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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 634694" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>Janet, that's a beautiful story.</p><p></p><p>I heard the song sung on Super Soul Sunday. Maya Angelou was on, and a black female vocalist sang this incredible song, Hallelujah, during that broadcast.</p><p></p><p>I think that's where I heard it.</p><p></p><p>I saw this quote in rereading Brene Brown's Daring Greatly this morning. It brought remembrance of that beautiful song I heard when Maya was talking about spirituality, about being here on purpose.</p><p></p><p>WHO KNEW IT WAS FROM SHRECK?!?</p><p></p><p>Ha!</p><p></p><p>That will teach me to be pretentious! </p><p></p><p>Echo, that phrase "...it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah" made me think of all of us, walking right there, right beside our difficult children, through the isolation, through the shame and the horror of dawning awareness that it isn't going to be alright.</p><p></p><p>We are forever alone with the true, awful, endless to the point of eternity things we come to know, about ourselves and about our children.</p><p></p><p>And yet...here we are.</p><p></p><p>Loving them, standing up, finding our way.</p><p></p><p>So tired, so determined.</p><p></p><p>Like in those documentaries you see about the Great Depression, or in the movie The Grapes of Wrath.</p><p></p><p>There we are too, not sure where we're going, not even sure there is anywhere to go from here...but here we are, watching, waiting, believing.</p><p></p><p>And what we're going through is changing us, is changing everything.</p><p></p><p>So yes, it would be more like a cold, raw wind that chills you to the bone...but still, we sing, we believe, we are kind, we endure.</p><p></p><p>Pretty amazing.</p><p></p><p>I wonder how much you would have to pay someone to do what we do?</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 634694, member: 17461"] Janet, that's a beautiful story. I heard the song sung on Super Soul Sunday. Maya Angelou was on, and a black female vocalist sang this incredible song, Hallelujah, during that broadcast. I think that's where I heard it. I saw this quote in rereading Brene Brown's Daring Greatly this morning. It brought remembrance of that beautiful song I heard when Maya was talking about spirituality, about being here on purpose. WHO KNEW IT WAS FROM SHRECK?!? Ha! That will teach me to be pretentious! Echo, that phrase "...it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah" made me think of all of us, walking right there, right beside our difficult children, through the isolation, through the shame and the horror of dawning awareness that it isn't going to be alright. We are forever alone with the true, awful, endless to the point of eternity things we come to know, about ourselves and about our children. And yet...here we are. Loving them, standing up, finding our way. So tired, so determined. Like in those documentaries you see about the Great Depression, or in the movie The Grapes of Wrath. There we are too, not sure where we're going, not even sure there is anywhere to go from here...but here we are, watching, waiting, believing. And what we're going through is changing us, is changing everything. So yes, it would be more like a cold, raw wind that chills you to the bone...but still, we sing, we believe, we are kind, we endure. Pretty amazing. I wonder how much you would have to pay someone to do what we do? Cedar [/QUOTE]
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