Atmosphere

In the chorus of Kaskade's Atmosphere are the words, All my life I've been a star, holding a light up in the dark. When I look around I feel like I sense a great crowd of people wandering around in the dark. Either the bills are piling up, work is going badly, relationships are strained, or the losses seem insurmountable.

In The Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote:

A man all light, a seraph-man, On every corse there stood. This seraph-band, each waved his hand: It was a heavenly sight! They stood as signals to the land, Each one a lovely light.

We don't have to fix things – or people. Shining a little light with a kind word, a personal gift, or a moment of a busy day will go a long way toward lifting someone's spirit. We can be a heavenly sight for a person who needs to know they're loved.

Check out Kaskade's Atmosphere, and shine your light today.

Through the Motions

Franck Rger and Mandel Turner have captured the spirit of change in their house mix, Through the Motions. In the song they mention having a wide range of dramatic motions. One minute they're hot; the next they're cold. Always turning. So much change it almost makes you dizzy.

But change is an essential ingredient of life. Gail Sheehy says, "If we don't change, we don't grow. And if we don't grow, we aren't really living." Take a listen to Through the Motions, and get ready for the change.

Beauty and Splinters

Beautiful roses have prickly thorns. In this picture beauty flourishes alongside a rustic fence row. Enjoy the scenery, but watch out for the splinters.