No, I am not planning on dying anytime in the near future, however, I was thinking of the mortality of those around us. It would be a real shame not to say what we need to say.
That is, while we can.
And just a side note, yes, this song had been added into my "Soundtrack of Life."
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That is something I find interesting for those with terminal illness when I'm at work. Often they literally can't pass away until they have said things they want to, clear things up, or have things said to them. Soon after a long-lost son returns, or the mother says I'm sorry, they're at peace and can finally go. How powerful our words must be if they can make humans hold on to their lives even longer. What would I be holding on to that I didn't say? I always want to have said those things already...but that's pretty hard! Makes you think. ..
I liked this so much that I am borrowing it and have it as my #1 song on my site right now. It's interesting that it mentions that it would be better to say too much, than never to say what we needed to say. There have been times that I have wondered, 'Did I say too much?', because the outcome is not what I had hoped or envisioned. However, there is still a peace that the words are out in the open, "with quotations around them" (I loved that line!), and there should be no doubt in someone's mind of where I might stand. I think there is a balance in what and when we say something, but overall there is extreme power when we say what we need to say. It's interesting to think who it affects more... the hearer or the speaker, or both but in the different ways that they need?
Great song. I have thought of this over and over in my life, but (sadly) I am usually too chicken to say what I really need to say.
I totally agree. Now that I am working at a care center, I realize how precious life is, especially while we're young.
As a teenager I never said what I felt... now...I don't have a problem with this... I talk to much. Ask Annette.
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