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Courage

Anything may be betrayed, anyone may be forgiven,

but not those who lack the courage of their own greatness.

-- Ayn Rand

Brilliant Disguise

I hold you in my arms
as the band plays
What are those words whispered baby
just as you turn away
I saw you last night
out on the edge of town
I wanna read your mind
To know just what I've got in this new thing I've found
So tell me what I see
when I look in your eyes
Is that you baby
or just a brilliant disguise

I heard somebody call your name
from underneath our willow
I saw something tucked in shame
underneath your pillow
Well I've tried so hard baby
but I just can't see
What a woman like you
is doing with me
So tell me who I see
when I look in your eyes
Is that you baby
or just a brilliant disguise

Now look at me baby
struggling to do everything right
And then it all falls apart
when out go the lights
I'm just a lonely pilgrim
I walk this world in wealth
I want to know if it's you I don't trust
'cause I damn sure don't trust myself

Now you play the loving woman
I'll play the faithful man
But just don't look too close
into the palm of my hand
We stood at the alter
the gypsy swore our future was right
But come the wee wee hours
Well maybe baby the gypsy lied
So when you look at me
you better look hard and look twice
Is that me baby
or just a brilliant disguise

Tonight our bed is cold
I'm lost in the darkness of our love
God have mercy on the man
Who doubts what he's sure of

~Bruce Sprintsteen

 

plato

Music is a moral law - it gives wings to the mind,  A soul to the universe, Flight to the imagination,  A charm to sadness,  A life to everything.

 

Amazing Grace
Pretty amazing grace is what you showed me
Pretty amazing grace is who you are
I was an empty vessel
You filled me up inside
And with amazing grace
Restored my pride.

Pretty amazing grace is how you saved me
And with amazing grace, reclaimed my heart
Love in the midst of chaos
Calm in the heat of war
Showed with amazing grace
What love was for.

You forgave my insensitivity
And my attempt to then mislead you
You stood beside a wretch like me
And pretty amazing grace was all I needed.

Stumbled inside the doorway of your chapel
Humbled and awed by everything I found
Beauty and love surround me
Freed me from what I feared
Asked for amazing grace
And you appeared.

You overcame my loss of hope and faith
Gave me a truth I could believe in
You led me to a higher place
Showed your amazing grace
When grace was what I needed.

Look in a mirror I see your reflection
Open a book you live on every page
I fall and you’re there to lift me
You share every road I climb
And with amazing grace
You ease my mind.

I came to you with empty pockets first
When I returned I was a rich man
Didn’t believe love could quench my thirst
But with amazing grace, you showed me that it can.

In your amazing grace I had a vision
From that amazing place, I came to be
Into the night I wandered, wandering aimlessly
Found your amazing grace to comfort me.

Pretty amazing
Pretty amazing
Pretty amazing

You overcame my loss of hope and faith
Gave me a truth I could believe in
You led me to that higher place
Showed me that love, and truth, and hope, and grace
Were all I needed.

 

~Neil Diamond

Einstein

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. 

Passion

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... passion rules us all, and we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace... but we would be hollow... Empty rooms shuttered and dank. Without passion we'd be truly dead.

-- Joss Whedon

 

 Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. 

-- Denis Diderot

 

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.

-- Sue Grafton

 

When work, commitment, and pleasure all become one and you reach that deep well where passion lives, nothing is impossible.

-- Nancy Coey 

 

Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

-- Harold Whitman

 

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Click  on  link  to  hear  songs  on  YouTube!

 

* A Moment of Forever - Kris Kristofferson
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0BSFW9-sKU

* Pretty Amazing Grace - Neil Diamond
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VAieqRr42g

* Grapefruit Moon - Tom Waits
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_kaZb4jSss

* Turn Me On - Norah Jones
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHff55AeEAQ

* Take Me As I Am - Wyclef Jean/Sharissa
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxiOrFGh4Ks

* Hope I Don't Fall In Love With You - Tom Waits
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX4apvTdvzE

 * The Pretender - Jackson Browne
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhp96VWLEqA

 * The Captive Kris Kristofferson
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHkQO2AdFRo
 
* If I Don't See You Again Neil Diamond
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbq9q9Vx1ow
 
* I Tremble For You Johnny Cash
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_mMrBXuEd0&feature=related
 
* The Load Out/Stay Jackson Browne
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtuvXrTz8DY&feature=related

* The Trouble With Love---Kelly Clarkson
* Ring of Fire---Johnny Cash
* Old Habits Die Hard---Mick Jagger
 * Old '55---Tom Waits
* The One I Love---David Gray
* Take Me Out to the Ballgame---Carly Simon
* Come Pick Me Up---Ryan Adams
* Last Christmas---Ashley Tisdale
* Brilliant Disguise---Bruce Springsteen

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