There are 25 people out there that I think about more often than not. 25 people who are walking a path with me for a short little while, and this post is for them.
All the lonely people crying,
It could change if we just get started.
Lift the darkness, light a fire
For the silent and the broken hearted.
Won't you stand up, stand up, stand up,
Won't you stand up you girls and boys.
Won't you stand up, stand up, stand up,
Won't you stand up and use your voice.
There's a comfort, there's a healing
High above the pain and sorrow.
Change is coming, can you feel it
Calling us into a new tomorrow?
Won't you stand up, stand up, stand up,
Won't you stand up you girls and boys.
Won't you stand up, stand up, stand up,
Won't you stand up and use your voice.
When the walls fall all around you,
When your hope has turned to dust,
Let the sound of Love surround you,
Be like the heart in each of us.
Won't you stand up, stand up, stand up,
Won't you stand up you girls and boys.
Won't you stand up, stand up, stand up,
Won't you stand up and use your voice.
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The South Africa community is leaving in just a few days, to teach English, to help at AIDS clinics, to minister with the gift of presence. Open your hearts, dearlings.
Halfway around the world, the San Diego Community spends their days soaking up the eternal-summer of California, and changing the lives of its young people. Rest assured, lovies, many of us wish we were where you are!
Chi-town community, reaching out and bracing for the cabin fever days. This one's for the peeps in the Windy City. I met the actual Windy this song was written about while I was in Boulder. She was a little girl when they wrote the song, and now she's in her late 40's, but she's still full of life, just like y'all.
About half a globe south of Chicago lies Chulucanas, Peru. Four lovely ladies are headed way south in just a few days to get a serious dose of Culture. I couldn't find a video for this one, so you've got to find a copy...but I highly recommend it. "Carnival Song" by Pete and J (before they were Harper Blynn. (click here for a preview).
Over in the City that Never Sleeps, the Bronx crew spends their time sharing the love. It's the kind of love of girls who write love letters and leave them for strangers, girls who fall in love with children with no homes, girls who dance all night because they love life, girls with smiles that light up the room and the world. It's honest love, that sees humanity and embraces it with open arms.
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Which just leaves us here in Lawrence. There's no particular meaning behind this one. It's just the kind of song everybody- no matter who- can sing at the top of their lungs.
So, there's really just one more thing to say.
A reminder really.
Go spread the love, loves,
'cause The World Ain't Slowin' Down.
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