Father and Son

Part of the Breathe for Change Family at Concert on the Square

Tonight a group of us from my yoga teacher training went to Concerts on the Square.

We couldn't actually hear the music, but that was fine with me -- I'd had this song playing on repeat on the inner jukebox all day long -- and it's such a classic:

Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

Now I don't exactly understand why it's his fault that he's young, and I'm not exactly old, but I am older than most of the people I was hanging out with tonight:

I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.

And that's ok -- that's part of how I am able to mentor some of them over these two plus weeks that we have together.

I think I'll play a little Cat Stevens when I'm teaching tomorrow, too, this voice just transports me -- we'll see if that feeling holds for the younger generation:

Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.

Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.

I've made it clear to everyone in the training that I no longer keep things I know inside. It's no way to live. Every day I'm taking another step into my truth, and I'm so grateful to have so many awesome people to walk beside me...