Follow The Heart

Goin’ Gone by Kathy Mattea

I’ll be leaving when the sun is on the rise
I can see the sorrow shining deep inside your eyes
But this life that I’ve been living
Has grown to a routine
So I’m headed for somewhere
I’ve been in my dreams
Oh, I want to go where a soul feels alive
And the untasted honey waits in the hive
Yeah, I want to be where a free spirit thrives
And the untasted honey waits in the hive
You were faithful as a lover and a friend
All the good times and the bad, I’d live them once again
But I’d never be contented
With a family and a ring
Better open your window
I’m a bird on the wing
Oh, I want to go where a soul feels alive
And the untasted honey waits in the hive
Yeah, I want to be where a free spirit thrives
And the untasted honey waits in the hive
Call it heaven on earth
Call it fools paradise
Gonna find where it’s hidden
Even if it takes all my life
Oh, I want to go where a soul feels alive
And the untasted honey waits in the hive
Yeah, I want to be where a free spirit thrives
And the untasted honey waits in the hive

I feel like this message is important because it seems like we have had it before….hmmmm……perhaps in a different form or maybe not as specific. Or maybe we didn’t pay attention because it is a hard message.  For whatever reason, it is showing up again.

This song is a reminder that sometimes we have to leave people we love and whom love us behind or at least the relationship has to change. They have done nothing wrong. Perhaps there is nothing wrong at all. The relationship is going along as it always has.

Maybe that is the problem. There is no growth. In some ways its easier if both parties feel it. It is much more difficult if only one person feels it. To them comfortable and familiar is great but for their partner it is not enough. They know like they know like they know that there is more. Their heart tells them that they need to be somewhere else. Their heart is pulling them in new directions. They have more they need to explore and accomplish. And they know they have to make a change that involves hurting someone they care about.