Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care
For the people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way
Of caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is ourselves under pressure
Under pressure
-- David Bowie & Queen, "Under Pressure"
Okay, so I am only 27 years late to the party on these particular lyrics.
I love our priests at my parish, and way more often than not, they have fantastic homilies (which is similar to a sermon, but shorter, sweeter, and to the point). But on the way to a dinner party this evening, I had this song cranked up and was really listening to it intently. The lyrics just struck me as being as powerful as any homily that I have heard.
"Love dares us to change......" You could stop it right there. Love really does dare us to change everything in response. Real love is transformative and transforming. It is what inspires us to action .... to see the world in a new light, a new frame, and to do something to make it better.
I don't know why these words resonated with me today. But they have, and I have to figure out why. What is that greater love calling me to do?
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Perhaps using your new exercise/walking skills to contribute to the worthy causes of other people? As in "Race for the Cure"??? Hmmmm.... Atta' Gurl!!
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