By Carlie Soltys
When people think ‘John Lennon’, there are usually a list of adjectives that crop up, most commonly ‘hippie’ and that his time has past. When I think of John, all I can think of is how he saved me.
Love was what John was all about – that one elusive emotion that has a different definition for everyone. Some say there are different kinds of love – love for family, love for friends, love for a significant other. What mattered to John, I think, was that we loved – period. He believed that love could cure the world, and this is why he was labelled a ‘hippie’.
I’m of the opinion that love can stop wars and save lives; I believe that if we can give peace and love a chance, the world would be a better place. I don’t believe in God, I don’t believe in fate or destiny. I’m just a girl who believes that John Lennon’s words, if heard the world round, could heal.
And I know this because he healed me. When I stumbled over the Beatles, I wasn’t exactly the poster girl for mental health – I felt lost, like my mind was working against me. The first Beatles song I heard was “Here Comes the Sun”, and I felt hope. Hope that one day, maybe, I could overcome whatever was in my head. I think the Beatles and John showed me a different way of life to what I had been leading – I could have these ideas of peace and love and still be whatever I wanted to be. They showed me that everything could be just as I had always wanted.
My fascination with John Lennon came when I delved further into the bands’ music and lives. There was something about John that spoke to me – an affinity between us that I felt I could find in him and his music. I felt myself spiralling into his world – the highs and lows of being in the world’s biggest band and his wicked sarcasm and tormented mind. There was something in all of this that enthralled me, that left me starry-eyed and unable to look away. I still haven’t figured out what it was.
But those were some of the best months of my life when I was in John-land. I felt the hole in my heart healing with the music, but there was a greater rift opening somewhere deeper inside, something I was subconsciously trying to hide from myself. It was his death: murdered on the 8th of December, 1980, John Lennon left the world, leaving behind everything that I had just embibed.
When this realisation hit me, I was lost. It’s something that still makes me uncomfortable to think about – that someone so full of life could be gone. But it inspired my mantra – to love. It was what pulled me through. Keep loving. Always love. I felt like the words were inscribed into my skin, and I knew I could face anything as long as I kept loving.
On the 30th anniversary of John’s death, I looked up at the sky and a white feather floated down. John always said to his son Julian that if anything happened, a white feather would be the sign that he was ok – and that’s how I knew it would be alright.
So some may say John was a hippie and that he was just a Beatle; that he took drugs and sung about unrealistic ideals. These things are true – but there will always more to John than the image of what these people see; he means more to some than others will ever know.
Still cant hold back the tears of that song
Those who think Lennon was a hippy are either lazy or misinformed. One of the many things I love about him is the fact that he was astonishingly honest about who and what he was, which included honesty about his own aggressive or jealous streaks. He was far from perfect but he did offer some still perfect answers to the problems of the world. Love is still the answer, and he knew that for sure.
Very well said…Thank you for sharing your story!
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Beautiful!
Hey…it’s amazing to find out that completely different people, from different countries and cultures can feel the same about a thing. I mean…I felt the same “something” you did when you got into The Beatles’ songs and until today I haven’t figured out what it was.
Nice post!
I can see how music / singers can be such a powerful surge of energy on someone that he or she will feel somehow empty without them.
Thanks for your post
Beautiful piece. I too got lost myself in John-land more than once.
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John Lennon was in the same mold as Martin Luther King, John F Kennedy and Mahatmi Ghandi they all live on thro’ those they left behind.
Thank you for this article. We share much in common. Live your life free as a bird, and off of the merry-go-round…
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“Here Comes the Sun” was written by George Harrison-just sayin’.
We know that, but it was the first song she heard – it can’t really be helped that it wasn’t a John song, but it was the Beatles and their love and power all the same.
“On the 30th anniversary of John’s death, I looked up at the sky and a white feather floated down. John always said to his son Julian that if anything happened, a white feather would be the sign that he was ok – and that’s how I knew it would be alright.”
