Songs are a great vehicle to communicate. Lyrics and melodies stay in our minds long after sermons, prayers, things we read or things we have heard or said are gone. Those with advanced dementia can often access songs in a part of their brain that seems untouched by the ravages of the disease. That is magical.
This song by John Lennon asks us to imagine a different world. I imagine you will read this lyrics in song, even in your head.
Imagine all the people
living life in peace.
You may say, I’m a dreamer,
but I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
and the world will be as one.
John Lennon
Imagine… all the people… and all means every single last one of us… living life in peace.
Now, let’s go and make that so in our own corner of the world.
That’s enough prayer for today.