Saturday morning inspiration

Sitting on the couch listening to this song this morning on VH1 Jump Start as I think about yesterday, my sister, and friends.

It is funny that I would even hear this song as I don't normally watch VH1 but I was just poking at the remote looking for something to watch...because there just isn't a whole lot on at 7:30 on a Saturday morning that is very motivation...and landed at VH1, waited through the commercials and this was the first song to come on. It is a pretty catchy tune from a band that I have never heard of...this is one of the reasons I am becoming attached to YouTube and probably will become more attached to VH1...and when I first heard it, I couldn't really tell what they were singing. So, I ventured on to YouTube to catch the song for a second time and................read on.

It is interesting how this song fits my life right now. There has been so much going on and I have wanted to just cover my head or......go hide in a cave......and just forget the stress. The song probably has absolutely nothing to do...in fact I know it doesn't...with what is going on around me but, when I listen to the words and apply them to my life, it sounds just like the song was written about me. Listening to the words, they fit in everywhere and make me think. Obviously some parts don't fit as the song ISN'T written about me but, the bulk of the song is inspirational----to me.

I am so worried about the people I love, so many different problems, most being health, and I feel so helpless because there is so little that I can do. I get to feeling sorry for myself and forgetting about the people that need me. It is kind of like my friend Sharmin said, "where is the EASY button when you need it?", oh how I need that button, how I wish I could push it to make their problems go away so that they feel good and feel confident and have more good days than bad days.

Getting back to this song, it simply says "It is empty in the valley of your heart....as you walk away from all the fears and faults you left behind", it is right, I have thought about wanting to hide, walk away, I don't want the stress (but who does, right), I want to be happy go lucky like I was when I was a kid but, I am not a kid anymore and I have to "hold on to hope, I will have strength and pain, and I will change my ways", I will stay here, I will face the challenges and, if nothing else, just be the wall the people I love needs to bounce things off of and hear/read words of support and encouragement from when they need it. I will be strong for them and I will help carry their load. I love them, who needs that EASY button when you have friends and family to love and support, right?

  I am coming "OUT OF THE CAVE" but, I am not crawling on my hands and knees, I am walking proud, I am ready to be the shoulder my friends and family need to lean on. THE VALLEY OF MY HEART IS NOT EMPTY, it is full of love and hope.