- I love this passage…
Sweet post…we were just in NYC and walked Central Park. We could see The Dakota in the distance. It all seemed very near, even though it’s been so long ago. (And, has it truly been 30 years?) (Wow)
love, indeed, heals.
blessings
jane
Seriously beautiful post. I’m also a huge Beatles fan, ever since I was little. John Lennon was the icon of a generation. I still get sad sometimes when I think of his death, and I wasn’t even alive when he died. You summed it up best: “Keep loving. Always love. “
I think when a musical artist touches you in some way it’s good to remember that. He was a person like everybody else and we all do some good things and not so good. It’s important to remember the good in people.
wow, thanks for this…..I too am a hippie, and loved John Lennon. You put it well!
Peace, Deb
I too am a huge Beatle fan. Paul McCartney taught me how to play the bass guitar…not literally, I followed along with him on my six string (only playing the top string at first because I didn’t know how to tune the guitar yet) I learned rhythm from John and lead from George. I used to worship them, had posters up and read anything and everything I could get. But now I have found lasting truth in one who can never die. Jesus Christ is the only One who can give you real, lasting peace. Once you have come to grips with who and what you really are, a sinner in the eyes of God who sees lust as adultery and hatred as murder you will see why you need Someone bigger than you, bigger than John, to help you. I say this, not because I think I’m better than you or John or anyone else. I say this as one who has traveled the same long and winding road you are on now and I know where it leads. There is a way that seems right to people but the end of that way is death. Please look to Jesus who loved you more than life, who laid down His life on your behalf and died in your place so that you could have eternal life in heaven! His love is forever!
God bless you.
John Lennon has, and always will be part of my heart. Love is what he talked about and love is what we should all live about. Not to get religious or anything, but even as a Christian I can relate to him, despite the fact that he took drugs. Some so called “Christians” do even worse. All that matters is that most of his music reflected his philosophy. His music is timeless. It’s love!
If that is what it means to be a Hippie then I’m glad to be one. Love is the only thing that will make a difference in any issue going on in this world today. Love it all! Love the person who cuts in front of you in traffic for they may be the one who saved you from a fatal accident down the way. Love the person who screams at you for not being what they expect you to be, then ask yourself if you need to be doing something different or are they just having a bad day and need my compassion. Love the oil companies for providing what we needed for so long, and for not leaving when we didn’t need them anymore because they are showing us just who we have become. Then get up off your duff and become who YOU know YOU should be. Love Love Love Love is all we need.
Do you know that T-Mobile has provide the song as a ring tone. Wouldn’t it be great if we could have hundreds of thousands of mobile phones singing Love Love Love everytime a call came through.
Okay, I’ll get off my soapbox…….Where have all the hippies gone anyway…..?
Touching, and insightful. Thank you for sharing!
wow! This is the first time someone’s described my love for John Lennon and The Beatles to perfection! I think I love you!
I remember an interveiw with Sir Paul McCartney where he said he was “proud of only making music about love”. And he’s right. Their music is about love in any form or shape.
John Lennon makes my day. I’m in a Beatles obsession right now and I just love him! But of course… with love comes the sadness of loss. I’m always crying when I think about someone shooting him (even as I read your post. Yep, I’m very sentimental). But it really bugs me that someone who spoke of love and peace the way he did got shot! The irony of it…
I just think that we should all go on and sing his songs and … love!
I loved your post!!
lots and lots of hugs and kisses from a 17 year old Beatles obsessed musician from Norway <3
Great write up… I empathize with you completely.
Lennon was a peaceful man and had some great lyrics and ideas.
Thank you for putting into words what I have felt for a very long time. I still remember the night he was shot. I was driving home from working the afternoon shift on a psychiatric unit when the radio announcer gave the news. I was 6 months pregnant and had to stop the car and cry. What is really weird is my son, who is now 29 , loves his music as much as I do. He was a prophet and he changed and inspired me also. Keep on loving. Put as much energy in loving as the people who push the hate agenda. Apathy is the real enemy.
simply beautiful. i’ve always believed in john’s views on life & ideas about love, peace, & unity; however, i must say that this entry has inspired me to show my love to all people. thank you
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I really see your points on John, he was much more than a hippie.
I think I think of John Lennon almost every day. I focus, like you, on his message of love. And I try to live each day with love in the driver’s seat. Your post is beautiful. Thanks for spreading John Lennon’s message of love and its power to bring peace to the world. I’m currently reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. It helps me keep inner peace, so that I can (I hope) give off love, calmness, and peace to those I meet.
