I may have told you about the Turk before, but in case I haven't I want to share who he is. Y0u know the voice in your head that tells you that everything is going wrong, that you're no good, that you can't handle the situation? That's the Turk. The Turk has been challenging me all week. We have had some interesting things happen to us all week. I'm drawn to my faith in God to get me through these times through prayer. But I've also found that I have surrounded myself with good people that can help me get through any situation. I am blessed because they are part of my life. It reminds me of a great song, here's part of the Chorus, and if you can tell me who wrote it, I'll give you a fish pass.
And when my mind is free
You know a melody can move me
And when I'm feelin' blue
The guitar's comin' through To soothe me
Thanks for the joy that you've given me
I want you to know I believe in your song
And rhythm and rhyme and harmony
You help me along Makin' me strong
Oh, give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away
Give me the beat boys and free my soul I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away
Translation - Verse 1 -
When the turk is challenging us and our minds are wandering freely, the melody of our school gets me back on track. The melody of a great teaching, students laughing and having fun, hugs, smiles, laughter, etc. etc. This music that we make crushes the turk and reminds us of our missioin and purpose.
Translation - Verse 2
Thank you for guiding me along this week and reminding me it's the strong melodies that we need to focus our attention on. We can all be guided by our common belief, our common vision, this will carry us along through the times that the Turk is challenging us.
Translation - Verse 3
Keep giving us the beat of what we know and hold true as important for our students. Focus on that and we will get lost in what is great rather than what is overwhelming for a few minutes of our day.
Driftin Away,
Mike
Bill Withers wrote it I think...same guy as Ain't No Sunshine (I think)
ReplyDeleteNo sorry, he may have wrote it, but it's not who sang it and made it famous.
ReplyDeleteDoobie Brothers?
ReplyDeleteIt was written by Mentor Williams and recorded by John Henry Kurtz in 1972.
ReplyDeleteActually, what I thought was that the song was written and made famous by Dolbie Gray, however, I have found that Dolbie Gray made it famous, but there was another band that originally wrote the song before Dolbie made it famous. It has also, more recently been re done by Uncle Cracker.
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