It was late by the time I got to be able to watch this incredible Hallmark Special based upon the song that Lee Ann Womack brings such a warmth, light, faith, hope and love to your heart. If this song does not "touch" you in some way, I am not sure anything can...
I had been eagerly awaiting that show to come out... I had it set to record for weeks from the Hallmark Channel... but little did I know just HOW INCREDIBLE this show is, and what it brought into my heart, how much it has already changed me, my spirit, and given me pure faith, and pure hope... to know that in spite of Lupus, in spite of the Chronic Pain, in spite of ALL that obviously I was not prepared for in my life... that has happened... some I can make a change, or have another chance, and know that love is here deep within my soul, deeper into my heart, than I had felt in a long while... Life as many of my readers know, has not been kind to me... not in several years... and I "lost" and am in the midst of still grieving over more loss than anyone should have to endure....
Today I post this, for in a long time, even before I began to watch this show last night, just hearing the song again, brought "life" and "voice" and I wrote a poem, within moments... I don't want to spoil the show by telling too much, but anyone dealing with Chronic Illnesses, Lupus in particular, or has lived through a horrible accident, and one that may have left you broken up physically, plus mentally and emotionally...
or those that have suffered such a horrid loss... the loss of a child especially, to suicide, or anyone losing a close loved one suddenly... within a moment a life has been taken away.. and the mortal hell one can go through... All of these things, and so much more ... in this show... in this inspirational and motivational song.. so, "I Hope" You Dance.... (from here below until the lyrics of the song is posted, is my own words... my own heart... and just how within a moment, a few lyrics, from a song that has always been one that speaks to my heart....
"Anything in Life that is truly worth something... at times never
comes "easily".... Life is a "dance"... a dance in the fires and
flames... or a dance beside the ocean's waves... a shuffle across the
old hardwood floor, or to glide into an open door... We can sit on the
sidelines of life, and watch as everyone else "lives" that two step,
waltz, or two in rhythm, or we can give in and take the chance on what
we are given... and faith is always Half Full at a glance... often times
we tend to ignore our 2nd chance... if I've learned anything in my time
here... is to throw away the dark days and the fear... trust in
yourself, and give your heart over to that gift of chance, and never
forget to just .... Dance.... as I begin to watch this movie I've
waited for now several weeks to come on, featuring and based upon the
song by Lee Ann Womack... "I Hope You Dance"... again... here are the
words, and they should move you to tears..." - Rhia..
. "I Hope You Dance"
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
GOD forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin' might mean takin' chances but they're worth takin',
Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth makin',
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to sellin' out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.)
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
Dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance..
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those year
Lee Ann Womack singer....
Here is one link to the Hallmark website... that has the information on this, and how it touched so many, and the people that helped to make this wonderful show, you will enjoy knowing they were an integral part of this...
More of what I wrote after watching the movie....
The
"Movie" that this song is based upon, is really not just a "movie" but
more about how many lives this song touched, I am still watching, but
one of the women that is in this, and had this song help her through
losing a job, a long term relationship..DUE
TO LUPUS!, and others are telling their heart felt, personal stories...
what is written above, before I posted the lyrics, is what I WROTE...
myself... Music has always been a huge part of my life... is has brought
me to my knees in tears, and it has helped me to climb up the jagged
edges of life's mountain, to find the beauty at the top, and shout to
the world, I made it...
yet again, there are times music allowed me to
slide down once again, all the way to the sands on the ocean's shores,
where only footprints of my life remain... it inspires me to write, it
inspires me to "feel"... and I mean "feel"... get in touch with when it
hurts so badly, you think your heart is totally breaking into pieces...
and there is such thing as having a "heart attack" from a broken
heart...
I had one, and then another.... and that came straight from my
cardiologist's mouth... there are times, that the bottled up, mixed up,
gaping wounds of my soul... are opened up to drain, bleed... so they can
"scar over" much like my body has, so I can regain faith again... so if
you NEVER truly "listen" and allow the music to sink in, then you may
not find that passion, the strengths, the weaknesses, the elated
memories, moments, and the ones you prefer to bury away...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UE-JsPV4Sk
The U-Tube Video about this above.....
