Importance of Special Songs in Your Life

Does anyone have any special songs that when you hear them it brings back special memories and reinforces some goals you have in your life? I might guess we all have such songs. Diana Ross & Lionel Ritchie - Endless Love and Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance are two songs that have special meanings to me. The song Endless Love was the song my wife Kathy and I danced our first dance to at our wedding reception after getting married over 21 years ago. I can still remember that dance as I looked into my wife’s eyes as she looked back into my eyes as she wore her very beautiful wedding gown. Even though I can no longer see anything but complete darkness, now being blind, that dance and the look in my wife Kathy’s eyes are ingrained in my minds eyes; I am lucky to say. We have had very difficult challenges to overcome to test our love. We also have experienced much joy and happiness over the 21 years. I wrote Anniversaries - What They Mean to You to celebrate our 20th anniversary. You can read about our obstacles to test our marriage and why we had to create a new life for ourselves with trust and love in Anniversaries - What They Mean to You. I Hope You Dance reminds me of two things. After getting out of the hospital, reinventing myself and returning to work I went to a very special dinner to celebrate with my wife Kathy and four of my special friends. The evening was full of joy and laughter. We all enjoyed each other’s company very much as the evening went by before we realized it. As soon as I got home I turned on my radio and heard the song I Hope You Dance. I listened to the words intently with amazement and wonder. The song brought tears to my eyes and made the hair on my arms stand on end when I listened to the words. That song still gives me the same reaction today. This is because I am so grateful I did not die while in the hospital, endured exhaustive rehabilitation in many areas and rapidly learned many new assistive technologies so I could successfully return to work and join in the dance, instead of sitting out the dance. I am very grateful I had the faith in myself to take the chance and join in the dance instead of settling on the path of least resistance and sitting out the dance and staying on long term disability. Many people had doubt in my faith and ability to retrain myself to join in the dance. I think the timing of the song playing and my being able to listen was amazing. Just after a perfect evening with my wife and four other good friends. When you get the chance to dance I hope you take it! I hope you never loose your sense of wonder to explore your own possibilities. When you have the opportunity for endless love do not pass it up, or take it for granted. Endless love can be between married couples, partners or friends in my opinion. Does anyone else have special songs with special meanings? Do any of these special meanings help you in your professional or personal life? What makes a song special to you? We all look forward to hearing your thoughts and comments. Bill Tipton Contributing Author Global Dialogue Center http://www.globaldialoguecenter.com/

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[Bill Tipton - Life and Work with a Disability BLOG]

Cathy, thank you for the nice comments at Anniversaries - What They Mean To You.
http://globaldialoguecenter.blogs.com/disabilities/2007/06/anniversaries_w.html

Thank you for sharing your memories around Luther Van Dross-Dance With My Father Again.

I think Dance With My Father Again is a very touching and meaningful song, as I listened to the words. I can hear the meaning of family values and the importance of, in that song. I hope others will take the time to listen at URL below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvW6nuQ2B0s

I will continue to dance with joy and love. I hope others will join me in the dance of song, music and pleasures of life.

Does anybody else have any special songs that bring up special memories? Any songs that give you a spiritual uplift to tackle life’s challenges with grace and a caring attitude?

We all look forward to hearing from you.

Bill Tipton

[Polatlı]

Good post. I like to read your posts. well written. thank you.

[Bill Tipton]

Hello Polatlı,

Thank you for your valued comments, and taking the time to add them to our conversation. I truly appreciate them.

Do you have any special songs with special meanings? Does anyone else have any songs that have special meanings in your life? Any songs that, when you listen to them give you inspiration to do more than you thought you could do, or provide some extra courage to help you through challenging times?

We all look forward to hearing your thoughts and comments.

Bill

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