Levensmoed

De 'Yellow brick road' in de musical The Wizard of Oz staat symbool voor de levensreis die iedereen maakt: jezelf leren kennen en worden wie je bent. Iedereen heeft zijn eigen 'yellow brick road' om af te leggen.

En iedereen doet dat met bagage. Ik vind het altijd goed om je van die bagage bewust te zijn, en regelmatig bagage die overbodig is geworden te lozen. Soms moet ik mezelf hardhandig van mijn bagage beroven, omdat ik maar niet wil loslaten, maar uiteindelijk loop ik veel lichter!

Toen Michael Jackson nog een neger was zong hij dit prachtige lied vol moed, optimisme en aanmoediging. Echt een lied voor als je je eens somber voelt, en wat nieuwe moed nodig hebt.



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Come on and ease on down, ease on down the road
come on, ease on down, ease on down the road
don't you carry nothing that might be a load come on,
Ease on down ease on down, down the road

Come on ease on down, ease on down the road(ease on down)
Come on ease on down, ease on down the road(ease on down)
Don't you carry nothing that might be a load
Come on ease on down, ease on down, down the road

Pick your left foot up, when your right foots down
Come on lets keep moving and don't you lose the ground
You just keep on keepin' on the road that you choose
Don't you give up walking cause you gave up shoes

Ease on down, ease on down the road (come on)
Ease on down, ease on down the road
Don't you carry nothing that might be a load
Come on ease on down, ease on down, down the road

Cause there may be times when you think you lost your mind
And the steps you're taking leave you three four steps behind
But the road you're walking might be long sometimes
You just keep on stepping and you'll be just fine (yeah)

Ease on down, ease on down the road (ease on down)
Ease on down, ease on down the road (ease on down)
Don't you carry nothing that might be a load
Come on ease on down, ease on down, down the....

For there may be times, when you wish you wasn't born
And you wake one morning just to find your courage gone
but you know that feeling only last a little while
you just stick with us and we show you how to smile (yeah)

Get 'em up, moving down (ease on down the road)
Get 'em up, moving down (ease on down the road)
Get 'em up, moving down(ease on down the road)
Get 'em up Get 'em up (ease on down)

Don't you carry nothing that might be a load
Come on ease on down, ease on down the road!