MEANINGFUL WORDS BEAUTIFUL VOICE

Have always like this song. The first time I heard it (so young I can't remember when), I was enchanted by this 1982 one-hit wonder. The lyrics, too, is mindbogglingly profound but yet so painfully simple; so much so that every so now and then, I would think back of this song to remind myself of what's truly important.

(parts of lyrics)

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'I've no doubt you dream about, the things you'd never do.

But I wish someone, had a talk to me, like I, wanna talk to you."

"Oh, I've been to Georgia, and California, and anywhere I could run."

"But I ran out of places and friendly faces because I had to be free."

"Please lady, please lady, don't just walk away.

'cause I have this need to tell you, why I'm all alone today.

I can see so much of me, still living in your eyes." 

"Oh, I've been to Nice, and the Isles of Greece,

while I sipped champagne on a yacht.

I moved like Harlow, in Monte Carlo,

and showed them what I've got."

"But I, took the sweet life and never knew that, I'd be bitter from the sweet."

"I'VE BEEN TO PARADISE, BUT I'VE, NEVER BEEN TO ME."

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Sad song of wistful and much-too-late regrets. And I think it's an awesomely beautiful song which holds such amazing truths.

Not letting go of what is important. Knowing what is important. Prioritizing.

No one lays on their deathbeds wishing that they had played more. Partied more. Earned more money. Traveled more. Or studied more.

RECIPE TO HAPPINESS

"Happiness is good health and a bad memory."

- Ingrid Bergman

MOVE BUT DON'T LOSE

Went to the stadium this morning.


The sky was clear and bright. The field patch was irresistibly inviting with lush cheerful green grass. The day looks promising, and the morning birds chirped perkily. People were on route to work and, for some lucky few, were beginning to rouse from their sleep.


And the moment hits me. Ya know, one of those moments when you get all philosophical and wistful and weepy and all. 


It came hitting, just like that; BAM!  


Life. It revolves on. Life never stops moving on. It's either you catch up, or lag behind. 


But most importantly, in the busy midst of playing catching up, don't forget to stop and smell the flowers once in a while.


Prioritise and find the things that truly matter; and when you do, don't lose sight of them. Hold on tight and never trade them in for anything else. And, DON'T LOSE YOURSELF.


Don't win the battles, but lose the war.