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This one is for all of us who remember where we came from and know that we want to go home again, even if we don't actually remember ever being there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1reH0NBkvY



   
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@lovendures loved listening to both of those songs. Moving expressions that fill my heart and give me hope for this world. 

 Songbird is one of my favorite songs.

I love everything about that song including those lyrics — such a deep  and humble expression of love from one person to another.  They fit the soul and remarkable contribution of Christine Macvie.



   
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This is a poem I carried around in my wallet for years. Today it came back to me through a friend and I learned the poet's name.

It's about Grace and Acceptance.

You Learn
After a while you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,
And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning
And company doesn’t mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts
And presents aren’t promises,
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,
And you learn to build all your roads on today
Because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans
And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn…
That even sunshine burns if you get too much.
So you plant your garden and decorate your own soul,
Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure…
That you really are strong
And you really do have worth…
And you learn and learn…
With every good-bye you learn.
Jorge Luis Borges


   
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@ghandigirl, what a wonderful way to greet my Saturday morning!  I'd read this beautiful poem years ago and had forgotten about it.  It is as meaningful now as it was then.  Thank you for sharing it with us.



   
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(2) There's Still My Joy - Indigo Girls - YouTube

(2) "There's Still My Joy" Siebert Family. - YouTube

This song is exactly how I feel today and I am sure many others do too. It is a song about grief, and amazing grace. 

I will be learning it on guitar during my week off. I am a singer and I am grateful to be able to sing this song and find some peace.

If you are grieving this Holiday Season, I hope that it comforts you as it does me. 



   
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The perfect song altered slightly for the times we are currently living.

In honor of the hostages who have recently been released and those still being held, I would like to share an incredible song with everyone.

Broadway came together a few weeks ago and did what they do best.

"Bring Them Home". 

You will definitely be moved. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97sDLWpQqgg



   
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@lovendures 

"Bring Him Home" is one of my all time favorites even before the beautiful adaptation you cited.

Here is another moving adaptation from Madonna's "Like a Prayer" in honor of the hostages:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y2laYXcBdU



   
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@raincloud @lovendures thank you for posting those incredibly moving songs.  They were like prayers.



   
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I've felt incredibly depressed today and I have been trying hard to raise my spirits and get into the mood for Christmas. So I decided to listen to Cher's new Christmss song to help me with that:

https://youtu.be/G_8Bo3eE-3Y?si=zJQD4XO0JXtCwXgD



   
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@lovendures

Beautiful, beautiful version, when people come together to sing it so increases the power!

I also find (can't help mentioning 😊) that Josh Groban's version, on his Stages Album, is one of the songs when Spirit sings through him, or at the very least when I hear Spirit within his voice—and even though he is singing the original lyrics with "him" not "them" the power of this anti-war song, this song of love even in pain, is always immense. ANY rendition of this song is powerful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXnRf3TQcpk



   
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