

When you get knocked down 

Get up, ask for more  

Get your feet in line and one step at a time  

you keep moving forward   

So I made my way across that crowded parking lot  

I put on my best smile, it took everything I’d got  

And I wasn’t at my best but I did okay 

And I helped more than one person that stormy day   

I said,  

You’re gonna be fine  

You’re gonna be more  

There’s a great big world that’s full of things  

you don’t know you’re looking for  

When you get knocked down 

Get up, ask for more  

Get your feet in line and one step at a time  

you keep moving   

Forward past the things that you can’t see are bricks not walls  

Forward ‘till you see what it really means to have it all   

You’re gonna be fine  

You’re gonna be more  

There’s a great big world that’s full of things  

you don’t know you’re looking for  

When you get knocked down 

Get up, ask for more  

Get your feet in line and one step at a time  

you keep moving forward   

You keep moving forward  

Get your feet in line and one step at a time  

You keep moving forward 

I wrote this song about a real conversation I had with my dad at a time when I was feeling really stuck in my life. I was on the road presenting at college nights across British Columbia and I was tired. I knew I wanted to be doing something else and was sad I wasn’t. I just wanted to go home. Some of the best lessons my dad ever taught me were on that phone call: Even if I’m not feeling my best, I can still help another person. That the lessons I am learning now will become the building blocks of my life, even if I can’t see it yet. And the power of hope—knowing that things won’t always be like this and you can keep moving forward.

I hope it encourages you, wherever you are and whatever you're working on. You've got this.