“Wasted”
Writer(s): Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges, Marv Green
Standing at the back door
She tried to make it fast
One tear hit the hard wood
It fell like broken glass
She said sometimes love slips away
And you just can’t get it back
Let’s face it
For one split second
She almost turned around
But that would be like pouring rain drops
Back into a cloud
So she took another step and said
I see the way out and I’m gonna’ take it
I don’t wanna’ spend my life jaded
Waiting to wake up one day and find
That I’ve let all these years go by
Wasted
Another glass of whisky but it still don’t kill the pain
So he stumbles to the sink and pours it down the drain
He says it’s time to be a man and stop living for yesterday
Gotta face it.
Cause’ I don’t wanna’ spend my life jaded
Waiting to wake up one day and find
That I’ve let all these years go by
Wasted
Oh I don’t wanna’ keep on wishing, missing
The still of the morning, the color of the night
I ain’t spending no more time
Wasted
She kept drivin’ along
Till the moon and the sun were floating side-by-side
He looked in the mirror and his eyes were clear
For the first time in a while
Hey, yeah,
Oh, I don’t wanna’ spend my life jaded
Waiting to wake up one day and find
That I’ve let all these years go by
Wasted
Oh I don’t wanna’ keep on wishing, missing
The still of the morning, the color of the night
I ain’t spending no more time
Wasted
Oh, I don’t wanna’ spend my life jaded
Waiting to wake up one day and find
That I’ve let all these years go by
Wasted
Yeah, yeah
Oh I don’t wanna’ keep on wishing, missing
The still of the morning, the color of the night
I ain’t spending no more time
Wasted
For your consideration…..
Today’s message almost feels like a continuation of yesterday’s. Yesterday we were asked to greet the day and make our intention for it. Today’s message is much the same except it acknowledges that sometimes we are in a difficult time. We are coming from a period of “loss.”
Yet as this song reminds us, we still have a choice. We can still choose to focus on a new beginning versus focusing on an ending. We can choose to focus on what we no longer have or focus on what we do have and the opportunities and blessings it affords us.
We have a choice. We always have a choice.
That is the HOPE. And so it is.
Bit by bit, piece by piece, HOPE by HOPE action steps anyone can take….
-Meditate/pray…ask…”What is my next step for my highest good and the highest good of all?”
-Never will our answer be to focus on the past.
-Drink lots of water.
-Get outdoors and take in at least 10 deep breaths.
What made me smile yesterday……
-Finishing a good book.
-Lots and lots of little errands done.
-A solution to a little nagging problem.
-Talking to Jeannie.
Love, Blessings and Gratitude,
Rev. Chris
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