"So this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Christmas
And what have we done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over over
If you want it
War is over Now"
- John Lennon
aka Beatle Boy
He did WOW. I'm sure you all know the song. When you read the lyrics the music should be flowing through your veins. Music of the soul.
Why is that?
Hmmmm..........
I just luuuurve John Lennon. If you get a chance listen to his last interview on radio a few days before he was taken you would understand that he was a very lovable, philosophical dot, just like you and moi. He was also a musical genius. "Out there" but a genius. As well known as he was he really did care. He tried to use his notoriety to change things. With his 'Bed sit" with Yoko down to his "Rock 'N Roll" album and his brilliant song "Imagine" he created a footprint for us to follow.. John Lennon was a dot. A very important dot. He was trying to send a message. He did.....
So now I'd like to share something important in my own Journey. A life lesson well learned. To create my own footprint. A STORY that hasn't completed...... YET!
Once upon a time I was going nowhere. Chasing shadows of my existence. Always moving toward what I'd left behind. And then something happened to wake me up. The light of the sun changed direction and the shadow was no longer following me. No longer was I conscious of the shadow. Mister Someone Out-There was in my life, directing me toward my Destin-ee. Guiding me toward the light. He was in front, behind, below, above. He was now INSIDE ME. There was no shadow cast in any direction. Only light........
I had no idea where I was going but I was not lost. I had decided to do what I wanted to do for the rest of my very short existence. And so I gave myself over to BELIEF. In myself. In my ability. I took the hand that was to guide me, just like I did when I was a toddler holding my Mum's hand. I trusted. The hand of BELIEF to guide me on my Journey.
Why is that?
Hmmmm..........
I just luuuurve John Lennon. If you get a chance listen to his last interview on radio a few days before he was taken you would understand that he was a very lovable, philosophical dot, just like you and moi. He was also a musical genius. "Out there" but a genius. As well known as he was he really did care. He tried to use his notoriety to change things. With his 'Bed sit" with Yoko down to his "Rock 'N Roll" album and his brilliant song "Imagine" he created a footprint for us to follow.. John Lennon was a dot. A very important dot. He was trying to send a message. He did.....
So now I'd like to share something important in my own Journey. A life lesson well learned. To create my own footprint. A STORY that hasn't completed...... YET!
Once upon a time I was going nowhere. Chasing shadows of my existence. Always moving toward what I'd left behind. And then something happened to wake me up. The light of the sun changed direction and the shadow was no longer following me. No longer was I conscious of the shadow. Mister Someone Out-There was in my life, directing me toward my Destin-ee. Guiding me toward the light. He was in front, behind, below, above. He was now INSIDE ME. There was no shadow cast in any direction. Only light........
I had no idea where I was going but I was not lost. I had decided to do what I wanted to do for the rest of my very short existence. And so I gave myself over to BELIEF. In myself. In my ability. I took the hand that was to guide me, just like I did when I was a toddler holding my Mum's hand. I trusted. The hand of BELIEF to guide me on my Journey.
One helluva CUTE story, huh? I began to read lessons from those who had gone before me. Knowledge was beginning to take control. Along with the knowledge came wisdom. The study of philosophy and the meaning of life. Although I had no idea where the path was taking me I felt safe in the knowledge that I was going to find a reason for me being ME. Then with the reading came the writing. I didn't know that I was going to write. I just did. Then I realised that the deep thinking I was doing in company with the knowledge I was accumulating and the new homeless experience, was throwing my emotions into absolute turmoil. All of a sudden I had something to write about. So I began to take notes in an exercise book. Just like a diary I guess. But it wasn't so much personal note taking. It was more documenting the new knowledge. I was beginning to see because I was looking.......
So over the next couple of years I kept note taking but it was becoming structured. I couldn't find what I was looking for in all of the Biographies, Self-Helps, Personal Development books. I was searching for answers I couldn't find. I knew there was a NEED. So I ended writing a book myself. It was no masterpiece but it was a snapshot of the turmoil in my life. I began to realise that I was creating a STORY. A story I needed to not only live but a STORY I needed to share. I kept trusting myself. I kept BELIEVING. Then strange things began to happen. Lots. I had read a book by the Philosopher Carl Jeung titled "Synchronicity" which explained how MEANINGFUL CO-INCIDENCES guided the 'hand' along my life's path. I studied and read about Eastern philosophy. I was taking small STEPS toward my Destin-ee. I learned meditation. And I began to gain confidence in myself. Not the type of confidence that made me successful in the Corporate world but confidence in my ability to make a difference...... as did John Lennon.
So over the next couple of years I kept note taking but it was becoming structured. I couldn't find what I was looking for in all of the Biographies, Self-Helps, Personal Development books. I was searching for answers I couldn't find. I knew there was a NEED. So I ended writing a book myself. It was no masterpiece but it was a snapshot of the turmoil in my life. I began to realise that I was creating a STORY. A story I needed to not only live but a STORY I needed to share. I kept trusting myself. I kept BELIEVING. Then strange things began to happen. Lots. I had read a book by the Philosopher Carl Jeung titled "Synchronicity" which explained how MEANINGFUL CO-INCIDENCES guided the 'hand' along my life's path. I studied and read about Eastern philosophy. I was taking small STEPS toward my Destin-ee. I learned meditation. And I began to gain confidence in myself. Not the type of confidence that made me successful in the Corporate world but confidence in my ability to make a difference...... as did John Lennon.
