Another Song In My Soundtrack

So this song has been inspiring me lately. I love Annie Lennox most of the time, anyways but these lyrics have been resonating with me. Especially this part " Give me the strength to carry on/Till I can lay this burden down/Give me the strength to lay this burden down down down yeah/Give me the strength to lay it down

I have really been thinking about that. The strength to lay a burden down. We think of needing strength to bare our burdens and we speak of someone 'baring their burdens well'. But what about strength to lay them down? It does require strength to lay down our burdens - our limiting beliefs, our habits of thinking, our worries and cares. They may be burdens, it is true but they are also what we are used to - the travel-worn passages in our brain - ingrained habits. What would happen if we were to have the strength to lay down our burdens? What would our lives be like? What would mine be like?

Its a great song - listen to it!

ANNIE LENNOX LYRICS

"Little Bird"

I look up to the little bird
That glides across the sky
He sings the clearest melody
It makes me want to cry
It makes me want to sit right down
and cry cry cry
I walk along the city streets
So dark with rage and fear
And I...
I wish that I could be that bird
And fly away from here
I wish I had the wings to fly away from here

But Mama I feel so low
Mama where do I go ?
Mama what do I know ?
Mama we reap what we sow
They always said that you knew best
But this little bird's fallen out of that nest now
I've got a feeling that it might have been blessed
So I've just got to put these wings to test

For I am just a troubled soul
Who's weighted...
Weighted to the ground
Give me the strength to carry on
Till I can lay this burden down
Give me the strength to lay this burden down down down yeah
Give me the strength to lay it down

But Mama I feel so low
Mama where do I go ?
Mama we reap what we sow
They always said that you knew best
But this little bird's fallen out of that nest now
I've got a feeling that it might have been blessed
So I've just got to put these wings to test