it bears repeating.    maybe I’ve posted this before.    I’m unsure.
no harm a second time.
 
 

All This Joy

song written & performed by John Denver
 
 
All this joy, all this sorrow
All this promise, all this pain
Such is life, such is being
Such is spirit, such is love

City of joy, city of sorrow
City of promise, city of pain
Such is life, such is being
Such is spirit, such is love

World of joy, world of sorrow
World of promise, world of pain
Such is life, such is being
Such is spirit, such is love

All this joy, all this sorrow
All this promise, all this pain
Such is life, such is being
Such is spirit, such is love

Such is spirit, such is love
 
 
 
This song for me is simple truth without all the clothes to conceal.   I’ve listened countless times.   If you ask me how I feel about being here in the middle of life, well this will do nicely to describe.   Sometimes I view life as a stream of questions awaiting our response.   Maybe Spirit has the questions and we are posed to answer them.   Here is the conversation inside my ear when I’m listening.

        Scribble and pin this to the wall.
 
 

love loves difficult things

 
the answer to joy is life
the answer to sadness is being
the answer to promise is spirit
the answer to pain is love
 
 
 
from the album Annie’s Song, here is John performing All This Joy
 
 
thank you John