Moving on...

Okay, since international travel is not the ONLY thing I'm about...

Over the last few months, I've begun to delve into the world of songwriting, something I've always dreamed of doing (as in, that was on my Top-Ten-Things-I-Want-to-Do-Before-I-Die list). As with most creative endeavors, it is a process. And that's been challenging. I'm one of those people who wants to skip the discipline/training part of such processes and go immediately to the birthing of beauty. But, as we all know, it doesn't happen that way.

My friend Bobby has been such an encouragement in this area and has practically forced me to keep writing regularly---be it scribbles in the car, an isolated phrase here or there, or the lyrics that knock around in your head and keep you up at night. It's all about developing and cultivating the habit and practice of writing.

I wrote this on one of those days when I was feeling uninspired. But it totally captured the heart of where I was in this process.

I don’t feel like writing today
I’m not feeling inspired today
Feels like there’s nothing of good in my heart
So what can I say of beauty?

I know the source of the problem
I am the source of the problem
Too lazy to tune in to what’s good for my heart
So I’m running away from beauty

I want a song to flow out of a place of joy
I want a song that transcends and inspires
Give me a beautiful heart full of something good
So I can sing of your beauty

There’s no song in my heart when it’s running from you
There’s no peace when I’m doing what I should not do
Give me the strength to follow truth when deception is easy

I want a song to flow out of a place of joy
I want a song that transcends and inspires
Give me a beautiful heart full of something good
So I can sing of your beauty

(Copyright Lorie King, 2005)