Be still
As long as I can remember loving music, I can remember listening to The Eagles. One song, specifically always meant a great deal to me. Download it here
Don Henley writes:
“We are like sheep without a shepherd and we don’t know how to be alone”.
Something I’ve come to understand about people (the one’s I’ve met at least), is that we don’t really know how to cope with life’s surprises by ourselves. We’ve never learned “to be still”. We’ve never learned to sit back, relax, and really let the depth of what’s happening set in. We’re afraid of going through that alone.
Admittedly, this includes me. Raised in a family where divorce was something “other” families did, I was never exposed to being adult, and alone.
Don’t get me wrong here, I know the word “alone” has a very negative connotation, but that’s not at all what I’m trying to convey by using it. The very point that I had to type that last sentence only proves what I’m saying. I’m tired of being €˜defined’ by my mate. I shouldn’t have to rely on some woman to define me, I should define myself.
“Though the world is torn and shakin’”
“Even if your heart is breakin’”
“It’s waiting for you to awaken”
“Someday you will”
“Learn to be still”
Yes I will, Don. I’m not afraid, and I’m ready to learn.
