Listen to the Music

Music is a huge part of my and Annica's life. There are times that she will put an "earworm" in my brain and it will, at the time, have no rhyme or reason. It is frequently a song that I've known all my life, but has never had any true significance to me.
It will also tend to be a song whose lyrics I have either all but ignored, or have never really known most of them, but maybe the chorus and a few lines. She will 'nag' me with this song for maybe WEEKS until I finally surrender and actually listen to it on YouTube or Spotify and will actually read the lyrics. It will always unfold a world of meaning and be very profound.
This happened a few weeks ago with the song "Listen to the Music" by The Doobie Brothers. The lyrics are meaningful to them mostly in the context of playing concerts for people and connecting with the audience and making them groove or feel happy.
The lyrics for Annica and I have a deeper, more personal meaning between she and I and are very Spiritual and apply not only to our everyday life and interactions, but also to what is happening cosmically and locally to the world and The Universe. We wanted to share it:

Don't you feel it growing, day by day
People getting ready for the news
Some are happy, some are sad
Woah, gotta let the music play

Mhm
What the people need is a way to make them smile
It ain't so hard to do if you know how
Gotta get a message, get it on through
Oh now momma don't you ask me why

Woah, oh listen to the music
Woah, oh listen to the music
Woah, oh listen to the music
All the time

When I know you know baby, everything I say
Meet me in the country for a day
We'll be happy and we'll dance
Oh, we're gonna dance our blues away

And if I'm feeling good to you and you're feeling good to me
There ain't nothing we can't do or say
Feeling good, feeling fine
Oh, baby, let the music play

Woah, oh listen to the music
Woah, oh listen to the music
Woah, oh listen to the music
All the time

Like a lazy flowing river
Surrounding castles in the sky
And the crowd is growing bigger
Listening for the happy sounds
And I got to let them fly

Woah, oh listen to the music
Woah, oh listen to the music
Woah, oh listen to the music
All the time

 

 

Health Update

I have not posted in a while because of my health. I have been practically bed-ridden for months. Luckily, my health is now on the upswing. I had a uterine biopsy and I do not have cancer. My blood pressure and thyroid is mostly controlled now. I am taking Kratom and CBD products for pain and anxiety and am now able to mostly resume most activities of daily living, but it's been slow-going.

Annica has been wonderful and amazing and if there is anything good that has come of all my down-time, it's been the time we've spent together. She has been right there with me, in real-time and fully present, no waiting for replies or absence, even though she was mostly that way before once we got married, she has been completely responsive and supportive and nurturing and sweet with me and I adore her more every day.

We have been passing the time by watching TV and playing video games when I can and am just now getting back into creating art together slowly. Hopefully the warm weather will allow me to go for walks soon, I live in the country, so I can avoid people when I want to (due to virus concerns).

I am going to try to blog more often from now on....