No More Turning Away

Here is the thing about this experiment. I am becoming more aware. More aware of my choices, more aware of my surroundings, more aware of my world. I should warn you, this message is deep. You have been warned.

I was listening to Pink Floyd's song ON THE TURNING AWAY this morning. It was weird how the lyrics really seemed to be speaking to the heart of what I have been feeling lately. Let's look at them (also if you cut and paste the link below you can hear the song as well)

http://www.lyrics.com/on-the-turning-away-lyrics-pink-floyd.html

On the turning away
From the pale and downtrodden
and the words they say
which we won't understand
don't accept that what's happening
is just a case of others' suffering
or you'll find that you're joining in
the turning away

it's a sin that somehow
light is changing to shadow
and casting it's shroud
over all we have known
unaware of how the ranks have grown
driven on by a heart of stone
we could find that we're all alone
in the dream of the proud

on the wings of the night
as the daytime is stirring
where the speechless unite
in a silent accord
using words you will find are strange
and mesmerized as they light the flame
feel the new wind of change
on the wings of the night

No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough to just stand and stare
Is it only a dream that they'll be
no more turning away

WOW! Those lyrics really hit home to me on so many levels. First, why does it take a "limited car" experience to open my eyes to stuff around me. Stuff like littering, homelessness, sadness. Stuff like taking action to make positive change. Now, I am not saying I was blind to this before. I am also not saying I have never taken action before, it just seems that now, as I experiment with different ways to get around I am enlightened to our world.

JUST A WORLD THAT WE ALL MUST SHARE. That verse says it all. I need to dig in deep and make a head to heart connection and ask myself if I am doing enough as an inhabitant of this world I am part of. Are you you?