Peace, Mary
Nice blog – and welcome to the Beatles. I first discovered them on a bus trip I was taking with a friend. This was back in the early 80s, and he handed me a tape to put in my walkman (yes, a walkman!) It was a copy of ‘The White Album’ and I’ve been a Beatles nerd ever since.
I wondered about that white feather reference; I’d never heard that before – what was your source?
Thank you for reading – there has been so much feedback, I’m really overwhelmed.
I first heard about the white feather thing when Cynthia and Julian organised an exhibition with the white feather in the title. It really intrigued me, and then I found the quote that John had said to Julian:
‘If anything ever happens to me, look for a white feather and you will know I am there for you, always looking out for you.’
That really moved me. Here’s a link to an article about the exhibition if you’re interested! http://www.looktothestars.org/news/2624-john-lennons-white-feather
I couldn’t agree more! Every time I hear the intro to “Here Comes the Sun” a smile creeps across my face, no matter what mood I’m in. Thank you for writing this and congrats on being featured on Freshly Pressed!
Incredible! Reading this I thought it was from my mind…
A very nice post. Thank you.
Many great Idols in my life are Hippie-mind-set men & women. So if Peace and love is the motto of a hippie, then I guess I’m a hippie at heart. If only this culture could return back into the mind-set and ideas that they strongly voiced-out.
Wow, this was great. So beautiful and truthful.
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John was unique. Now go read his book A Spaniard in the Works.
this is interesting. great work.
I remember exactly where I was at a little before 10:00 PM December 8, 1980. We were at band rehersal learning some new songs and a couple of Clash covers when the drummer’s sister ran into the room sobbing hysterically. After we calmed her down a little and turned on the TV, the horrible news became more real and oppressive than anything I’ve felt before or since.
At that time in my life, I was a truly lost soul. Even the music I was drawn to had more to do with alienation and dispair than hope and love – until Double Fantasy was released. John hadn’t released anything new in a long time, and we anxiously awaited this record with the hope that he’d grab the mantle of protest and angst that so many of us felt. He didn’t. Double Fantasy was a lovely record about home, family and love. But I didn’t really and truly LISTEN to it until after he died. It’s now one of my favorite records, and I still find inspiration in so much of John Lennon’s art, work, words and life.
Thanks for a terrific reminder of what we had, what we lost and what those of us who still love John, still carry with us.
congratulations on the blog. really good!
I’m completely in love with John Lennon.
Great post I am huge Lennon as well.
This is beautiful. I can absolutely relate. Well put, well written… well done. 100%
I can still remember the night that John died–lying in bed in my first apartment in N. Arlington, VA, watching Monday Night Football and having Howard Cosell deliver the news that John was dead. My favorite Beatle, the smart Beatle, the really funny guy who wrote so honestly about his life in the midst of so much craziness: Help, In my Life, Things we said Today, strawberry fields . . . I felt like I ‘d been punched in the gut. I turned on WHFS (another casualty gone by the wayside) and they were already filling the air w/ Beatles music. I don’t know that the world is small enough anymore for something like that to happen again, that a band could mean so much to enough people that the death of one member could resonate so strongly for so many.
It makes me really happy to know that the music lives on and continues to fill new generations with wonder at such genius.
you made me long… thank you
Cool words son. Have you seen Nowhere Boy yet?
Yes! I thought it was a brilliant movie – I felt that went to a lot of effort to make it precisely as it happened in real life. Did you like it?
The thing that sold it to me was the music, gotta love that skiffle band.
That was a beautiful post!
Love, in general, saved my life, so I agree a lot with what John’s ideals were. And the image of the white feather was just awesome 
This is very good. He was a smart man. Still remember the night he was murdered. Still makes no sense.
This is…. beautiful .
I wholeheartedly agree with what you have presented here. “All you need is love.” Now if we can just convince everyone else…
I am replying to your post of June 2010. In it you commented about John Lennon’s ability to love and affect us all.
I am rather new agey but aspire to bring love to the world as a means of greater existence, etc. To the point, one of the sites I visit is lightworker.com They provide a channeled message every month that I find useful. In this month’s message the channel is declaring the the world, mass consciousness has now accepted love as their premise for life rather than fear. Thought you might like to know that. Live, Love and Prosper!
wow! what a beautiful post! thanks for writing this
interesting
I love John too. I wasn’t born when he died, but I saw some videos about his death from old News on TV, and they made me cry. He taught me to be myself, with his music, and as you said, to love. I think he was one of the greatest men in the world.
