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From The Restory - Conversations On The Journey (214)

  My Purpose The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music In the song, the "plan" she gives God is a plea for an end. • She is not asking God for a new path, but she is giving God a proposal or a roadmap to end this chapter of suffering ("To close this affair"). • It is an act of surrender: she can no longer bear the weight of the past, so she reaches out and says to the Creator, as it were, "Here's how we can end this pain. Help me to end it." There is an irony in the lyrics. Sometimes the only "plan" we can form is to admit that we have run out of plans. By saying "I'm giving God a plan," she may be saying, "I've decided that this 'affair' with sorrow is over; now God, you have to do the rest to make it happen." It is a shift from passive victim to someone who sets a boundary. May you gradually, through discovery, come home to your purpose. With our love. George & Matilda
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Vanuit Die Restory - Gesprekke Tussen Reisgenote (214)

  My Doel Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek In die liedjie is die "plan" wat sy vir God gee, 'n pleit vir 'n einde. • Sy vra God nie vir 'n nuwe pad nie, maar sy gee vir God 'n voorstel of 'n padkaart om hierdie hoofstuk van lyding te beëindig ("To close this affair"). • Dit is 'n daad van oorgawe: sy kan nie meer die gewig van die verlede dra nie, so sy reik uit en sê as't ware vir die Skepper: "Hier is hoe ons hierdie pyn kan klaarmaak. Help my om dit af te handel." Daar is 'n ironie in die lirieke. Soms is die enigste "plan" wat ons kan vorm, om te erken dat ons planne opgeraak het. Deur te sê "Ek gee vir God 'n plan," sê sy dalk eintlik: "Ek het besluit dat hierdie 'affair' met hartseer verby is; God, nou moet U die res doen om dit te laat gebeur." Dit is 'n skuif van passiewe slagoffer na iemand wat 'n grens stel. Mag jy algaande, ontdekkend, in jou doel tuisko...

From The Restory - Conversations On The Journey (213)

  Rest and Work The Conversation Elements From The Conversation " “The world is being destroyed by industriousness.” Dendermonde  advocates a life of "appropriate laziness and modest industriousness"  instead of destructive haste. Music Eddie Dalton sounds like an old river on its way to the sea.  As always, with our love. George & Matilda

Vanuit Die Restory - Gesprekke Tussen Reisgenote (213)

Rus en Werk   Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek "Onafgebroke besig-wees is die ondergang van die wêreld." Dendermonde pleit vir  ’n lewe van "gepaste luiheid en beskeie ywer"  in plaas van vernietigende gejaagdheid. Musiek Eddie Dalton klink soos 'n ou rivier op pad see toe. Soos altyd, met ons liefde. George & Matilda

From The Restory - Conversations On The Journey (212)

  Buttonhole Paradise The Conversation Elements From The Conversation This is what a space, much larger than a buttonhole, looks like. Morrison describes the exact opposite of Tagore's fool—someone who receives your pieces and returns them to you whole. The tragedy of Tagore's flower is that it gave itself to someone who could never perform this gathering. Music This is the tragedy Tagore's line warns against: the flower stays in the fool's buttonhole even after realizing the fool cannot keep it safe. With deep affection we send you away with the simple request to answer these two questions honestly for yourself: The thing I call paradise right now is ____________________ The first small root I could send toward real soil is ___________________ George & Matilda

Vanuit Die Restory - Gesprekke Tussen Reisgenote (212)

  Knoopsgat Paradys Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Dit is hoe 'n waardige oop ruimte, veel ruimer as 'n knoopsgat, lyk. Morrison beskryf die teenoorgestelde van Tagore se dwaas – iemand wat jou stukke ontvang en dit heel aan jou terugbesorg. Die tragedie van Tagore se blom is dat dit haarself aan iemand gegee het wat nooit hierdie heelmaak proses kon uitvoer nie. Musiek Dit is die tragedie waarteen Tagore se aanhaling waarsku: die blom bly in die dwaas se knoopsgat selfs nadat sy besef het dat die dwaas haar nie veilig kan hou nie. Met groot liefde stuur ons jou weg met die eenvoudige versoek dat jy hierdie twee vrae eerlik vir jouself sal antwoord: Dit wat ek tans my paradys noem is  ____________________ Die eerste klein wortel wat ek na ware grond uitstuur is ____________________ George & Matilda

From The Restory - Conversations On The Journey (211)

  Did You Know? The Conversation  Elements From The Conversation  Music With our love. George & Matilda