Echoes of Anthem & Aspiration

Memories are funny things.

If you’ve seen the first episode of A Fire That Sings, you heard how The Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston—discovered in third‑grade chorus—became my anthem, my promise, my home.

🎵 “Because the greatest love of all / Is happening to me / I found the greatest love of all inside of me.” 

But there’s another song, a companion on that journey: One Moment in Time by Whitney Houston. I’m not entirely sure which came first in my memory—but both arrived together during that tape‑hunt, months later, and both now sit side‑by‑side in my personal collection of “songs that found me.”

🎵 “Give me one moment in time / When I’m more than I thought I could be / When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away…” 

Last week I hit a challenging patch—mentally exhausted, physically worn, creatively drained. I’ve been working non‑stop to launch my new mini‑course on Outschool, juggling teacher‑life and business‑life, trying to find the right voices in a noisy world. Self‑doubt, for someone wired like me, is always a whisper that gets louder when the spotlight fades.

On the drive home with my family, tired and heavy, that very song cued on the radio. I didn’t sing. I could only listen. The melody floated in, the words landed hard. They weren’t just notes—they were a pep‑talk:

🎵 “I will be free…”

And in that moment, I remembered: my voice matters. My ideas matter. I have more to give.

In my musical map, "The Greatest Love of All" became the promise of self-worth that I carry into every lesson, every performance, and every interaction. You can only be as good as you believe you can be.

One Moment in Time became the promise that my self-worth and gifts would lead to a lasting legacy of inspiration. A legacy. A reminder of the gifts I have—and the ability I hold to guide young souls on their own path of self‑discovery.

If this resonates with you, then tell me: what song accompanies you on your journey? What lyric meets you when you least expect it?

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Because the right song doesn’t just play—it finds you.

And in that finding, you become more than you thought you could be.

With music and moonlight,

— Musicat