Diabetes Theme Song ~ HAWMC, Day 11

Today's prompt: Your theme song. Imagine your health focus or blog is getting its own theme song. What would the lyrics be? What type of music would it played to?

A theme song for diabetes would have to be upbeat, inspirational, and memorable. It would need to instill feelings of hope, while emphasizing the potential unity of the diabetes community working together towards a common goal: a cure for type 1 diabetes.

My diabetes theme song is entitled "I Believe." It is performed by French Canadian jazz singer Nikki Yanofsky and was the official Olympic song used by the Canadian television network that broadcast the 2010 Olympic Winter Games here in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. While the poignant lyrics were written to describe the long and lonely journey taken by athletes striving to compete in an Olympic games, they could easily be applied to the ongoing battles faced by the millions of people affected by diabetes worldwide.

Here is the video, and the lyrics are below:

There comes a moment when my heart must stand alone

On this lonely path I've chosen

Like a house that's not a home

Sometimes when I feel I've had enough

And I feel like giving up

You willed me to be all I can be

Now nothing can stop me

I believe in the power that comes

From a world brought together as one

I believe together we'll fly

I believe in the power of you and I

This is the moment we have dreamed of all our lives

We'll be the change we wish from others

We'll stand tall for what is right

And in my heart, there'll be no doubt

The arms of the world will come reaching out

And embrace me to be all I can be

Now nothing can stop me

I believe in the power that comes

From a world brought together as one

I believe together we'll fly

I believe in the power of you and I

I believe the time is right now

Stand tall and make the world proud

I believe together we'll fly

I believe in the power of you and I

I believe in the power of you and I

I believe, I believe, I believe in...

I believe, I believe in...

I believe, I believe, I believe in...

I believe, I believe in you

I believe, I believe, I believe in...

I believe, I believe in you

I believe, I believe, I believe in you

I believe together we'll fly

I believe in the power of you and I

I believe the time is right now

Stand tall and make the world proud

I believe together we'll fly

I believe in the power...

I believe in the power that comes

From a world brought together as one (of you and I)

I believe together we'll fly

I believe in the power of you and I (I will)

I believe the time is right now

Stand tall and make the world proud

I believe together we'll fly

I believe in the power of you and I