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so true. this is all so true.
Music is a big healer. It is an emotion, and it can and has changed lives. Beautifully written.
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I too am a huge Beatle fan. Paul McCartney taught me how to play the bass guitar…not literally, I followed along with him on my six string (only playing the top string at first because I didn’t know how to tune the guitar yet) I learned rhythm from John and lead from George. I used to worship them, had posters up and read anything and everything I could get. But now I have found lasting truth in one who can never die. Jesus Christ is the only One who can give you real, lasting peace. Once you have come to grips with who and what you really are, a sinner in the eyes of God who sees lust as adultery and hatred as murder you will see why you need Someone bigger than you, bigger than John, to help you. I say this, not because I think I’m better than you or John or anyone else. I say this as one who has traveled the same long and winding road you are on now and I know where it leads. There is a way that seems right to people but the end of that way is death. Please look to Jesus who loved you more than life, who laid down His life on your behalf and died in your place so that you could have eternal life in heaven! His love is forever!
God bless you.
There is nothing wrong with dreaming. Maybe too many of us live so much in the “real” world that we can’t imagine a world revolving around love. I have almost given up on this world we live in there is so much hate and mistrust I don’t see any real hope. Please keep on dreaming maybe someday some the dreams will come true.
This is so moving, because if we think about it, that’s just what music, movies, books have to be. A cure for world’s shallownesses.
Lovely phrasing. Thank you for sharing this – you’ve made my respect for John go up by that much.
Very nice post!
John was a mixture of positive and negative, creative and destructive, well and ill, as is the case with every person, past or present, including Gandhi, Yehoshua, me, and thee. But when a person has extra talent as a minstrel or preacher, with a message free from hatred to pass on, as had John once he matured, that is vital indeed.
As to the idea of a guy in the sky offering a salvation package deal via old books, I too believe that is nonsense. Science might one day discover a natural afterlife wherein mind abides, modulated upon “the cosmic energy field”, but such is a petty concern. We do better to simply add the song “Imagine” to our guide for living THIS life.
To too many sleepers, their dreams are only visions they get when they’re sleeping soundly, that they cannot control.
Thank you for this wonderful article. I’ve been a Beatles fan from birth, but I never took the time to listen to their solo work, seeing as how I became so enthralled by indie music. But this post has definitely inspired me to listen to the rest of John’s work- even though I can’t stand Yoko Ono’s voice. lol Thanks.
What a nice blog and a good post!:)
Enjoyed reading that. John Lennon was a fascinating man, all the more so because he was just that; a man. He was filled with fallibilities (too many ‘f’s for one sentence!), inconsistencies and inadequacies just like all men (and women of course). He did some stuff which was questionable to say the least and he was capable of cruelty and harshness. But I’ve always felt drawn to him because he aspired to be better. To coin a phrase, he may have been lying in the gutter but he was looking at the stars. And of course, one other minor point… he wrote some f*cking great songs.
It’s a good thing if you can still dream & love in this day and age we now live.
Check out the painting of Lennon I did on my page.He did a lot to inspire and motivate many.
I have an appreciation for Johns music as I’ve gotten older actually. When I was younger, I never accurately understood the message he was trying to get across in his songs, while it was easier to follow Paul and George (whom I would say I felt a bit closer to, in much the same way you feel close to John). However, I was going through a similarly tough time where I was falling out of everything: love, religion, life, and felt displaced. The album that in a way made it all better wasn’t Imagine or Double Fantasy, but Rock and Roll, particularly “Stand By Me”. That rolling opening is probably one of the best I’ve heard and the way John sings it, he’s asking for hope from his best friends and lovers, different from the Ben E. King original.
You’re not the only one…nice post!
Sincerely,
Dreamer
I always find that funny ‘cuz the love letter to Julian (“Hey Jude”) was written by Paul. I’ve always figured John talked the talk while Paul quietly walked the walk.
I always thought someone, somewhere, was thinking the same… I knew it, and they were much more people than what I thought. I’m glad you’re part of them, I’m glad you are a dreamer just like it should be, I’m glad you think like us, I’m glad you are with us.
