The year draws to a close. . .
For me New Year’s is a time to stop, take a breadth and remind oneself of all the wonderful things to be thankful for. I love life, my family and friends. I love this world with all its blemishes and promise yet to be fulfilled.
As I listened to my favorite holiday music this season one song in particular reverberated. Josh Groban’s THANKFUL. It captures my thoughts and feelings as we head into a new year and as some would say a new age.
THANKFUL
Songwriters: Carole Bayer Sager / David W. Foster / Richard J. Page
Somedays we forget
To look around us
Somedays we can’t see
The joy that surrounds us
So caught up inside ourselves
We take when we should give.
So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be.
And on this day we hope for
What we still can’t see.
It’s up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There’s so much to be thankful for.
Look beyond ourselves
There’s so much sorrow
It’s way too late to say
I’ll cry tomorrow
Each of us must find our truth
It’s so long overdue
So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And every day we hope for
What we still can’t see
It’s up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There’s so much to be thankful for.
Even with our differences
There is a place we’re all connected
Each of us can find each other’s light
So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And on this day we hope for
What we still can’t see
It’s up to us to be the change
And even though this world needs so much more
There’s so much to be thankful for
I include a link to the song on You-Tube
I encourage you to listen when you have a few minutes. It’s a lovely song with a beautiful message to end 2012 and to usher in 2013.
Wishing you a joy and peace filled new year; one in which we find each other’s light and become the change we hope and dream for. . .
December 31, 2012
