I’ve been wanting to pause in the middle of my alphabet poems to tell you about some works of writing, in various forms, that have been significantly enriching my life lately. The first is the song “surrender” by Christina Perri. It’s not only gorgeous, but its lyrics are exactly what I need to hear all the time (as you can see from my meditation poems so far). It’s such a gift, I can still hardly believe it–I’ve never heard anyone else in popular media saying these things that are so major in my life. (She even mentions “fighting the river”!) It now heads up my “favorites” playlist (followed by “Easy on Me” by Adele and “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor), which I listen to most days while driving as a sort of meditation/calming-down practice. I feel extremely blessed to have such a beautiful piece of music to accompany my self-reminders that I am not in control of life and that I need to let go and let come what may in order to have a calm mind.
You can listen to the song here: “surrender” by Christina Perri (official YouTube audio)