Thanks for being here, lets keep on loving, all together…
This such a beautiful post. Word for word what I feel about John Lennon and how he enriched my life through his music. Thank you.
John is my favorite!! ‘imagine’ is my all time favorite.
Ah, so you do believe in God. Your God is love, your prophet is Lennon, and your scriptures are The Beatles discography.
Does the title of your blog have anything to do with Doctor Who?
Yes, yes it does.
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Thanks for this posting this blog. What a great reminder…John Lennon will forever inspire many of us!
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Artists born of the working class, expressing the working class thoughts, simply caught the admiration of the world that was turning working class. That’s the Beatles.
And they’re not the only ones.
everyone needs a dream, people need dream. when we have a dream than we will work hard to make it come true! so don’t worry about what others say, just walk your way.
“Here comes the sun” also saved me from the demons within me a couple of years back. I used to be so lost, living a life that could only have resulted in early death. His ideals of love and hope is clearly portrayed in his music. And like you, I clung to that “dream of love and of healing” through Beatles.
Very, very good post. I am not too much into the Beatles, but it’s interesting how music can change one’s life or one’s perspective. I’m not too much into the “love changing the world on a massive scale”, but I do believe that it can help people on an individual basis think about their place in the world.
Really interesting blog (the design is cool)…what a great writing…It is simple yet beautiful.. I rarely found this kind of point of view of something… thank you for sharing about John Lennon…i really like the song “Imagine”, too…:) and yes, Love is the substantial one WE all need….
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Beautiful! Really great piece!
~Jeff
Love is real, real is love. It’s all about action, a real action to show love to each other. So that we can make a better place. Perhaps my understanding about love will be different with John, or with any other people. But when we talk about love in action, love without boundaries, than I will have the same opinion about it, that this love has to be shown. I agree to say that his songs about love and peace is still relevant today.
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Let me just say, Thank you! You have just changed my life for the better!
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Lenin was a great man and I often try to imagine his utopia.
I think you mean Lennon? Unless you’re talking about the Russian Socialist leader, Vladimir Lenin?
I love John Lenon, if only everyone tried to see things just a portion of the way he viewed the world… oh how different our lives would be. Great Article.
love John.
You have absolutely no idea how much I can relate to you. John Lennon and the Beatles saved my life about four years in the making. My walls are covered with picutes and posters of my heroes. John was so much more than a musician. John was so much more than a hippie. John stands for so much that is so good and so pure in this world & it’s unfair that one person could take him away from us so mindlessly. I’m even kind of scrambling for words as to what I am trying to say when I am trying to describe John Lennon and what he has done for me and so many others. Although he may not be here now, his spirit will always linger in the sky, in the earth, in the souls of those who still believe in everything he stood up for.
Hi, Carlie. I loved the post. I am a beatleaníac and if there’s one thing the Beatles music is always taught me love, love, and love. Of all forms to as many people as possible. No matter if John died, although sad, his work will continue. “The dream is not over.”
p.s: I’m from Brazil! \ O /
Yes, all we need is love. Thank you for this!
John’s legacy will live on forever, and you’re right-his message was to love others and to let others live in peace, whatever that was for them. Thanks for the reminder!
Lovely post! I’m listening to John’s “Love” in response to this
And P.S. I really like the picture you found of him, I haven’t seen that one before.
I found it on tumblr! Good source of images
I’ve never been a large fan of the Beatles and I don’t suppose I ever will be. But one thing is certain, growing up for four years with a class obsessed with the movements of the 60s, 70s, and the present, I often long for the nostalgia that a Beatles’ song tends to achieve even if it’s the very first listen. John Lennon’s ideals along with British invasion lyrics tends to go to the heart no matter who is listening. It just makes us long for that time where we listened to the Beatles for the first time and first sank our teeth into the troublesome concept that is love. Only John Lennon gave us a firm ground on what ‘love’ actually is. Not just an elixir to cure war or a broken heart but a solid pathway that is a lifestyle. Continue with your mantra and remember that no matter how much hate is in the world a mother always loves her son and that son will always love his sister or brother.
Somehow, I agree… how could people say they have love in their heart and could love his family, his friends and at the same time they spit on someone else?
in deed, it’s true…some people may not see the goodness you see in john and how you were inspired by his musics but as long as you know how he touches your life through his musics then it’s another story.i liked it!have a great day
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Lovely, and I must agree.
