Music of the Day – Riders on the Storm by The Doors
Link to lyrics/song – http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/doors/riders+on+the+storm_20042656.html
Source never ceases to amuse me. Each weekday when I hit the shuffle button on my playlist, music that speaks to a part of me that, sometimes, I would rather not share. Ok, well, almost all the time. That is exactly what this project is all about. Each weekday morning, I hit the shuffle button on my playlist and listen to the song and share my inner thoughts that come up. This song?
Well, this song speaks to me of being born into a world of ultimate challenges and lessons and of sometimes feeling so alone in those struggles. But, watch out! Don’t pick that “rider” up in your thoughts and get so involved with the feelings of aloneness that you allow him to kill your dreams and your desires.
Let your children play
If ya give this man a ride
Sweet memory will die
Killer on the road, yeah
The child? Your inner heart is your child. The child is that piece of you that remembers what it is like to dream and really believe in your dreams. Remember when you would daydream of your life when you “grew up” and how it would be? And, remember when you believed that life? What happened? Well, you were reprogramed to stop believing, you “grew up” and life happened.
Did you give the man a ride? Did your memory die of what you dreamed of as a child? Well, it’s time to come back. It’s time to go back, look at those dreams, and examine if those dreams are still yours. Are there others? Look and examine where you need to be to realize your dreams. That is what I am called to do right now. So, yes, I’m preaching to myself. And yes, I’m telling you to do the same.
A lot of people are in this space right now. We have grown up and realize that we have let the rider on the storm kill our memories of what our child dreamed. And we are kicking and screaming into this age of becoming older and not being where we thought we would be. We could just say “Oh, well,” and go about this life we’re in. Or we can say “No!” and bring those dreams back and move into the life of which our child dreams are made.
You’re not alone! None of us have to go this alone. Find your pack – your tribe – your group – your peeps! Your world depends on you and no one else!
Dancing Naked 