The House of Doo

The House of Doo

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Send Out Your Ray of Sunshine.


“I want to walk the same roads as everybody else, through the trees and past the gates.
Getting’ high on heavenly breezes, making new friends along the way.
I won't ask much of nobody, I'm just here to sing along.
And make my mistakes looks gracious, and learn some lessons from my wrongs.

Well sometimes the sun shines on other people's houses and not mine.
Some days the clouds paint the sky all gray and it takes away my summertime.
Somehow the sun keeps shining upon you, while I struggle to get mine.
A little light never hurt nobody, so send out your ray of sunshine.

Oh, if this little light of mine combined with yours today,
How many watts could we luminate? How many villages could we save?
My umbrella's tired of the weather, wearing me down.
Well, look at me now.

You should look as good as your outlook, would you mind if I took some time,
to soak up your light, your beautiful light? You've got a paradise inside.
I get hungry for love and thirsty for life, and much too full on the pain,
When I look to the sky to help me, and sometimes it looks like rain.

Well sometimes the sun shines on other people's houses and not mine.
Some days the clouds paint the sky all gray and it takes away my summertime.
Somehow the sun keeps shining upon you, while I struggle to get mine.
A little light never hurt nobody, so send out your ray of sunshine.

The Sunshine Song – Jason Mraz

For those of you who know me, you probably already know that I am absolutely obsessed with Jason Mraz.  I think he is brilliant.  He’s a poet and an artist.  His music is beautiful, his voice is powerful and pure, but his way with words always hits me right in the heart.  I love this song.  He always has such a beautiful, positive outlook on life.  I really want to be that way, but struggle with it.  This particular song helps me to know that he doesn’t always feel that optimistic and gets down sometimes, but still somehow tries to overcome it.  That last line…”A little light never hurt nobody, so send out your ray of sunshine.”  When things are good, don’t hide it.  Share it.  Someone around you needs to know things will be good again.  Here is the link for the song.  Love it. ;) 
I need this.  I am easily sucked into feeling sorry for myself or being so willing to give up when times get hard.  Life isn’t always rainbows and butterflies.  It gets hard.  It gets hard to teach us to be thankful for the good times, I suppose. 
This morning, I was feeling pretty down in the dumps.  I’ve been feeling sickness coming on all weekend, I assumed it was just sinus stuff, but now I feel downright crappy.  Colt was up half the night Saturday night and into Sunday morning.  We spent the last few hours of the night on the couch together, all 37 lbs of him snoring on my chest.  I desperately wanted sleep, but couldn’t help being grateful that all he wanted was his mommy to hold him.  Sunday was a busy day and I was ill from the lack of sleep and not feeling well.  Even through that, we got to spend the day with some of our best friends in the world and family too.   It was a better day, for sure.  Even yesterday, I thought I was about to be over it.  Colt seemed better too.  Then, he went to bed about 9 and woke up crying at 10:30. And 11:15.  And 12:30.  And 2.  And 3:30, 4:15, and 5:08.  Oh boy.  It was a LONG night.  This morning, he sounded stuffy and I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck.  Sigh. 
ANYWAY, I was getting to this:  I have been feeling pretty puny and a little pessimistic and then I read a blog posted by one of my former high school teachers.  This woman is amazing and has been through so much the past year, but kept such a wonderful outlook on things.  I have learned a lot from her about life (not just literature and poetry!) and am trying to share her outlook on life.  HERE is her blog post.  Please take a minute to read it.  I feel like such a fool for allowing myself to feel the way I have.  Shame on me!  I have a wonderful life!  Sure it’s hard, but whose isn’t?  It could be a lot harder, so I need to be thankful that it isn’t.  The next time I am being all Debbie Downer, please kick me in the pants and tell me to get over myself.  Also, when things in your life are good, TELL EVERYONE!!!  Shared sorrow is half sorrow, but shared joy is double joy! 

A picture from Sunday

Not feeling too good, but being awfully sweet. :)

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