Don't Need Anything

I've got gardens growing, got quiet days
Clothes on my back, food on my plate
Got friends to help me if I call for them
I don't need anything that I don't have

I've got eyes to see this beautiful land
And feet to take me where I want to stand
If there's work to be done
There's these two strong hands
I don't need anything that I don't have
I don't need anything that I don't have

Some years the rains don't come
And some years floods clear out the plains
If those waters washed this town away
I would still have enough
If she was with me

I've a roof overhead, the stars if I choose
But I've got no itch to fly, got no need to move
Got almost nothing
But I understand
That I don't need anything that I don't have
I don't need anything that I don't have


Don't Need Anything ~ Glen Phillips

On days when I am concerned about my health.. or something I think I want or need - this is a good reminder,  

 

Don't Need Anything ~ Glen Phillips 

 

On days when I'm pissed off about lupus... the state of my lungs... the electric bill... whatever... this is a good reminder.  

3 Things

There are three things I do when my life falls apart
Number one I cry my eyes out and dry up my heart
Not until I do this will my new life start

So that’s the first thing that I do when my life falls apart.

Oh, the second thing I do is I close both of my eyes
And say my thank-yous to each and every moment of my life.
I go where I know the love is and let it fill me up inside

Gathering new strength from sorrow,
I’m glad to be alive.

Things are looking up
I know above the clouds the sun is shining
Things are looking up
Love is still the answer I'm relying
Oh right 

Three little things
Things are looking up

The third thing that I do now when my world caves in,
is I pause, I take a breath, and bow and I let that chapter end.
I design my future bright not by where my life has been.

And I try, try, try, try, try again.
Yes I try, try, try, try, try again.

Things are looking up
I know beyond the dark the sun is rising
Things are looking up

And I know above the clouds the sun is shining
Things are looking
Love is still the answer I'm relying
On

Three little things
Three little things

Things ~ Performed by Jason Mraz
Songwriters: Michael Lee Natter / Nancy Ann Natter / Jason Mraz / Mai Sunshine Bloomfield / Rebecca Emily Gebhardt / Chaska Lela Potter / Mona Tavakoli

Pretty self-explanatory.   A little simplistic, maybe, but good advice.  I was thinking of someone else when I found this - thinking there might not be enough depth in this, but it was helpful for me to read today.  I'm on oxygen now - pretty much 24/7 - pretty discouraging, BUT I'm hoping  counting on this lung damage being reversible.  I still haven't given up on a spontaneous remission of lupus (even though all signs point to it worsening).  Color me "eventually optimistic" - maybe not at first... but eventually.  

A Hazy Shade of Winter

Seasons change with the scenery
Weaving time in a tapestry
Won't you stop and remember me
At any convenient time?

I look around
Leaves are brown, now
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Look around
Leaves are brown
There's a patch of snow on the ground

Paul Simon

A Hazy Shade of Winter

Today is my 68th birthday.  I understand the brown leaves. I feel the patch of snow.

Nothing makes you feel older

than pain

and there is no greater pain

than the pain

of watching one of your children

suffer

I'm counting on 

butterflies

and strength after 

struggle

I'm counting on courage

and hope

I'm counting on 

him

to figure it out

to make it right

to find peace

and happiness

finally 

he deserves it.

Don't Give Up

Rest your head
You worry too much
It's going to be alright
When times get rough
You can fall back on us
Don't give up
Please don't give up

Don't give up
'cause you have friends
Don't give up
You're not the only one
Don't give up
No reason to be ashamed
Don't give up
You still have us
Don't give up now
We're proud of who you are
Don't give up
You know it's never been easy
Don't give up
'Cause I believe there's the a place
There's a place where we belong

Don't Give Up
Peter Gabriel

Thinking about my son again - can't get him out of my mind.  First thing when I open my eyes - I think of him - pray for him... last thing at night - I think of him - pray for him.  Same thing all day.  I'm learning what it means to pray without ceasing.  Please help

Wedding Song

A man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home
And they shall travel on to where the two shall be as one.
As it was in the beginning is now and til the end
Woman draws her life from man and gives it back again.
And there is love, there is love.

Wedding Song
Noel Paul Stookey

Where does the love go?  Where does the hope go?  My son and his wife - together since they were 16 - married for 18 years - now separated.  My heart breaks for my son.  His family was his life and now they're gone - and he's struggling to find his way back.  I wish I could fix it.  I can't.

More Than One Way Home

There's more than one way home
Ain't no right way, ain't no wrong
And whatever road you might be on
You find your own way 'cause there's more than one way home

More Than One Way Home
Keb' Mo'

I've been away for a while, but I'm back.