I've always found an anthem for a time in my life. That one song that carries me through until I'm ready for a new anthem. What's always so amazing is how I turn to an old anthem and think that it will carry me through, then while driving innocently, lost in thought, with the radio on ... the new anthem emerges.
It's never a song I've heard before, but one that seems to have been written & produced just in time for the perfect merging of the story of my life. Coincidence? Who cares ... the song is always perfect.
The words truly say it all ... because it is my time. My time to catch my breath, let it go and don't let anyone hold me back!
I don't wanna be left behind
Distance was a friend of mine
Catching breath in a web of lies
I've spent most of my life
Riding waves, playing acrobat
Shadowboxing the other half
Learning how to react
I've spent most of my time
Catching my breath, letting it go,
Turning my cheek for the sake of the show
Now that you know, this is my life,
I won't be told what's supposed to be right
Catch my breath, no one can hold me back,
I ain't got time for that
Catch my breath, won't let them get me down,
It's all so simple now
Addicted to the love I found
Heavy heart, now a weightless cloud
Making time for the ones that count
I'll spend the rest of my time
Laughing hard with the windows down
Leaving footprints all over town
Keeping faith, karma comes around
I will spend the rest of my life
Catching my breath, letting it go,
Turning my cheek for the sake of the show
Now that you know, this is my life,
I won't be told what's supposed to be right
Catch my breath, no one can hold me back,
I ain't got time for that
Catch my breath, won't let them get me down,
It's all so simple now
You helped me see
The beauty in everything
Catching my breath, letting it go,
Turning my cheek for the sake of the show
Now that you know, this is my life,
I won't be told what's supposed to be right
Catching my breath, letting it go,
Turning my cheek for the sake of the show
Now that you know, this is my life,
I won't be told what's supposed to be right
Catch my breath
Catch my breath, no one can hold me back,
I ain't got time for that
Catch my breath, won't let them get me down,
It's all so simple now
It's all so simple now
Catching my breath, letting it go,
Turning my cheek for the sake of the show
Now that you know, this is my life,
I won't be told what's supposed to be right
(Catch my breath)
Catch my breath, no one can hold me back,
I ain't got time for that
(Catch my breath)
Catch my breath (catch my breath), won't let them get me down,
It's all so simple now
My main anthem, and yes I do have a few ,for diff parts of my life, is Hazel Dean... they say it is gonna rain.... rings the bells that need ringing....everytime
I love that song ... I'm going to listen again with more intention. Thank you
The Way of Wisdom
The wise ones tell you
Where you have fallen
And where you yet may fall -
Invaluable secrets!
Follow them, follow the way.
Do not look for bad company
Or live with those who do not care.
Find friends who love the truth.
Drink deeply.
Live in serenity and joy.
The wise one delights in the truth
And follows the law of the awakened.
The farmer channels water to his land.
The fletcher whittles his arrows.
And the carpenter turns his wood.
So the wise direct their minds.
The wind cannot shake a mountain.
Neither praise nor blame moves the wise ones.
He is clarity.
Hearing the truth,
She is like a lake,
Pure and tranquil and deep.
Want nothing.
Where there is desire,
Say nothing.
Happiness or sorrow -
Whatever befalls you,
Walk on
Untouched, unattached.
Few cross over the river.
Most are stranded on this side.
On the riverbank they run up and down.
But the wise, following the way,
Cross over, beyond the reach of death.
He or she leaves the dark way
For the way of light.
Free from desire,
Free from possessions,
Free from the dark places of the heart.
Free from attachment and appetite,
Following the seven lights of awakening,
And rejoicing greatly in their freedom,
In this world the wise ones
Become themselves a light,
Pure, shining, free.
~ Buddha ~
The Dhammapada
Bless you for this my friend 🙂