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- Franko Gnedo
- I created this blog to be an open diary to all the people in the world that I do NOT know. I have not used my real name and no-one that I know, knows that I have this blog. I have 2 beautiful children. Married the girl I had been with since school. Discovered she was having an affair. She left me for a drug addict and became one herself. I am trying to give my children the best childhood possible and rediscover myself.
I read your comment on the Art of Zhen, about loving the song about 3 little birds. I just wanted to share this with you: I moved to Perth when I was 24, to be with a guy I had loved since I was a teenager. I was really uncertain about what such a big move would mean for me and I felt bad about leaving my students behind.
ReplyDeleteOne of them gave me the Bob Marley cassette with that song on it and I listened to it during the time that lead up to the move. Every time I heard that song, I stopped worrying about the move, because it seemed like a personal message to me, that everything would be alright.
The relationship never worked out. After a year, I moved overseas and although it was very painful, after a while my life just took off and I had so many wonderful experiences, I never imagined I would have had.
I don't hear that song so much any more, but when I do, my heart feels like it's going to burst, because it reminds me that I have nothing to fear, that everything's gonna be alright.
Today I drove past a billboard promoting a news reader. The slogan says, "Trust the experience". I've driven past that sign for weeks, but today it really hit me: It's a personal message, just like the song and it's basically saying the same thing: trust life, coz everything's gonna be alright. Cool, huh?
Hey Kelly. Very cool! I'm sure your outlook on life had a lot to do with the great experiences you had. Another song that refers to three little birds is by Connie Baily Rae "Put Your Records On". I think partly derived from the the Bob Marley song. It has the words "You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow". Which to me means the same thing as "trust the experience" and it will all be good (although there will be difficulties along the way). This gives me a confidence that everything will be alright and when a difficult situation arises instead of going through some sadness and adjustment I say to myself to skip to the happiness that I know will arrive anyway.
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