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The Hope Album |
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click track name to hear mp3 samples |
The Tracks: |
| 1. Loss | |
| 2. Anger | |
| 3. Anguish | |
| 4. Guilt | |
| 5. Alone | |
| 6. Searching | |
| 7. Hope | |
| 8. Tears | |
| 9. Rainbow | |
| 10. Freedom | |
| THE
JOURNEY FROM LOSS TO FREEDOM
For those who would like to move towards freedom, having acknowledged their pain · Henri Nouwen (The Inner Voice of Love) says: "There is great pain and suffering in the world. But the pain hardest to bear is your own." Nouwen says that being open about our struggles allows us to see clearly the struggles that others have to bear, "and you will be able to reveal to them their own ways to joy, peace, and freedom." After reading this, I decided to share, in music, my experiences of how the road through apparently destructive emotions can in fact be a path to "greater trust, stronger hope and deeper love". LOSS — What you have personally lost, a loved one, a job, your health or even your confidence? It takes many forms and its effects can be devastating and wide-ranging. ANGER — a powerful emotion that can evoke great fear. ANGUISH — a conflict of emotions, a feeling of confusion and despair. GUILT — deep regrets, self-blame, how things could have been IF ONLY a seemingly helpless place to be ALONE — a blanket of darkness, a feeling that you can't go on LIFE IS HOPELESS! SEARCHING — a spark, a glimmer of hope, "can I carry on, I think I can?" You are searching for HOPE, a place of safety, a refuge, somewhere to shelter, a place to be restored to some sort of sanity. TEARS — When it gets too much to bear, you cannot hold on to this grief and sadness another moment. You sense release. RAINBOW — The tears have been shed, the sun breaks through, a rainbow appears, its joyful colours reminding us that that there is light, and end to the long dark tunnel. FREEDOM — A sense of achievement, gratitude, peace and contentment — a feeling that you believed could never return. It has, and you can look back and now move on in faith. |
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