Song of the Week – To Be Loved

For the past few years I’ve found strength, joy, peace, motivation from listening to music that expresses the feelings that I have or that I want to have.  For the last few days I’ve been thinking about how incredible it is to be loved.  “To Be Loved” keeps coming to mind.  Click to to listen to Michael Bublé

Several interesting things in the lyrics.  The obvious one – being truly loved is of supreme value.

Some wish to be a King or a Queen
Some wish for fortune and fame
But to be truly, truly, truly loved
Well that's more than any one of those things

But also hidden in the song is the reality that true love is often revealed in the tough times.  Interesting that the song starts with these words:

Someone to care, Someone to share
Those lonely hours and moments of despair

Loneliness and despair are emotions that we try to avoid but yet in those times we see who really loves us and experience the fullness of that love.  I find myself looking back at what I know were really tough times.  In the rear view mirror, I see not just the hard times but also the love and the people who loved me.

Love also is seen with clarity and experienced in a new way in times of separation.

Someone to miss
When you're away,
To hear from each day

I’ve traveled without Carol a fair amount and while it was sad to be gone it was great to talk to her each day.  It cool to have someone who loves you so much that they want to share days even when the miles are between you.

And finally, and perhaps most importantly, I just need to say Woah way more often . 

Woah, What a feeling to be loved, Woah

My grandson Isaac when through a stage when that was his favorite word and he was really did it right.  I’m going to try it.

Here are the lyrics courtesy of http://www.metrolyrics.com/to-be-loved-lyrics-michael-buble.html

Someone to care, Someone to share
Those lonely hours and moments of despair
To be loved, To be loved
Oh, What a feeling to be loved, yeah

Someone to kiss, Someone to miss
When you're away, To hear from each day
To be loved, To be loved
Woah, What a feeling to be loved, Woah

Some wish to be a King or a Queen
Some wish for fortune and fame
But to be truly, truly, truly loved
Well that's more than any one of those things

Woah, Someone to kiss, Someone to miss
When you're away, To hear from each day
To be loved, To be loved
Woah, What a feeling to be loved

Oh, but to feel truly loved baby
Is more than one of these things

Someone to miss, Oh someone to kiss
When you're away, To hear from each day
To be loved, To be loved
Oh, What a feeling to be loved
To be loved, To be loved, To be loved
Oh, What a feeling to be loved

Make it a great day by remembering who loves you and how great that love feels. 

Bruce