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Be Here Now.

This song is from the movie 27 Dresses. It’s my favourite part of the movie. When Jane’s heart breaks…yet again. I love the song, not because it talks about heartbreak, it does not, I love it simply because it talks about the strength you need to overcome any failure and move on. It talks about not anchoring yourself to one person/place/situation but to yourself. Because at the end when everything is washed away by the waves of sadness that Life brings in..whether or not you are washed away depends on how well you can hold onto your anchor, your hope, your voice… it all depends on how strong you are. What is happening now is for the good.What has happened was for the good and what will happen is also for the good. God has a plan for all of us and it is up to to us to be strong and wait with patience to watch every little piece of this puzzle called Life come together to make a more meaningful and beautiful picture. As my best friend puts it - treat these bad times and heartbreaks as ‘dementors’ from Harry Potter, think of times when you’ve been happier, happiest, these will be your Patronus and soon tough times will vanish as fast as they had come. Derive your strength from within and do not search for it outside and you’ll always find a reservoir of happy times,courage and laughter that will help you get by anything. The best is never over there’s always something new….so let’s move on faithfully believing in the promise that the best is yet to be.

Be Here Now – Ray LaMontagne

Don’t let your mind get weary and confused, let your will be still, don’t cry

Don’t let your heart get heavy, child inside you there’s a strength that lies,

Don’t let your soul get lonely, child it’s only time, it will go by

Don’t look for love in faces, places, it’s in you, that’s where you’ll find kindness

Be here, be here now, be here now

Be here, be here now, be here now

Don’t lose your faith in me and I will try to not lose faith in you

Don’t put your trust in walls, ‘cause walls will only crush you when they fall

Be here, be here now, be here now

Be here, be here now, be here now

 

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