POPSPIRATION: So What? Pink is Still A Rock Star. And so are we!
I completely dig women who rock. In my head I am a rock goddess on the road touring with my equally amazing all-girl band with an audience full of cheering fans. In reality I am tone deaf and was asked to lip synch in the sixth grade choir. Sigh.
One of my favorite women who rock, along with Rihanna, Fergie, and Gwen Stefani, is Pink. Or shall we say, P!nk. How much do we love her as an inspiration? Let us count the ways:
- First she hit the scene as an R&B chick with punctuation in her name—I actually met her around this time and she struck me as sweet and dedicated;
- She then made a bold transition to shed the cookie cutter image that her svengali handlers had created for her to become unabashedly herself;
- In recent years she caused a stir with her song and music video Stupid Girls that parodied the antics of our favorite tabloid bad girls;
- Recently, she announced that she was graciously parting ways with her husband Carey Hart.
What hit me was not the sadness of her quickie Hollywood divorce. Hey – yours truly even has a brief starter husband in her personal boneyard. I was however struck by the grace and dignity of how she and Carey Hart have remained friends. I am also still friends with my ex and this simply shocks people.
Here’s what Pink said about the end of her marriage: “This break up is not about cheating, anger, or fighting. I know it sounds like cliché bulls***, but we are best friends, and we will continue to be… He is a good man, so please support him as well.” Brava! We can choose to lead separate paths without bitterness.
Pink’s first release from her current album is the therapeutic song So What, which I have been playing non-stop since I first heard it. Her ex Carey Hart even makes an appearance in the video as she sings, “You weren’t there. You never were,” to his face. The chorus is my favorite part. The lyrics are “So what? I’m still a rock star / I got my rock moves/ And I don’t need you / And guess what / I’m having more fun / And now that we’re done / I’m gonna show you!”
How great would it be if after every break up, rejection, or perceived loss we could look ourselves in the mirror and say, “So what? I’m still a rock star!?” Most people don’t take their marital vows planning to end them just like most people don’t set out to fail at anything. Nonetheless incomplete goals are a part of our lives and we always learn something fabulous about ourselves in the process.
Now you may not be a literal rock star like Pink but you are the rock star of your own life, and if you aren’t you deserve to be. The next time that you are disappointed by life, try adapting this so-what attitude.
Ten bonus points if you actually chop off your hair and dye it pink.
Yeah!
Your Motivational Homework:
Make a list of your Top 10 Disappointments in Life. Now read your list adding on to the end of each story with a shrug, “So what? I am STILL a rock star.” Doesn’t that feel great, rock star?
