"i know we'll move on and the moment will be gone
and i wouldn't change that if i could
but just for this moment, everything is fine."
-jan seides-
austin singer/songwriter
Day 22/31: there are certain things that make my job especially rewarding. swan songs is one of them. swan songs is an organization in town that puts on private concerts for people at end-of-life. they arrange for a professional local musician to come out and play for about an hour for patients at their bedside. they are nothing short of breath-taking.
today i was involved in facilitating a concert for one of my patients and, as usual, i was moved by the music and moment. there is something about sitting there in an intimate space with people and music that literally touches the soul. i really can't capture it in words, but i know what it feels like in that moment. today's musician, jan, performed a song that she wrote, fittingly, about enjoying the moment.
her song reminded me that, with everything ugly and awful, painful and sad going on in the world around us, in this room, in this space in time together, everything is fine. we just have to get there and notice it. today i was there and it was wonderful!
(and this mandala was inspired by jan's beautiful skirt)
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