After doing the first "Music, Maestro, Please!" blog, more encouraging TV theme song lyrics to live by have emerged from within. It started with the lyrics to the theme song of the sitcom "Perfect Strangers:"
Standing tall
On the wings of of my dreams
Rise and fall
On the wings of my dreams
Through the rain and thunder
Wind and haze
I'm bound for better days
It's my life and my dreams
And nothin's gonna stop me now!
Then came the theme to "Laverne & Shirley". I can just hear Cyndi Greco now:
We're gonna do it!
Give us any chance, we'll take it!
Read us any rule, we'll break it!
We're gonna make our dreams come true
Doin' it our way!
Next was the theme to the sitcom "Alice", sung by its star, Linda Lavin:
There's a new girl in town
And she's lookin' good!
Got a smile, got a song
For the neighborhood
Things are great when you stand
On your own two feet
And this girl's here to say
With some luck and love
Life's gonna be so sweet!
Finally this came to me: the theme to a long-defunct 70s show called "Sweepstakes", where a different set of characters each week were poised to win a million tax-free dollars. Here's the song's refrain:
Without a dream inside of you
There's no dream that can come true
Don't be afraid to dream
Don't be afraid to dream
Oh, dream!
"Perfect Strangers" was an 80s show; all the rest came from the 70s, where I spent the majority of my youth. But just now, in my 50s, these lyrics are starting to make sense. It's like I'm being reminded to keep my dreams alive by working at them and resisting all opposition, including the opposition within. And yes, I am a new girl in a new time of my life.
Lately I find that God must be speaking to me not just through His Word, but the words from other places familiar to me. He's reaching me where I am and encouraging me with the things I know. And if that seems such a stretch to some, well, if my Pastor can mention classic sitcoms in his sermons, why not?
Now here's another "Afghanistoon", this time from the Pashto language.
UPDATE: New inspiration has come up! The last verse of "Stabilize!", the theme song of the sitcom "Flatbush", mentioned in a previous blog:
'Cause the dream ain't gone
Baby, when the heat is on
Stabilize!
Stabilize!
