Inspiration

To Sing is to Fly
~Joan Baez

To sing is to love and affirm
To sing is to fly and soar
To coast into the hearts of people who listen
To tell them that life is to live,
That love is there,
That nothing is a promise,
but that beauty exists and must be hunted for and found.

To sing is to fly and soar.

Lyrics of the moment

"If I Start to Cry"
- Edie Carey

I got so much to ask you
It's never the time
Why would I spoil a perfect evening?
We've gotten this far on being polite
Besides, I know you're proud of me

When I was made
Did they leave out a part?
Did you know this and choose to guard the secret?
You said everybody's born with a beautiful heart
Well, what was wrong with hers and
Why did you leave it?

If I start to cry, I may not stop
Love runs dry, I run off

Can you help me with this heart inside my chest?
It ain't perfect, but you should see me use it
But it only works when I make a mess
When it looks like I'm about to lose it

If I start to cry, I may not stop
Love runs dry, I run off

Yeah I'm just like my mother
Yeah I'm just like my mother
And if you don't love her,
What does that mean about me?

If I start to cry, I may not stop
I wanna know why I run off
I wanna know why I'm like this
I wanna know why

Some timely messages to myself.

From the 'Wear Sunscreen' column:

Don't waste your time on jealousy.
Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.
The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

I've Learned (http://askanitalife.tripod.com/)

I've learned that education, experience, and memories are three things that no one can take away from you.

I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others - they are more screwed up than you think.

I've learned that most of the things I worry about will never happen

I've learned that I should make little decisions with my head and the big decisions with my heart
I've learned that if you count on others to make you happy, you'll be endlessly disappointed

I've learned it is best to not take action while angry.

An Interesting Question with No Answer...

I love this quote. Here's the question with no answer: How do you know which type a person is...?

A Reason, A Season, A Lifetime

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.
When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually.

They may seem like a godsend, and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a stand.

What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They may bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never known, or done.

They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person/people (any way); and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

And a few lyrical lessons.

"Living In Twilight"
The Weepies

You look darkly on the day
With memories to light your way
A little sad but it's all right
We are always living in twilight

No one knocks upon your door
Until you don't care anymore
A little alone but it's all right
We are always living in twilight

Living in a dream, walking in between the sunrise and sunset
Living in a dream, walking in between sunset and sunrise

You get tied up in your day, so I let go and walk away
And now we're loose ends of the night
We are always living in twilight

So it goes, though no one knows you like they used to do
Have a drink the sky is sinking toward a deeper blue
And you're still all right
Step out into twilight

So I stumble home at night
Like I've stumbled through my life
With ghosts and visions in my sight
We are always living in twilight

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[excerpt from]
"Stories We Tell Ourselves"
Edie Brickell

It's the stories we tell ourselves
That make us happy
That make us crazy
That make us lonely
Depressed and lazy

He doesn't like me, he's looking at me unkindly
She really loves me, but she only wants my money...
It's the stories we tell ourselves.

You really hurt me, because of you I'm so angry.
I'm really lucky and no one can take it from me.
All along I could see you waiting there
All along I could see you holding on
It's the stories we tell ourselves

* * *

"Last Tears"
Indigo Girls

These are the last tears I'm gonna cry for you
My cryin's through I'm moving on
I don't regret and won't forget
A single thing that we went through
But there are the last tears I'm gonna cry for you
You take things so much easier than I do
And you could live your life without me if you had to
And you believe that in the end it all works out right
And I might if not for you
And if you ask one which one lives just alone for love
I do
There was a time when all signs pointed to the warm south
The planets all lined up and built a new house
And everything we talked about felt like a prophecy
And when you looked at me they all came true
And if you asked which one wants to go the distance
I do
I'm gonna rack my mind one last time until I cannot think
I'm gonna dip into your memory and take a good stiff drink
And when I'm drunk on the last drop of sadness about how we went wrong
I'm gonna play this song
Make some coffee black and strong
Give thanks for healing time
And finally make up my mind

Say the Magic Words

More and more I find that words are not only magical, but inspiring and comforting. So, I created a place to store these "messages to myself" through song lyrics, poems, quotations, and any other forms I like.

To start off, here are some great quotes I found while searching for inspiration for the name of this blog.

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Music is the harmonious voice of creation; an echo of the invisible world.
~ Giuseppe Mazzini

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice
to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
~ Maya Angelou

Imagination is the voice of daring.
~Henry Miller