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--G.K. Chesterton
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--Walt Whitman
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According to the Buddha, right speech is a statement that is timely, true, kind, helpful (connected to liberation), and spoken with a mind of good-will. Let us all try to observe this precept.
My good friend Jason Bravo wrote this beautiful song about being true to yourself. Maybe I'm biased, but I think it could be the next "Born This Way". No YouTube video yet, but you can stream the MP3 from his website. Purchase Jason's album Between Head and Heart at CD Baby or on iTunes.
ISN’T LOVE REASON ENOUGH?
(Words and music by Jason Bravo)
Remember that summer when you and I walked on the sand?
We talked about life in a heart to heart that was unplanned.
We climbed on the rocks and we followed them along the shore.
You talked in a way that I never heard you talk before.
And I could hear your words unsaid.
I could feel your pain.
CHORUS:
You’ve been looking for a reason not to hide it all away.
But ISN’T LOVE REASON ENOUGH?
You’ve been looking for a reason to be who you are someday.
But ISN’T LOVE REASON ENOUGH?
There are so many things that I wish you could learn from my past.
So many decisions that I’d change if I could go back.
I’d shake off my fear and my armor and let down my guard.
I wish someone told me life didn’t have to be so hard.
But I can’t live your life for you.
I can’t dream your dream.
CHORUS:
You’ve been looking for a reason not to hide yourself away.
But ISN’T LOVE REASON ENOUGH?
You’ve been looking for a reason to be who you are someday.
But ISN’T LOVE REASON ENOUGH?
The love that dares not speak its name
Is love just the same.
CHORUS:
You’ve been looking for a reason not to hide your heart away.
But ISN’T LOVE REASON ENOUGH?
You’ve been looking for a reason to be who you are someday.
But ISN’T LOVE REASON ENOUGH?
