Love Wins - Friday, October 23, 2020

 LOVE WINS - Friday, October 23, 2020

A romantic music muse~~~

Preface.

I am (at least at some times) a “hopeless romantic”.  Most of you know me as a Pollyanna - the optimist, the dreamer, the anticipation that good does triumph over evil.  (Or … LOVE WINS!!!)

Last week, I was talking to a friend about one of my favorite musical pieces - The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky.

As I understand it, the music goes from the appearance of the Firebird, with various dances - of the various chicks, of, the beauty of the Firebird, and eventually to the pursuit of the beautiful firebird - and capture and … death of the firebird.  

But, in the finale of the suite, from a single French Horn (also as if far off stage) sounds the smallest theme of the bird.  It is so tentative, the horn against some pianissimo strings (“shimmering”) as the ashes of the firebird comes back to life.  It is the dawn, rebirth, resurrection - of the bird with a HUGE growth in the music as the firebird - once dead and only ashes - rises from the dead!!

From there the whole orchestra joins in the magical rebirth.  (Even the tuba has a magnificent part).

As I was describing this piece to my friend, I started to cry - happy tears as what was “true” - the firebird was dead; was NOT true - the Firebird comes back to life!!!   And, not just alive - but even more glorious than ever.

Writers - even Christian writers - have tried to detail the “Resurrection” - what was truly dead, comes back to life.  (Okay, I also like Mahler’s Second Symphony - subtitled “The Resurrection”).

Earlier this week, I detailed my trip to a mental hospital for four days. But, as I look back, I came back stronger from my ashes.  I “rose” from my death.  And, unlike the Firebird where the resurrection was immediate, it took time, time of reflection, and meditation.  It still is working within me. 

Now, I believe in a Resurrection and in resurrections.  A day beyond description will come to me - and to you.  A day where LOVE really does WIN.  A day of magic, of glory, of power, of wholeness, and of indescribable beauty.  

Three days ago as I went to work, I was crying in my car - such wonderful happy tears - tears of overwhelming joy.  Not just crying but fully SOBBING (blubbering) with such JOY!!!  (It even surprised me - the ‘hopeless Romantic”!!!)  

My friends, in my thoughts, beliefs - and really so deep inside myself, that I don’t even really understand it, is a LOVE that does overwhelm me at times.  A LOVE that is so perfect that I marvel at how it is growing in me.  Maybe like the Firebird, (or like a certain Jewish prophet/philosopher/teacher) - that comes back to life - even deeper and stronger.  For me, personally, I get the smallest glimpse of the infinity that I call GOD.  

So, how do I put this deepest thought into words?  I just can’t!!!  So, I say “LOVE WINS” - which sometimes sounds so trite - so understated.  

Now I have to say - No, I am not a mystic; I am not any different than you (and in most cases, not even close to all that you know and have experienced!!!

But, somehow that sliver of LOVE WINS has embedded itself in my heart and mind. 

So, as I write my Friday version of “LOVE WINS” - how does one describe Euphoria?  How does one describe Ecstasy, How does one describe something that is so awesome that it is infinite - and a billion doses of euphoria and ecstasy?  I can’t fully describe it.  I can describe 1/1,000,000,000,000th of it -in words that are so limited.  

So, my friends, readers - I believe that LOVE can WIN - and is WINNING!!  

Hugs!!!

Karen

(And, however, it IS and it HAPPENS - may LOVE WIN in your hearts and lives!!!)