Be

Philosophy for the day.

Today while coming home from work I found myself humming one of my all time favorite songs from Donavan:

Happiness runs in a circular motion

Thought is like a little boat upon the sea

Everybody is a part of everything anyway

You can have everything if you let yourself be.

In the original version, the last word is "see," but my mom always sang it "be." I was struck by the last line by seeing things a way I never have before. I've always read it as "You can have everything if you let yourself be happy," but I think a more powerful way of reading it is this: "You can have everything if you let yourself alone."

There's a lot to be said about letting yourself be happy, about not stressing about the unimportant things. However, the way we do that is never something easy to find. The way we let ourselves be happy is to let go of ourselves. Let your life be about what someone else needs and your needs will be drastically less remarkable to you.

In sticking to the original "see," see the world around you. Don't think about yourself in terms of one. If you allow yourself to see others and be a useful part of society, you can have it all. By having a hand in the lives of others, you become a part of each other. The more you help and the more you give, the more you are fulfilled and the more you receive.