I was listening to my massage therapist's tape of her music on the way out to horseback riding tonight. Her name is Lucy Allen, and her "live-in" is Marshall Goers and they have this little 2 man-band. They play bluegrass sort of music that tells great little stories. Marshall plays like every instrument you can throw at him, and Lucy sings and plays guitar or banjo. She wrote this song called "Come from the heart."
The lyrics go,
"You've got to sing, like you don't need the money,
Love, like you'll never get hurt,
Dance, like no one is watching,
It's got to come from the heart if you want it to work."
The song says some other things, but reminds you to "let go, when things are falling apart, because sometimes we try too hard."
Good words to live by. Letting go, and letting loose. Don't worry about "what could be," just love what you are doing in the now.
So, as I drove back from doing one of my favorite things, riding, I just soaked in the smell of the summer night, and watched the full moon follow me home. Enjoyed the sweet smiling faces all trying to tell me about their fun night with Daddy (even Grant in his baby-talk), then got lots of little kisses and hugs as we put them to bed. Now I am enjoying the peace of a quiet house, which is so much sweeter after it has been filled up with talking and laughter from my loving family.
I hope all of you reading are enjoying your lives, and living from your heart.
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Hi Jen,
That song was written by Susanna Clark and Richard Leigh and originally performed by Kathy Mattea on "Willow in the Wind"... Different versions of those words come from a variety of places, including Bono, a Chinese Proverb, Mark Twain, and others... Check out this link:
http://forum.quoteland.com/1/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=586192041&f=099191541&m=8391955302&p=1&x_print=Y
for more information about the words and the song...
True post though, about living in the moment. It's hard to define that though, sometimes... I mean, does that mean pushing aside all of one's history; all that one believes, all stereotypes and prejudices one has about all kinds of things, all assertions of true and/or false... If our history determines our beliefs, living in the moment involves ignoring that history in some way, right? Back to Buddhism I suppose...
Oh, thanks Lisa,
I thought that Lucy wrote all her own music, but I guess not. Oh well! It is a great song anyway!
I can let you borrow "The Power of Now" if you wish. I think it is just letting go and not over-analyzing everything.
I love that quote especially about "dance like noone is watching." I have seen it in a lot of art galleries in Asheville which is a town that epitomizes deep breaths and freedom for some reason. And hey, all the great musicians "borrowed" lyrics along the way!!
Hey dude, that wasn't me... Only one who goes by "Merv" in this household is the original...
I should have known it was Mike, very philosophical!
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