However, how could there have been a white feather on the 30th anniversary of his death, when he died Dec 8, 1980?
I would post a link to my blog if it wasn’t in Swedish…
Keep up the good writing!
love this, love john lennon.
Such a beautiful post and huge congrats on making it to Freshly Pressed – so well deserved x
Love and peace to you x
Your words were so beautifully written and I want you to know that I’ve felt the same way about the Beatles music since 2003. It speaks to me in a way I can’t explain.
It was Lennon & McCartney that turned me on to the magic and power of music, way back nearly 50 years ago! Your piece is a beautiful reminder of John’s nature and talent, as well as the cruel way the world has been robbed of his enormous contribution to music and morality.
“Life is what happens while you’re busy makin’ other plans!”
Thanks for sharing your wonderful thoughts on Lennon, the Beatles, and love. Their music resonates with me much more these days, now that I have kids. The message is clear, pure, honest. Sarcastic people can call “Here Comes the Sun” and “Imagine” and other songs corny, but I love the uplifting messages of simply loving more. Thanks again for sharing — and congrats on Freshly Pressed.
Amazing!
we all shine on!
Well written
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
Really well written
Very uplifting and inspirational–thank you for spreading his message a little further!
Thank you for writing this !
Hi,
I was moved by what you wrote. It was vivid and eloquent. I too have been moved so much by the Beatles and probably the most by John. But think a little more. He was just a man – an extremely creative musician and artist, but he had deep faults (as we all do.) The love he wrote and sang about pales in comparison to the love of Jesus Christ. His love is the only love in the universe that can get deep down to all the broken places and heal you. He loves you.. He loved John. Toward the end of his life in the late ’70s John tried to open his heart up to Jesus after watching the Franco Zefferelli film “Jesus of Nazereth” (highly reccommended!) (Check out Steve Turner’s book on the Beatles, and other accounts about John’s late interest in Jesus Christ. Even John knew he could not save himself.) John apparently died never having found what he was looking for. More than once John denied he nor the Beatles was the messiah. (Listen to his acerbic, gut-wrenching song “God”.) Only the love of the most loving One who died to pay for our sins and literally rise again from death can save us. Jesus is alive – and not in some “memory” way “in our hearts”. He is really alive and will reveal Himself to you if you seek him with all your heart. I pray you do!
I’m always wondering who out of today’s singers will make a similar and long lasting impression…
I have child hood memories of my mum singing along to, ‘Imagine’, in the car, years and years after it must have first been released.
Keep loving – and dreaming.
I’m a dreamer, too. I have a t-shirt with that saying on it.
Good post, thanks for sharing. The fact that you don’t believe in God caught my attention. God is a god of love, I think it would be worth your wild to get to know him. And you dont have to cry any longer, because he is alive. I think God to me is what John is to you. Thanks for sharing!
john lennonn grande artista di successo!
Many good comments, thank you all for your compassion and love you put in the world.. and gratitude to fish custard for this wonderful vibration of love and appreciation that is flowing into the world.
I’m adding comments to several here- one person asked how we could convince others to love to. I don’t think you can ever convince anyone of anything, but by being what you want to see you are a vivid example to one who is searching. Love is not passed on by convincing but from your heart through your eyes and hands. I know that like me there are other hippies out there from the seventies who are making this difference, still, in our lives. Soon you will understand that we are making the difference in our world too, not by demonstrating anymore, but by being. God is something that lives inside of us, so true to that author, and that is how it will return to this world. Expressed in what we fearlessly do, just like John, Gandi, and the other “Prophets” They are men who just lived fearlessly. We each can do our part too.
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great post. rarely a day goes by that my life isn’t touched in some way by the Beatles. Here Comes The Sun was my first ever favourite song… i was 3 years old
i would have to say that when darkness surrounds me, that song still has the power to heal.
“Keep loving”
You know i really enjoyed reading your piece.
Makes me wanna download some Lennon songs myself…
thank you for reminding me about john, again…
i think, he’s always be part of me….
That’s how it has always been for me with George Harrison. He was such a lovely, peaceful man. Same with John and all the Beatles. Thanks so much for the great blog – I’ve listened to The Beatles since before I can remember.
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