” Dream ON”

“You got to lose to know how to win”

I woke up with two totally different songs this morning. 

Dream on was actually the second one. At 4AM the OLD WAYS ran like a live concert in my head. This was the very first Lorenna McKennit song Dean played for me.
He would sing a couple of the stanzas.

Turning to go, I heard you call out my name.
You were like a bird in a cage, spreading its
wings to fly.
“The old ways are lost…”, you sang as you flew
and I wondered… why? 

Really was a bit unsurprising that this was my waking tune. Today marks Dean’s birthday. The old ways with him are totally lost. I often catch myself wondering why.
Then, as I turn on the computer this morning the Pandora I forgot to close starts playing Aerosmith’s “Dream on”. 
I know I have mentioned before how Spirit often speaks to me though song. The people I am blessed to share Spirit Circle with each week are unsurprised now with the singing that goes on through my head or how melodies and lyrics form the metaphors that help all of us explain what it is that is going on in our hearts and heads. Music is a powerful tool for enjoyment, reflection, learning, dancing and exercise.
How many times do we hear a phrase, a couple of notes, a song on the radio that just fits what we need at that exact time. There are no coincidences. 
Dream on. You’ve got to lose to know how to win. 
A friend of mine likened me to Indiana Jones last Spirit Circle meeting. He told me that as much as has happened in my life, as much as I have gone though and learned why was I hesitating at that invisible bridge? Hadn’t I learned that whether I could see it or not I was going to be held up and would be able to cross onto the next mountain, the next challenge?
That’s it, another challenge. We have to keep learning. I have to keep learning. The Old Ways may be lost, but there is a lot to learn and share from those OLD WAYS. Indiana Jones found the Holy Grail by crossing that invisible bridge. The one thing my friend does not know, is that bridges are one of the things that scare me in this world. My son, is going to school to become an engineer and tells me that he will build a bridge that I am not afraid of crossing. To be given the metaphor of not only a bridge but an invisible bridge reminds me that that Holy Grail — all of Divine is really on the other side and the trip of learning, of losing until I know how to win, to trust in the Universal Plan of it all is a process but totally worth it.
The cool thing is .. as I heard the concert in my head this morning and heard Dean’s voice sing “and I wondered…why?” I realized that the old ways are never totally lost. That is the “why”. Why do we need to think that way? They are ingrained in us. They help us to Dream On. Especially the people that may have passed in our life. They are with us always. I have a grandmother, two grandfathers an uncle, cousin and now a husband in Spirit not to mention some very beautiful friends that are more than willing to help me find that invisible bridge, keep connected with Divine, keep winning and learning through the losses and “Dream ON.”
Dream ON

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