What are the Words to Your Life Song?
Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. – Emory Austin
Article written by Alex Blackwell. Connect with me on Facebook.
There is a special song meant just for you and one intended only for me. No one else is experiencing what I am experiencing nor does anyone else think, feel or love like me; or like you. Through my life’s journey, a song is being written. The power of this song resonates through me and echoes in my mind when I need to hear its reassuring beat.
Our life song has a perfect melody and its rhythm is calibrated with our souls. We hum the lyrics on the days we are happy and on the days we are sad and on all the other days in between. We have memorized its cords and can play the notes by memory. Our life song is our anchor when we don’t know what to do, but we know we don’t want to give up.
Word by word and verse by verse, my life song is being written across my heart. The words are becoming easier to find and their meaning is clearer. My life song is on the end of my lips waiting to be heard. This song will be with me forever – in this world and in the next.
My life song
Deep in woods of loblolly and oak
cupped hands trap fireflies and then open to show freedom.
This child needs to be rescued, too.
What keeps him from freedom are the things no child should see.
Waiting, hoping, feeling less than good enough
I’ve told myself for too long.
It’s time to be me, to be real, to live my life and to never look back.
There is still plenty of time to look ahead and believe.
Faith will get me there.
There is still time for the child in me to be free.
There is still plenty of time left for me.
In this crowded world there is still a plan.
His work is not over and I stand ready
for the next stroke, gentle adjustment and delicate touch.
Working on me is not a job, it is a joy.
One I’m learning to share, too.
Waiting, hoping, feeling less than good enough
I’ve told myself for too long.
It’s time to be me, to be real, to live my life and to never look back.
There is still plenty of time to look ahead and believe.
Faith will get me there.
There is still time for the child in me to be free.
There is still plenty of time left for me.
Love grows in my heart and I share it graciously
with the child who never received a mother’s loving touch.
I now watch him play, chase fireflies and believe
there is still plenty of time left for him and
there is still plenty of time left for me.
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Hello Alex, your life song is beautifully written! I have no doubts that you wrote it from your heart. Will you be intending to sing it for us?
Love & light,
Evelyn
Loving, healing, giving, sharing, listening is in my life song with growing, learning, and breathing.
Take all of your wasted honor.
Every little past frustration.
Take all of your so called problems,
Better put ‘em in quotations.
Say what you need to say (x8)
Walkin’ like a one man army,
Fightin’ with the shadows in your head.
Livin’ up the same old moment
Knowin’ you’d be better off instead
If you could only…Say what you need to say (x8)
Have no fear for givin’ in.
Have no fear for giving over.
You better know that in the end
It’s better to say too much, than never to say what you need to say again.
Even if your hands are shaking,
And your faith is broken.
Even as the eyes are closin’,
Do it with a heart wide open.
Say what you need to say (x7)
Say what you need to, Say what you need to…
Say what you need to say.
My life song seems to change according to my circumstances – sometimes sad, sometimes joyful, but the bottom line is always – unchanging gratitude to God. But what a good idea to actually write it down! Thanks!
@ Evelyn: I will stick to writing, not singing. Trust me on this.
Try it!
Great song! I was moved and lifted up deep in my soul
As for my own song, ahem ahem! I hope this doeesn’t get out of tune, haha. Here’s one I find close to my heart today (1t rained! And it felt good)
A walk in the rain
my feet in the mud
a patter of raindrops
as I look up above
Streets are flooded
I wade my way through
like a child lost in wonder
like a child lost in awe
And if I can dance without tripping
if I can just sing once more
I’ll thank the rain now washing my face
and I shall walk on and on and on…
Never give up, don’t ever let anyone tell you that you are wrong or not good enough. Always keep searching for the truth and never give up the fight until you know in your heart that you have found what is right and true. Know that you will always be enough and learn to rest in the grace of seeing yourself and others through the eyes of our Father. Never miss out on the opportunity to learn and grow and share that learning with others. Being happy is always a choice no matter what the lyrics of your life song look like.
These are the words of my life song.
thx for sharing, everyone
=)
eyes all glad and shiny
finding that fountain
strong and clear
of song and cheer
and childhood joys bubbling within
deep, deep
struck all the way
to the ringing silence
Never give up, don’t ever let anyone tell you that you are wrong or not good enough. Always keep searching for the truth and never give up the fight until you know in your heart that you have found what is right and true. Know that you will always be enough and learn to rest in the grace of seeing yourself and others through the eyes of our Father. Never miss out on the opportunity to learn and grow and share that learning with others. Being
Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing this Alex.
Stumbled.
Keep a song in your heart. Too many people lose it somewhere.