Let there be LIGHT in your New Year My book was written during a period of emotional turmoil. I was battling my new homeless existence but gaining invaluable EXPERIENCE in life. Thingies that made me THINK. Thingies that gave me stuff to write about. When I had published the book I then needed to find a way to let people know the book was there. But I had no money for expensive publishing packages. So I decided to create a web site. But I knew nothing about computer thingies like that. So for one hour a day I got on the Library computer and worked out how to build a web site. Probably a simple exercise for some, but it took me a year. But the web site came with a BLOG thingie. Mmmm Hmmm.... Another avenue to put my thoughts to paper and communicate. BLOG thingie came with a facility to insert quotes. I had documented in my exercise books a whole lotta inspirational quotes from famous people and philosophers. So I shared those quotes with you. Then I had such strong emotional stuff to write about I decided to make up some quotes myself. My quotes turned into poetry, which I loved to write because it was such a creative part of me. Food for my soul.... Keep in mind at this point I had never ever considered writing anything pre-'under the rock' days, let alone poetry.
Then one day as I was taking my daily meditational walk along the beach I began to recite a poem I had written while I was down in the dumps, feeling sorry for myself. That poem was called "Broken Man". For some unknown reason I began to put MUSIC to the poems. My first song was born. I was hooked. The music to the poem gave me an emotional 'hook up' to my soul.
Then I began to put music to some other poems I had written. Don't know why. Just did. Something was pushing me in that direction. All related in some way to my Journey. The pain I was going through, the joy of my new found creativity. Poems with music to express the emotional turmoil of the trip. The MUSIC was my soul at work. It gave me the ability to create a message. I wrote a lot of songs. But then the next challenge. I was LOST in one particular area. It was making me crazy. What could I do with the songs. Hmmm.....
I let the 'hand' of ME take me. I trusted. I believed. Synchronicity then played it's 'hand' ('scuse the pun!). Lots of meaningful co-incidences have since happened. I needed a platform to give my MUSIC my soul. Just like John Lennon.......
Fast forward a bit.
All of the poems I had put to music were disjointed. Not connected in any way. Then one night in La Chateau Tento I was woken by a voice in my head. It told me the name of one of my songs. I didn't understand. Why? What did it mean?
Synchronicity continued to play it's 'hand'. I found a reason. I found the platform. I wrote a script. I discovered a connection for my poems, for my music. Like John Lennon I have found a way to get a message out. Putting my soul to MUSIC.
I am telling you my STORY by WORKING BACKWARDS. Continually CREATING, one STEP at a time. Connecting my soul to yours to carry a message. Just like John Lennon.........
Then one day as I was taking my daily meditational walk along the beach I began to recite a poem I had written while I was down in the dumps, feeling sorry for myself. That poem was called "Broken Man". For some unknown reason I began to put MUSIC to the poems. My first song was born. I was hooked. The music to the poem gave me an emotional 'hook up' to my soul.
Then I began to put music to some other poems I had written. Don't know why. Just did. Something was pushing me in that direction. All related in some way to my Journey. The pain I was going through, the joy of my new found creativity. Poems with music to express the emotional turmoil of the trip. The MUSIC was my soul at work. It gave me the ability to create a message. I wrote a lot of songs. But then the next challenge. I was LOST in one particular area. It was making me crazy. What could I do with the songs. Hmmm.....
I let the 'hand' of ME take me. I trusted. I believed. Synchronicity then played it's 'hand' ('scuse the pun!). Lots of meaningful co-incidences have since happened. I needed a platform to give my MUSIC my soul. Just like John Lennon.......
Fast forward a bit.
All of the poems I had put to music were disjointed. Not connected in any way. Then one night in La Chateau Tento I was woken by a voice in my head. It told me the name of one of my songs. I didn't understand. Why? What did it mean?
Synchronicity continued to play it's 'hand'. I found a reason. I found the platform. I wrote a script. I discovered a connection for my poems, for my music. Like John Lennon I have found a way to get a message out. Putting my soul to MUSIC.
I am telling you my STORY by WORKING BACKWARDS. Continually CREATING, one STEP at a time. Connecting my soul to yours to carry a message. Just like John Lennon.........
His soul was in his music "And so this is Christmas
And what have we done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun"
And so my STORY continues..........
I am a dot. The same as you. Don't let it be 'just another Christmas'. Another New Year of broken resolutions. A few days off before going back to the Busyness of survival. This time really THINK about life. Your life. Make a difference.......
CREATE YOUR STORY
that hasn't happened yet. Work Backwards
...... and continue to WATCH mine
And what have we done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun"
And so my STORY continues..........
I am a dot. The same as you. Don't let it be 'just another Christmas'. Another New Year of broken resolutions. A few days off before going back to the Busyness of survival. This time really THINK about life. Your life. Make a difference.......
CREATE YOUR STORY
that hasn't happened yet. Work Backwards
...... and continue to WATCH mine
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