I woke up with a song running through my head, but I couldn’t place it. I finally remembered that it was on a Stevie Wonder album that Ron had given to me years ago. I had trouble finding it because I remembered the name of it incorrectly. The actual title is Love’s in Need of Love Today, and I was singing it to myself as The World’s in Need of Love Today. I’m sure that happened because that’s how I’ve been feeling.
In our country and around the world, much upheaval is occurring and people are experiencing fear, anger, hate, greed, and grief. Those are words I generally don’t say, and to shift my mood into positivity, I looked at Stevie Wonder’s lyrics of the song:
Love’s in need of love today
Don’t delay
Send yours in right away
Hate’s goin’ ’round
Breaking many hearts
Stop it please
Before it’s gone too far, yeah
…
We all must take
Precautionary measures
If love and peace you treasure
Then you’ll hear me when I say
…
Love’s in need
Of love today
Don’t delay
Right away
Just give the world love
The lyrics that are so powerful to me are “Just give the world love.” That could rise all of us everywhere up if we could all just focus on that.
I started thinking of other songs we could all sing and support bringing up that positive energy. My friend Sadie suggested:
What the World Needs Now by Bert Bacharach and Hal David and originally sung by
Jackie DeShannon. Listen here.
Then I remembered Josh Groban’s version of The Impossible Dream by Mitch Lee. Listen here.
My most recent new favorite is Brighter Day by Michael Franti. I love his music! Listen here.
What songs can you think of that can help us all focus on love and peace? I’d love for you to share the songs you think of in the comments below.
The more people in the world who focus on love, peace, and happiness, the more of that we all can share.
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