Shifting Gears

Today, I was reminded that there might be something positive waiting behind things that don't look so positive at first, if we are willing to pivot. Where is the silver lining in the things that might have dragged us down in the past? 

It all began when I attempted to meditate in the backyard. I was so excited to see the sun finally come out and I couldn't wait to get out there. 

I got to enjoy maybe five minutes of that before I had to shift gears. It seemed the vacationers in the AirBNB behind me got engaged today and I was having increasing difficulty sharing their "joy" as they called every friend and family member on speaker phone to share their wonderful news! LOL

Quickly I made the decision to put my ipod on with earphones and let myself get lost in 1,000 of my most favorite songs rather than focus on how much I dislike living behind an AirBNB. 

Fortunately, the magic of the music found me and with each new song, I felt myself shifting into happier and happier states of mind . . . Goosebumps kept hitting me on certain lyrics as each new song played . . . it was as if it was a special "set" that had been assembled just for me today . . . 

It started with Steve Winwood gracing my heart and my ears as he sang "And we'll drink and dance with one hand free and have the world so easily, oh we'll be a sight to see, back in the high life again."

Then the Pretenders sang, "Now the reason we're here, every man, every woman . . . is to help each other - stand by each other. When love walks in the room, everybody stand up! Oh it's good, good good, say I love you, I love you, I love you!

After that Pete Townshend sang "Let my love open the door" and Eddie Money sang "She waits by her window and she shines her light for me, to help me through the harbor" 

This was followed by Lou Bega singing "Cause you can't run and you can't hide, you and me gonna touch the sky" and the Indigo Girls rounded out the set with "Let's make peace tonight, the moon is bare and shining bright, let's make peace tonight."

I think we ALL have something that can catapult us into higher frequencies, higher states of happiness . . . Fortunately for me, music is my thing and it is always there for me. 

Today I was nudged once again to not let what is happening around me keep my energy low and remember that there could just be something wonderful waiting around the corner if I am willing to alter my perspective just a bit and/or let go of what I had originally planned (silent meditation) and allow something else to occur (joyful connection with music and song lyrics). 

What helps YOU make that shift?  It might be helpful to have it "on hand" as the current energies are intense and it's a wonderful way to support ourselves. 

My Love Of Music

Anyone who has spent time around me knows how much I love music . . .  and they also know that I am notorious for singing the wrong lyrics. haha  I'm not sure why that is but I seem to misunderstand song lyrics more than your average person and then I sing the wrong lyrics so loud and proud that friends are often hesitant to inform me of my errors. 

It has happened for as long as I can recall, so it has been an ongoing joke with family and friends for decades. Usually when I find out what the correct lyrics are, I nod my head and I think to myself, "Well, that makes a whole lot more sense." :-) 

For that reason when I saw this meme, it of course gave me quite a giggle - although I will say, I never misunderstood these particular song lyrics (I may start singing them wrong now though just for fun because this picture really cracks me up.)  haha 

It is also a well known fact that my connection to music goes much deeper . . . I often wake up with songs playing in my head that are a message from my guides. Additionally, I have received premonitions through song lyrics for decades. There have been quite a few cases where I had huge emotional reactions to songs in elementary school, without understanding why, yet upon listening to those songs as an adult, I was able to finally make sense of my emotional reactions. It was only in hind-sight that I could see that I "understood" a whole lot more about the Universe and what was to come when I was a little girl than I ever thought was possible.

Well last week I learned that my misunderstands extend beyond lyrics. The other morning I woke up hearing a song playing in my head and when I got on line to find out who sang it, I stumbled across some other information about the "song" that I had never known!  It started out as a jingle for Coca-Cola!! I was stunned because I had always assumed it was already a song - one that Coca-Cola borrowed for their ad campaign but from what I was reading - it seems I had in backwards. So apparently, I don't just get lyrics wrong - I don't know "music history" very well either.  :-) 

At any rate, here is what I heard playing in my head when I woke up that morning. Maybe if enough of us sing these words every day and/or hold them in our hearts, we can create THIS world to live in . . . I'm game to give it a try. Are you? 

I'd like to build the world a home

And furnish it with love

Grow apple trees and honey bees

And snow white turtle doves

I'd like to teach the world to sing

In perfect harmony

I'd like to hold it in my arms

And keep it company

I'd like to see the world for once

All standing hand in hand

And hear them echo through the hills

For peace through out the land

(That's the song I hear)

P.S. - Back to the topic of me being notorious for singing the wrong song lyrics . . . I share this in case anyone reading this needs a giggle. 

Today, I had my old iPod playing with earphones while I worked in the yard. I was having a great time, enjoying every single song that came on because - after all - the iPod DOES have 900 of my most favorite songs ever!  LOL  So Pat Travers starts singing "Is This Love" and I got to the part of the song where he sings, "We'll share the same room, yeah and jump rope by the frig" and I thought to myself "hmm, now that doesn't really make a lot of sense does it?" But that's what I have been singing since the early 80's!! 

When I looked up the lyrics, I had quite a good laugh . . . The actual lyrics are "We'll share the same room, yeah! - for Jah provide the bread." Anyone want to guess how long it's going to take for me to retrain my brain to sing the correct lyrics? I might have to stick with the incorrect lyrics. LOL