By Priscilla
Wainwright
Today I want to take “On a
Clear Day” apart and apply it to you. I want to get you thinking outside the
box and take a larger than life view of yourself. Imagine for a moment that you
are the subject of the song – that someone, perhaps someone you dearly love, is
singing it to you, about you, That you
are being serenaded. Imagine also that you have special powers such as
clairvoyance or ESP. (There are those
who believe that we all have these powers, but they go undeveloped in all but a
special few.)
But first an apology. The
YouTube link on Wednesday’s Blog was to Barbara Streisand singing On a Clear
Day in the movie, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Why it didn’t come over
live I don’t know. But check out that video. You’ll love how it ends.
The rendition I listened to
was by Bryn Terfel, the opera singer. He sang the introduction which I printed
in the Blog, as well as the song itself.
Now let’s dig in. As you read
the lines, know that they apply to you.
“Could anyone among us have an inkling
or a clue
what magic feats of wizardry or
voodoo you can do?
And who would ever guess the powers
you possess?
Think about it, Woman of
Style and Glory. Look deep within and
you’ll recognize you have major untapped potentials and talents. Humans are amaing that way, especially women.
We have unique ways of knowing that are foreign to most men. “Women’s
intuition” is a mystery to most men, but we get it. The female brain is built
for intuitive understanding, beyond the level the male brain was created.
Likewise, we have powers of
influence. The right word from a woman can cause a man to leap tall buildings
in a single bound. A critical word can send his ego crashing.
As nelson Mandela said, “We
are powerful beyond measure.” Start
believing this, sister, if you don’t already. This is the truth within which
empowered women live and act out their daily lives.
“So much more than we ever know,
so much more we were born to do.”
How large are you living? So
many of us women live too small, while
deep within us major yearnings are stirring.
Too often when these yearnings poke their heads to the surface, we
dismiss them with notions that they are impractical, or to glorious, or too
hard for “poor little me” to accomplish.
Yet it is possible that those
inner yearnings are the seeds of our passion, our purpose for being in this
time and place? So, this couplet raises
three all-important questions:
1.
Are you living
large enough to be fulfilled or make a real difference?
2.
Are you in touch
with a sense of passion or mission in your life?
3.
If not, are you
willing to open yourself to possibility?
If you are, what are you doing to manifest your
passions into the world?
And now,
“Should you draw back the curtain,
this I am certain,
You’ll be impressed with you.”
What curtain?
The veil of shame, of
self-loathing, or doubt, or low self esteem, or the veil of fear.
See yourself as you truly are
– a Pearl of Great Price, a powerful woman endowed with great talents,
strengths and gifts, a person of Glorious Worth in your own right – just
because you’re YOU!
Play with this image for a
while. Enjoy!!
Today we dealt with the
introduction. Next time, we’ll dig into
the song itself.
Have a blessed day.
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