We cannot eliminate hunger,
but we can feed each other.
We cannot eliminate loneliness,
but we can hold each other.
We cannot eliminate pain,
but we can live a life
of compassion.
    - excerpt from  ACCEPTING THIS by Mark Nepo

I found myself thinking about Mark Nepo’s beautiful poem/reflection with hope and a  vision for a world where we each take responsibility for our own life experience, and our role in an evolving humanity.

Dream a new future with me.

You Have to Dream

YOU HAVE TO DREAM
Words by Sandi Kimmel
Music by Thomas Barquee

You have to dream a new world to create it
Be the change that you wish to see
You have to dream a new world like you made it
For it to be, for it to be

Like it or not
Thoughts become things
Thinking a lot
Leads to all that it brings
Being in silence 
Brings awakenings…

You have to dream a new world to create it
Be the change that you wish to see
You have to dream a new world like you made it
For it to be, for it to be

Like it or not
Thoughts become things
A monkey mind
Like a mockingbird sings
Turning it over
Brings awakenings…

    You can only see how far you’ve come
    From where you’ve been
    You can only see where you’re going
    When you go within

You have to dream a new world to create it
Be the change that you wish to see
You have to dream a new world like you made it
For it to be, for it to be
You have to dream
You have to dream

© 2015 T. Barquee & S. Kimmel

To read The Story Behind You Have to Dream, click here.

Please visit my website to learn more about my music, and my collaboration with Thomas here.  You Have to Dream is available for download on CD Baby.

You can listen to You Have to Dream and lots of other songs anytime on SoundCloud. Thank you for listening and especially for sharing!

About My Blog:
Soul Feathers - wisps of wisdom and tickles of truth, observations and offerings from my heart and music for the soul. We each have a part to play in this great movie, and mine is gently but consistently toss pebbles into the lake of humanity, and watch the ripples make waves.

Soul Feathers is also the name of the album I recorded with producer Thomas Barquee. He artfully elevated the music to a high vibration of love and healing, truly music for these times. Music has the power to move and motivate, soothe and uplift, and these songs and chants support the journey as the music reflects my own journey.

By sharing my perspective, practical spirituality and positive music, it is my intention to release soul-nourishing pebbles in the sea of our emerging consciousness. By sharing this work with other like-minded and like-hearted friends, you become part of the wave.