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  1. Be Love

Be Love
This song means so much to me. I have wrestled with a lot of darkness in my life, as I suspect many of us have. Again and again, I've come back to these simple truths: "If you want to deny hatred, be love. If you want to refute the lies, speak your truth. If you don't want to be dragged down, rise above. When you're lost in the darkness, find the light inside of you." For me, it's an affirmation of our power to choose a path of kindness, compassion, forgiveness, healing, peace. It's also a recognition that we are the ONLY ones who can make that choice in our own lives. When we release blame of others and stop waiting for someone else to "save us" or give us permission to claim our own good, we can find our own true power, our "God-centered" power. Even though these are simple ideas, they are not always EASY to put into action - but oh, so worthwhile when we do.

Lyrics

Be Love / Susan B. Shann / © 2016

If you want to deny hatred, be love
If you want to refute the lies, speak your truth
If you don’t want to be dragged down, rise above
When your lost in the darkness, find the light inside of you

Such simple words, but so hard sometimes
To live from that place, oh, to make them mine
People can be so cold, make me wanna close my heart
But if I miss the pain, I’m gonna miss the love
And that’s the very best part

If you want to deny hatred, be love
If you want to refute the lies, speak your truth
If you don’t want to be dragged down, rise above
When your lost in the darkness, find the light inside of you

When your hope is fading, and you’re out on the edge
You’ve got to turn it around
Talk yourself down from that ledge, 'cause
What we hold onto, it gets inside our blood
Like a poison when we drink from that bitter cup

If you want to deny hatred, be love
If you want to refute the lies, speak your truth
If you don’t want to be dragged down, rise above
When your lost in the darkness, find the light inside of you
When your lost in the darkness, find the light inside of you