Forever Young

                                                           Forever Young

 

 

 

                                     

                                 

 

                                  "It takes a long time to become young."

 

                                                                   Pablo Picasso

Bob Dylan is the poet laureate of my generation, he sucks as a performer, but his visionary channeling of the most sublime idyllic elements of the radical, revolutionary 60's and 70's are embodied in his music and lyrics. He blew the lid off the folk scene in the early 60's, and was an Einstein to the Newtonian mainstream folk artists.

One of his best in my view is Forever Young, it is a blessing, prayer, and celebration of holistic, conscious youth that is beyond time and chronology, it is about the Archetype of what a parent wishes and intends for their child, and what a child can carry throughout their life if they set their navigational GPS to these coordinates.

I've sang this song for 100's of people for all kinds of occasions, and I have developed a mastery at being able to transmit the feeling tone of the song in a way that is healing and transformative. So yesterday, as I turned 59, my beloved suggested I sing the song to myself. It was very healing and transformative for me as I was consciously transmitting to myself what has become second nature for me to give to others. All vestiges of my self-negating, unworthy, shame based data were challenged as I serenaded my little boy, adolescent, adult, and elder self. I cried myself through the song, but persevered in completing it, just as I would when I get chocked up when performing.

I'll present the lyrics here in the first person, and invite all of you with gifting yourself with your own rendition to yourself. There is only One!

May God Bless and keep me always, may my wishes all come true.

May I always do for others and let others do for me.

May I build a ladder to the stars, and climb on every rung,

And may I stay forever young, may I stay forever young.

May I grow up to be righteous, may I grow up to be true.

May I always know the truth, and see the light surrounding me.

May I always be courageous stand upright and be strong.

And may I stay forever young, may I stay forever young.

May my hands always be busy, may my feet always be swift.

May I have a strong foundation when the winds of changes shift.

May my heart always be happy, may my song always be sung.

And may I stay forever young, may I stay forever young.