A Little Party

Fergie's 'A Little Party Never Killed Nobody' makes me want to test that theory to see if it is true. I think Fergie knows what she's talking about though, because it looks like she was born to fly the Let's Party! flag. "A little party never killed nobody, so we are going to dance until we drop – drop. A little party never killed nobody, right here, right now is all we got."  Now let me say before I go any farther: Count me in. I'd love to dance with Fergie until I drop, or until I am dropped by the unlucky soul who catches me doing it. I'm not a good dancer.

 

I love this song, but I just can't get my mind around that last line, "Right here, right now is all we got," because I believe we've always got some more. Some call it a second-chance; some label it reincarnation. I like to think of it as heaven. Another singer-songwriter who lived over 260 years ago named, Isaac Watts, put it this way: 

 

Oh! could we make our doubts remove,

These gloomy thoughts that rise,

And see that Canaan that we love

With unbeclouded eyes –

 

Could we but climb where Moses stood,

And view the landscape o'er,

Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood,

Could fright us from the shore.

 

Now, I'll admit: Watts' song doesn't have the dance umph that Fergie's has, but he makes a good point. There's more to life than meets the eye, just waiting for anyone who hopes to see it. Go ahead – a little party never killed nobody. But just remember, there's more of life to come on the flip side.