Sometimes we all need a little attitude adjustment. I’d like to think I’m doing better than I used to do, keeping a positive spin and a grin on my outings in the world (compared to chagrins of old!). But yesterday as I rushed into an appointment, and my practitioner was running late anyway, and I was hot, and traffic had been sticky, and I knew I was inconveniencing the person helping me with a ride, and the song on the radio was so annoying, and and and… Lo and behold, what song came on next in the waiting room? “Put a little love in your heart… and the world will be a better place for you and me just wait and see!” Thanks for the reminder, Universe Radio. Needless to say, I changed my tune, sat, breathed, and smiled. There is so much room for so much love in my heart, and I definitely want my attitude to help make the world a better place! With love, light, and song… ~Melissa~
“Every whisper, of every waking hour, I’m choosing my confessions…” Remember last week I mentioned that Anthony Rapp sang a great cover of R.E.M.’s Losing My Religion? Well I went back into the same theatre the very next night and heard it again (over the loudspeakers before the second show, original version). It’s a song I love, and it’s certainly a tremendously popular song, so I guess it’s not that weird to hear it two days in a row. But in the same venue? I think it might just have been a Universe Radio selection coming at me, trying to catch my attention! I love that “losing my religion” is actually a southern expression for “losing your cool”, and I love that this was Anthony’s song choice for the original Rent audition panel. Here’s a great live version. With love, light, and song… ~Melissa~
I love synchronicities. They used to freak me out a little, but now I literally can’t wait until the next one occurs! If you’re not sure what synchronicity means, think of a “meaningful coincidence” (a Jungian term) or a set of seemingly unrelated events that blow your mind they occurred together. So for example… yesterday, an online friend created a new group on Facebook for her work with all things angelic: angelic healing, angelic readings, products, etc. At the same time I was invited to join this group, the song Broken Wings by the 80s band Mr. Mister came on the Stingray Music channel I had on the tv. I mean COME ON! When’s the last time you heard that song? Tell me those events aren’t related! I definitely chalk this one up to Universe Radio. “Take these broken wings and learn to fly again, learn to live so free. When we hear the voices sing, the book of love will open up and let us in.” COME. ON. With love, light, and song… ~Melissa~
“He’s every fear and every hope and every single sin. He is the universe, the love you’ve been imagining. Oh my Lord.”
Happy Spring, Happy Ostara, Happy Easter, and heck, just Happy Day! You deserve it! Today I’m thinking of two amazing women I know: both with birthdays this week; both in intimate, soul-exploring, heart-exploding relationships with their Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. I never used to understand these kinds of relationships; these unhuman, intangible, irrational relationships. There was no logic, no proof. The religious people I knew tended to be quite mean, churches made me very uncomfortable, and I was disgusted with the atrocities people could commit in the name of their religions. I didn’t have a connection to anything Divine with a capital D, or so I thought. As it turns out, I am, and we have all been, connected all the time. These are actually very human, very tangible, and very rational relationships because we are all The Divine. Every relationship we have Is. This. Remember that amazing moment in Les Miz when Valjean sings “…to love another person is to see the face of God”? As a teenager I let that go, but I can see Jesus now, perhaps differently than my Christian friends do, but I can see him now as one of many Ascended Masters. I can see how his story establishes a path to The Light and connection to The Universe, and if that’s how you get there, then so be it. I got there in a different way, but so what? I do believe we can all hold space for each other’s beliefs. I don’t believe true Christian values include condemning and harming other people, and it’s some peoples’ ego, corruption, greed, and love of power that have made it appear that way to many of us outsiders. And I know my dear friends aren’t having any of that. They breathe, speak, and sing with love, only love, and I sincerely honour that.
When Jann Arden sings “…I am ashes. I am Jesus. I am precious. Could I be your girl? Could I be your girl?” I hear them asking with breathless anticipation.
When Jann Arden sings “…he is the very breath you feel inside your lungs at night, he is the bitter wind who’s drying up your appetite, he is the darkness that seeps into your fading light. Oh my Lord.” I hear them sighing with familiarity.
When Jann Arden sings “…I am worthless sounds, compared to all your perfect words.” I feel it, too. Thanks to Universe Radio for popping this on the television as I changed channels away from some pretty scary news reports the other night. I got it. With love, light, and song… ~Melissa~
Addendum: as I was writing this post, my computer froze for a good five minutes. When I was back up and running, the only email I’d missed was in my spam folder, from a Jesus Mazzarella. Mazzarella is Italian for little bat/club/sledge-hammer… like I said, I got it. No need to hit me over the head, Jesus. Lol ♥
“When you walk through a storm hold your head up high, and don’t be afraid of the dark.” Sometimes songs want to be heard so much they’ll pop up over and over again in your month, your week, and sometimes your day! That happened with this song for me today, in two completely unrelated and unexpected offerings. You’ll Never Walk Alone is a song I know well. I’ve taught it, coached it, accompanied it, and performed it at the wedding of one of my most treasured friends. Despite my dark days, I don’t think to listen to this uplifting message all that often. The Universe made sure I heard it live twice today, plus numerous times looking for the right video to share. I attended an opera/musical revue today, and it was beautifully sung in the second half of the show. Later tonight, it was part of a live television show. This is one of the best musical theatre songs to hear out of context. It’s from Carousel but if you didn’t know that it wouldn’t matter, the message holds strong. Here is Judy Garland’s version. Her voice is like rich copper; too fiery for brass, too burnished for gold. Her delivery is resolute and passionate. Chilling. Take these words to heart, they’re for you. For all of us. No matter how stormy it is, or afraid of the dark you may feel “…walk on with hope in your heart and you’ll never walk alone.” And so it is. ♥ Thanks to Universe Radio for the reminder. With love, light, and song… ~Melissa~
