It’s a sunny day in Central Florida as I sit in the motel room waiting for my riding companion to finish the chores and get ready for a ride. I am now eagerly looking forward to the road and where it takes me.
As I scanned through my music library for future playlist candidates, I came across some country music. I admire the direct simplicity of the lyrics. No wrappings of intellectualization, or obfuscation to avoid dealing with a feelings filter. Just straight-forward lyrics and soul-touching tunes.
As I sit here writing and thinking about the road ahead, I am thinking of love and the discovery of a love that is mutual, affectionate, and profound. I can start out by saying I love me. I am truly comfortable in my own skin and have learned to be compassionate about my own foibles and weaknesses. I love the world about me and appreciate the skills of the Creator. I love my Harleys and the roads they take me down. And, I know I will find the love we all seek way over yonder that will fill my life with affection, intimacy, and grace.
Reading the lyrics of one of my country singing favorites, sets me in a mood for discovery and the realization of what I seek. I spoke with a dear friend on the phone this morning and was reminded that I am a warrior. I must be to survive on the road through the mental, physical, spiritual and emotional challenges; albeit, a quiet, self-deprecating, and somewhat shy warrior.
As I read through the lyrics and listen to Collin Raye sing All My Roads, I am taken to a place of desire with an empty space to be filled.
Looking back from where I stand tonight
I wouldn't change a thing about my life
Wrong turns I had to take back in those crazy years
Could not have been mistakes if they brought me here
'Cause all my roads have led me to
This night, this love I share with you
And though the road was never smooth
Life has made me someone who
Could be the right someone for you
I don't regret a single broken heart
That taught me what love is and what it's not
Someone must have planned our two paths would cross
I couldn't see it then but I was never lost
'Cause all my roads have led me to
This night, this love I share with you
And though the road was never smooth
Life has made me someone who
Could be the right someone for you
Detours, dead ends, endless explorations
You were my only destination
'Cause all my roads have led me to
This night, this love I share with you
And though the road was never smooth
Life has made me someone who
Could be the right someone for you
A beautiful lyric that is perfect for my emotional moment as I sit poised for the next leg of my journey to begin. Another tune of the playlist of country songs is from the exquisite Trio record made my Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. I have been blessed to see Emmylou twice in my life and both concerts were pure emotional magic. The beautiful lyric and the soul-touching harmonies fill me with a flush of love and the desire to share this love.
I've been higher than the high sierra
Lower than Death Valley must be
I've been right, mostly wrong
Wrong about you, right about me
The way I feel, can't explain
So much passion turned to pain
The sun still shines most of the time
Did you know the sun shines when it rains
I've been higher than the high sierra
Lower than Death Valley must be
I've been right, mostly wrong
Wrong about you, right about me
I've been cussed and I've been praised
And I've been nothing these days
I'll come back, time will see
If I'm wrong about you, right about me
I've been higher than the high sierra
Lower than Death Valley must be
I've been right, mostly wrong
Wrong about you, right about me
Wrong about you, right about me
Wrong about you, right about me
The road beckons and down that road lives the love I seek in the place way over yonder.
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| Mojave Cactus |
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| Kim in Rocky Mountain State Park |
From the as yet untitled new book:
In my joy with life
I danced under her little wings
Blessed by the presence
Of the fairy queen
Urging my steps
Into careless abandon
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