Sand and Water

Beth Nielsen Chapman is a wonderful singer and composer who has experienced her share of grief. I am fortunate to be attending a workshop that she developed with our group facilitator, Renick Stevenson, artist, philosopher, poet, crisis counselor ....

Beth's 1997 CD, Sand and Water is an integral part of the workshop. The song "The Color of Roses" is especially helpful as those of us participating try to sort through the baggage from the past so we can live in the moment, whatever it brings.

. . .
It's so hard to touch what is out of our hands
To know and to trust what the heart understands
Only the ones who believe
Ever see what they dream
Ever dream what comes true
Life gives us magic
And life brings us tragedy
Everyone suffers some loss
Still we have faith in it
Childlike hope
There's a reason that outweighs the cost
And gravity throws all these rules in our way
And sometimes the spirit refuses to play
Only the ones who believe
Ever see what they dream
Ever dream what comes true
. . .
And add my regrets to the tears in the rain
That's what the color of roses contain
Only the ones who believe
Ever see what they dream
Ever dream what comes true


(copied from http://lyrics.astraweb.com)

I wish getting my act together was as easy as singing along to a song someone else has written.