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PERSPECTIVE Lindsey Webster & Keith Slattery I got a new point of view and I′m looking in the distance Today I chose to start anew because I've been feeling so listless I have found a place where I can rest my weary head Beautiful is the peace and energy I feel instead Because I′m changing my . . . Refrain: Perspective (I am seeing things so differently) Perspective (It's an energy inside) I'm hoping to seek and willing to find a new frame of mind Perspective, yeah I′m changing mine I gotta let go of the past for my inner peace to last Because another chance to grow, it′s not guaranteed tomorrow, no I have found a chance for me to get to know myself, yeah Beautiful is the person that I am, above all else, All because I'm changing my . . . Refrain It's not easy trying to pretend, mostly feeling you′re at an end It's not easy trying to survive Barely feeling you are alive But with a change in heart and mind in time you will find . . .
(My thanks to Lindsey Webster and Keith Slattery.)
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Grateful for the opportunity to change the way I look at things and to discover that when I do, life changes! Thanks for a beautiful reminder Phyllis ❤️
Being human…….I think most have been there, in that dark night of the soul, from time to time. I know I have.
I pull myself out of my darkness into my light ….rebooting, realigning…returning to my light center, attitude/perspective tweaking….my inner peace rises up once again. 🙏🕊