Love wins

It's interesting how we can attribute certain music to specific times in our life. I listened to Alicia Keys' first album during my parents' messy divorce, and I looped Coldplay's X & Y album over and over as I struggled through Uptan Sinclair's The Jungle for my sophomore English class. As I listen to Celine Dion's song A New Day Has Come, I realize that as I have come through many different struggles in my life, I have often turned to this song. It always has such a sobering, but hopeful, wonderous effect.

But I understand the lyrics differently this time, and they create a new meaning for me. Like the sunrise glows in the music video, and Celine calls for the rain to "Wash away all your tears," I see that all the fears of my adolescence have passed. I am able to say that I am no longer afraid.

After talking and catching up with my best friend from high school, I see that so much has changed in my life since that time. There is no room in my life for these same fears- I am free. And of course, as anyone who knows me expects me to say, it is wonderful.

Ok, one more listen to the song before I'm done. It's about the grace of love by the way. Great love has the power to heal almost anything. Some bumper stickers may say that "America always wins." (lol Allye) but I prefer to believe those that say simply, "Love wins." Because it always does.