This country ballad was inspired and adapted from Erika Kirk’s commencement speech at Hillsdale College in May 2026. Enjoy the inspiration!

Choices lyrics

Through his learning,Charlie recognized his dutyTo pursue truthAnd to defend libertyThis responsibility —He felt to GodHe felt it to our familyHe felt it to our countryThat was born from what he learned

Life is not definedBy the abundance of optionsBut by the weight of the choicesThat you make within them,And those choices more often than notAre not dramatic or obviousBut quiet and compoundingForming the blueprint of your lifeLong before anyone else can seeWhat you are building

Each of us must order his own houseLive rightly in aimFor high and beautiful thingsContinue forward in lifeWith clarity and intentionAnd you will come to understand

That life is not definedBy the abundance of optionsBut by the weight of the choicesThat you make within themThose choices, more often than not,Are not dramatic or obviousBut quiet and compoundingForming the blueprint of your lifeLong before anyone else can seeWhat you are building

It is so humblingThe contrast betweenHuman limitationAnd God’s infinity

That’s why our choices,Even the smallest ones,MatterThey matter so much

That’s why our choices,Even the smallest ones,MatterThey matter so much

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