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Michael Jackson – Earth Song

Michael Jackson – Earth Song

What about sunrise?
What about rain?
What about all the things,
That you said we were to gain?
What about killing fields?
Is there a time?
What about all the things,
That you said was yours and mine?

Did you ever stop to notice,
All the blood we’ve shed before?
Did you ever stop to notice,
The crying Earth the weeping shores?

What have we done to the world?
Look what we’ve done.
What about all the peace,
That you pledge your only son?
What about flowering fields?
Is there a time?
What about all the dreams,
That you said was yours and mine?

Did you ever stop to notice,
All the children dead from war?
Did you ever stop to notice,
The crying Earth the weeping shores.

I used to dream.
I used to glance beyond the stars.
Now I don’t know where we are.
Although I know we’ve drifted far.

Hey-yea!
What about yesterday?
What about the seas?
The heavens are falling down.
I can’t even breathe!
What about apathy?
I can feel its wounds.
What about nature’s worth?
It’s our planet’s womb!

What about animals?
We’ve turned kingdoms to dust,
What about elephants?
Have we lost their trust?
What about crying whales?
Ravaging the seas.
What about forest trails?
Burnt despite our pleas!

What about the holy land?
Torn apart by creed.
What about the common man?
Can’t we set him free?
What about children dying?
Can’t you hear them cry?
Where did we go wrong?
Someone tell me why!

What about baby boy?
What about the days?
What about all their joy?
What about the man?
What about the crying man?
What about Abraham?
What about death again?
Do we give a damn?!

It has been said that Michael Jackson wrote this song because he felt the earth was crying and that he could feel its pain…

Enjoy the Song!

Love, Goldi 

Goldilocks Blog

Searching for a perfect life in a perfect world…

Death of a Life – Grief

Yesterday Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died, and yesterday I had a conversation with a friend, who brought up the subject of grief.  For my friend her grief has not been one of a death, but more a death of her own life. Years of sacrifice and hard work, continually putting her self out there, taking great risk, so that she would have financial and emotional security.  Only to end up at this point of time, alone, with a failed business, and the feeling of a failed life.  I believe that she will be okay, and that a process will just need to take place, and that she will end up better than ever, but for her.. right now she feels immobile, unable to put herself out there anymore.  For me, looking from the outside, I look at her as a kind of hero.  Someone who has not just sat on the sideline of life but has really put herself out there.  It reminds me of a quote by Theodore Roosevelt

 “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett both epitomize this quote, never taking the most traveled road, and living their lives on their own terms.

 

 

Just a thought…

 

Love, Goldi

 

Goldilocks Blog

Searching for the perfect life in a perfect world…

The Wizard of Oz – You already have what you need!

Why is it that we sometimes are blind to our own gifts?  In the story the Wizard of Oz Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scare Crow, and The Lion, all have what they are looking for.  The Tin man wants a heart, but he is already has the ability to be loved and loving.  The Scare Crow wants a brain, but he already has the ability to think.  The Lion wants to be brave, and Dorothy, she just wants to go home.  They all have it, they have the ability to do what they want.  It is just not until the Wizard validates them and tells them that they can before they believe it.  We need to learn to become out own Wizards. We need to recognize that everything that we need is already within us.  We just need to believe and act from that place. 

I know sometimes this is easier said that done… I like doing yoga with an instructor who tells me to breathe, relax.  So that I remember to breathe and relax as if it is okay now, I have permission.  So if you are having difficulty in some area, find something that reminds you like a mantra, a positive blog 😉 , or an activity, until it becomes more automatic for you.  Just remember to remember that you have it already!  Find it!  Believe it! Live it!

Just a thought!

Love,

Goldi

Goldilocks Blog

Searching for the perfect life in a perfect world…