To Auld Lang Syne

I wonder if you ever think about the lyrics to this song… or have ever seen them written down.  If you have never thought about it when people sing it… think about it.

Or..

Read the wiki…. it’s so beautiful a concept, and the words are stunning.

 

Basically… we lose so much of ourselves as time passes and we allow our hearts and sad minds to forget the people that have touched and impacted us… from ex lovers to passed grandparents… and it’s important to bring these into our hearts to understand the depth of emotion that we experience through our lives. that’s sorta my interpretation.

 

A friend of mine has lost both his father and brother at far, far too young of ages.  It’s maddening and baffling to me.  I haven’t dealt with it. I can’t imagine it. I know I will have to deal with it…. but I haven’t lost someone in my family that close. I have lost an inordinate amount of friends, however…. snuffed out before their prime. It’s impossible to reconcile that randomness…. or the unacceptable concept of “wrong place, wrong time” or an “out of left field” medical fate.

I just think you carry them with you. They still talk to you… and they still impact your life. At least… for me. I am sure it’s the same for him, and their voices must be even stronger.  I wonder how it is for you?

So we step forward into a new year, and I won’t be using the song just at year’s end, anymore. I like the wiki entry… it’s used for any closing to any moment in time. I think it’s a wonderful thing to remind ourselves.

So odd… but I was watching a Shirley Temple Christmas movie where she was in her teens, and she was scared of ghosts, but it turns out that all ghosts were good – and they fade away when people forget about them. It made me think of my grandmother who passed away this year. She was 96. The last 10 years were complex, as was her life and relationship with my mom…. but there are still so many moments of her life that make up my memories.

I hope that never ends in relation to all the people in my life.  I want to feel the spectrum of emotion through the memories of others.  I will never forget our connection and auld lang syne.

 

Happy New Year everyone!  To both you, and yours!

 

Should Old Acquaintance be forgot,

and never thought upon;

The flames of Love extinguished,

and fully past and gone:

Is thy sweet Heart now grown so cold,

that loving Breast of thine;

That thou canst never once reflect

on Old long syne.

CHORUS:

On Old long syne my Jo,

in Old long syne,

That thou canst never once reflect,

on Old long syne.

My Heart is ravisht with delight,

when thee I think upon;

All Grief and Sorrow takes the flight,

and speedily is gone;

The bright resemblance of thy Face,

so fills this, Heart of mine;

That Force nor Fate can me displease,

for Old long syne.

CHORUS

Since thoughts of thee doth banish grief,

when from thee I am gone;

will not thy presence yield relief,

to this sad Heart of mine:

Why doth thy presence me defeat,

with excellence divine?

Especially when I reflect

on Old long syne

CHORUS

(several further stanzas)