Sunday, March 6, 2011

How many of these moments have you....?

How do you measure a day in your life?

As I approach 38, I tend to measure my life by moments.  Little moments, in fact.  A series of little moments.... that make up hours... that make up days.... that make up months.  But, if it's the quality of those moments that count.  How many of these moments have I spent in traffic?  How many of these moments have I spent angry or resentful?  How many of these moments have I spent jealous or envious?  How many of these moments have I went out of my way to help another? How many of these moments have I truly lived happy?  How many of these moments have I wasted?  The list could go on and on.  It's a little self evaluation.  What am I going to do to make a positive change?

So, I ask you out there in cyberspace.

How many of these moments have you ......... ? What are you going to do to make a positive change?

So, I'm a big fan of the musical "RENT".  The music is brilliant.  You can't really argue with the message, "No day but today".  I wanted to find an early clip of the song "Seasons Of Love" to showcase the original cast.  The best quality I found was from the 1996 Democratic convention.  Although, I have no affiliation with any political party.


Seasons of Love

ALL
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights
In cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.

In five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure
A year in the life?

How about love?
How about love?
How about love? Measure in love

Seasons of love. Seasons of love

JOANNE
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes!
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Journeys to plan.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life
Of a woman or a man?

COLLINS
In truths that she learned,
Or in times that he cried.
In bridges he burned,
Or the way that she died.

ALL
It's time now to sing out,
Tho' the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends
Remember the love!
Remember the love!
Seasons of love!

JOANNE
Oh you got to got to Remember the love! remember the love,
You Measure in love know that love is a gift from up above Seasons of love.
Share love, give love spread love Measure measure you life in love.

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