Kermit and the Rainbow Inspiration

        Kermit A.K.A Jim Henson has always been a major sense of inspiration for me. But what about his is so very inspiring to me? Well he's not perfect. In Muppets take Manhattan and A Very Merry Muppet Christmas, Kermit freaks out on his friends. He reaches a breaking point and reacts badly. Which he later regrets, but it is endearing that he is fallible. As human as a singing frog can be. He is determined. In the Muppet Movie and Muppets take Manhattan, he perseveres even in the face of rejection. He is willing to do anything even wear a gold chain and pretend to be something he's not.

He believes in his dream, to become a star, to sell his show and he keeps at it until he achieved his dream. As he yells at New York, "The Frog is staying!" Even when it seems impossible, I mean in most countries he is an entree, not a potential star but that is what he is. Despite all the barriers keeping him from fame he still become the thing he is meant to be.

        

        The songs in his movies are very amazing as well. In Muppets take Manhattan Dr.Teeth sings “You can't take no for an answer.”

You can't take no for an answer!
You can't take no for an answer!
You can't take no for an answer!
No, no, no.

Whenever there's a dream worth a-dreaming (dreaming!)
And you wanna see that dream come true (dream come true!)
There'll be plenty people talking
"Forget all about it"
Say "it isn't worth the trouble--
All the trouble that you're going through!" (it ain't worth it-NO!)
Well, what can you do?

You can't take no for an answer! (you can't take no)
You can't take no for an answer! (no no no no)
You can't take no for an answer!
No, no, no.

No no no no no no no no no.
No no no no no no no no no.

Whatcha gonna do when the dimes get tough
and the world's treating you unkind?
You gotta hang on to your optimistic outlook
And keep possession of your positive state-of-mind
(state of mind, state of mind, state of mind, state, state, mind!)

No no no (No 9x)
No no no (No 9x)
No no no (No 9x)
No no no!

        Another song I love from that movie was Right Where I belong.

You mean...
Look at me, here I am
Right where I belong
I see that face coming back to me
Like an old familiar song.
What better place could anyone be?
Cause you're here with me!
It's all I've been looking for
And so much more!
And now I'm here
Now you're here!
Nothing can go wrong,
Cause I am here right where I belong!

         I think I was 9 years old when the most amazing moment happened to me. I turned on the TV and there he was, Kermit the frog, singing the Rainbow Connection. And I thought he was singing just to me, even though I knew that was impossible. But then I realized, he was singing to me because he was singing to the dreamer in me. Singing to the dreamer in all of us. It has taken 20 years but now my dreamer is ready to listen. When he sang, “It's something that I'm supposed to be.” It profoundly changed me. It made me feel like I had a destiny, like I could be anything. sometimes I like I lost that feeling but in that past few months I can feel it growing again. 

     So here is the lyrics of the Rainbow Connection and a link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSFLZ-MzIhM. I hope it was as inspiring to you as it was to me.

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
and what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
and rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it.
I know they're wrong, wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

Who said that every wish would be heard
and answered when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that and someone believed it.
Look what it's done so far.
What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing
and what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

All of us under its spell. We know that it's probably magic.

Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors.
The voice might be one and the same.
I've heard it too many times to ignore it.
It's something that I'm supposed to be.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.