Joni Mitchell wrote a song “For Free” many years ago. It was the song about the sax (?) player, playing on a noisy street corner. A song of how everyone passed his music by. That song left an indelible imprint, a resolve in me to take less for granted. I wanted to notice, to appreciate [...]
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For Free
Posted in Happiness, Inspiration, Music, Poetry, tagged For Free, Joni Mitchell on December 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Suzanne
Posted in Music, Poetry, tagged Judy Collins, Leonard Cohen, Poems, Youtube on December 2, 2011 | 15 Comments »
I posted the lyrics to Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” a few weeks ago. Fran, one of my blog readers, reminded me of another one of his songs, “Suzanne”. Lyrics below and a youtube video from 1976 with both Leonard Cohen and Judy collins singing it. Judy Collins was my introduction to Leonard Cohen. Her earlier recordings [...]
Heart Desires
Posted in Happiness, Inspiration, Love, Music, Spirituality, tagged Heart's Desire, Passion, Spiritual Love on November 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
What about love? Deeply, passionately enamored with something, anything Love will find you in the innocence of night and re-kindle that spark The very scent of desire wafts about your nose and beckons you to come hither Now from behind you, you hear the slow steady insistent beat of a rhythm You’ve heard [...]
Believe
Posted in Inspiration, Life, Music, Spirituality, tagged Enya, Youtube on November 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Kahlil Gibran has said the deeper that sorrow cuts into your being the more joy you can contain. And so it is, as we weave through this crazy thing called life, that sometimes sorrow does run deep but I find comfort in knowing, as Enya’s song brilliantly reflects below – believe and you will find [...]
August Rush
Posted in Music, Spirituality, tagged August Rush on September 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Listen, can you hear it? The music I can hear it everywhere In the wind In the air In the light It’s all around us All you have to do is open yourself up. All you have to do is listen. Opening Lines from the Movie August Rush
Light ‘O Mine
Posted in Inspiration, Music, Spirituality, tagged gospel, Youtube on December 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
In honor of my friend Luana, who inspired me to sing this song yesterday. In honor of my birthday today! In honor of all of YOUR birthdays! Whoever you are, wherever you are, let yourself shine from time to time. If you care to add another lyric to this song, Luana taught me this one: [...]
I Can See Your Halo
Posted in Inspiration, Music, tagged Beloved, Beyonce, God, Spirit, Youtube on August 13, 2010 | 6 Comments »
For those of you who follow this blog regularly, the Chinese five element blog post on water has been deleted and the series has been scrapped for now. There are some copyright issues so until such time that I can distill the work in a more experiential manner, I won’t be posting further on it. [...]
Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
Posted in Love, Music, Poetry, tagged Leonard Cohen, Poems, Songs, Youtube on July 21, 2010 | 12 Comments »
It was the mid 1980s and for the sum total of one evening I thought I was in love with him. But most of the time we were just very good friends. His name was Stan Easton. I was in nursing school. My schedule was hectic and beyond busy. Stan called one day. I wasn’t [...]
Wonderer
Posted in Inspiration, Life, Music, Poetry, Rumi, Spirituality, tagged Poems, Youtube on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There are several translations of this Rumi poem. This version is the one sung in this particular youtube video. Listen to this and you will know the song by heart and maybe you will find yourself singing or humming it during the day and remembering, most of all, that it doesn’t matter if you’ve broken [...]
Love Is Divine
Posted in Happiness, Inspiration, Life, Love, Music, Spirituality, tagged Divine Love, Self Love, Truth, Youtube on January 20, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Following on the heels of yesterday’s post, A Good Day, I wanted to write more on the theme of self love. True, wholehearted self love is rooted in a fidelity with yourself. It requires a commitment, a faithfulness and a willingness to not just know your truth but to live up to it. This means [...]
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