Bridge over Troubled Water

I'm reading a book called "Belong to Me " by Marisa de los Santos. It's about what it means for one human being to belong to another. (I know this cause I read it on the jacket cover!)

I just came to a part where one of the main characters, Piper, a woman caring for her best friend Elizabeth, who is dying of cancer listens to her most beloved, best friend in the world sing a lullaby to her two young children. It's the same one she's always sung and now barley has the strength to do. It's "bridge over troubled water" by Simon and Garfunkel. Piper recalls how familiar the song was and how she couldn't believe all the years she spent not realizing that it was about motherhood. I can't believe all the years I've spent not seeing the same thing. It's such a beautiful song and is really be about many different kinds of relationships but I didn't see it in that light. Did you?

I think we all "belong" to many people in our lives and in many important ways. Sometimes in ways we aren't even aware of. That's one reason why I'm not so sure about the agreement (one of the " four agreements") "Don't take things Personal". I know it has it's usefulness. Especially when people are being (insert expletive here). People are coming from their own worlds and so are we. I believe It's in the intersection of the worlds, in the connection of our worlds that we find love, joy, happiness and yes pain, anger, regret, and hurt. I'm not sure if you can separate any of it. Maybe you can if seek to understand the other persons world and accept that it's where they live and have some empathy for them if it's painful all the while accepting that you're world remains as well.

That's a tall order! and yes the wine is flowing. I'm on vacation!

Simon And Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water Lyrics

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When you're weary
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I will dry them all

I'm on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you

I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on Silver Girl,
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way

See how they shine
If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind

So I'm so excited I finally figured out how to get a playlist on this thing! Nothing goes better with wine o'clock then great music. It can really get the thoughts going! I'll start with"Grace" for my previous post.

Grace

I was listening to my ipod on the plane home Sunday from the Dallas market and "Grace" by U2 came on. It's such a beautiful song. The lyrics are so poetic (here's the wineo'clock coming out). I came home and found the lyrics. I wish I could figure out how to get a music player on here!

Here's the lyrics anyway. If you don't have the song already I recommended you buy it!

U2 Lyrics - Grace

Grace
She takes the blame
She covers the shame
Removes the stain
It could be her name

Grace
It's a name for a girl
It's also a thought that changed the world
And when she walks on the street
You can hear the strings
Grace finds goodness in everything

Grace, she's got the walk
Not on a ramp or on chalk
She's got the time to talk
She travels outside of karma
She travels outside of karma
When she goes to work
You can hear her strings
Grace finds beauty in everything

Grace, she carries a world on her hips
No champagne flute for her lips
No twirls or skips between her fingertips
She carries a pearl in perfect condition

What once was hurt
What once was friction
What left a mark
No longer stings
Because grace makes beauty
Out of ugly things

Grace makes beauty out of ugly things

I JUST LOVE BONO!

Robin


Music: U2
Lyrics: Bono
Synthesizers/programming: Brian Eno
Additional Guitar: Daniel Lanois
Produced by: Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno
Engineered by: Richard Rainey and Alex Haas
Assisted by: Chris Heaney
Mixed by: Brian Eno

Sweet baby james

wine o'clock

a glass of wine and james taylor in concert on channel 8 singing Rock a bye sweet baby james. The bose is loud. the music beautiful. James Taylor's voice is so clear and sweet and the guitar is simple and true.

I love it I love it I love it!!!!!

Rob

Monday 5-3-2010

Ok so I've changed the name of the the blog to wine o'clock thoughts per your suggestion Shelly I hope all my followers will be able to see it still Ha Ha. Send me a comment if you see this new post then I will know it's working.

Today I had one of those days where you live in your head. You know when you're with yourself most of the day and the thoughts are non-stop. When you're trying to solve a problem you have no control over. When you play the "what if" game. "what if I would have done that, what if they wouldn't have done that or did this instead. what if i do this. will they do that or THAT. oh no not that. I shouldn't have done that. How could they have done that. why don't they do this. then comes the self pity. how could they have done that, it's not right, what about me, blah, blah, blah, BLAH!

According to Elizabeth Gilbert in the book Eat, Pray, Love.( I liked the eat part, loved the pray part, hated the love part) the Buddhists called it the "monkey mind" "the thoughts that swing form limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl." Can you dig it! Now, she's talking about an experience of trying to meditate but I experience it wide awake walking around!

Joyce Meyer says to "knock it off." Stop it"

So I will. Finally. Maybe next time I'll stop it sooner and then next time sooner, and the next time sooner, till I can stop it before it gets going too fast to take me on the swinging ride with the spiting monkey.

Not swinging from the trees.
rob

Tuesday 5-4-2010

This song came on my ipod during my jog this morning. Perfect Timing!

Nada Surf: Always Love

To make a mountain of your life
Is just a choice
But I never learned enough
To listen to the voice that told me
Always love Hate will get you every time
Always love Don't wait til the finish line

Slow demands come 'round
Squeeze the air and keep the rest out
It helps to write it down
Even when you then cross it out

But Always Love Hate will get you every time
Always Love Even when you wanna fight

Self-directed lives
I want to know what it'd be like to
Aim so high above
Any card that you've been dealt, you...

Always Love Hate will get you every time
Always Love Hate will get you...

I've been held back by something
Yeah. You said to me quietly on the stairs,
I've been held back by something
Yeah. You said to me quietly on the stairs.
You said
Hey, you good ones.
Hey, you good ones.

To make a mountain of your life
Is just a choice
But I never learned enough
To listen to the voice that told me...
Always love hate will get you every time
Always love hate will get you?

I've been held back by something
Yeah, You said to me quietly on the stairs,
I've been held back by something
Yeah, You said to me quietly on the stairs
You said..
Hey, you good ones
Hey, you good ones
Hey, you good ones

I'm aiming high today.

Rob

The shack(it's a book if you didn't know)

Relationship

The trinity in relationship

not power, not a hierarchy

free will

choice

love

We have a choice always. ch0ose love,

peace out.

rob

people you work with

you spend possibly a third of your life with people you work with. If you're fortunate you like most of them. At the very least, you can appreciate who they are and their uniquesness. So these are the thoughts I had after a recent appreciation dinner where one of our long time 18 year associates retired.

people
connection
appreciation
respect
love.

wine oclock thoughts
Rob

Ok so here's my wine o'clock blog. I think there is a "space between" where the wine takes you. Maybe between the right and left brain where you are more of yourself. Yourself amplified. I've been reading a book " My stroke of insight by Jill Bolte Taylor that talks about the right brain. Very interesting reading.

This blog started with my very super special friend Shelly telling me I should blog what I was telling her. It started with wine o'clock thoughts. So here they are.

Feb 29, 2010

Unconditional Love. The end.

March 2-2010

One life, one time, one gift.
Freedom

This is what I wrote.

Must go now,

Amos Lee is calling
Rob

Hey Shelly,

Well I started a blog just for you! I don't think I'm a natural blogger. I'm a fraidy cat! so I don't know if how this will go. I did want to give you the secret to happiness though that we talked about the other night. According to The "Reb" who is the Rabbi in Mitch Albom's book have a little faith, a true story, it is as follows

"Be satisfied."
"Be grateful"
"For what you have. For the love you receive. And for what God has given you."

That's it.

So I don't think that's really a blog. It's probably an email. We'll see. Maybe the next time it's "wine o'clock" I'll be brave and blog what we talked about.

Rob