R's rue

There can't be many members of my generation whose musical tastes are all about looking forward and embracing what is new. Most of us look back to earlier times when our musical tastes were just forming. Maybe this is one of the hallmarks of aging - the tendency to be nostalgic - drawn to what once was - when we were young.  How many of us have even heard of Benson Boone, Noah Kahan, SZA, Fred Again and Baby Akeem? For your information, they all currently appear in the British hit parade of top twenty singles. No doubt such acts are being embraced by the young whose pasts were too recent to dwell upon. They look forward while living in the here and now. Here are three songs from the soundtrack of my youth that sometimes seems so long ago that I am like a lighthouse keeper looking to some distant horizon for signs of three-masted sailing ships. Fairport Convention "Meet on The Ledge" (1969) Lead singers - Ian Matthews and Sandy Denny Roberta Flack "The First Ti...

 Lord Give me strength To continue To use the gift The courage To be honest Even when I hurt  My own feelings Determination To push past Disappointment And joy When my life Doesn’t look Like I’d imagined  from R's rue https://ift.tt/VM7jJ92

 Lord, You’re remaking me In your image And I’ve not realized When pride is laid down Work is done In crafting perfection I never understood what Your purpose was, but now I start to see what is happening. Your desires for me are bigger than I have for myself. I need to trust that I’m capable to do what you see for me. And you’re doing it while I’m clothed in old sweats and a Longhorn t-shirt.  I don’t need my legs to write. I just need a willing spirit and the talent that has always been there. I doubted the talent. I still do. I’m writing because it’s what you demand.  Love yourself and one another from R's rue https://ift.tt/pqu9m2k