CREDO
SONG FOR MYSELF
SONG FOR MYSELF
I believe every one has a creed -
like the creed we say at Sunday Mass.
like the creed we say at Sunday Mass.
However, I believe very few have
spelled their beliefs out. They're
like thoughts and songs just
blowing in the wind - scraping
on the window of our minds.
I got this thought when I heard
Harry Chapin sing, "Song for Myself."
It's one of his creeds. He had many.
spelled their beliefs out. They're
like thoughts and songs just
blowing in the wind - scraping
on the window of our minds.
I got this thought when I heard
Harry Chapin sing, "Song for Myself."
It's one of his creeds. He had many.
Just listen to that song: "Song for
Myself." It's a very simple creed:
The answer that is blowing in the
wind - can't just be, "Let it be."
No way. Harry Chapin's creed in this
song is, "I have to have a little more
love if I want good times ahead. I have
to be good to myself and I better
be a little bit good to my friends."
Creeds like this and creeds from church - are succinct. They can be powerful -
but they are just dead leaves blowing in the wind or empty songs we're really
not hearing till we live them out -
moving out or our heart into our eyes,
our words our actions like being good
to myself - and being a little bit
better with being good to my friends.
but they are just dead leaves blowing in the wind or empty songs we're really
not hearing till we live them out -
moving out or our heart into our eyes,
our words our actions like being good
to myself - and being a little bit
better with being good to my friends.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2015
1 comment:
Oh, thank you !
I had not heard that Harry Chapin song before .
He had such great thoughts . He is one of my all time favorites .
A wonderful message …to be good to yourself and be good to others .
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