Future pass, they disappear...

[Earth Bound Misfit]

I stumbled across this wonderful post on a blog titled "Live Life In Minutes" while researching E,W & F's "That's The Way of the World", (a song which has touched my soul since the first time I heard it some 30 odd years ago), and wanted to share with you folks.



http://mrsp2008.blogspot.com/search?q=Future+pass%2C+they+disappear

That's The Way of the World

This week marks a momentous occasion in our country, the United States of America. The first African American in history will be sworn in as the 44th President of this great nation.

Whether you voted for Barak Obama or not...matters little now. He is our leader, our Commander in Chief, and our nation will come together to celebrate this mark of time in our lives. We always do.

That's the way of the world. We march on, move forward, keep going. Despite all that is amiss, all that worries us, we keep moving, one foot in front of another. We keep moving.

That's The Way of the World is a beautiful song written by Maurice White, Verdeen White and Charles Stempney and recorded in 1975 by the group Earth Wind and Fire. It's a beautifully soothing and uplifting song with a lyric that has stayed with me all these 34 years. It is a perennial favorite, one that touches my soul.

We've come together on this special day
To sing our message loud and clear
Looking back we've touched on sorrowful days
Future pass, they disappear

You will find peace of mind
If you look way down in your heart and soul
Don't hesitate cause the world seems cold
Stay young at heart cause you're never (never, never, ..) old at heart

That’s the way of the world
Plant your flower and you grow a pearl
A child is born with a heart of gold
The way of the world makes his heart so cold


The lyric always made me think about change, handling change. Transitions. Things we might look back upon, things in our past. Things that might have sorrow attached vanish in the morrow. In future days they do indeed disappear. We forget, move on, move ahead, move forward. That's the way of the world.

All of our life is a series of changes, one after another. The change might be good, or it might not be. It's beyond our control entirely. So we get up, face a new day. We let the future arrive and the past disappear. We let dawn a beginning and say goodbye to what was. We keep continuing on in life, getting up each new day, one after another, no matter what life has handed us. That's the way of the world.

Find your peace of mind and let it happen.

Just let it happen.

Indeed

[leftstreet]

1. Embrace Your Inner Serf n/t

[omega minimo]

4. LOL

you made me almost choke on my toast :spray:

[Earth Bound Misfit]

5. I needz a hug...

Question: What do I do if my "inner warrior" decides to beat the shit out of my "inner serf"?

[earthboundmisfit]

2. K&R, Big E

:toast:
little e

[Earth Bound Misfit]

3. LOVE your username btw....

"Little" e :hi: