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Instead of trying to find the
words to tell you about who I am, I decided to
use a song I wrote a number of years ago. I
was participating in a creativity course and the
final assignment was to create something that
told about where we came from, where we were right
then, and where we desired to go. The
following song is what I created as that final
project: So here it is; my life in three short
verses!
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If you hear music...dance!
If you don't hear music...sing!
If you walk barefoot
along the path of the heart,
your singing will not awaken
the sleepers nor will your
dancing disturb the self-righteous.
But the birds will follow you
and take from your hand
some crumbs and
sing to you their truth.
- John Squadra , from This
Ecstasy
I did not know I was on a search
for a passionate aliveness. I only knew I was lonely
and lost and that something was drawing me deeper
beneath the surface of my life, in search of
meaning. There is a hunger in people to touch
those depths; to know that our lives are sacred;
that our hearts are truly capable of love. It is a
yearning to be all that we can be. A longing for
what is real.
- Anne Hillman
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Movin’ On
For years I floundered in
despair
I didn’t know that Life was there
I was chained by secrets I dared not share
Silenced by a voiceless fear.
Then a miracle came and let me see
The many burdens I’d brought with me
And the chance to finally be free
To be movin’ on …
Movin’ on. Movin’ on.
Yesterday is dead and gone
And I’m movin’ on.
I step from the darkness into the Light
Though it stings my eyes, I'll be alright
This new day is a wondrous sight
I embrace it and I hold it dear.
Now yesterday has no hold on me
I do my best and I let it be
And joy is all I bring with me
As I’m movin’ on…
Movin’ on. Movin’ on.
Yesterday is dead and gone
And I’m movin’ on.
My safety now comes from above
My heart is free like a winging dove
And when I ‘ere it’s on the side of Love
In freedom I sing out clear.
And if on this path you’d like to be
I wouldn’t mind some company
You’re welcome to come along with me
Lets be movin on …
Movin’ on. Movin’ on.
Yesterday is dead and gone
And I’m movin’ on! …
Patricia Caldwell
from my CD ”Along the Way”
Copyright 2002
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