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WONDERFUL WORLD - You Have to Dream

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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.

 


THE FIG TREE TEACHER - One Day At A Time

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Patrick planted our fig tree 14 years ago from a cutting of a tree that had followed him from Los Angeles. Now in its full glorious height and girth, the tree is the main attraction of our backyard, providing welcome shade and delicious and abundant fruit in the summer, and an enormous shower of leaves in the fall. 

Years ago, I’d rake them up once or twice and be done with the task. As the years marched on, so did the number of fig leaves falling in our yard. Huge yellow leaves skipped in the wind, landing on bushes and branches and the earth below, curling over time into tight brown fists. Raking them up takes sweat…and a LOT of room in the green recycling bin.

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UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES - Reach Up

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Wow! What a wild ride!  The landscape is changing before our eyes in unexpected ways as the shock waves begin to subside. Fortunately, there has been some wonderful sharing of wisdom and perspective, along with constructive ways to channel the energy. A blog by Beatris Karaoglanyan called “Trump Teaches a Spiritual Lesson” rang true for me and speaks of  the Laws of the Universe.

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THE ONLY THING TO DO TODAY - Breathe Deep

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It's hard to breathe today. No matter where you live and who you voted for, we're in uncharted territory. As I took my morning walk, I did notice that, for the most part, nothing has changed. Then I got a blast of the Santa Ana winds whipping around the corner and felt them as  the winds of change. In that moment, I asked for guidance. What came through was,  "Listen to the wind. The earth is breathing. Now it's your turn."

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NOW MORE THAN EVER - Musical Contribution #7 - Take Me Home

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 Years ago, I had a very small book with a very big mission. Called Oneness - Great Principles Shared By All Religions by Jeffrey Moses, the book contained quotes from every religion to show that basically they all say the same thing about the Golden Rule. In other words, "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" exists in some form in all of the great religions of the world. Unfortunately for us all, the short form of The Golden Rule, "Love Thy Neighbor," seems to have been all but forgotten during this crazy election cycle time. What happened to us?

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IF I COULD GIVE YOU EVERYTHING - Musical Contribution #6

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With the election less than a week away, the energy surrounding it is intensifying daily. If I had a magic wand, I'd move us forward as a nation, recognizing and even celebrating our differences, and finding ways to work together toward harmony. Alas, I am not in the possession of such a wand... But I can offer a song to the heart of you, with the intention of easing your worry about the outcome on Tuesday.

If I could give you everything, I'd start collecting now...

If I Could Give You Everything is my olive branch today. The beautiful artwork above is by my talented husband Patrick J. Murphy, also intended to soothe and uplift you.

If I could give you everything, I'd give your pain away...

If I Could Give You Everything is on my first album, TRANSITIONS - Music to Soothe the Soul.  Featuring John Guth, with harmony vocals by Maria Benedetta LoBalbo,  If I Could Give You Everything is available on my website Sandi Kimmel.com or for download at CD Baby and iTunes.   Please visit my website to learn more about me and my music.  You can listen to If I Could Give You Everything and all of my other songs anytime on SoundCloud.

Thanks so much for listening and for sharing the music!

 If I Could Give You Everything

IF I COULD GIVE YOU EVERYTHING
Music & lyrics by Sandi Kimmel

If I could give you everything
I'd start collecting now -
I'd catch the sun in a jar
And let the moon above light your way.

If I could give you everything
I'd give your pain away -
I'd let the birds sing so loud
That the hurt would fade everyday.

So I give you all my love
It's taken years for me to feel.
It's all I have to give
And it's real.

If I could give you everything
You know I'm gonna try -
Every morning and night I'll be there for you
All the time.

I'll try to give you everything
The best that I know how -
With my heart full of love you can count on me
Starting now.

And I'll give you all my love
It's taken years for me to feel.
It's all I have to give
And it's real.

With my heart full of love you can count on me
Starting now, starting now.
If I could give you everything
If I could give you everything.

© 2000 S. Kimmel

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.