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I wanted to share this with the group. It's an older song by India Arie. I listen to it when I need motivation! I hope you like it!
"Strength, Courage & Wisdom"
Inside my head there lives a dream that I want to see in the sun
Behind my eyes there lives a me that I've been hiding for much too long
'Cause I've been, too afraid to let it show
'Cause I'm scared of the judgment that may follow
Always putting off my living for tomorrow
It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face
It's been elusive for so long, but freedom is mine today
I've gotta step out on faith, It's time to show my face
Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I found
Strength, courage, and wisdom
And it's been inside of me all along,
Strength, courage, and wisdom
Inside of me
Behind my pride there lives a me, that knows humility
Inside my voice there is a soul, and in my soul there is a voice
But I've been, too afraid to make a choice
'Cause I'm scared of the things that I might be missing
Running too fast to stop and listen
It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face
It's been elusive for so long but freedom is mine today
I've gotta step out on faith it's time to show my face
Procrastination had me down but look what I have found.
I close my eyes and I think of all the things that I want to see
'Cause I know, now that I've opened up my heart I know that
Anything I want can be, so let it be, so let it be:.
Strength, courage, and wisdom
It's been inside of me all along,
Strength, courage, wisdom
It's been inside of me all along, everyday I'm praying for:
I found it in me, I found it finally
I'm sure to keep it' cause I like it, I say thank you!!
"Strength, Courage & Wisdom"
Inside my head there lives a dream that I want to see in the sun
Behind my eyes there lives a me that I've been hiding for much too long
'Cause I've been, too afraid to let it show
'Cause I'm scared of the judgment that may follow
Always putting off my living for tomorrow
It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face
It's been elusive for so long, but freedom is mine today
I've gotta step out on faith, It's time to show my face
Procrastination had me down but look what I have found, I found
Strength, courage, and wisdom
And it's been inside of me all along,
Strength, courage, and wisdom
Inside of me
Behind my pride there lives a me, that knows humility
Inside my voice there is a soul, and in my soul there is a voice
But I've been, too afraid to make a choice
'Cause I'm scared of the things that I might be missing
Running too fast to stop and listen
It's time to step out on faith, I've gotta show my face
It's been elusive for so long but freedom is mine today
I've gotta step out on faith it's time to show my face
Procrastination had me down but look what I have found.
I close my eyes and I think of all the things that I want to see
'Cause I know, now that I've opened up my heart I know that
Anything I want can be, so let it be, so let it be:.
Strength, courage, and wisdom
It's been inside of me all along,
Strength, courage, wisdom
It's been inside of me all along, everyday I'm praying for:
I found it in me, I found it finally
I'm sure to keep it' cause I like it, I say thank you!!
Here you go nurse! I think this is it! T
I will never, ever do that again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY6A5arNCQQ ...this is my message You ou ou
I love this and don't all at the same time.
I love the idea that "feedom is mine today" that "always putting off my living for tomorrow" is keeping you in the grips of dependency. The faith that you need, that your soul is trying to get you to wake up and see, is that
"strengh, courage and wisdom-It's been inside of me all along, everyday"
The part I don't like is the whole
"Behind my pride lives a me, that knows humility"
Just google the word "humility" and the first definition that comes up is
a modest or low view of one's own importance; humbleness."
This is the wrong message to be sending people who are at a low point and stuck in a dependency! You need to believe that YOU ARE IMPORTANT not reinforce the negative feelings of self-loathing, that you are meek and unworthy. That doens't mean that you should be an egotistical and arrogant jerk, but it does mean that you should bolster your self-confidence and feeling of worth.
That's what, IMHO, internal strength, courage and wisdom is all about!
Peace,
Rolf
I have a different experience of humility Freedom. For me, as an active alcoholic, everything was too much about me and I was selfish so I had to learn to keep a healthy balance of "self" - neither lesser than nor greater than anybody else in my thoughts and actions. That's how I see humility and I need to keep striving for that.
Like Antonia, I don't see humility as "a modest or low view of one's own importance". I see if it the way eastern philosophers do, being no more or no less than your fellow human being. You can be strong, wise, and humble at the same time. It's a very personal interpretation of the word.
I was hoping that these lyrics might lift others spirits the way it lifts mine. And it takes humility to admit that you need help. At least it did for me! Like everything else we post here, we need to take what works for us, and leave the rest for others.
Peace back to you,
Kate